The age-herald., 1902-01-24
Asks Senate to Pass Resolution of Thanks for the Work
 of The Hero
SENT ID COMMITTEE
 DESPITE THE PROTESTS
Teller, While Discussing Execution of eoer commandant scheepers Says Great Britain Is Guilty
 of Vile Assassination.

Washington, January 23.-An unsuccess- full effort was made in the Senate today by Mir. Mason. Illinois, to obtain consd- eration for joint resolution which he n- troduced extending the thanks of Con gress to Rear Admiral W. S. Schley for his brave and able conduct while in com mand of the American fleet at the vic- torious battle of Santiago"
 Mir. Mason's resolution, in addition to the thanks of Congress provided that Ad- miral Schley should be presented sword, that bronze medals commemora- tive of the battle of Santiago should be distributed among the officers and men under the command of Schley during said battle." and that s1o0OO be appropri- ated to meet the expenses of the resolu- ton. On motion of MT. Hale the resolu- ton was referred to the committee on naval affairs.
 The Mason resolution is as follows:
 That the thanks of Congress be hereby rendered to Admiral Winfield Scott Schey for his brave and able conduct while in command of the American fleet at the victorious battle of Santiago.
 That a sword be presented to him by the secretary of the navy of the United States. and the sum of s1o,0oO SO much thereof as may. be necessary is hereby appropriated for the purpose of this res- olution out of any money in the treasury \ not otherwise appropriated.
 ' That the Secretary of the Navy shall
 cause to be struck bronze medals com ti,,., tha l,at of md distribute the same to the officers and
 men under the command of Admiral Schley of the same battle at Santiago | MT. Mason said the resolution was identical with that adopted in the case of Admiral Dewey. ]
 A Vile Assassination.
 The resolution introduced yesterday by MT. Teller providing for intervention on the part of this government in behalf of the Boer commandant. scheepers, sen- fenced to death by the British South African authorities, was postponed indef- initely, as Scheepers had already been executed. MT Teller made a brief but caustic speech on the actions of Great Britain in the Boer war and declared if the facts of this case were as he un- derstood them, Great Britain, in putting Scheepers to death. is guilty of a vile assassination"
 Consideration of the Department of Commerce bill was resumed the pending amendment being that offered by Mr. Pettus of Alabama, providing that the departm ent of labor be not transferred to the proposed new department Mir Pettus made a brief argument in sup port of his amendment. Mr Nelson said he was convinced that whatever opposI- ton had been aroused among laboring people to the transfer of the department of labor had been inspired from within the department of labor itself. He main- tained that it was mistake to leave the labor department without the jurisdic- ton of an executive department Bacon Supported Pettus. Mir Bacon, Georgia, strongly supported MT. Pettus amendment and urged that in the absence of some very good reason the protest entered by Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of . Labor against the transfer of the De- pertinent of Labor to the department ought to be needed.
 Mir. Hanna, Ohio. said the establishment = of the new department was in the i'm f terest of both capital and labor. He be- = lived the labor interests of the country . | would not object to the transfer of the Labor Department. Personally he be- leved all bureaus or independent depart [ ments ought to be attached to some Q executive department. It had been his privilege to discuss this subject with the laboring men of the country and he was certain they favored the pending bill. The time had come when we must ex- pand our commerce or restrict our pro- 7 duction.
 Mir Hale, Maine, said that the United States already had captured all the for eign trade worth having. And he in- quired of Mir. Hanna whether he did not realize that as being feet.
 'T don't" promptly replied MT. Han na. Then the Senator and disagree" said MT. Hale.
 We do." replied MT. Hanna. 'The record of what has been accom- pNshed by the Dingley bill," continued Mir. Hale. Ifs to me the most amazing record ever exhibited to the world in the absorption of foreign trade. We have ab- . sorbed foreign trade in the great countries that are competitors of ours We have not wasted our, energies in dream of what is called oriental trade which never did and never will figure in comparison with the markets of the civiized world.
 Have invaded Many Countries. } We have invaded England, Germany, : Austria Italy and Russia and for the Senator CHanna) who stands as q repre- |, sentative of the accomplishments of the Dingley laws to join the ranks of men who declare that we will be ruined if we do not get additional markets for our goods Is to me a matter of surprise We don't need further action nor do we need , additional markets"
 | Mir. Hanna replied that the United States had not conquered the markets of , Europe and the markets of the world l