Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-12
SPECIAL SESSION.
Senate Met Friday Noon in Re-
spouse to the Presidents
Call.
CUBAN AND CANAL TREATIES
Senators Asked to Act upon These Ina
portanv Matters-The Oath of once
Administered to 20 Senators-No
Protest against Smoot Taxing
His Seat.

Washington, March Sin obedience to
the Presidents proclama ton the Senate
of the 5Sth Congress convened in extra
ordinary session at noon to-day An i'm
incnsc crowd witnessed the ceremony,
President PRO TEN Frye called the body
to order, and soon after the senators who
were reelected and those who were to
take their seats for the first time, except
Mr.. German of Maryland, who had al
ready seen long service in the Senate
were sworn in. Friends and admirers of
the senators loaded down their desks with
floral tributes. AIR. German was much
applaudcd.
Mr.. Cannon's speech in the House of
Representatives early yesterday morning
in presenting the conference report ON
the general deficiency bill, in which he
declared that the Senate conferecs re-
sorted to legislative "blackmail," and in
which. also, he attacked tho rules of the
Senate, was the subject of some fcrVid
remarks by Mr.. Tillman of South Caro-
lima and by the Senate conferces. Messrs.
Hale, Allison and Teller
The Senate adjourned unit. Monday.
The oath was administered to twenty
six senators who take Office for
six years. OF these II were reelected
as follows: Allison of Iowa, Clay of
Georgia. Dillingham; of Vermont Fair
banks of Indiana, Foraker of Ohio Hans
brough of North Dakota. kittridge of
South Dakota. McEnory of louisiana NAL
lory of Florida. serving on appointment
until the Legislature meets. Penrose of
Pennsylvania, Perkins of California, Pet
us OF Alabama. Plat of Connecticut. Platt
of New York, Spooncr Of Wisconsin,
Teller of Colorado.
The oath was administered to u new
senator's although one, Mr. German. had
previously served Is years in the Senate.
The new senators are: Fulton of Orc
gon. German of Maryland. Hepburn of
Idaho, Hopkins of Illinois. Latimcr of
South Carolina, Long OF Kansas. Nc
Creary of Kentucky, Newlands of Ne
vada, Ovcrman of North Carolina, Smoot
of Utah. During the swearing in of the
new senators the proceedings We're fire.
qu"nty Interrupted by applause in the
galleries Mr.. German received an ova-
tion when his name was called. No OBJ
lection was made when Mr.. Shoots
name was called. He received some APP
plause from tho galleries. Four of the
newly elected senators. Aukony, Clark of
Gallingot and Stone were not
sworn in.
After a committee had been appointed
to wait ON the President. Mr.. Tillman
rose to q question of personal privilege.
He started to speak ON "A remarkable
speech which appeared in the Congress
tus suggested that it was customary to
wait until the President had commitment
cd with the Senate before proceeding.
MIR. Tlllman moved recess for half an
hour which was agreed to at 12:io
Prcsiden, Roosevelt sent the following
message to the Senate:
81 have called the Senate i'm cXtraordi-
nary session to conside: treaties concern
ing which it proved impossible to take
action during the session of Congress
Just ended. | ask your special attention
to the treaty with the republic OF Column
bia. securing TO the United States the
right to build an isthmian canal and to
the treaty with the republic of cuba for
securing measure of commercial rcci-
procity between the two countries. The
great and far-reaching importance Of
these two treaties to the welfare of the
United states and the urgent need for
their adoption requires mo to impose
upon Won the Inconvenience of meeting
at this time.
"rIIEODORE ROOSEVELT"
After tho Presidents message was de
liVcrod to the Senate by Mr.. Barnes it
was not read. Mr.. iIoar announcing that
he intended to move an executive session.
Mr.. Tillmau II ii won't oil with his re-
marks about Mr.. Cannon's speech in the
House. He denounced Mr.. Cannon's
speech a. 'Indfensibly indecent, and
IN outrage"
There We're two issues. he said. involved
in that speech. one affecting the dignity
OF the Senate and the other affecting his
own official integrity, responsibility and
character
He read from Jcfforson's manual re-
car1ing tho comfy that must obtain he
tween two branches of a Legislature AMI
asked whether it had not been grossly
violated in this case. "Powcr," he SAID,
"hud made some of those mon drunk
He then gave a history of South Car
nIina'S claim Answering Mr. Cannon.
criticism. with respect 10 LEGISLATION by
unanimous consent. Mr. Tillman said that
nothing in the House of REPRESENTATIVES
seemed to prevail except bv unanimous
consent of few leaders.
"Thc uranimous consent of tho Nom
hers" he said chad fallen into innoo uous
lcsuctudo. and tho unanimous cons,rt he
speaks Of so 4trcnuously here is the unani-
nous consent of those i'm CONTROL
Mr. Tillman quoted the law authorizing
the payment of interest on South Car
olina's claim and said that the motion
which led the committee on auproprin-
tiols to act was simnlv because il meant
dome a lorg DELAYED act of Justice To
South Carolina and undoinE the wrong
which had been do,,c
AIr. Tiluan then said that he had moro
respect for Mr. Cannon, who as tho
of the treasury" had saved the
millions of dollars. Mr.. Cannon
uhjco ted to The matter, said Mr.. Tillman,
simply because he called il legislation on
an appropriation bill
Mr.. Tilman described his idea of the
scene in the conference room while the
committee was discussing his item and
said, 'thc watchdog OF the treasury came
in shut his massive Jaws down on this
o. Lea m st1~l,. all b