Show J I t SENATORS ENA TORS AND 4 U Ui i 1 i for por Two Hours the Senate Dis Djs Discussed I cussed Question of Their j Assignment 4 L S t ji NO DECISION ARRIVED AT Teller Defended Mitchell I I of lit ft Oregon and Senator I r c cil ii 11 of ut Senate III In Ills IIIi lu e et I 3 1 i Dec nt IS Whether the nate Is hi b warranted In Ignoring u tL sena hU senator tor tot convicted In the he tout Is on oil a ci aI charge I of ot misconduct and In tn not assigning him to places on Oil committees yet ct his hIli name on in tIC the nail loll rull c th discussed for Cor t two to o hoim today toda by hy bythe ir the th senate lI und find then dropped without u II ac c jf ruling on eu tIu th 4 I took look up U the subject On ac ic account count COli II I nf M the Ike of oe o the question the tile debate naturally win Willi not an lII i open an 1111 would be foi 01 f of If tho Iho Mr Ir halley the Ilic point by hy In III 2 of or Mr 11 hub Hale when the latter laller ri presented rc the new list lI t of tit standing com corn committees corni i whether every senator had hili hadIK I IK en II with a L place Mr 1 r Halo f I 1 that tiit ever except Mr ir 11 1 R of or Kansas had bien beell given RIen as 1111 tN and 8 lid thit I liu t ho he hud bi 1 been left lert leftoff le fL oft off the flu committees at ut ills his own H l I until tho the charges against him had bud been disposed dl of ot by tin thO courts l Mr Ir halley protested ltd against any sen lell senators name belli kept on Oil the th roll mil im till lUll ho hn wim 11 tl n work to 10 do ito and ar ur j 1 1 thit It Is hi th tile the duty dUly of or tho tito senate to to III mid to 10 the country ID to tl 4 t the tho against Mr lr g und whether lie h Is en ell entitled cItI I 1 1 titled to 10 n tt Heat seat In III the tite senate In response se called i I attention to 10 the tue tout fact that Congress IH bt I J following the Iho precedent established by lIy bythe byr r Q the he h parliament In not flat taking lllA 1 N ip of or charges a n mem member member ber her until the tue th charges had h td been hlen deter determined ic wined mined In till the courts court Mers Hale Itale v and Daniel were of or this tiit J opinion n I Mr Ir calling to 10 the tite I I fact that there hall had been blen live Indicted In the tha th last 1111 10 JO years nil all on Oil p charges that crimes had been t tI committed for money mild thu tho time hud had I arrived when hen the tue senate should testify 1 S that this Is III no place to come como to make I money bailey dishonestly lie He complained who themselves t nUi Wele ere compelled to 10 puffer for title thine who 1 k did not through bellIg subjected to ridicule and Jests f Counseling the tho philosophy or ot tile the sto litO St against attacks on the tho senate as nil a 1 body Mr Daniel Mild ethl that any person who would n It 1 plan to lu protect I the tue against IL n ribald Jelt would l bo IJO hulled nt n the Inventor of or it the age He Ito lilt did not think the senate Menate t suffered by hy unjustifiable attacks by Irresponsible persons peron peront ns t i Mr Teller defended the Iha late Inlo Senator 1 jW j Mitchell tint It would take Tf L more bore than the Ihu word woid voi tI of a II 1 11 L I ij 4 thief perjurer I alid forger to 10 convince t him that Air Mr Mitchell hud committed tk i I n a crime crImI jg When the senate convened today Mr Ir I i Cullom was In his hf lent for tor the tile Hint first time 4 I this tills session r Mr Allison reported n a house Joint rem res resolution re j providing for 01 adjournment of or ortho the tue senate front from Dee Dec ll 21 1 to 10 Jan Jim 4 which was adopted i Ye 11 Senator Teller protesting the tho 4 absence of or i t t mime from rota 1 the Iho committee lists IRis alluded to tile the th late ii ti Senator Mitchell Ho lie declared that Senator Mitchell during his hiM long Ion ser eer service r vice kG had hud many opportunities to en ell enrich if rich himself but bul hail had gone to 10 the tite grave t Concluding be Ito declared ve i It will vill take more than the Iho woid of or ofa J 1 a ft 1 th r perjurer and p fOrger to convince me toe that tho tile bite lite laloi i senator from Oregon was wall guilty of ot the tue 13 charge of which he was wn convicted Mr said that Senator 1301 i 1 ton toll had nil ull the tho of or If n a senator and ivi tb entitled to places on OIl committees mid that he had relieved a n situation of ur If I 1 greal real my asking to 10 be bo b bf f left off ott the tite committees lIe He thought I L Mr Pitr II Burton hud had acted very ver properly In InI I absenting himself elf from the tha senate un under UnI I der del the c J Mr 11 Spooner r ald laud Mr h Fulton was vas nil ad f I I eed by senators nut not tu tO announce tho the thoI Z f I I death of ot Senator Mitchell ns as there I i J would 10 II hi be bo opposition to 10 resolutions for till f I f eulogy I WI J Mr Unlit lahl he ho was Willi one OliO of or the tite 1 L e q i senators senatore who the tile Oregon Fell sen 14 titer When heIl n IL senator felt a 1 sense of or 1 I t delicacy which prevented him from Crom H 4 t 1 i Appearing in ill the tue senate he ought to re 10 reI I I If IC vindicated led of ot tile the charges charge i t J 1 against him tile his constituents would t give him bun n ct C vindication auto also 4 Mr Ir Lodge lol o d that there was 1111 no ItO it 4 1 rule rille of or th tb senate declaring that no notice I I tice shall be b taken of tho the death nf or a IL ILK 1 p senator K defended the action of at the I senate In lii Its itil of ot Senator lIt i a death tell t it and tutu of oC tho tue committee tout mit i on OIl 1 1 r In 10 Us It Ii treatment or of Hena r tor Burton l l 1 Senator Spooner agreed d with sith many of ot the tile criticisms of the senates pro pm procedure i I I and said HILtI that one man moan could r 1 relieve the Iho lien II te of oC Its embarrassing it t t I 1 coil that ilat I malt win vo rt To I q i Burton himself Mr Spooner there thel thelI t I I fore Core the Ihl course of or the com cent committee l The ease of Dietrich j of or if Nebraska had 1101 been beell referred to In and i Mr 11 reviewed tile the ease cuie su c l j that Senator Dietrich had not asked M I for b the tile until af itt after I I i L ter he ho had been cleared In III the court T pi h Ho lie that thai there rc was every rea rca reason l son FOIl for fir tho tint senate to follow tile the Lug Illg I i I rule rail In to relation to vacating the tue I rut of or a It member charged with some ll i I the tue conviction of would kj l p nJ disqualify him hurt from rota membership Mr k L I Kahl I that I I ellI Fulton I I con consulted In ill regard I to tn the pro io procedure In tile the cane alto of oC the tha death Ileath of or his hIM colleague II unit and received advice lid vice which moved move Mm not to 10 make lake the tito usual un If It 1 f ho lie imd Il d t the announcement all t tail paid 1111 hi Mr Spooner It would hui HOI veil to 10 tragedy und bring addition I t it sorrow to tn t 1 those 1 hi ee who il loved John H II Mitchell for or It known that there would he be an opposition to the usual rejections rc culling for or eulogies Tilt The lie Ie president Interrupted the tite debate In lii lay before the th senate t tile the ft front am tho Iho Inline bouse disagreeing with the Ihl of or the senate on onh teh h h UI II bit bill i Mr III r Al AI Allison t lison movell that the tho senate Insist upon the Iho amendments HOd agree to tu the con eon asked for Cor or motion was adopted lles Hale Teller were named a tIM 1111 conferees Mr Ir I r 1111 it a lie hey complained I ii ed against II a ga lust the t II C having to 10 Whit wait for fOI tho tedious of M the tho courts to determine t who in shall hull sit lilt In the tile senate He lie referred to the relations of Ut saying You on Oil that side hide may sometimes look upon upil us 1111 on OIl this thie side Bide Democratic lie UH 1114 demagogues I know that wo we sometimes look upon ou on that side ao nil more moore creatures of corporate greed reed reede yet e we wa nil Oh In III our sober Hoher moments look IlI m one aile another other as nil men In itt 11 tho ho last ten Ion years there have been lIeen 10 Indictments of senators and nil lIlt of or the Indictments Implying that have havo been committed for money It Is lit time the tho senate Is testifying to tile the world that this thie Is III no n fit place to come cometo comelo to lo make muke money molley dishonestly Tin resolution naming the committee was then til n adopted On Oit motion of or Mr 11 the ship shill subsidy bill was Willi taken en up 1111 which It the tile unfinished business before beCore tho tue senate The fhe senator H said salti he lIe did not propose to 10 take up lip the tho bill hili until utter afIre the tile holidays ys The rhe at lit 2 65 p m 10 went Into executive ell lon anti and at lIt 3 IS ad 1111 adjourned journell |