Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-18

Just before the Senate convened.
Quay entered the chamber. AS he was
recognized by his friends. tremendous
applause swept over the crowded gal
leries. 1t was prolonged for full half
minute. Meantime Quay was receiving
the cordial congratulations of his col
leagues on the floor of the Senate.
Scores of the members of the House
had come to the Senate side of the
Capitol to witness the induction Of
Quay into office. among them being
the entire Pennsylvania delegation.
AS soon as the Senate had convened
Penrose presented the credentials of
Quay. They We're read and placed on
file. PenroSe then requested that the
oath of office be administered to his
colleague. AS no objection was offered
Penrose escorted Quay TO the desk Of
President Pro TEN. Frye. The Presi-
dent Fro Tenn. previously III d ann ounc-
ed to the people in the galleries that
no applause or demonstrations We're
permitted under the rules of the SEN
ate Thus no demonstration occurred
when Quay had taken the oath In Il
few minutes hundreds of people had
left the floor and galleries, the floral
offerings had disappeared from the
chamber and the Senate had resumed
its wonted appearance.
"A bill to provide for supports of en-
try and delivery in the Hawaiian Is
lands was reported by Hanna from the
committee on commerce and passed.
A bill fixing the compensation of dis
trict superintendent of the life say
ing service al $500 per annum except
in the case of the superintendent of
the eighth district. whose salary is
fixed at $500. was passed.
At 12.45. Foraker moved that the
Senate proceed to the conSidera ton of
executive business. Pettigrew protest
ed that the motion ought not to be
pressed rs il was in violation of Il
tactic understanding that the army bill
remain under consideration until the
vote shall have been taken. Jones. Ark,
appealed to Foraker to withdraw his
motion. as several senators desired to
address the Senate on the army bill.
After disclaiming any intention of vi
olating an agreement expressed or i'm
piled, Foraker withdrew his motion
and the consideration of the army bill
was resumed. Money, Miss, speaking
in opposition to the measure.
Money adverted vigorously to the
practice of haZing at the West Point
Military Academy, declaring that it
must be stopped or the institution
must be abolished. He said nobody
could induce him to believe that the
way to make good soldier was to
''set a great big bully" upon small
man to beat him. 1t was not the way
to make soldiers and it was not the
way to make gentlemen. He did not
refer. he said. to horse play and prac-
teal jokes. but to mob violence and
brutality.
Il cannot understand" said Money.
1.-The motives of lot of young men. all
of them scholars of charity. who are
paid for taking their education, who
get together and mob another young
man whose only crime is that he ar
rived at West Point two or three years
later than they" He declared that the
man who haZed others at the Military
Academy would be a tyrant and des-
pot with the men of his command at
ter he had received his commission.
He did not believe the cadets realized
the contempt in which their actions
were held by the American people.
The practices there, he declared, ought
to be and must be abated.
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