Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-20
FRIENDS CONFIDENT
Expect Ratification of Hay-Paunce-
fote Treaty.
SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
Believed That Committees Amend
ments Will Pass.
INDIAN BILL IN HOUSE

For the first time during the present ses-
sion Mr.. Jones (Nev) appeared in the Sen
ate today. He has been detained from his
seat In the Senate by serious illness in his
family.
Mr. Hawley Comm. chairman OF the
committee military affairs. reporter
from the committee the army reorganiza-
toE bill. After some discussion OF the
parliamentary status of the measure which
has been passed by the Senate and by the
House and Is now again reported to the
Senate for passage the measure was placed
on the calendar.
In the event Of the passage of the pend
ing measure by the Senate 1t will be sent
TO a committee of conference of the TWO
branches of Congress.
A bill was reported by Mr.. Carter (Mont)
from the public lands committee 10 ano"
the Communication of homestead entries upon
coded portions of Indian reservations. u
was passed.
The Montana SenatOrshfp.
At the conclusion of the routine BUSH
ness a resolution previously offered by Mr.
Chandler discharging the committee on
contingent expenses from consideration or
the resolution authorizing an investigation
of the right of w. A Clark and Martin
Maginnis to a seat In the Senate was laid
before the Senate.
Mr.. Jones (Ark) declared that If the
Senate should adopt the resolution dis
charging the committee on contingent ex-
penses from consideration of the resolu-
ton 1t would violate the law, as the law
provided that no such expenditures snould
be made without the authority OF the COM
mittee on contingent expenses.
Does the senator mean to say, inquired
Mr. Spooner that the Senate's hands are
On X
penses should never make report!
Il mean to tell the Senate, replied Mr..
Jones' Just what the law Is
Mr.. Hoar. member of the committee on
privileges and elections, which desires the
authority to make the investigation. dis
cussed briefly the merits of the resolution
authorizing the investigation and the law
bearing upon the case.
Mr.. Jones (Ark.) declared after reviewing
the situation that the resolution offered by
Mr. Chandler was in the nature of re-
bukc to the committee on contingent ex-
penses that the members did not relish.
4 meeting of the committee had been hello,
today, but had postponed action until to-
morrow. He was of opinion that no tangi-
BE result could be accomplished by au-
thOriZing an investigation of a case
that would be settled by the Montana leg
islature January 2, when it met to elect
senator.
Mr.. Chandler, the author of the pending
resolution. declared that no politics had
entered into the consideration of the Mon
tana senatorial case by the committee on
privileges and elections. Both of the APP
pOintees to the Senate from Montana. Mr..
Clark and Mr.. Maginnis, were democrats.
and the question involved the seating of
one democrat another.
Pending a motion by Mr.. Lodge that the
Senate proceed to the consideration of eX-
ecutive business, Mr.. Gallinger, also a
member Of the contingent expenses COM
mIttet, made statement of the case from
its inception, and contended that the COM
ffaA'. ppri ti.a1 nv fha fnrt-
An effort was made to continue the de-
bate. but Mr.. Lodge insisted upon his mo-
ton for an executive session, and at 45
the doors ere closed
In Executive Session.
AT twenty minutes of o'clock the Senate
doors We're closed upon the public and the
Senate went into executive session for the
last time upon the HayPauncefote treaty.
The vote was not to be taken until O'Clock,
but there were certain senators who desired
10 make final suggestions upon different
provisions of the treaty. and there were
still further amendments to be offered.
Ii was the general opinion among senators
that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty would not
be amended beyond the amendments APP
proved by the committee, which abrogate
the ClaytonBulwer treaty and strike out
the third section, and that with these
changes 1t would be ratified.
The friends of the treaty counted upon
being able to defeat all the amendments
except those reported by the committee on
foreign relations, and said they had mar
gin of from SIX to ten pledged to that end.
They count upon securing the ratification
of the treaty thus amended by a margin of
from four to eight.
1t IS intmated that Great Britain will
not reject the treaty if not amended beyond
this.
The first hour and quarter of the execu-
tive session devoted TO a miscellaneous
discussion of the provisions of the treaty
which was participated in by numerous sem
ators. including Messrs. Lodge, Gallinger
Teller and Bard.