The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22
SENATE COMMITTEES
MADE KNOWN AT LAST
'ew Changes Are Apparen,
From Previous Lineup and
What Was Forecasted.
cuLLoM in HIS sea-
Illinois Senator Attends Session for
First Time-Prospect Of Long
Debate in the House Makes
the Attendance Small.

DeOate IN the mouse MAKES
the Attendance Small.
Washington. D. c., Dec. 20.-Whether
the senate is warranted in ignoring u
senator convicted in the courts on
charges of misconduct and in not as
signing him to places on standing COM
mittees. yet leaving his name on the
senate rolls, was discussed for two
hours and then dropped without Il rul-
ing on the question. Several senate
leaders took up the subject. On account
of the delicacy of the question the de-
bate naturally was not as open as
would be necessary for final determi-
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, INC
that he a 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 h sem
ator himself. to Kansas and to the
country to investigate the charges
against Senator Burton And determine
whether he is entitled to q seat in the
senate.
In response several senators called
attention to the fact that Is
following the precedent established by
the English parliament in not taking
c~ognizance of charges against q mem
Der until the charges had been deter
mined in the courts. Senators Hale,
Spooner, Lodge and Daniel were of this
opinion.
Senator Bailey, calling attention to
the fact that there had been five SEN
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 hat this is n place to
come to make money dishonesty he
complained that senators who behave
themselves were compelled to suffer
for those III do not. through being
subjected to ridicule and jests.
Counseling the philosophy of the
stoics against attacks on h enate
as a body, Senator Daniel said that any
person who would originate u plan to-
protect the senate against q ribald jest
would be hailed as the greatest Invent
or of the age. He did not think the
senate suffered by unjustifiable attacks
by irresponsible persons.
Senator Teller defended the late SEN
ator Mitchell, saying hat 1t would
take more than the word of a SER
convicted thief, perjurer and forger" to
convince him that Senator Mitchell had
committed a crime.
Washington, Dec. 1s.-When the SEN
ate convened today, Senator Cullom
was in his seat for the first time this
session. He had been kept away by i'll
health. His colleagues greeted MIN
warmly.
iournment from December 81 to jan
nary 4 was adopted.
With q program of speechmaking un-
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 senate and
sent to conference. The insurance de-
bate then begun.
Tho Senate Committees.
The senate committees were an
nounced today. Following are the chair.
men Of important committees:
appropriations, Allison; finance. Aid
rich; foreign relations. Cullom: ju-
dietary, Clark Of Wyoming;
Frye; interstate commerce. Elkins;
privileges and elections, Burrows; ag-1
riculture, Proctor: military affairs,
Warren; naval affairs, Hale; Indian az.
fairs, Clapp; territories. Beveridge;.
public lands, Hansbrough; public build
ings and grounds, Scott; postofices and
postroads. Penrose; pensions, McCum-
Der: Philippines, Lodge; interoceanic
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Fulton; District Of Columbia. Gallinger;
education and labor, Dolliver, Cuban
relations, BurnhaIn; Pacific islands inc
Porto Rico, Foraker; immigration, Dill
lingham; printing, Platt. =
Democrats Are Satisfied.
Democratic senators at a caucus aD.
proved the action of their steering
committee in filling committee vacan-'
| cies. The important assignments are:
Observation-Disclosures of Mary
land. ig
Interoceanic Canals-Simmons of
| North Carolina.
Military Affairs (three vacancies)-
Foster of Louisiana, Overman of North
Carolina and Taliaferro of Florida.
Rules-Bailey Of Texas.
observation-disclosures of Idaho.
Indian Affairs-Clarke of Arkansas
in place of Overman.
Postoffces and observation-disclosures
OF -tliifS1dtto IA u 1bdSC Vi 'oIh Id
Finance-Taliaferro of Florida in
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 mad against the authori-
ties at the academy as follows:
1T appeared to be fairly we'll ascer-
tained from the testimony given before
the court martial (the Meriwether
cour. martial) that the practice OF
tagging, haztng and fighting vas com
mon in said institution. and that the
same vas winked Fat and connived at
by the officers of the said institution,
whose duty it is to maintain discipline
among the midshipmen, and to train
and perfect them for service as officers
of the navy, 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
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