Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-18
58th CONGRESS-.
The Statue of Frances {.
willard Accepted.
EuIogistic Addresses Feature
Of Day in Senate.
One Witness Heard In the Swayne I'M
peachnent Case.

washington Feb. 1.-THE Senate, to-
gay passed the bill appropriating
H3'3lrJ0O FOR the District of Columbia
ana the diplomatic and consular ap-
prupriatinn bill. carving s.. 1J6. 900. The
District bill had been before the Sen
Hte several days ANA had been much
debated. The diplomatic bill received
the attention OF the Senate for only l.
minutes and Was passed without dis
CuSSiOn.
y Special feature of the day was the
acceptance Of the statue OF Frances L.
Willard. the distinguished temperance
advocate. which had been placed il
St"tuary hall. in the National Capitol
by the state of Illinois. NotwithStand-
ing there are about 40 pelestalS IN the
nall, the statue of Miss Willard is the
first Of a woman to find Il place there,
ana tie members of her sex showed
their appreciation of the compliment
by turning out il large numbers to lis
ten to the euIDgistic address made in
connection with the ceremony.
one witness was heard during the
day in the SWayne Impeachment trial
and an hour was spent in secret ses-
sion iii an Intellectual effort to deter
mine the admssibility AS evidence of
Judge SNIyne's statement before 4
committee before the House.
The Senate terminated its controver-
sy with the House over the amendment
constituting the provision Of the Ding
ley law relative 20 the drawback on inn
ported wheat by rcceding from the
amendment inserted iii the agricultural
in, AZ 4
ate.
The ceremonies in acceptance of the
willard statue began at Z: n'cInck. Nd
dresses euiogistic Of Miss Willard We're
made by Messrs. Cullom. BeveridGe
Dolliver ana Hopkins. on motion OF
CuIlnm. the statue WAS accepted. The
statue of one of the most eminent
women of the United States as the
resolution EXPRESSED it.
Cullonl said that lie was proud to say
that he had been personally acquaint-
ed with Miss willard during the great
er nart of her active life. lie sad that
Miss Willard had brought sobriety into
the homes uf untold thousands: that
tie world was better because she lived
ana he congratulated his state on its
selection of IL woman for the National
nal! of fume--the first of her sex in
long list Of distinguished people 10
find i place there.
At the close Of the ceremony at 49,
L. NJ. the S;tnatc as a further mark OF
respect to Miss Wizards memory. ad-
inurred until II o'clock, tomorrow.
The senate crnvonod at II O'Clock
ana ~ il was Sitting behind closed
,lnore whom Yesterday. session came to
an eud. the session was resumed today
under th" same condltioHs. tn" Hurs-
tl"l "l ihc ''d''il7,i'''il'F II. ~ ~
Ptachin"ht i'"'e'" :,
@"aNheS toS'i'''oi.E III
r"mnllttC" VAS sun ull1'r t""Sl''i a
tiun and Clark, (ArkI., resumed ms ar
cuncnt in sun3,rt OF admission
t'ulb"rSon opppec1 admission on the
ground that the proceeding is in the ma
tulr III {, rril;-inal prosecution ana
ONES within the ,+aSs If tribunals
rro,,, thc urn;.,ndiuc; of which Con-
,.,,ee;s ,n,i.1t rni,otact vitncsscs before
- committees. without deciding th2
roint tha Scnatr dno"s were opened at
!: O'Clock and legislation proceeded
As @o"n as the doors ''tr" opehcf 'he
clerk Of the Raus' arealed WIN tue
resolution "f IT." House returning inc
lgi giiclltnrai bill because o. me oplcc-
tion ni thr Hnus" % TIE = nate amcnH-
men; constituting the provision % the