Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1905 — UNITED STATES SENATE [ARTICLE]

UNITED STATES SENATE

SPECIAL SESSION.

The special session of the Senate opened Monday with a new figure in the president’s chair—that of Vice PresidentFairbanks. The Vice President was received witli loud applause, and immediately called tiie Senators to order. The new Senators -were warmly greeted by-"* their colleagues and tliehThe “cliamber went into executive session, to take up the Santo Domingo treaty. A message received from the President related to the treaty and it was the first tiling taken up. It called attention to the protocol of fin agreement with tll'e government of Santo Domingo by which the United States will undertake to conduct the republic's customs affairs in an effort to liquidate its debts to put the island government on a more Stable footing with other countries. The treaty was read in collection witli the message in order to have both referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.. General discussion of the message followed the reading. The President Tuesday seift to the Senate the following nominations: Treasurer of the United States, Charles T. Trent, New York; collector of internal revenue, Charles W. Anderson' for the second district of Now York; district judge, Alston G. Dayton, northern district of West Virginia; secretary of embassy, John Ridgely Carter, Maryland, at London; second secretary of embassy, Craig W. Waihswiirth, New York, at London; third secretaries of embassy. LoiiiiP Einstein. New York, at London; William Blumenthal, Now York, at Paris. The most interesting of the appointments were those of Charles IL Treat, present collector of internal revenue, to be treasurer of tire United States, and Charles W, Andeison, the “Colored Demosthenes,” to lie collector of internal revenue, to succeed Mr. Treat. Both of the New York Senators hate “acquiesced” in tiie Anderson appointment, anil there will be no objection to his confirmation. President Roosevelt on Wednesday sent a second message to tiie Senate, i» which lieshowed how the San Duniinga treaty would prove beneficial to both xations. Tiie Senate committee on foreign relations lias loaded tiie treaty with so many amendments, by which the original meaning of tiie instrument is considerably changed, that it may possibly be rejected by tiie President.

Thursday tiie committee on foreign relations by a strict party vote reported the amended treaty to the Senate. Al) tiie members of tiie committee were present and tile vote was accorded as follows: For the treaty. Senators Cullom. Frye. Lodge. Clark of Wyoming, Foraker. Spooner and Kean; .against tiie treaty, Senators Morgan, Bacon, Money, Clark of Montana and McCreary. All tiie aniendinents which were agreed upon previously and an additional amendment altering tin? language of tiie second article of tiie treaty were formally adopted without division. Tiie protest of Senator Morgan and his Democratic colleagues against further consideration of tiie treaty was laid upon tiie table after a very sharp colloquy in which all of tiie members of tiie committee took part.