The Washington times., 1902-01-17
ADJOURNMENT
UNTIL MONDAY.
Senate ReCOnSiderS Bill Af-
~ fecting Beers.
FOREIGN DECORATIONS ALLOWED.
Senator's Mallory nnh Clay Set Them
selves Straight on Canal Question
-Bifl Reported to Create 81 Re-
tired List ana Increasing Pay of
Officers of Revenue Cutter Service.

Ihe Senate yesterday morning agreed
that when adjournment was taken 1t be
until Monday at II o'clock. Mr.. Hale
oil Maine, who made the motion. stated
that the committees were all busy and
needed for their work the time which
would be thus Afforded
Interest in Boer Prisoners.
Upon motion of Mr.. Hoar, the Senate
reconsidered it's vote on the adoption of
his resolution of Wednesday requesting
Information as TO the reported eXaction
OF duties on clothing sent to the Boer
prisoners of war at Bermuda. His rea-
sons for making the motion to reconsider
he stated to be:
First, the fact that although Great Brit
ain had agreed to The Hague Convention,
which provided that clothing for prison
ers of war should be transported on Gov
ernment railroads and delivered free Of
all charges. the Senate had not yet agreed
to that convention; and. secondly. that
the Governor of Bermuda was understood
to have stated his purpose to recommend
promptly to the Legislature to repeal the
provision requiring the collection of such
duties
The motion was agreed to, the original
resolution was recalled and the matter
was referred to the Committee on For
eign Relations.
Deeds for District Property.
a House bill to provide for the execu-
tion in the Philippine Islands and Porto
Rico of deeds for lands situated in the
District of Columbia was reported and
passed with amendments extending its
scope to any territory Of the United
States.
The Senate then took up the calendar,
passing a number of measures authoriz-
ing TIE acceptance, by members of the
army and navy, of decorations rendered
by iSreign Governments. Also bills for
public building at Hammond, Ind; for
the construction OF the revenue cutter for
service in the port o. Philadelphia. Pa,
and for the relief of persons for prop
erty taken from them by military forces
of the United States.
Mckinley Memorial Day.
The House concurrent resolution for an
assembling of the two houses OF Congress
on Thursday. February q. in commem-
oration of the late President Mckinley.
was laid before the Senate and agreed to.
Mr.. AL.lory O)em.. Fla) called atten-
ticn to apuDlishcd article of last Tues
day, purpG ting to give poll of the Sem
ate on the question OF an ie'hn ian canal
by the Panama route or by the Mica
ragua route, in which he was made to
favor the Panama route. He asserted that
the statement as 10 his attitude was false
He is, he said, decidedly in favor OF push
ing the Nicaragua project as rapidly as
possible, and if it we're in his power to
bring it up for vote at once he would
be very glad to do so
Mr. Clay (Dem., Ga) made a statement
to the same effect.
The bill to establish department of
was taken up and. several
were offered to it by Mr.. |
Nelson (Rep.. Mimi, who has it in
charge. and by Mr.. Lodge (Rep.. Mass). |
and were agreed to.
Mr.. Lodges amendments were in refer |
ence to the consular reports, and were !
intended to have the commercial por- |
tions of them separated at the State De- |
partment from the diplomatic or political |
portions of them.
The Revenue Service.
A bill to increase the efficiency of the |
revenue cutter service. by the creation of |
a retired list for its officials. and giving |
those on the active list salaries of SINH |
lar rank in the army and navy was IA ,
vorably reported to the Senate from the |
Committee on Commerce. The bill gives |
officers on the retired list three quar-
2 ha
ing it on the same footing as officers of
the navy.
AT 2:2S o'clock. upon motion Of Mr.
Spooner (Rep., Wis.,. the Senate took up
the consideration of executive business.
At 2:55. On motion OF Mr. Culberson.
the Senate adjourned until Monday, out
Of respect to the memory of the late
Burke of Texas