The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-26
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WantAIl Correspondence Bear.
ing on Panama Situation.
CRuH CASE DEBATED
SENATOR TILLmAN DISCUSSES
PRESIDENTS APPOINTMENTS.

oaced the resolution drawn by
committee appointed at a recent
democratic conference. for the r,rnosa
% setting additional information con-
eefhlnS the Panama situation. The
q members Of the committee yyere. SEN
atots German, culberson, Carmack
ana coekr3iL The resolution follows:
s ~ resolved, That the president be re-
euss{ed e inform the senate whether
ad the correspondence and notes he
tween the department Of sfata and the
lss@tloh Of the United States at Bogo-
"a ana between either OF these and the
government O9 Colombia for the con-
hefuetion Of an isthmian canal. and all
s. tlie correspondence and notes between
Y the United states and any OF ~ off,
c'ei5 ana Representatives and the GOV
eminent OF Panama concerning the sep
sfauon OF Panama. from Colombia have
been sent to the senate, and if not that
~ be requested to sand the remaining
fn executive session
" hen the resolution had been read
az. Iuilom conferred with the other
1srpupitcan members Of the senate com
81 hhttee on foreign relations and il was
ae'iaed not 10 oppose its passage If the
&
Afent providing that the president shall
send the information ali not inconuatf-
bie with the public INTEREST,"" The res
oiutlon now IS mandatory and Demo
cratic senators say that If amended it
VII be as Ineffective as other resolu-
elo.s on the same subject which are
on the calendar
Euies-
Bridge over the Snake.
Bills were passed authorizing the
construction of a bridge across the
snake river, Idaho. and authorizing
the appointment of a naval officer and
surveyor at the port Of Chicago at a
salary of 5000 each.
ar. Tiliman called uD his resolution
oskinS the judiciary committee 10 re-
II FORT what constitutes q recess of the
senate Mr.. Hale argued that she De-
eembef nomination of Collector Crum
HHs NOT d new appointment, and the
coHnptrOlleF of the currency would meet
me question of the right 20 draw salary
aFhen the matter came before him He
said that the original nomination shows
that the president has not committed
himself 10 any constructive recess be-
tween the extraordinary session and the
"a present session Of the senate AIr.
Mitchell iEterpoSed that the nomina-
lions sent IT 90 not give the nominees
81 meaning Collector CFum, General
Woods and others) the right to hold
Office.
AIr. Tiliman read a letter from Sec
rotary OF the Treasury Shaw reciting
the various appointments OF Mr. CFum
To the Charleston Is. O. cOllectoTship
and giving the version that the last APP
pQinunenCt was made precisely at 70
= clock, uods}, on the first Monday in
December, when one session ended and
another began.
AZ Hale sold fbat fI,a ,,,atfa,. vas
not Of special significance and that the
question Is not d new one and that Mr..
Crum is stin serving on his appoint
ulent.
Mr. FnHman said that Blr. Crum is
holding office just the same, and add
ed, II notice, too, that ar. Leonard
Wood is sending cat dispatches from
~ the Philippines signing himself major
- general ana he is not a major general
Continuing. he said his resolution
Yves under consideration and not the
nomination OF Crum or Wood.
Without disposing Of the Tiilman res
olution the senate took UP the Calen-
dar and passed the following bills:
Providing for the appropriate mark
ing of the graves Of confederate sol
diers who died in northern prisons dur
ing the civil war and aDDTOpTiating
$4,000 for this purpose.
Amending section 1897 of the revised
stutes so as TO make the section APP
ply 20 foreign as wei as American yes
sells (The bin relates TO the solicitation
OF custom for boarding houses
ApDropriating 5000 for a revenue
cutter service at Honolulu.
Establishing a life saving station az
Half Moon bay. California.
TiIlman Wants Information.
Ar. TnIman presented the following
resolution, which was agreed TO without
deDate:
.zG rtbe secretary Of the treasury
b. AID lac is hereby instructed To send
10 the senate Information by the way
81 reply 90 the following questions:
s'F'-rst-Vyhar Is the date Of the first
appointment OF W D Crum to De coll
Jector Of customs a. the porJ Of
Charleston
-Secsnd-Ehat is the date Of the sec
oud appointment. and was any commits
sian issued hereunder
.-TtiTd-Ny-hat Is The date Of the third
appointment and rs character and ITS
limitations
fs5lGstanCes OF the fourth appointment
HAS any commission been issued under
5f9 Ii 81. under what authority Of law
Is Cram now I'D office, and il so, under,
What authority Of law
SIR. Stewards resolution Gaming Iot
IN fnoufry concerning the number OF
-.
executive departments iH order 10 pre-
zens Inc lengtaeuiDg Of the hours of
work. at IRE request Of Mr.. Stewart
,res referred t. tue committee GA APP
1ra-ristfons Mr. Cockrell suggested
fartlv that there should be more work
and less clerks rather than more clerks
and less work.
Sl~. Cockreil and several others want
81 tho resolution referred 10 the COM
saittee ou expenditures III the govern
nons departments. but Mr stewart
had his way as 10 the reference
Mr. THlmaa also presented the FOL
ToWing resolution, bur on objection by
afr. warren 81 went over;
Resolved That the secretary or war
~ and h. hereby IS instructed TO send
- me senate information in the nature
sf answers 10 The following questions;
sFfrst what officers in the army
ecre appointed during the recess OF
ile senate occurring between March
d 1905. to Nov- Q, 1902 Were the
COMMISSIONS issued 10 these officers.
4nd il 50. of what character What
eleers failed Of confirmation during
IL special session beginning Nov
nd ending Dec. = 1902 Have these
,Hleers been reappoIHted. and have
commissions been issued 70 them! II
- v5baf d tlse character OF the COM
mission. and what authority OF law
There for its being issued.