Show LONG IONG STIES TIRS UP Senators Criticise Trim Rim for Trig His Mor Morgan j S gan gait Letter Hetter I Washington Feb 4 At the instance of ot Mr Chandler the senate today I passed paa a resolution calling upon the secretary of the navy for a list of members of Admiral Sampsons fleet whose names were sent to tn the senate for promotion during the congress Mr Chandler said the occa occasion occasIon sion for his bis presentation of this reso resolution lution was found in the published let letter letter letter ter written by Secretary Long to Sen Senator Sentor Sentier tier ator Morgan Horgan He called caned attention to the fact that while the list of officers for promotion had been sent to t he be sen senate senate ate during the last ast congress the toe prod president dent upon failure to act in that con congress congress gress grass had not renewed the recommendation recommendation dation for the present congress He explained that the failure of the senate to act had bad been due to the Sampson Samp on S hley controversy Mr Hale said that no fault could be found with congress and he repeated what w at Mr Chandler had said IR d as to the failure of ct the nominations to secure confirmation during the last Jast congress con Indeed he said he considered con that congress had been entirely liberal in ID recognizing r the picturesque plc exploits of the Spanish war air lr Pettigrew said there had been an axi effort to promote Sampson over Sebley Schley Sc notwithstanding Schley Sebley had done dole do the fighting and had bad previously outranked Sampson He said the thep president p dent afterward had corrected this injustice and amid that having haYing done this because use of the attitude of the senate that t body did not deserve the secre seers berys criticism The ship subsidy bill was laid aside informally by the senate today to per permit permit permit mit consideration of the appropriation blitz bills This action was taken late in inthe the th day on on Mr request that tRip the District of Columbia appropriation bill be taken up Mr Frye in charge of ot the subsidy bill who had said he lie would not give way to appropriation bIt bill without a vote of the was not in ln the chamber at t the time but butIr Mn Mi Aldrich Mr Hanna Ht ma arid amid oth in te te in the measure were present and arid joined in the general assent given Riven to Mr r request The subsidy bill holds its place and as the unfinished bed i business can be taken up when the appropriation bills are not occupy occupying occupying occupying ing attention the District of Columbia bill blU will occupy the attention of the senate tomorrow The subsidy bill did not receive at attention attention today the greater j part art of the time of the senate being given to listen listening listenIng ing lug to a speech by b Mr Bacon of Geor Georgia Georgia gia gift on the right of the senate to de demand mand mama information on file in m the executive executive executive tive departments He took the post position position tion bit that the departments are the crea crew creatures creatures tures of congress and that depart departmental departmental departmental mental denial of any demand for pa papers paon pets pers on file was wa preposterous contend contending ing ig that for years there had been practically no refusal reCusal to recognize this right |