Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-14

In reporting favorably batch of pri-
vate pension bills at the opening OF to-
| days session OF the Senate. Gallinger
of the committee on pensions. gave no
| tice to senators that il would be useless
| for them to Introduce any more PEN
! sion bills AT this session as the COM
mittee on pensions could handle no
| more.
Money. Miss. reported from the for
| cign releations committee. a bin to pre-
| vent the sale of fire arms opium and
Intoxicating liquors. in certain islands
| of the Pacific and asked for its imme-
diate consideration. Morgan, Ala, re-
marked that he dissented from the re-
port and therefore objected to ConSid-
Grafton Of the bill.
At 11.40 the Senate on motion Of
| Hawley. Conn, went into executive
/ session.
| At $3.50 =. NJ. the Senate resumed
business in open session. Pitchard
made a request for Il night session to
be held tonight. for the purpose of
reading the District Of Columbia code
bill and 1t was agreed to-
| In accordance with the special order
| the Senate then proceeded 10 the hall
lof the House of Representatives to par
| ticipatc in the ceremony incident to the
Icoanting Of the vote. cast for President
| and Vice President in the several cleo
| toral colleges.
The Senate resumed business at 2.o5
T.. NJ.
chandler. y. H., one Of thr tellers in
the electoral count on the part of the
| Senate. reported I'll" state Of the Vo,"
for President and Vice President of the
United States as discovered by an eX-
| animation of the returns Of the several
electoral colleges in the joint session of
| this the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives.
| Frye, president pro tenn, announced
| formally the state of the vote in or
der that it might be entered upon the
| journal of the Senate. The announce
| ment was identical with that made
| before the joint session in the House
Lodge asked for the adoption of
resolution providing for the printing OF
additional copies of the report of the
| Taft Philippine commission
| Pettigrew. while not Directing to the
resolution. expressed the opinion :hat
the American people We're entitled TO
facts in respect to the Philippines.
These. he said. the Taft report did
! not contain. 1t was partisan report
made by a partisan commission, ana
! he urged that it was designed to con-
ceal the facts and convey false i'm
preston to the people of the situation
in the Philippines. The resolution was
| agreed to.
| Foraker, chairman of the committee
on Pacific islands and Porto Rico, call
ed up a bill he had reported relating
| to the retirement of the Hawaiian com
age and currency. In response to m
ouiries. Foraker explained that the old
| Hawaiian government has issued 81
| 600 OOO of silver coins in dollars, half
dollars. quarters and dimes. Against
| 1912 900 of the amount. silver certih-
! cafes had been issued. the 900 of
silver being retained in the treasury.
| The purpose of the bill was to suDst-
tute silver coins of the United States
| for the Hawaiian coins, both being of
the same weight and degree of line
ness The bill is all right interjected
| Cockrell. Mo 1t was passed without
| further comment.
| The Senate agreed to conference on
the naval appropriation bill. Senators
Hale, Chandler and Tillman being
named as confereeS on the part OF the
Senate.
At 2.2O. on motion of Hawley, the
Senate resumed consideration of eX-
| ecutiVe business.
| At Ais the doors were opened ana
! consideration of the agricultural APP
propration bill was resumed. The
amendment relating to the SEIZURE OF
, imported goods. drugs and liquors in
case they should be found to be adul-
terated injuriously, was agreed to.
When the committee amendments
providing for the mapping of the soils
Of the United States was reached. Tel
Ter protested that no such project
ought to be authorized. 1t would prove
to he not only n gigantic task. but it
would involve an expense ultimately.
Of millions Of dollars. Tie moved to
strike out the provision. The mater
was not disposed of when under it's
snecial order the Senate at $50 took Il
recess until o'clock.
I The District code bill was read from
G p NJ. until 1925 o'clock. when the
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