| Show SENATOR MITCHELLS DEATH RAISES DELICATE QUESTION Washington oll lee Dec S 5 sews News of or the Ihl leuth ti sia t Is of or o t Senator itt ton Mitchell sI I U of or Oregon Or oll IH great nl lit the tho Ih Capitol Capitoli i Illness hall hail b beell en of nt stich late lIat And so s little WM coi known of oC It that thai lII tIo of nC lilt death CRine ti to 10 the thu senate scan practically without It rals d di n a i delicate us nil to 10 thu I ho hJ duty nf or thA lif their late n n IRI t ordinarily when a II ir r dl sites II s n a 1 Is h appointed to t represent the tho thoM lh M nt nl the services and at III atlie atI I lie hit earliest opportunity tho the of oC oCth th ills lit deceased fd member formally gives of ot the death and Announce that later he hp will make more 1101 extend d re no 1 Tim TIJI senate then adjourns out nut o 0 if ot to the memory of nt f the de tie After tony today be br between tween prominent t senators and S H Ken Jr r Rn the th point was raIsed alsed as U to whether the Ihl senate would b I warranted In lii following the thi Ih usual u In Its the case of oC If Senator Mitchell It t was wn that hat t I at nl the tho time of or his hll 11 sleuth lentil he hue tood convicted of fit an sn offense the th federal laws hass and In violation of or hi hl his oaths oath ni U u it 1 senator of o the th States On tile the other hand It II was a pointed minted l oil that the tho hiss not nol teen notified of ot his Ids conviction n hail 1111 If that Ihal nl had hll 1 been ticen h ell arrested h by y an un appeal to In the supreme me court coull of ot the he states and sins that tho the highest blithest court had hail not flat passed upon the lois lion tiC Of f his gUilt or Innocence innocente At n a late hate hour today 10 11 Vice President FaIrbanks had not ant appointed the usual committee and the Impression prevailed that hat he would postpone 1 action until the senate convened on Monday It was wan stated that In III the till event nt of or the Ihl ap up appointment of oC n u committee It would not teach reach Port III Or In time to attend the funeral service It ft thought 1 is like likely ly Is therefore that the vice president 1 will leave to 10 tho the senate the decision as asto asto to what ahat hll Its JIM course courso should l lie lia Senator Fulton of at cours will give notice of o the death of lit Senator Mitchell when the tho senate meets meI on Monday lust hut It II hm has hll not 1101 yet yel been lt ell determined whether he lie will ask ak the tho to 10 adjourn a as n a tribute to III Senator Mitchell There Is no precedent for tUI th thus guIdance of oC the senate Tho Iho late senator hal had many ilia II warm friends In the senate who ho remained r I loy by loyal 10 byal al RI tn to throughout his hl trial These senators would like to tn give Ie a n test testimonial of lie their regard for him and tes teR testify to In the value of ot his long lont service hut but they lh will be he t governed 1 by 1 future conferences coO teren |
