Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-23
THE SENATE.

o. When. the Senate convened today par
tial report on the naval appropriation bill
was presented and agreed to. The Senate
insisted upon the amendments still in dis
agreement and asked for a, further confer
ence. The conferees appointed were Messrs
Hale (Me.); Perkins tCal) and Tillman
IS. CO
Bills were passed as follows: To change
the terms of the United States district
court for the eastern district of Pennsyl-
vania; amending an act creating the middle
district of Pennsylvania as to provide
that the records of the court shall be kept
at Scranton
A joint resolution was adopted authoriz-
ing the Secretary of War to receive Arturo
r. Cavo of Costa Rica at the West Point
Military Academy for instruction.
Senate Votes to Recede.
The army appropriation bill was laid be-
fore the Senate and Mr.. Proctor (Vt.)
moved to recede from amendment No. IL,
relating to the construction Of barracks at
permanent military posts.
After some discussion the motion was
agreed to.
Mr.. Allison called attention to the fact
that the House had not agreed to the full
and free conference asked for by the Sem
ate. the effect Of the action of the House
being to eliminate entirely at least two
amendments of the Senate. He said by the
! motion Of comfy made by Mr.. Proctor the
situation would not be cleared. He thought
the Senate ought to recede from amend
ment No. IA, increasing the appropriation
for barracks and quarters by s1.00O,00o.
Mr.. Proctor moved that the Senate Insist
on the other amendments. After some dis
cussion the motion was agreed to, amended
so as to Insist upon the Senate amendments,
| including No. IA, the Senate conferees be-
ing Messrs. Proctor (Vt.), Foraker (Ohio)
and Cockre!l (Mo3
bill was passed for the classification of
salaries of clerks employed in post offices
Of the first and second classes.
Admission OF New States.
Mr.. Quay Pa-) then formally entered his
motion to discharge the committee on ter
| ritories from further consideration Of the
bill to admit states the territories of
Oklahoma. New Mexico and Arizona He
| made an argument in support Of the mo-
ton. urging that in making 1t he had no
motive to embarrass the committee on ter
ritories. He cited several instances In
which the Senate had acted upon similar
motions.
He said that five Of the eleven members
OF the committee desired to be discharged
from further consideration of the bill, and
pointed out that both the republican and
democratic parties in their national plat
forms had declared In favor of the admis-
sion OF the territories as states. He said
the promise to that effect in the republican
platform of 1896 had been broken He
quoted tHe' resolution In the republican ma
tional PLATFORM of 1900 In favor OF the ad-
mission ufhheaterritories as states and de-
clared that thAf republican Congress must
carry outsthts spromise or stand 'self-con-
victed of treaehery." $50 -.
The republicans. of the House had acted,
he said. and 1t remained for the republicans
OF the SenatsKto make good their party's
PROMISES He declared that If action upon
the bill were postponed until the next ses-
sion nothing at all would be Accomplished
MI. Quay then presented 1satistfcs con-
corning the three territorieAsafkkcted by the
bill, showing that they are Fs1iarkably we'll
equipped itq become states.
a More Time Needed.
Mr.. Beyeridgs dnd.). chairman Of the
committee on territories. said the subject
had eonS 1bvsr adntn the next session. when
it was toll be ta2en up early and fully con-
sidered 20 z-3a
In answer to Inquiries by Mr. Quay Mr..
Beveridge said the bill had not been con
sidered BY the committee-that 1t had been
before the committee only five weeks. He
remarked that Mr.. Quay had attended only
one meeting OF the committee In that time
He said the committee expected In good
faith to carry out Its purpose to consider
the bill at the next session, II being Inn
possible to give the measure s,rcheconsider-
alton at this session as It ought to have
At 2-oacfocks the unfinished business
House bill to ,ratify an agreement with the
Choctaw and Ch3ckasaw tribes Of Indians
was laid before the Senate.
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