Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-02-10
PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE.

James P. Clarke. the Democratic senator
from Arkansas. who succeeded James K,
Jones, chairman Of the Democratic national
committee, on the I'd endorsed every posi-
ton taken by the President in connection
with the Panama revolt. Senator Fair
banks of Indiana also spoke In favor Of the
treaty. The Senate witnessed the unusual
spectacle of religious service conducted
by Protestant minister and a Jewish
rabbi. The daily prayer was delivered by
Rabbi DaVd phillpSon professor in the
companied to the dais usually occupied by
the president pro tempore, by Chaplain
brief scrptural quotations, which was fol
lowed by Rabbi Philipson's prayer. The
service was concluded with the Lord s
prayer by DR.. Hale. The Senate went ,nto
adjourned until tomorrow.
The amendment to the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill providing for a loan OF
81, 100000 to the st. Louis exposition was
ground that the government had no right
to make an appropriation Of this kind. The
amendment was about to be voted upon
point of order. Mr.. Tillman followed In a
speech in which he characterized such ap-
preparations as steals" admitting that he
Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. ElkIns spoke against the
appropriation, while speeches were made
for 1t by Messrs. Hale, Allison, Cockrell,
no and nd others Mr.
the condition Of the treasury was such as
to render 1t unwise to enter upon this ex-
pendtture to charge the party in power
In defense of the administration. The de-
bate had not been completed when the SEN
ate went into brief executive session and
at o:OS p. m. adjourned until tomorrow.
The resolutions introduced by Mr.. Till
man making inquiry of the secretary of
the treasury concerning the appointment
Of w. D. crum as collector of the port of
committee on judiciary make inquirJ as
TO what constitutes recess appointment
to office were brought up in the Senate on
the 4th. TIE latter part Of the resolution
was amended so as to instruct the judiciary
committee to report what constitutes a
recess of the Senate and what are the
making appointments In such cases. The
part referring to the Crum appointment was
indefinitely postponed. The debate over the
a loan of 100000 to the ST. Louis exposi
ton was continued FROM yesterday along
political lines. The amendment had not
Senate went into executive session. At 5:42
o'clock 1t adjourned.
The political debate In the Senate on the
loan Of S4,6OO,OO0 to the st. Louis exposi-
the provision In the urgent deficiency APP
preparation bill, which was passed. Mr..
Patterson of Colorado charged the panic Of
1893 to the anti silver agitation In this and
other countries, but announced that he was
not In favor of another Democratic pro-
nouncement for silver. After the vote OH
the deficiency bill speeches in support of
the Panama canal treaty were made by Mr..
Mallory of Florida and Mr. Hepburn OF
Idaho. Mr.. Mitchell from the committee Oh
pOstoffices made a favorable report on the
resolution directing the postmaster general
to send to the Senate the reports made OH
the Irregularities in the postoffice depart
ment, and requested immediate considera-
ton. The resolution was adopted A bill
was passed providing for the transporta-
ton of 900 teachers from Porto Rico to and
from the United States next summer for
purposes OF study. A number of minor bills
were passed. Senator Cullom introduced a
bill for the preservation of aboriginal monu-
ments, ruins and other antiquities to apply
to all government reservations Senator
Hanna Sent to the Senate a bill providing
for a naval training station at Putin Bay,
O., on Lake Erie, and appropriating $500,
Senator Foraker A similar bill was intro
duced in the House by Representative
Southland of Ohio. Senator Proctor intro
duced a bill authorizing marriages in the
District of Columbia according 10 the Gus
tom of the Society of Friends or Quakers.
The Senate al .:15 went into executive ses-
sion. and at 80 p. IN. adjourned until
Monday.
Chaplain Hale. in his opening prayer on
the Sth, referred to the Baltimore fire Sen
ators Hopkins and Clay spoke In support
of the Panama canal treaty. The bill grant
Ing assistance to the proposed Lewis ana
passed. The bill was amended so as to
close the exposition on Sundays. The fol-
struction of a lighthouse tender for Lake
Superior to cost $4,000; fixing the salary
of the surveyor of customs at Omaha Neb:
fixing the status of chaplains in the army;
amending the revised statutes so as to per
NIT vessels Of less than thirty tons to bring
merchandise into the United States from
dormitories in the District of Columbia to
be freDroof; authorizing the secretary of
the navy to donate to Minnesota the steer
ing wheel of the former war ship Mime
sofa. The Senate at $50 p. M. adjourned
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE.