Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-02-25
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The entire time Of the legislative
session was devoted to routine bust.
ness. the most important matters
taken up being the bill providing for a
gratuity to former Queen Liliuokalani
OF Hawaii, which was lost on tie
vote, and the agreement In executive
session to vote on the Panama treaty
February %.
House.-In relinquishing voluntarily
his seat as q member OF the house Of
representatives, Mr.. Shafroth, of the
First district Of Colorado, furnished
profound sensation during the forty.
minute session. He acknowledged
that his election had been tainted by
fraud for which he was In no way re.
sponsible. The proper resolution for
his unseating was passed, after which
the house adjourned.
Washington, Feb. 16.-Senate.--
Formal announcement OF the death Of
Senator Hanna was made In the sen
ate today Immediately after the open
ing prayer. The duty Of making the
official statement of the senator's
death fell to Mr.. Foraker, Mr.. Hanna'i
colleague. He offered the following
resolutions, which were adopted:
Resolved, That the senate has
heard with profound sorrow of the
death of the Honorable Marcus A
Hanna, late q senator from the state
Of Ohio.
Resolved, That d committee OF
twenty-five senators, Of whom the
president pro temDore shall be one
be appointed by the presiding officer
to take order for experimenting the
funeral Of Mr.. Hanna, which shall
take place In the senate chamber at
IL o'clock m. on Wednesday, Febru'
airy II, and that the senate will at
tend the same.
Resolved. That, as further mark
of respect, his remains be removed
from Washington to Cleveland, Ohio
for burial in charge of the sergeant
alarms, attended by the committee
who shall have power to carry these
resolutions into effect; that the neo
essary expenses In connection there
with be paid out of the contingent
fund Of the senate.
Resolved, That the secretary com
house Of representatives and invite
the house of representatives to at
tend the funeral in the senate cham
Der and to appoint committee tc
act with the committee from the
senate.
Resolved, That invitations be ex
tended to the president OF the United
States and members of his cabinet
the chief justice and associate jus
tees Of the supreme court Of the
United States, the diplomatic corps
the secretary Of state, the admira
Of the navy and the lieutenant genera
OF the army to attend the services II
the senate chamber"
The committee provided for In Tx
resolution was appointed by the chair
as follows:
Senators Foraker, Allison, Aldrich
Hale, Plat of Connecticut, Frye
Spooner, Perkins, Wetmore, Hans
brough, Warren, Fairbanks, Depew
Kean, Scott, Beverage. Alger, Kit
tredge, German, Cockrell, Teller. Ba
con, Martin, Blackburn and McEnery
On motion OF Mr.. Foraker, the
senate as further mark of respect
adjourned.
House.-The conference report or
the urgency deficiency bill was adopt
ed. Resolutions Of sorrow for the
death of Senator Hanna were adopted
Speaker Cannon appointed the fol
lowing members of the house as 9
committee to represent that body
during the funeral. The entire Ohio
delegation, Burkett OF Nebraska
Lucklng of Michigan, Dalzell Of Penn
sylvania, Watson of Indiana. Burke Of
South Dakota, Currier of New Hamp
shire, Sherman of New York, Roden
burg Of Illinois. McCleary of Mime
sofa. Wiley of Alabama.
Washington, Feb. 1s.-Senate.-Tht
Panama canal question again today
was the uppermost topic in the sen
ate and Mr.. Spooner spoke on thai
subject during the greater portion OF
the days session. He discussed many
phases Of the subject, sustaining the
course of the president throughout
the proceedings resulting in the in
dependence Of Panama. He also con
tended for the superiority Of the Pan
ANA route over that Of Nicaragua
He was interrupted frequently by Mr.
Morgan. Early in the day Mr.. Till
man moved to reconsider the tie vote
Of last Monday by which the bill tc
grant $150,000 to former Queen Lii
uokalani was defeated. but further
consideration Of the matter was moi
pressed at the time.
House.-Congressman Wade of Iowa
made speech of ninety minutes be
fore the house today on Canadian rec
iprocity. He predicted that the dem
ocratlc party will be victorious in the
coming campaign and declared that
the west favored tariff revision. The
house passed the Notifications appro
priation bill. The Philippine ques
ton was the subject Of a brief but
spirited discussion while the bill was
under consideration. An item in the
bill provided for Notifications in the
insular possessions. The democrats
tried to defeat this item, but were
not successful.
An unknown man recently found
frozen to death In Chicago is believed
to have been John Brown, q farmer
of Tama county, who went to Chicago
with live stock and who has been
missing for nearly two weeks. Friends
of the missing man have gone to Chi
cago to identify the body. When
Brown left the Union stock yards
Chicago, he carried q large sum on