The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-13
new SENATORS
Are SWORN In
Among Them Was Reed Smoot
to Whom No Objection
Was Made
MR.. HOAR'S EXPLANATION
Points Out That 1t Would Be Danger
Gus to Hang Up Senators-eIect on
Mere Charges-Tillman Re-
plies to Joe Cannon.

Washington, March promptly at
noon President Pro Tenn Frye called the
senate to order in extra session. h
oath of office was administered to
twenty-six senators as follows:
Decentralization of Iowa, Clay of
Georgia, Dillingham; of Vermont, Fair
banks of Indiana, Foraker of Ohia,
Hansborough of North Dakota. Kit
tredge of South Dakota, McEnery of
Louisiana, Mallory Of Florida. Penrose
of Pennsylvania, Perkins of California,
Pettus of Alabama, Platt of Connecti-
cut, Plat of New York, Spooner of
Wisconsin, Teller Of Colorado.
New senators-Fulton of Oregon,
German Of Maryland, Hepburn of Ida
no, Hopkins of Illinois, Latimer of
South Carolina, Long of Kansas, Nc
Creary of Kentucky, Newlands of Ne
vada, Overman of North Carolina,
Smoot of Utah.
No Objection to Smoot.
No objection was made when Shoots
name was called.
Ankeny of Washington, Clarke of Ar
kansas, Gallinger Of New Hampshire
and Stone of Missouri We're not sworn
in.
During the swearing of new senators
the proceedings were frequently inter
rupted by applause in the galleries.
German received an ovation when
his name was called. Shoots
name was greeted with con.u applause.
After a committee had been appoint
ed to wait upon the president, Tillman
arose to a question of personal prlvll-
eye. He was about to speak on what
he called a "A remarkable speech which
appeared in the Congressional RECORD
of yesterday" when Pettus suggested
- A~ yrs ,1Sft1 tho nSf
dent had communicated with the senate
before proceeding.
Tillman moved a recess for half an
hour, which was agreed to-, and at 2:4O
the senate took a recess.
Before the senators took he oath,
Hoar of Massachusetts, speaking for
Burrows Of the committee on privileges
and elections, referred to the constltu-
tional procedure of administering paths
to new senator's, and said if there were
any other procedure, the result would
be that a third of the senate might be
kept out of their seats for an indefinite
time on presenting OF objections with
out responsibility, n never estab-
lished before the senate by any Judicial
inquiry. The result of that might be,
he said, tina a change in the political
power of this government, which the
people desire to accomplish, might be
indefinitely postponed. Hoar stated
that questions of qualifications should
be postponed INC acted upon by the
senate afterwards.
Upon reassembling, the presidents
message was delivered by Mi. Barnes.
1t was not read, Mr.. Hcar %announc-
ing he intended to move an executive
session. Tillman arose to his question
of personal privilege and announced
he wished to speak upon Cannon's
speech in the house yesterday. After
reading the latter he it as
"~indefensible, indecent and an out
rage The dignity Of the senate n
his own Individual honesty were in
volved.
He read from. Jefferson's manual re-
garding the comfy that must obtain
between two branches of a legislature,
and asked whether it had not been
grossly violated in this case. Power"
he said, had made some of these men
drunk"
He then gave a history of South Caro-
lina's claim. Answering Mr.. Cannon's
criticism with respect to legislating by
unanimous consent. Senator Tillman
said Thai nothing in the house of rep
resentatives seems to go except by
unanimous consent Of a few lead
ers. '.
Senator Tillman said he had
great respect for Mr.. Cannon
who as the watchdog of the
treasury had saved the country
objected to the matter. said Senator
Tillman, simply because he called legis-
lation on an appropriation bill. Sem
ator Tillman drew a picture Of the
scene in the conference room while the
committee was discussing his item, and
said: 1.-THE watchdog of the treasury
| came in, shut his massive jaws down
-, it, H., - .5 -esl. .x,~
d; Eft ready to rub that out wake me
! He said he was only speaking meta
phorically.
Senator Til1man then spoke of the de-
termination arrived at by him. II
simply shut my jaws down on the
proposition said he, that I would
have that money or have an extra ses-
sion, and I was in a position under the
rules Of the senate to force it."
Hale Also DispIeased.
Senator Hale of Maine said he would
let the matter pass into oblivion, dis
agreeable as it was, but it affected him
because he had charge Of the deficiency
| bill. Speaking very deliberately, Sena-
tor Hale said there could be nc legisla-
tive blackmail, and there was no neces-
sity, none whatever" said he, speak
ing with emphasis, for that conference
to be brought into the speech Of Mr..
Cannon.
Senator Hale said that It never had
been thought that one house of con-
gress should arraign the other. 1t never
had been thought of or said before that
| the processes of one house are process
es of blackmail and that they have be-
come SO insufferable that one house will
preach a crusade against the other
with the threat h a the people will
stand behind the house that makes the
proposition. He said he had read the
speech Of Mr.. Cannon with the great
est amazement and sorrow, all the more
because it Was not the impassioned OF
unconsidered u~tterances of some
new member, but came from q very dis
tinguished and remarkably able man
| who has earned every -adyanceman