The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-09
At Washington.


Both Houses of Congress finished all
| necessary work Friday before midnight
and took recess until 10 A. N, Satur.
day. The statehood bill died at $50
o'clock, Friday night. At that time the
cOnfereeB on the bill parted not to meet
again during the 58th Congress There
were persistent efforts on the part Of the
Senate conferees to jointly report a dis
agreement TO the two Houses, but the
House conferrees made the positive dec
laration that no disagreement report
would be signed The general deficiency
appropriation bill as finally passed APP
PIRATES $50 9l8, 80. For the collection
of customs 81 SOC, 900 is appropriated to
meet the anticipated deficiency for 1905
| which is estimated will be sufficient u
conduct the service until the next Con
gress can give further consi deration 10
the subject. The 5000, 900 for the public
health and marine hospital service wat
restored to the bill.
In the presence of as many of his
felloweitizens as could be crowded iuto
the senate chamber, harles Warren
Fairbanks was at noon. saturday, in.
Quoted into the Office of Vice President
of the United States. The ceremony
was followed by the final adjournment
of the senate of the 5Sih Congress, the
beginning of a special session, an ad-
dress by the Vice President and the
swearing into office of almost third Of
the membership of the Senate. All
chamber just before the Inauguration of
| hn ~ ,Hn
administered by Senator Frye as presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate.
On Friday, March s, bill passed in
{ congress of much interest to Maine
Congressman Burleigh brought up in
the House the bill providing for the con.
veyance of the y. S. Arsenal property
in Augusta to the state of Maine for the
use of the Insane Hospital Mr. Bur
leigh asked unanimous consent for its
immediate consider alton No objection
was offered, though the measure pre-
cipitated spirited debate participated
in by Parker of New Jersey, Payne of
New York, Robinson of Indiana, Mann
of Illinois. Stevens of Minnesota, Esch
of Wisconsin and Representative Little
field of Maine. III closing the debate
| Mr.. Burleigh called attention 10 the
fact that there were ample prece dents
for the proposed legislation, and de-
clared that no good reason existed why
the arsenal property at Augusta which
had been practically abandoned by the
United States, should not be transferred
to the state of Maine for the humane
purposes stated in the bill. The bill
jkwas then ordered engrossed, read third
time and passed 1t came into the sen
ate at the evening session where Sena-
tor Hale took charge OF it and secured
its passage. 1t WAS approved by Presi-
dent Roosevelt March 4th.
| The Till to give the interstate com
merce commission the rate-hxing power
failed between the two houses of Con-
gress as every body expected it would,
but it does not follow that this is the
end of the matter. Evidently it is going
to come up again in few months, and
probably it will not go down again until
something has been done.
| The President sent large number of
nominations to the senate, Monday, in
GLIDING all of the members of the pres
ent cabinet, except Postmaster General
| Wynne. George p. Cortelyou WAS NOM
mated for that office. The nominations
include the names of many ambassadors,
ministers and consuls and Senator Cock
rell as interstate commerce commission.
er The cabinet nominations follow
Members of the cabinet-John Hay,
| District of Columbia, secretary of state
Leslie NJ. Shaw, Iowa, secretary of the
treasury; William Il. Taft, Ohio, secre-
tary of war; William II, Moody. Massa
chusetts. attorney general; Paul Nor
ton, Illinois, secretary of the navy;
Ethan A. Hitchcock, Missouri, secretary
of the interior; James Wilson, Iowa,
secretary of agriculture; Victor II. Met
calf, California, secretary of commerce
and labor; George b. Cortelyou, post
master general
The Dominican question was raised as
soon as the doors of the Senate were
closed in executive session Monday. One
| of the messages received from the Pres
ident called attention to the protocol OF
an agreement with the government OF
| Santo Domingo by which the United
| states will undertake to conduct the
republics customs affairs in an effort &c
| liquidate it's debts to put the island gov
eminent on more stable footing with
other countries. The message is the
second that has been received from the
President in relation to the treaty. The
message received Monday gave add
tiona reasons why, in the opinion of the
President, the treaty should be acted
upon favorably. The treaty and mes
sage were referred to the committee and
daily sessions will be held until some
| conclusion is reached.
| Combinations were made on Tuesday
as follows: Ambassadors extraordinary
and plenipotentiary; "hitelaw Reid OF
New York. to Great Britain; Robert 5
| Mccormick, Illinois. To France; George
Won l.. Meyer, Massachusetts, to Rus
sla; Edwin IL, Conger, Iowa, to Mexico
Henry White, Rhode Island, tn Italy.
ENJOYS extraordinary and ministers
plenipotentiary
William Woodyille Rockhill, District
of Columbia to hina; David j HILL
New York to the Netherlands; Henry
Lane ilson, Washington to Belgium
William Miller Collier, New York to
Spain; Brutus J. Clay, kentucky tt
switzerland; Thomas j. O'Brien, Michi
gan to Denmark; Chas. II. Graves. Min
nesota, to Sweden and Norway; Edward
| G o. Brien, New York, to Paraguay anc
Uruguay John b Jackson New Jersey
10 Greece and Montenegro and diplo
matte agent in Bulgaria; John W Riddl,
Minnesota, to Roumania and Servia
Samuel r. tummere, New Jersey tC
Morocco
George b. Cortelyou took the oath a,
Post master General at 1920, Tuesday
Upon assuming the dutie of Postmas
ter General, Mr.. CorrelyOu announced