The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-06
JAPANESE QUESTION IN SENATE
ALL THE CORRESPONDENTS AND
ORDERS CALLED FOR.

MIR. Foraker Fails 10 Get consideration OF
His Resolution Resarding the Dis.
missal OF Negro Troops First Bin Day
In the senate-HOuse Passes Bills.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The Senate was in
session an hour and thirty minutes and
| closed with a brief executive session at
which the Algeciras treaty was favorably
reported from the Committee on Foreign
| Relations, the report having been agreed
! upon at a meeting this morning; and the
nomination Of Victor H. Metoalf, Secretary
of Commerce and Labor, to be Secretary
Of the Navy was reported favorably from
the Committee on Naval Affairs.
In the open Senate Mr.. Flint (Rep, CALI
secured the passage by unanimous vote,
without debate, Of a resolution directing
the Secretary Of Commerce and Labor to
send to the Senate all correspondence,
orders, &C, relating TO the Japanese school
question that had arisen at San Francisco.
Mr.. Foraker (Rep., Ohio sought TO get
consideration for his resolution calling
on the Secretary Of War for the correspond
enoe and other information relating TO the
discharge of the colored soldiers OF the
Twenty-ffth United States Infantry. OBJ
lection was raised by Mr.. Knox (Rep., Pa
and the matter vent over until the return
Of Mr.. Penrose (Rep., Pa who had offered
the original resolutions, to which Mr.. For
aker's resolution was pending as a substi-
tute.
Mr.. Warren rep, Wyo.) chairman Of
the Military Affairs Committee, asked for
the reference Of both resolutions to his COM
mittee. This being objected to. the Wyo-
ming Senator proposed a substitute which
he said embodied the substance of both
the Foraker and the Penrose resolution.
This being the first bill day of the session
in the Senate nearly 200 bills and resolutions
were presented; the latter, affecting either
pensions or claims, largely predominated.
The first bill OF public interest presented
~wasoffered by Senator Beveridge OF Indiana,
and its object was to prevent the employ
ment OF child labor by f~orbidding the inter-
state transportation OF goods manufac-
tured at factories where children are en-
ployed. A similar bill was also introduced
by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Flint of California is evidently sure
that the Panama Canal will be completed
by 1915, for he offered a bill providing the
holding at Los Angeles in that year OF an
exposition to commemorate the opening
Of that waterway. 1t carries an appro-
priation OF SIC, 600, 900, coupled with a pro-
NlHO Nndb tbc OABC0iNcN OANH~
raise a like amount.
Another appropriation Of $40, 0OO, 900 is
contained in a bin by Mr.. Hepburn Of Idaho
providing for the purchase or condemna-
ton Of the property in Washington between
Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall as sites
for new public buildings.
IN THE HOUSE.
Speaker Cannon having the Houee on his
hands to-day with no business Of pressing
importance demanding attention, and fear
ing TO establish a precedent of adjourning
AT a short session under these conditions,
let the members pass the time considering
bills on the House calendar-that il bills
which make no charge upon the Treasury.
Invoking this rule, Messrs. Payne of New
York, the Republican leader, and Tawney
prevented action upon the first bill called,
authorizing the issue of commissions by
the President TO volunteer naval officers
who served in the civil war. They served
under order OF the Secretary of the Navy
only, while similar army officers were COM
missioned.
Other bills were passed as follows:
Providing for the use of certified checks
instead Of guarantees or bonds by con-
tractors for naval supplies; permitting
national banks to make loans upon farm
lands for not exceeding twelve months
and to ar extent not exceeding o~ne-fourth
of their capital stock; incorporating the
National German american Alliance of the
District OF Col a; authorizing the issue
of duplicate gold certificates in place Of
lost or destroyed ones.
This performance saved the situation,
and at 2:55 O'Clock the House adjourned.