Show IN CONGRESS secretary gage mut explain many 0 his late acia his conduct in vitti nev york banks to be barour under deview senator hoar explains his position on quay case f washington jan 4 at the opening of session othe senate mr beveridge Beverl dge of indiana presented tho following resolution that the philippine islands arc territory belonging to tho united states and it is the intention of the united states to retain it as such and to establish and maintain such govern mental control throughout tho archi pelago as the situation may demand air beveridge asked that abo resolution lay on the table until next tuesday when he will speak on it A resolution was presented by sir pettigrew calling upon the secretary of the navy for abo report of admira dewey for april 13 1898 in which the admiral says he could tako manila at any time he asked immediate consideration but mr spooner objected and the resolution went over mr hoar offered a resolution which was adopted reducing the mileage tees to be paid witnesses in cases before the senate to 3 pec day while in attendance and actual traveling expenses this will reduce tha amount for witnesses in the dark case about one half mr aliens resolution calling tor correspondence between the treasury department and the national city bank and the hanover national bank of new york was agreed to with the modifications cat ions the consideration af mr resolution regarding alho advances re portell to have been neade through gen torres to gen otis after the of hostilities in tho philippines ip pines was postponed until monday A brief explanation of his attitude upon tho contest of mr quay for a seat in tajo senate was made by mr hoar he said he had received numerous letters urging him not to ote tor the seating 0 mr quay upon the appointment of the governor of pennsylvania oa the ground of charges against the personal character of mr quay air hoar referred to the fact that ho had frequently investigated the subject of the right of u governor to fill a vacancy anit to numerous speeches and repito tet ta tHias ho had made in support of the theory it was not to be expected that senators bitting here as judges could change their convictions on such appeals such requests ho considered in the nature of appeals ao hm to a ballot box and make false returns simply because tho petitioners petition ers think some one else should be appointed he hoped bis explanation would be a sufficient reply to the the letters HOUSE washington jan 4 in the house today air payne chairman of the ways and means committee presented tie sulzer resolution as modified by the committee for immediate consideration era tion the resolution as modified is as follows resolved that the secretary of the treasury be and he is hereby requested to furnish the house of representatives the following information copies of all letters agreements jinpei s or documents between the treasury department of the united or any person connected therewith and the national city bank and the hanover national bank of tho city of maw york or any person acting tor them or either of them since the ath day of march 1897 relating to tho depositing of public funds bonds or revenues in said bank or banks or any other relations or business transactions now existing or heretofore had by the government and said banks or either of them second the amount of public money bonds or revenue deposited with eald banks or either of them or with any national bank upon what security for what length of time and the reasons and whether said banks or any oe them have paid tho government any interest on said deposits and it so bow much and all other information concerning the same in any wa relating thereto third and also the date of tho sale of the custom house property of tho united slates in new york city to said national city bank the date of tho execution of the deed thereto the date and manner of payment of purchase money tho disposition of the proceeds of the said sale and whether or not the government has paid any rents for the said property or any portion thereof for any purpose alace the day of sale and it so to whom and all facts relating to abo said mr sulzer arose after tho presenta alon of the resolution and said he would accept tho amendments mr richardson the minority leader asked for five minutes which he desired to yield to mr lovy of new york the request was compiled with and mr levy offered an amendment to the resolution which included n request for the secre reasons tor delaying the deposits in national banks until the panic bad occurred mr levy said he bad warned the secretary of tho treasury in september that the was imminent had the secretary heeded that warning and deposited government funds in national banks in september and october instead of buying bonds the panic would have been averted the amendment was promptly ruled out of order and tha resolution as of by mr was adopted the house than at 12 20 p ro ad joumei monday |