The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-17
OPPOSITION TO
NEW DEP ARTMEN
Bill for Another Cabinet
Position Not Favored.
NEEDS AMENDMENT.
No Chance Of Its Passage by Senate
in Present Shape.
MOST IMPORTANT MEMBER
New Cabinet Official, Declared Mr.. Hale
Would iape Nlole influence lhsa
Any oiaer il PROPOSED Bill!
We're Adop,e d-Srnato.s
Declare themselves
Oh Canal BILL
MOST IMPORTANT MEMBER
fBr AssocIatcd Press


brief time to-day the Senate had under
,r,si.7or..;,, Tho ,,,,I c,aat ins- a Depart
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'nsht ol commerce. i!'s 'i'
ed 10 show that the measure WIZ Hs1'S
10 be amended in many particulars be-
-. - ,,,, raacfvo the approval Of the
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10 The transfer to the proposed o,lsai :,
mcnt Of Commerce OIL SeFerai iiiiilut % -
bureaus now a part OF other "ePaiN-
men;s Of the Government Nouce o. sew
cral important amendments was gwen
but TIC definite action on the measure
MAS taken
\ large number of uncontesteG bills ana
private pension measures We're passed
HTter which the senate adoo''lllep mn
Monday. -,,.,or ,-.rr,,,,
1lib fdoAH fHl''9S'LI : ~ ,,-'a,,,,,o,,
MI. }toaT aSkca iiltt ms
adopted yesterday, GainhS lVf in'ol 4'i'l,
tiou concerning the eNacuoh OF uut'sS
upon supplies and comforts sent to boef
prisoners in Bermuda from TINS couh-
TRY. he recalled lie explained That the
aiticlc of The Hague Convention upon
which The resolution had been based, had
1pocn adopted by Great Britain, but had
,,nt been adopted by the United States.
H.. said no had been informed since the
pdortion of The resolution. that the Gov
,,,1. = ls,,.,,,,,5, ,,,n,,osad ia recommend
r. ,.,,i.ls+,,,.n of TSerrnud. that the
law e&acting such duties De fepeaieo'
lie said tile eNaction OF Such uHueS was
Ipl a violation of treaty obligations. but
il thought ii vas matter which ought
10 he investigated.
The motion 10 recall Was adopted ana
thc resolution was referred TO the Com
mittce on Foreign Relations.
A House concurrent resolution. provid-
ing that the two branches of Congress
assemble in The han OF the House of
REPRESENTATIVES on Thursday. February
27th. to participate in services in memory
OF the late President Mckinley, was
adopted.
yI3RI. AnSREP3ESENTED.
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49, s .1ia5 .,+t,s,ion 20
,5a .,,til.ia H. NJ N-orlE ,,s,ys,,ar,e,, If
an. 14+} irst nIr,,oritnrr Ia give a poll
,,,e 'Se,ste on tbn suFiec, cf am 18th
,,,f,,, ,,,,,al IN -f. course of which h,
80" a >es. s hain n f,.or If tho
Panama route. lie declared he had had
no interview with ;,ny oD,, I1pon that
,,,;src,raee,,tc1 hin, s,,tirn)r ~ ann de-
ridatIy IN favor" said he, ..of pressing
the Nicaragua project as rapidly as pos
sille. and we're i, in my power l should
be ycIy glad to bring tho matter up for
q vote to-day
Mr.. Clay. Of Georgia made a similar
rtatcmcnt, about the same article, as
sorting that he never had intimated TO
any one what his views on the canal
question were, but that he did. as 4
:act, favor the Nicaragua project ard not
the Panama route as stated in the ar
ficle in question.
THE COMMERCE BILL.
Tho bill 10 establish Inc l2epafllIleul q
Commerce was calico UP pE MI. NeisoI'
oil Minnesota After SOME n''i't ai .!S,1,
,nenls l" INC measure iit.t "e Nj -,
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state sh"uid ossl la'e q! 20 "a
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