The Washington times., 1904-01-11
WOULD CREATE POST
OF THIRD SECRETARY
CullOm FavOrs Presence in
Three Foreign Capitals.
LOOMS SENDS A REQUEST
Asks Senate That Immediate Effect Be
Given Measure If 1t Is
Passed.

The Clerks desk of the Senate was
piled high today with reports from the
Committee on Pensions. Most Of them
were favorable They were presented
by Senators Scott McCumber, Mser.
Burnham. Patterson. Foster. Burton.
and Taliaferro. The few cases in which
unfavorable reports were made were or
dered indefinitely postponed.
Mir. CuHom offered an amendment, in
tended for the diplomatic and consular
appropriation BILL to provide third sec
retaries for the embassies at Vienna,
Rome. and ST. Petersburg, respectively.
at $1,000 each. A letter from Asting
Secretary LOOMS asking that immediate
effect be given to the provision, if APP
proved by Congress, proved an interest
ing part of the correspondence, in view
of developments in European politics in
connection with affairs in the Orient.
Army Promotions Again.
The recent army promotions. by which
a number of officers have been advanced
much beyond their previous grades. had
an echo in the Senate today, when Mr.
Quay presented a bill to authorize the
President to promote Mai. Gen. John
r. Brooke, L. S. A. retired, to the
grade Of Lieutenant General. General
Brooke is a Pennsylvania and lives AZ
Rosemont. near Philadelphia.
Of Interest to District.
District matters were largely before
the Senate today Mr.. Gallinger present
ed the draft of bills for a bridge over
Rock Creek at L Street, and for a park
in Georgetown
On Mr.. Gallinger's request the District
Committee was discharged from further
-.a1a. arT
request for an appropriation of several
hundred thousand dollars. for future
work and deficiencies of past appropria-
tons 1t was. on his motion, referred 10
the Committee on Appropriations.
Mr. Gallinger presented an adverse
report on Mr. Stewards proposed
amendment TO the District appropriation
bill. for improvements in Southeast
Washington. and it was indefinitely
postponed.
Mr.. German presented from the Dis
trict Committee a favorable report on
Senate bill 1886. to provide for the
opening Of r Street northeast. from
Twenty-eighth Street. and Twenty
eighth Street from r to NJ Street.
Mr. Penrose introduced n bin to in
crease the pension of all soldiers in the
civil war, whose injuries require the
services OF an attendant
Canal Resolution.
Mr.. Morgan introduced another reso-
luton on Isthmian affairs. 1t is to de
clare the duty of this country to stand
by Nicaragua and Costa Rica and full
iii the provisions OF the Spooner law.
1t is a voluminous resolution and con-
cludes with the expression OF the opin-
ion that the President should proceed
to open the negotiations with these gov
crnments. as ne is required TO do by
said act of Congress. I'm good faith and
in a spirit Of sincere friendship and good
will
On motion Of Mr.. Daniel of Virginia
the resolution went over until tomor-
row.
Mr. Quay p1sesented a resolution, which
was considered by unanimous consent
and agreed TO. to direct the Secretary
OF the Interior to send to the Senate the
Dawes Commission report Of November
Il. 1903. relating 10 the Delaware In
dams.
A War Department bill to consolidat'
the Adjutant Generals Department, witt
the exception Of the adjutant genera
and the officers OF the Record and Pen
sion Office 10 be known as the Military
Secretary's Department. was INTRODUCES
by Mr.. Proctor and referred 70 tn
Military Affairs Committee.
The creation of "a national arbitration
tribunal is the purpose OF a bill intro
duced by Mr.. Cullom. b. request
Mr. Wetmore introduced a bin TO in
corporate the American Academy il
Rome. II was referred to the Commit
tee on Library
The Senate then went into executive
session 10 consider the Buchanan nomi
nation.
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