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Show SENATE CLASHES WITH COURT. Fears Constitutional Prerogatives of Members Is Being Interfered With. Washington. Whether a court at law has power to summon before It a committee of congross was tho cnief subject of discussion before tho senate sen-ate and ljouse on Thursday. Tho sonato gavo positive instructions instruc-tions to Senators Reed Smoot, Jonathan Jona-than Bourne and Duncan Fletcher not to respond to tho order issued by Justice Wright of tho supremo court of the District of Columbia, directing di-recting them to appear before him. Tho proceeding grew out of a suit Instituted by the Valley Paper company com-pany of Holyoko, Mass., as tho result of tho committee's award of a contract con-tract for furnishing paper for tho government gov-ernment printing office. The refusal of the senate was based on tho plea of the constitutional prerogatives pre-rogatives of members of congress. |