| Show SENATE proceedings washington may 27 soon after the senate convened today air burrows chairman of the committee on privileges and elections reported that the majority of alie committee was opposed to the home resolution of providing for the election of senators by the people that a majority of the country was in favor of he depew amendment providing that the election of senators in all states shall be uniform and congress shall have power to enforce the amendment and finally the majority of the committee was opposed to the resolution as amended in answer to queries mr burrows said that the committee had not directed him to report the resolution cither favorably or adversely mr wellington md moved to discharge the committee from further consideration of the resolution this motion went over at the suggestion of mr hoar A resolution by mr boar yesterday requesting the president to inform the senate whether there be any law which would prevent any filipino not under arrest from coming to the united states and stating his views or desires as to his country to the president or to either branch of congress was adopted the conference report on the army bill alien was called up the question was on mr haars hoars motion that the senate ask for a full and free conference insisting upon its adoption mr spooner insisted that the houe would regard the adoption of the motion as an affront to its dignity after some discussion mr hoar withdrew liis motion mr proctor in charge of the conference report offered a resolution requesting three senators to meet and confer with the committees of both houses and especially in the matter of instruction to conferees mr gallinger N II 11 indicated that the house had been offensive to the but ho was called to order by mr who held that what occurred in alic house was not a proper subject of comment mr gallinger maintained that when the senate was charged with encouraging conditions leaning to extravagance it was a proper subject of discussion mr petta offered an amendment to mr proctors motion providing that alie matter to be considered by the joint committee should be the particular message of the house on the bill this was accepted by mr proctor and aa amended the resolution was adopted t alie chair mr platt of conn named mr spooner ncr mr proctor and mr bettua as the committee consideration then was resumed of alie philippine bill mr patterson continuing his speech in opposition to the administrations policy mr patterson said he had changed his opinion and he declared that he would rather have the honor of having taken the position of the senior senator from Massachusetts Mr hoar upon this philippine question than to have the crown of glory that is vouchsafed to the righteous lie twisted twitted mr spooner with having changed his views upon the philippine question at mr fe insisted that he bad not departed from his position as stated in his quoted speech in the slightest degree while mr patterson had gone far afield from the editorials he had written mr patterson said he had found out his error and admitted it other senators had seen their error and would not admit it on motion of mr chark an amendment was adopted to strike out the words knowingly or negligently which qualify tho inhibition against the lancing by masters of vessels of aliens a any place not designated by immigration oali cers the time within which an alien becomes a public charge shall be reported mr perkins of new york moved to strike out the provisions authorizing bo commissioner general of immigration to appoint and fix tho salaries of immigrant inspectors defending the ion mr shattuc in charge of the bill said such authority should bo given the commissioner general alie present commissioner he said had unearthed a lot of rascality and for that reason was bc aing forced out of his position alie amendment was mr bowersock of kansas at this point offered an amendment to make it i fill to sell intoxicating liquors in any immigration station mr shattuc made a point of order against the amendment auf it was overruled whereupon ho offered the following substitute for mr amendment provided that beer may be sold in any immigrant station owned or used by the united states or on the rr thereto under alio direction or with the approval of the of lie treasury and that the sale and handling of said beer shall be in every under the control and di i of the secretary of the treasury |
