The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-24
IT GOES TO COMMITTEE
Teller Makes CauStic Speech Against England.
Declares That in Putting Scheepers to Death Great Britain is Guilty of Vile Assas-
 sination.

Washington, Jan. 3.-An unsuccessful effcrt was made in the Senate today by MT. Mason Ull) to obtain consideration for a joint resolution which he intro Guced. extending the thank of Congress to Rear Admiral W. s. Schley flor his brave and able conduct while in com mand of the American fleet at the victo- rious. battle of Santiago.
 Mir. Mason's resolution, in addition to the thanks of Congress, provided that Admiral schley be presented a sword that bronze medals commemorative or the battle of Santiago should be distrio- uted among the officers and men under the command of Schley during said bat tle," and that $1O,000 be appropriated to meet the expenses of the resolution. on motion of Mir Hale, the resolution was referred to the Committee on Naval All fairs.
 The resolution introduced yesterday by Mir. Teller providing for intervention on the part of this Government In benah oI Boer Commandant Scheepers, sentenced to death by the British South African authorities was postponed indefinitely, as Scheepers already had been executed. MT. Teller made a brief, but caustic, speech on the actions of Great Britain in the Boer war, and declared 1T the facts of this case were as he understood them, s'Great Britain, in putting Scheepers to neath, is guilty of a vile assassination.
 Rev. !. J. Deliver of Fort Dodge. Iowa, father of Senator Deliver, pro- nounced the invocation at the opening Of today's session of the Senate. ..sss
 MT. Mason Qll) offered the following noir1t resolution:
 NThat the thanks of Congress be hereby Rendered. to Admiral Winfield Scott xcIiIdy for his brave and able. Sorslucx while in command of the Amerinan fleet at the victorious battle of Santiago.
 sTThat a sword be presented to him by siS Secretary of the Navy of the United States; and the sum of s10.000. or so much thereof as may be necessary, Is hereby appropriated for the purpose of this reso- lutiof. out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated
 I'That the Secretary of the Navy shall cause to be struck bronze medals, com niemorating the battle of Santiago and distribute the same to the officers and men under command of Schley during said battle. of Santiago. AE
 MT Mason said the resolution was prac- tically. identical with that adopted in the case of Admiral Dewey.
 .T think we would better let this reso- iution go over.' suggested MT. Hale, chairman of the Committee on Naval Af- fairs. "The matter involved is in cop- troversy. It ought to go to commit tee"
 ."I do not see that it is necessary said Mfr. Mason, that the resolution should go to a committee. It is statement of d historical fact which has been passed by the American people. Under the rules, 1t can be read second time and passed.
 The chair explained that the resolution could not be read a second time in the face of objection, which had been made. Mir. Hale said he had no objection to the second reading of the resolution, and 1t was read again,
 MT. Hale then moved that the measure he referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. To this motion, MT. Mason ob- tected. urging that the facts being known of all men, every Senator knew precisely how he would vote upon it.
 By a viva vocc vote, the question was referred to the Committee on Naval Af- fairs. MT. Teller (Colo) called up his resolu- ton introduced yesterday, providing for the intervention of the United States Government in behalf of Commandant Scheepers of the Boer army, sentenced to death by the British South African authorities.
 
 said. he had been informed by the Asso- ciated Press that the death sentence up- on Commandant Scheepers had been exe- cuted last Saturday.
 "It is said" continued MT. Teller. that inc resolution might be offensive to the Government of Great Britain: but if the Geneva Convention, to which both the Tinted States and Great Britain were parties. means anything, it means that we should intervene in such cases as this. If this man was captured. as stated. while lying in a hospital, Great Britain. fin putting him to death. is guilty of a vile assassination"
 Mir. Teller referred to what he said was Great Britain's efforts to destroy two struggling republics, and asserted that if the truth had been told by British off, cial reports. more Boers had been ''sIaughtered' during the past year than had been admitted by Great Britain to have been in arms in the whole of South Africa.
 Mir. Teller asked that the resolution be postponed indefinitely. It was so ordered.
 Consid 4ration of the Department of Commerce bill was resumed, the pending amendment being that offered by MT. Pettus (Ala.p providing that the Depart ment of Labor be not transferred to the nroposed new department. Mir. Pettus made brief argument in support of hls amendment.
 Mir. Nelson said he was convinced that whatever opposition had been aroused among laboring people to the transfer nf the Department of Labor, had been insnir4d from within the Department of Labor itself. He maintained that it was o mistake tO lea"e the Labor Department without the Jurisdiction of an Executive Department.
 Mir Bacon (Ga) strongly supported MT. Ptrus's amendment end urged that in inc absence of some very good reason, the protest entered by Samuel Gompers. prssjdent of the American Federation of T.,bor. against the transfer of the De- n,rtmeut of. Labor to the Department ought tn he needed
 Mir. Hanna fOhin) said tho estahlish- man, of the new department WAS in the interesI of hoih capital and labor. He hslieved the labor interests of the eouT'-