Deseret Evening News | 1901-02-25 | Page 1 | Senate Doings

Doings Washington Feb Feh 25 At the opening of oC session e the he Senate agreed to tu toa tua toa a conference upon tIme the appropriation all platon bill bi Senators Wolcott Chand Chan Pl l ler and Duller Butter Duter being named na 18 a con comi cn feree on the lie part pat of o the he Senate The Senate agreed to a 1 conference on ho lie diplomatic and ud consular appropriation bill hil anti and Senators Hale Cullom and Teller Toller were named ns M conferees A resolution offered by Mr tr of the tho lie committee on pensions Ing lag the committee to make an examina Ion tion lon of all al laws la WI granting pensions to soldiers their survivors and depend dependents to make Investigation of special pension lIens Ion legislation and to make lake any other on the tIme general subject of nC pension legislation as the lie committee committed may ma deem desirable was adopted Mr Pettus lettus Petus Alabama anode mad a point of ot order against tho the Philippine amend amendment meat ment to the lie army ori aria bill bi Consideration of the tue point Wil postponed until that portion of the bill hi was reached The President pro toni tern Mr Ir Frye Pre submitted Mr Ir Pettus Petus point of oC order artier to the lie Senate It was waR sin decided that hat the Philippine amendment was wan In order th vote being ayes Res 39 noes 23 Mr Ir Vest est Mo Clo offered nn tin amendment to the he Philippine Philppine provision to o the tho effect that no n Judgment order or act by any of said sal po so 10 appointed shall con flirt with the laws and Constitution of anI the United States This gave guve rise to considerable debate Mr Ir Spooner contended the tho amendment was fl unnecessary