Show N i i jj i IS SMOTHERED Rawlins R to Set Got t tight Light on 1 the Philippines SPECIAL SENATE S NATE EXERCISES STATUES STATUS OF OP CHARLES CLE CARROLL CAROLL CAROLLA AND A JOHN jom HANSON ISON ACCEPTED ACCE I Washington Jan 3 In the senate today the chaplain chaplan In his Invocation again f referred to the death or of Senator MacMillan of ot Michigan Mr Quay favorably f reported his amendment to the agricultural bill em urn embodying tm bodying the statehood bill bU Mr Beveridge Bev ridge immediately called caled at attention attention I to the rule requiring the reports report of or committees tee to He lie over for a day awl and sIted asked that tat the report In this case ras go over for Zor a day The chair sustained sustained Mr Beveridge and the report went over OV r Similar Simia action acton was taken on the same amendment to the sundry civil civi bill bl The Rawlins resolution calling on the of for information re regarding r regarding garding in the Philip Philippines pines Dines pine was laid before the senate but butI it I again went over overA A house bill bi was passed appropriating 28 for the and care cr of confederate mounds In hi Oakwood cemetery ChIc gP The s senate nate then th n at a 1230 on motion moton I of Mr Cullom went wont into executive session After ten minutes spent In executive session the doors d or were were reopened A Abill Abi Abill i bill bi was passed to provide lor tor the re removal r I moval of persons accused of crime to I and from the Philippine islands for tor trial tria The bill bi has special reference to the extraditing of fugitives from jus justices justices tices It I originally included the islands Island of Guam Tutuila and Manu but on n I I objection by Mr Hoar it was amended so 5 as to include only the th Philippine islands General Staff Bill Passed The bill bl creating a general generl staff stat corps in bi the army the law Jaw to go Into effect Aug 16 15 1903 also was passed An amendment was added to the te bill bi pro providing providing viding that any officer now on the ac active active tive list below the grade gad of major gen general general genera eral era who served sered with wih credit credi as an officer of In the regular or volunteer service I during the civil civi war before April Apri 9 1865 1866 shall when retired be retired with the rank and pay of the next higher grade The Tue section is made to apply to officers who have been retired on or since Aug 1 1898 but shall not apply to any officer whose service on the ac active active tive the list does not exceed thirty ve years and shall not apply to any officer who has hI been placed on the retired list by b virtue of any of congress nor norto norto norto to any officer who already has received an advance of ot grade at the time of re retirement retirement or with wih a view to retirement Bills also were passed appropriating for the payment of overtime claims of ot letter leter carriers excluded from judgment as barred by limitation es establishing establishing a port of delivery delvery at Salt Lake City Utah to confirm certain forest lieu leu selections made under tha th act a t of June une 4 1897 Mr Berry Berr of Arkansas then made a al motion moton to reconsider the vote by which the general staff bill bi was passed and said he would ask for tor action acton later These bills bis also were passed pas ed Provid Providing ProvidIng ing lag for the establishment of a life lifesaving Ife lifesaving saving saing station in the vicinity of Cape or Flattery Flater Rocks Wash to increase the number of or lighthouse S districts district appropriating for the construction of or a tender tenderS for the Twelfth lighthouse district extending the provisions of the general home homestead toad stead laws to t certain certin lands segregated from rom Indian reservations authorizing the te president to detail officers of the revenue cutter cuter service as superintend superintendents ent or instructors in the public ma marine fine rine schools conferring jurisdiction on the court of claims to determine all aU claims of the confederated bands of Ute Indians of Colorado also a num number number ber boro of bills Special Exercises At 2 under the special order exercises were conducted appropriate to the reception and acceptance of the statues of Charles Chare Carroll Carrol and John Hanson erected in statuary hall hal of the capitol which have been contributed by the state of Maryland Marylad Mr McComas offered a resolution tendering the thanks of congress to the state of Maryland Marland for presenting the statues statues and delivered fitting remarks on the life Ufe and deeds of the two men Other speakers were Dolliver Dolver Wellington Depew and Hoar The de delivery livery UV ry of the eulogies required almost throe three hours of ot time Mr r Hoar took occasion in the course of his remarks to refer to the te fact that Carroll Carrl had been in religion a Catholic and ana in that connection spoke of the tolerance of ot the te he people of ot that faith Mr rr Deliver told of a recent inspection inspection tion of the original manuscript of the Declaration Doclar ton ton of Independence and said that he had hd found that all al the signa signatures signatures tures to it had practically faded away including that of Carroll Carrol This cir significant nt for for that memorable l d latter after All Allowed ii owed oed its origin to 1 li tie t people and ad adnot not alone toX tol the te few fv f w wh athOSe Se names name were e attached t ti it It were t 1 Referring to the fact that tat John ohn Han Hanson Hanson son had passed out ut of or mind mid Mr Mr Depew said id the time tim would cone come the cje only persons connected with lh our o r civil war who would wold be remembered remembered would be Lincoln Grant and ad Lee Le LeeRe Resolutions Res Re of 0 acceptance were adjourned adopted and at ot 5 p m u the senate senate I |