The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-29
NOTION MESSENGER. FRIDAY. JANUARY 20. 1904.

holding Office Just the same md said
he;
Il notice too. thai Leonard Wood is
sending out dispatches from the Phil
tpsanes signing himself Major General
and he Is not a Major General"
In TO requests. Mt. TiEman
again read Secretary Shaw's letter coz
corning Collector Crum's nomination
The letter cid not state whether a
commission had been Issued. but a
that CrTm had given bond and Is now
discharging h duties OF his Office.
Mr. Aldrich masie the point that this
statement shows that the question is
merely that as to whether Crum Is
properly in Office and suggested an in
curry addressed to tho secretary CIV
srtng that point.
Mr.. TiEiman said. however. that h
would not accept such a resolution, I'M
less It also covers the military nomina-
ton
Ar. Tlknan later presented the fol-
lowing resolution which was agreed to
without debate:
That the secretary of the treaSury
be and he Is hereby Instructed to send
to the Senate information by way OF
reply TO the following questions:
Ffrst- What is the date Of the first
a~ppoiatnIent Of W. p. Crum to be col
Iector OF customs at the port of Char
lesion?
Second. What Is the date of the sec.
ond appointment and was any commits
sion issued hereunder?
Third. What is the date Of the third
appointment and its character and I'm
itations2
Fourth. What is the date and cir
cvInstances OF the fourth appointment?
Has any commission been issued under
il? If so. under what authority Of law?
Il Crum now IN office and if so under
what authority of law"
Mr.. Morgan spoke with esp cial ref-
erencs to his resolution directing the
President to enter into treaty negotia-
tons with the governments OF lear
aqua and Costa Rica for a canal ON the
Nicaragua route. Mr.. Morgan contend
&c that protocols with Nicaragua and
Costa Rica negotiated by President Nc
Kinley Were binding On the United
States. Mr.. Morgan declared that the
President had wilfuhy ola the
Spooner Act requiring him to turn to
the Nicaragua route in caSe of failure
to secure dee. rable concessions for the
Panama route. He said there could be
no competent defense CT the COURSE of
the President and charalterized the
speeches made for that purpose as
drafts upon creduality and as strain
upon common sense"
The Senate adjourned until tomorrow.
THE HOUSE.
Washington, January S.-The House
today passed the army appropriation
bill. carrying approximately SIS 600. 600.
The bill was under consideration for
three days and was amended in q num-
Der OF particulars.
Mt. Slayden, Of Texas. made an un-
successful effort TO eliminate rom the
bill an appropriation of $95.14S for the
maintenance Of the two battalions con-
shutting the Porto Rico onsl
regiment of infantry. He had Secre-
tary Roots statement before the COM
mittee, in which he advocated the ap-
VropriatiOn rs a political, but not q
military necessity.
Mr.. Hull said the WORD 'pol!ticas'
was not used in a partisan To
this Mr.. Siayden assented, but main
tanned that patriotism could be best
developed in the Porto Ricans THROUGH
civic advantages. rather than mi 6taTy
service.
Mr.. Hay, of Virginia. said that the
Porto Ricans enlisted in this regiment
to cut off the appropriation would be a
violation Of the contract with them on
the part of this government.
Mr.. Patterson, of Tennessee, in MAX
ing inquiries of MI Hull concerning
the paragraph providing for barracks
in the Philippines asked. Does the
gentleman think there WIN always be
d necessity 1or troops III the PM lpp1nR
islands and for these expenses to go
on?"
Il should think Mr.. HUI replied,
''that the time would never come when
the United States would not have troops
IN the Philippine Islands any more than
the time has never come when we have
not had troops In the state OF New
York. and the state of Illinois"
A resolution calling On the secretary
OF state for information as to the num-
Der Of carriages maintained by the
government for the state department.
was adopted.
The House adjourned until tomorrow.
Mr.. J. C.. KnapH advance agent CT
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