Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1893 — SENATE WILL SOON ADJOURN, [ARTICLE]

SENATE WILL SOON ADJOURN,

The Extra Session Expected to Close Earl] in April. The extra session of the Senate will soon adjourn. There will be five or sis more days of the debate upon the question of seating the appointed Senators from Montana, Wyoming, and Washington, and then a vote is expected to give all of them their seats. The debate, however, is being conducted on nonpartisan lines, and the Intention is tc determine an Important question ol doubt whether a senatorial term shall end on March 3, irrespective of action or non-action upon the part of the Legislature in electing a successor tc the Senator serving, and the Governor can on that day appoint a successor in the absence of an election, irrespective of the fact that the Legislature has not adjourned and may elect a Senator the day following the appointment of cne. In other words it is the purpose to determine whether there is any connection between the appointive power of the Governor and the elective power of the Legislature, and whether the one must have any respect for the other. It is believed 1 also that the - resolution to cleat a Secretary, Sergeant-at-arms and Chaplain of the Senate will, after a little brush upon the part of the Democrats, go over tin the gynate cpmes together gext winter. The programme is to refer the resolutions proposing an investigation into the characters of Senators Roach (Democrat) of North Dakota, and Powers (Republican) of Montana, to the committee on privileges and elections for consideration, with the understanding that they will not be reported. When these steps have been taken the Senate will be ready to finally adjourn. A quorum cannot be kept over a week longer. A call of the Senate Thursday revealed but forty-seven Senators in Washington. Many of them are paired and if a party question had been upon a. vote thero would not have been a quorum.