The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-22
SENATE COMMITTEES
MADE KNOWN AT LAST
Few Changes Are Apparent
From Previous Lineup and
What Was Forecasted.
cuLLoM in HIS SEAT
Illinois Senator Attends Session fo'
First Time-Prospect of Long
Debate in the House Makes
the Attendance Small.
cuLLoM in HIS SEAT

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 20.-Whether
the senate is warranted in ignoring Il
senate. convicted in the courts on,
charges of misconduct and in no as
signing him to places on standing COM
mittees, vet leaving his name on the
senate rolls, was discussed for Two,
hours and then dropped without a rul-
ing on the question. Several senate,
leaders took up the subject. On accouflli
of the delicacy Of the question the de-
bate naturally was not as open as
would be necessary for final detefml-
nation of the matter.
Senator Bailey raised the point by
inquiring of Senator Hale. when the
latter presented the new list OF stand
ing committees, whether every senator
has been provided with a place.
Senator Hale responded that every
senator except Senator Burton, of Kan
sas, had been given assignments, and
that he had been left off the commit
tee on his own request, until the
charges against him had been disposed
OF.
Senator Bailey protested against any
senator's name being kept on the roll
unless he was given work TO do and
argued that it is the duty to the SEN
ator himself, TO kansas and 10 he
country TO investigate the charges
against Senator Burton Snd determine
whether he IS entitled to a seat In the
senate.
attention to the fact that congress is
following the precedent established by
the English parliament in not taking
cognizance of charges against Il mem
Der until the charges had been deter
mined in the courts. Senators Hale.
Spooner Lodge and Daniel We're of this
opinion.
Senator Bailey, calling attention to-
the fact that there had been five SEM
ators indicted in the last ten years, all
on charges implying that crimes had
been committed for money. said the
time had arrived when the senate,
should testify that this is mo place to-
come to make money dishonesty" He
complained that senators Who behaVe
themselves were compelled to suffer
for those who do not, through beng
subjected to ridicule and lestS.
Counseiing the philosophy of the
stoics against attacks on The senate
as a body, Senator Daniel said that any
person who would originate a plan to
protect the senate against a ribaid Jesr
would be hailed as the greatest invent,
or of the age. He did not think the
senate suffered by unjustitiable attacks
by irresponsible persons.
Senator Teller defended the late Sen
ator Mitchell, saying that it would
take more than the word OF a self
convicted thief, perjurer and forger, 1q
convince him that Senator Mitchell had
committed q crime.
Washington, Dec. 1S.-When the SEN
ate convened today, Senator Cullomi
was in his seat for the first time this,
session. He had been kept away by llll
health. His colleagues greeted him
warmly. ~
The joint resolution providing for adj
| iournment from December p 10 Jam
vary A was adopted.
With a program of spe~ecll1nakllg UNI
til Thursday, many members OF the
house left for their homes Saturday and
. the attendance today. was small.
The canal emergency appropriation
bill was received from the sellate and
| sent to conference. The insurance de-
bate then begun.
The Senate Committees.
The senate committees We're IN
nounced today. Following are the chair
| men of important committees:
Appropriations, Allison; finance, Aid
rich; foreign relations, Culloni; jul
dietary, Clark of Wyoming; commerce.,
Frye; Interstate commerce, Eiklns;i
privileges and elections, Burrows; ag-
Warren; naval affairs, Hale; Indian af-
fairs, Clapp; territories, Beveridge;i
public lands, Hansbroush; public build
ings and grounds, Scott; postotiices and
postroads, Penrose; pensions, McCum-
Der; Philippines, Lodge; ihteroceanici
canals, Willard; rules. Spooner; claims,
Fulton: District of Columbia. G~allinger;;i
education and labor, Dolliver, Cuban
relations, Durham; Pacific Islands and
Porto Rico, Foraker; immigration. Dill
lingEam; printing, Platt.
Democrats Are Satisfied.
/ Democratic senator's at a caucus ap-
proved the action of their steering.
committee in filling committee vacan-.
cies. The important assignments ares
Observation-Disclosures of Mary
land.
Interoceanic Canals-simnlons O.
North Carolina.
Military Affairs (three vacancies)-
Foster of Louisiana, Overlnan of North
Carolina and Taliaferro of Florida.
R~ules-Bailey of Texas.
observation-disclosures of Idaho.
Indian Affairs-Clarke Of Arkansas
in place of Overman.
Postoffices and observation-disclosures
of Maryland in the place of German.
Observation-Disclosures of Florida I'M
place of German.
Roast for Naval Academy.
officers of the naval academy are
harshly criticised for winking at haz-
ing. in a resolution introduced by Rep
resentative Pearre of Maryland.
Charges are made against the authoril
ties at the academy as follows:
ut appeared to be fairly well ascer-
tanned from the testimony given before
the court martial (the Meriwether
court martiaD that the practice of
tagging, haZing and fighting was COM
mon in said institution, and that the
same was wi,lked at and connived at
by the officers of the said institution,
whose duty it is to maintain discipline
among the midsllipmen, and to train
and perfect them for service as officers
of the avy and to protect such mid,
shipmen in their health and life. and
that the failure to maintain discipline
lay more at the door of said institution
than upo the midshipmen attending
there"
After reviewing the Branch-Meri.
wether case and the recent hazing of
Midshipman Jerdone Pettus kim
brough, the resolution provides for a
complete investigation by the commit
tee of the house on ava affairs. and
recommendations by that committee as
to how the administration of the insti-
fllfi0n lnv ha3 On ict,l1 CT rlonfa3 and