The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-22
Vote Game on Motion to Take Up the Cuban Reciprocity
 Treaty
SENATE REFUSED ID GO
 IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
Quay Says It Is Not His Purpose to Be Discourteous, But He Is op-
 posed to the Plan of Delay.

Washington, January 2ls-For three hours today MT. Burnham of New Hamp- shire addressed the senate in opposition to the omnibus statehood bill Becoming fatigued, he suspended his remarks until tomorrow MT. cullom explained to MT. Quay to permit an executive session. The latter refused and the matter was put to a vote, with the result that the senate refused to go into executive session, 37 to 27, which was the first test vote on the statehood bill.
 Toward the end of the day Mir. Hoar criticized the President for expressing his approval or disapproval of bills be- fore congress had acted on them. His remarks were called forSk by MT. Burton offering a bill which. he said, had been vetoed once by the President but that 1t now met with his approval.
 The Vote.
 The detailed vote on the statehood bill follows:
 Yeas-Aldrich, Alger, Bard Beveridge, Burnham, Burrows, Clapp, Cullom, Deboe. Dryden, Dietreich, Deliver, Fairbanks, Frye, Gamble, Hanna, Hoar, Lodge, Mc- Comas. Willard, Nelson, Proctor, Quarles, Simon, spooner. Wetmore-27
 Nayes-Bacon, Bate. Berry, Blackburn, Burton, Carmack Clark, (Mont.), Clark, Cwyo.) Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Dubois, Foraker, Foster, Qa). Gallinger, Gibson. Harris, Hansbroush Hetfeldt Jones, ATev.o, Jones. (Ar1a, Mccumber Me Laurin, (Miss). Mallory. Martin. Mason, Morgan, Perkins, Pettus, Quay, Rawlins, Simons, Stewart, Taliaferro, Turner, Vest, Welington-S7.
 The following pairs were announced, the first named voted for the motion: Warren with Daniel; Platt, New York, with Penrose; Kerns with Mitchell; Scott with Elkins; Hawley with Teller; Dilling- ham with Tillman; Kean with Money; Kittredge with Patterson Depew with McEnery; Platt, Connecticut, with Bailey; Hail with Foster Washington.
 The republicans voting or paired In the negative were: Burton, Clark, Wyo), Elkins, Foraker, Foster, Washington, Gallinger, Hansbrough, Jones, (Nev), McCumber Mason, Mitchell. Penrose, Perkins, Quay Stewart and Wellington.
 Bills Passed By Consent. by NOnSchA thS 'Siio"iiir, r, bills were passed: Fixing the time and place for holding regular terms of the United States Circuit court in the Vest ern district of Virginia; house bill amend ing the act to divide the state of Texas into four judicial districts; providing that the Fifth district Court of Appeals shall hold at least one term of court a, Montgomery. Ala, on the first Monday In September of each year; to amend the | bankruptcy act.
 MT. Fairbanks gave notice that he would call up the immigration bill to- morrow morning The regular order was then demanded by MT. Quay. Now, MT. President" said he, i've are ready for a vote on this bill"
 MT. Nelson was quickly on his feet and declared MT Quays course was clearly out of reason, as MT. Burnham had not | concluded his remarks.
 MT. Quay said he was disposed to be courteous to MT. Burnham and to listen to his remarks; but if first one senator and then another opposed to the omnibus bill took up three or four days each it was not worth while to push the bill further.
 Something Should Be Done.
 "A conclusion he said, mo matter what 1t may be, should be reached in | ing action by the senate"
 He thereupon said he had no objection to the bill being laid aside until tomorrow when he would move to take 1t up and keep 1t before the senate. Then turning to Mr. Beveridge, MT. Quay said: q hope the senator from Indiana will be prepared to put up his men,"
 MT. Burton opposed the passage of the bill which, he said, had been vetoed once by the President, and explained that in it's present shape 1t was satisfactory to the President There was a disinclina- | ton to take the matter up, and finally | MT. Hoar criticized the President for hay | ing indicated to MT. Burton his approval of the measure. Tt is being continually stated in the newspapers said MT. Hoar, that such and such bills are ad- rninistration measures and that set of senators had called on the President and l had made arrangements for the senate E action on trust bills. the statehood bill and other measures.
 "The time for the President to make ur his mind about statutes is after we have passed them, and not before, unless he avais himself of his constitutional priv. ilege to make communication to the en. tire body by message.
 The discussion was ended by Mir | Spooner moving an adjournment, whicf was carried, and at o'clock the senate | adjourned.
 THE HOUSE.