The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-05

true, he said, that the Democratic par
" was the party of hard times. mo
more calamity cry for u.s. he said.
Mr. Bailey said that Mr.. Foraker's
explanation of the reduction of the
pay roll of the textile workers did not
explain the falling off in .the pay of
steel workers.
row. N-'''- mo
T1lIman and Crum Again.
Inc resolutions introduced by Mr..
truman, making inquiries of the Sec
Ietdry OF the Treasury concerning the
appointment of w. d. Crum as col
lector of the port of Charleston, S. c.,
ana directing the Senate Committee on
me judiciary to make an inquiry as to
what constitutes a recess appointment
70 once were taken up in the Senate
to-uay' and Mr.. Tillman took the floor
10 speak. Mr.. Hale, who was anxious
to have the Senate proceed with the
urgent deficiency bill, suggested to Mr..
4llinan that his resolutions might be
passed without debate, but the South
carolina senator declared that he did
not want to send his baby eut into
The world without any clothes" and
proceeded with his speech. He gave
way temporarily, however, to permit
tlIe ledulIlS OF q statement by Secretary
Root concerning recess appointments,
which was presented by MIR. Proctor.
Mr.. Root recognizes that the manner
of merging the two sessions of Con-
gress necessarily brings forward con-
trary views as to there having been a
recess between the two sessions, and he
says there is involved mot merely the
proposition that there was an end OF
session of the Senate within the
meaning of the constitution, but also
the proposition that there was a re-
cess of the Senate within the meaning
of the constitution, for there can be no
end of session until time is reached
when there is no session, and the time
when there is no session is a recess.
The recess may be called constructive
but it is no more constructive than at
the end of a session which Is assumed
to happen. A constructive end in
wolves a constructive recess. A real
end involves a real recess"
Mr.. Tillman claimed that the records
show that on Dec. last, Crum was
both nominated and appointed, and he
declared that such a course had been
without previous parallel. Mr.. Till
man declared that there was no interim
between the two sessions.
Mr.. Lodge said that after adjourn
ing the extra session, the President
pro. TEN. had left the chair, returning
afterward with the chaplain who had
offered prayer at the first sitting of
the new Congress.
Hadn't Gone Three Feet.
Mr. Tillman declared in response
that the presiding officer had not gone
three feet from the chair, and said
that he had returned Immediately to
cali the Senate together in regular ses-
sion. To say that there had been a
recess was like saying that there had
been an interim between the last Sec
ond of Dec. 81, 1903 and the first Sec
ond of Jan. l, 1904.
He challenged some senator to say
that there had been a recess on Dec. Z,
and the challenge was responded to by
Mr.. Plat of Connecticut, who said
that "if there had been no recess in
December, the recess appointments
made prior to the beginning of the ex-
ira session did not go over into the
regular session"
Mr. Tillman did not accept this the
DRY and replied that while there had
been no recess the records show that
J there had been an end of one session
and a beginning of another. That"
he said, referring to Mr.. Platt's sug
gestion, lis a very attenuated thread
hang a commission on-quite as un-
substantial as the spiders web of
which Mahomet's bridge was built"
Mr.. Tillman also spoke of the pro-
priety of Crum's appointment, saying
| that he was not fit man for the po-
sition and that the community had
made many protests against his selec-
| ton.
| Mr.. Hale suggested the amendment
of the Judiciary Committee resolution
so as to relieve that committee of the
necessity of deciding whether commits
sions are held as a result of "unlaw-
| full authority of the executive"
Mr.. Tillman assented, saying that he
was willing to have the committee
"wrastle" with the question.
The resolution as amended was then
| agreed to. The other resolution was
indefinitely postponed.