The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-08
SETTLING down TO WORK
Matters Which Will Engross Sena-
tOrial Attention This, Week.
MIR. Morgan To submit Remarks on
ana's Junior Senator Prepared for
His Maiden Spccch-The House Cur
rcncy Bill TO he The Special order.

The present week in the Senate is ex-
pected TO be the most active one since tn.
( beginning of the session. The Committee
i on Privileges and Elections will be in ses-
sion every day until all the testimony II
the Clark case has been submitted. and il
will be necessary for some OF the members
of the committee to absent themselves
from meetings of other committees tC
which they belong
Senator Morgan of Alabama will speak
today on the subject OF the question Of
| suffrage in the South, as referred TO in the
resolution submitted by Mr.. Pritchard of
North Carolina on December IL. The
resolution reads as follows:
Whereas the Legislature of the State of North
Carolina, at its session of lsg9, submitted TO the
people OF that State, for ratification rejection,
a proposed amendment to the constitution OF said
State, as follows:
''Sec. 4. Every person presenting himself for
registration shall be able TO read aud write any
section of the constitution in the English Ian
Etiage; and before he shall he entitled TO vote
shall have paid, on or before the 1st day Of
March OF the year in which he proposes to vote,
his poll tax as prescribed by law for the pre-
vious year Poll taxes shall he lien only on
| assessed property, and no process shall issue to
enforce collection Of the same except against
assessed property.
Sec. s. No male person who was on January l.
1867, entitled to vote under the laws of any state
in the United States wherein he then resided
and no lneal descendant of any such person shall
be denied the right 10 register and vote at any
election in the State by reason of s failure to
possess the educational qualifcatie... prescribed
IN =>ctinn OF tins article: Provided. lie shall
have regIsteied in accordance with ihe terms OF
this section prior to December /, 1905. The
I eI.n
record Of all persons who register under this sec
tiOn on before November l. 1905 and all such
persons shall be entitled to register and vote at
all elections BY the people in this State, unless
disqualified under section Of this article: Pro-
vidci. such persons shall have paid their poll
taxes as required by law"
And wheaas section Of the proposed amend
meHt undertakes to confer the right of suffrage
on one class Of citizens OF that State and to ex-
cudc another class Of citizens from the enjoy
ment Of said privileges;
Resolved. That section Of the proposed
amendment IL in CogifayCutiOn Of the to-.
ttcnth and fifteenth amendments TO the Cousttu-
tion Of the United States. and that any State
that adopts said provision as a part of its or.
sanie law does not possess republican form Of
government as contemplated by the Constitution
Of the United states.
Mr.. Hoar has announced his intention of
taking up the question OF the disposition
of the Philippines today, but it is probable
that his attention will be required on the
Clark case. and that his speech may be
postponed.
On Tuesday Mr.. Beveridge of Indiana will
speak on the joint resolution submitted by
him on January 4, which reads as follows:
Be it enacted. etc. Tat the Philippine Islands
are territory belonging TO the jnited States:
that it is the intention Of the United States TO
retain them such and 10 establish and main
tain such governmental control throughout the
arch pelago as the situation may demand
Several Senators have announced that
on Wednesday they will deliver eulogistic
addresses on the death of Vice President
Hobart. Among the number are Messrs.
Kean, SewelI. Chandler. Lodge. Hoar. De
pew. and Aldrieh. and it is expected that
others will also address the Senate on the
same subject.
During the remainder OF the week the
Currency bill will be the principal topic
of discussion. Ii is announced that this
measure. as part of the regular business.
Will take precedence over all others. and
that 1t viii be taken up at the beginning OF
the week and the discussion will be carried
on as rapidly as can consistently be done.
number OF Senators have announced
their intention to speak on the bill. and
the only Interruptions that will be coun-
tenaneed viii be in cases where notice has
been given that certain other subjects will
be discussed. as has been done by Messrs
Morgan, Hoar, and Beveridge. As no def
mite time has been So for submitting the
reports on the Quay case, they may BE-
offered for consideration at any time, but
1t is understood that no action will be
taken or the seating OF Mr.. Quay until
more important matters have been disposed
of. which Will require until the early part
o. February