Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
It Was Brought Up in An
 Incidental Way
RECESS APPOINTMENTS
The Democratic Senators Attended Casually to This Promotion An IntimatiOn That They Would Speak of Other Matters.


 today heard further discussion on the question of appointments made during congressional recessss, listened to a speech on the isth- milan canal question. by Morgan and passed a number of bills of a semi public character. As a result of the
 debate on the appointment question a resolution asking for specific informa-
 tion concerning the nomination of w. | D. Crum as collector of customs at the Port of Charleston. s. C.. was passed. A resolution asking for similar in formation concerning the nomination of Brig. Gen. Wood. and other army ! officers went over until tomorrow. Without disposing of the Tillman
 resolution asking the judiciary com mittee. what constitutes a recess in the senate, the senate took uo the calendar and passed the following bills: l Providing for the appropriate mark i ing of graves of confederate soldiers
 who died in northern prisons during | the civil war, and appropriating S20O,-
 GOO for this purpose.
 ! Amending section 4GO7 of the revised
 statutes so as to make the section ap-
 ply to foreign as well as American
 vessels.
 | CThe bill relates to the solicitation | of custom for boarding houses.) l Appropriating S225, GOO for a revenue cutter service at Honolulu. l Establishing a life saving station at Half Moon Bay, California. [ Mir. Tillman presented the following l resolution. which was agreed to with | out debate:
 1 That the secretary of tho treasury be and he is hereby instructed to send 10 the senate information by the way
 Of reply to the following questions: | First. what is the date Of first ap- | pointment of w. D. Crum to be col | lector of customs at the port of | Charleston.
 Second. what is the date of the sec 1 ond appointment and was any commits sion issued thereunder.
 Third. what is the date of the third appointment and its character and lira- ] itations.
 ! Fourth. what are the date and cir | cunstan nces of the fourth appointment ? 1 Has any commission been issued under l it2 If so. under what authority of law ?
 Is Crlm now in office. and if so. under
 what authority of law?" | " ] inquiry concerning the number of claIlls that would be necessary for the i executive departments in order to pre- vent the lengthening of hours of work
 at the request of Mir. Stewart was re- | ferred to the committee on appropria- | tions.. Mir Cockrell suggested that
 there should be more work and less | clerks rather than more, clerks and less work.
 | Mir. Cocllreu and several others want
 ed the resolution referred to the com
 mittee on expenditures in the govern
 ment departments. but MT. Stewart had his way as to the reference. | Mir. Tillmau also presented the fol- ] lowing resolution, but on objection by ] Mir. Warner 1t went over: Resolved, That the secretary be, and he is here by instructed to send to the senate in- formation in the nature of answers to
 the following questions:
 First. what officers in the army were appointed during the recess of the sen ate occurring between March 19, 1903. and November 9. 1903@ Were commis-
 sions issued to these officers and if so of what character? What officers fail ed of confirmation during this special session. beginning November 9th and ending December 7th, 1903? Have these officers been re-appointed, and have commissions been issued them?" A bill was passed authorizing the erection of a monument to the memory of John Paui Jones. authorizing the payment of claims incurred by citizens of Nevada in suppressing Indian hos tilities in that state in 1860.
 Mr. Morgan then addressed the sen ate on his resolution instructIng the president to enter into negotiations with the governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica looking to the con- struction of a canal via the Nicaragua route.
 He contended the protocols with Nicaragua and Costa Rica negotiated by President Mckinley were binding on the United States. The pledge then given was he said. a sacred thing ard to violate it would not only be con- tempt for MT. McKinley's memory but for Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The agreements could not be obliterated. he. said, by closing our eyes to them, but on the contrary they would live to re- proach us if we permitted the president to violate them. MT Morgan declared that the president had wilfully v;cla ted the SpOoner act requiring him to turn to the Nicaragua route in case of fail ure to secure desirable concessions for the Panama route. He said the presi- dent could not justify the evasion of ldw by an attempt to show he had ob- served the essence of law.
 Mr. Morgan closed with an appeal to the senate not to aid the president "in his open and wayward violation Of the law and the pledges made to Nica- ragua and Costa Rica.
 The senate at 5.02 went into eXecu- tive session and at 5:25 p. m. ad- journed.