The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-11
SENATE HAS ENOUGH
SHOWS DISPOSITION TO AVOID MO-
 R0CCAN RESOLUTION.
Among the Bills Passed is One Appro- priatIng s200,0e0 For the Mark inx of Graves of Confederate
 Soldiers.

Washington, Jan. 10.-The Senate made 1t plain today that It had heard yesterday all it wants to hear for the present on the Moroccan cues tion. There were two opportunities to reaurne consideration of the subject but both were avoided and apparently with the assent of all the members. Having had it's day in court, the reso- lution dealing with the subject Was was reached in regular order no one manifested the least disposition to dis turb it there and the Senate adjourned at a comparatively early hour rather than take 1t up.
 Notwithstanding the early adjourn ment, a good deal of business was dis posed of About eighty bills were pass ed. leaving on the calendar only six or seven measures. Of the bills passed a large majority grant private pensions and many were bridge bills. One of the bills faVorably acted upon appro- priates $200, ,000 for the marking of the graves of the Confederate soldiers who died inc Northern prisons during the civil war.
 For the rest Of the session the Sen ate gave attention in turn to the dues- tIon of the salaries pf1d to Panama canal officials. to the Pure Food bill and the Merchants Marine shipping bill without taking action on either of those subjects. The canal subject was discussed by Mir. Simmons and the Pure Food bill by MT. Hepburn.
 At the beginning Of today's session of the Senate MT. Crane introduced by request joint resolution requesting the President to "open negotiations with the other nations for the purpose of securing the naturalization of the Philippine Islsrds and the recognition 1A knfr fw,I HoFa Nuha same shall be granted to them by the United States"
 MT. Simmons in discussing Panama canal affairs quoted an article from MT. Poultney Bigelow criticizing the management of the canal saying that he was not in sympathy with 1t.
 Does the Senator know how long Mir Bigelow was on the isthmus?' asked Mir. Lodge, and when Mir. Sim mons replied in the negative MT. Lodge said he was there only for twenty eight hours from November 29 to De- cember 1.
 q hope" replied MT. Simmons, "that while there his investigations were so directed as to get at more of the truth regarding the situation than did the Secretary of War fin his recent visit"
 Continuing. Mir, Simmons said that his only purpose in referring to the article was to show that the mind of the American people Is prepared to ex- pect excesses and abuse on the isth- mus. He congratulated the President on his request for investigation and said he hoped it would be found that he was correct in saying that the charges against the management of the canal were not founded on fact. The resolution was referred to the committee on inter-oceanic canals
 Cn motion of MT. Hepburn the Sen ate then proceeded to the considera- ton of the pure food bill and MT. Hey burn addressed the Senate in support of the measure He said that the prt- mary object of the bill was to protect the public against frauds and decep- tion. He analysed the bill and said that it had been so modified to protect retail dealers in manufactured goods and he added that there had been oth- CT changes, adding, however, that the