The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
RECESS APPOINTMENTS
CRUM, WOOD AND OTHERS DIS,
 GUESSED IN SENATE.
Resolution Passed Asking Informa- ton from Secretary Shaw as to the Collector of the
 Port of Ch,rieston.

Washington, Jan. 25.-The Senate today heard further discussion on the questions
 of apointments to office made during con gressional recess, listened to speech on
 the isthmian canal question by MT. MOT gan. and passed a number of bills Of semi-public character.
 As a result of the debate on the ap- pointment question. resoiution asAe for specific information concerning eho nomination of W. D. Crum, coioreo' as collector of customs at the port or Charleston, S. C., was passed.
 A reso,ution asking for similar ihtor. nation concerning the nomiha,lon
 Brigadier General Wood ana oeheE VT ficers went over until tomorrow.
 Among the bills passed was one au- tborizing the erection of a monument 10 inc memory of John Paul Jones.
 Washington, Jan. z5.-In the Senate TO- day MT. Culberson introduced resoiu- ton drawn by a committee appointed at a recent Democratic conference Tor the purpose of getting additional information concerning the Panama situation. Ine members of the committee were: senators German. Culberson, Carmack ana Coc"- rell. The resolution was as follows:
 Resolved That the Pres,dent pc Ie, aueSted to inform the Senate whether aii correspondence and notes between the state Denartment and the legation of the United States at Bogota and oetweei. either of these and the Government oi Colombia for the construction Of an istn" milan canal, and all the correspondence E and notes between the United states anu any of it's officials or representatives, oL the Government of Panama concernhns tha aeparation of Panama from Colompld. |. have been sent to the Senate, and 1T not that he be requested to send the remain 1 ing correspondence and notes to the oe"- ate in executive session r,.u Tn response to requests, MT. 1Limah again read Secretary Shaw's letter con corning Collector Crum's nomination. Ine letter did not state whether commis- sion had been issued, but said that Crum had given bond and is now discnargihs the duties of his office. Mr, Aldrich made the point that this statement shows that the question IS merely that as to whether Crum IS properly in office and some suggested all | inquiry addressed to the secretary cover ing that point. .,. A
 would not accept such a resolution unless 1 1t also covers the military nominations
 Without disposing of the Tillman resoiu- ton, the Senate took up the caienoar anu passed the following bills:
 Providing for the appropriate marking of the graves of Confederate soldiers who died in northern prisons during the Clvii War and appropriating $2Oo.ooO for this purpose; amending Section A60I Of the re- vised status so as to make the sectioh apply to foreign as we'll as Amsrican ves- | sells. The bill relates to the solicitation of custom for boarding houses.
 Appropriating $225.Oo0 for revenue cut ter service at Honolulu.
 | Authorizing the construction of light | ship off the outer bar of Brunswick Ga,
 and appropriating $sO00O for the purpose
 MT. Tillman then presented the follow ing resolution. which was agreed to with
 out debate:
 That the Secretary of the Treasury
 be and he is hereby instructed to send
 to the Senate information by the way of
 reply to the following questions:
 "1. What is the date of the first ap- | pointment of W. D. Crum to be collector
 of customs at the port of Charleston?
 '2. What is the date of the second ap- pointment, and was any commission | issued hereunder?
 | "S. What is the date of the third ap- pointment, and its character and limita-
 tions?-
 '+. What is the date and circumstances
 of the fourth appointment? Has any