1903. CON.GRESSION.A.L RECORD-SENATE. 139 be a captain in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of , 1903. William L. Redles. First Lieut. William Hopkins, United States Marine Corps, to Fred A. Udell. be a captain in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of March, 1903. Austin C. Rogers . . First lieutenants to be captains in the Marine Oorps,from the 3d Provence McCormick, jr. day of March, 1909. Woodell A. Pickering. Dickinson P. Hall. Franklin S. Wiltse. Arthur E. Harding. Howard H. Kipp. William W. Low. John W. McClaskey. Charles H. Lyman. Fred A. Ramsey. Charles C. Carpenter. Hilary A. Herbert, jr. Louis M. Little. Walter E. Noa. Leof M. Harding. Earl H. Ellis. Frederic M. Wise. John A. Hughes. Richard M. Cutts. Arthur McAllister. Harold C. Snyder. Alonzo C. Baker. Wirt McCreary. Harvey C. Egan. WadeL. Jolly. ~omas C. Turner. Second lieutenants to be first lieutenants. POSTMASTERS. Second Lieut. William G. Fay, United States Marine Corps, to DEL.AWARE. be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, fi·om the 3d day of William P. Carter, to be postmaster at Lewes, Del. March, 1903. Thomas Jefferson, to be postmaster at Smyrna, Del. Second Lieut. Robert Y. Rhea, United States Marine Corps, to / IDAHO. be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of Thalia L. Owen, to be postmaster at Genesee, Idaho. March 1903. MA.RYL.AND. Second Lieut. Frank J. Schwable, United States Marine Corps, William Pearre, to be postmaster at Cumberland, Md. to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of MINNESOTA. March, 1903. John Crawford, to be' postmaster at Lakefield, Minn. Second Lieut. Eli T. Freyer, United States Marine Corps, to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of March, NEW JERSEY, 1903. Fred B. Appleget, to be postmaster at Hightstown, N.J. Second Lieut. Thomas Holcomb, jr., United States Marine NEW liEXICO. Corps, to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d -Louis Garcia, to be postmaster at Springer, N.Mex. day of March, 1903. NORTH D.AKOT.A. Second Lieut. John P. V. Gridley, United States Marine Corps, George K. ¥cEwan, to be postmaster at Park River, N. Dak. to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of NEVADA. March, 1903. Charles F. Littrell, to be postmaster at Austin, Nev. Second Lieut. Rupert C. Dewey, United States Marine Corps, to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of OREGON, March, 1903. SamuelS. Train, to be postmaster at Albany, Oreg. Second Lieut. Edward A. Greene, United States Marine Corps, John R. Ca-sey, to be postma-ster at Ashland, Oreg. to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of James L. Page, to be postmaster at Eugene, Oreg. March, 1903. John C. Eckman, to be postmaster at McMinnville, Oreg. Second Lieut. Edward B. Manwaring, United States Marine Thomas B. Randall, to be postmaster at Oregon City, Oreg. Corps, to a be first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d PENNSYLV .ANI.A. day of March, 1903. C. Edwin Michael, to be postmaster at Nazareth, Pa. Second Lieut. William E. Smith, United States Marine Corps, Christian T. Clymer, to be postmaster at Quakertown, Pa.. to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of SOUTH CAROLIN A.. March. 1903. Landrum Padgett, to be postmaster at Pelzer, S. C. Second Lieut. Thomas M. Clinton, United States Marine Corps, WASHINGTON. to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of March, 1903. John F. Irby, to be postmaster at Ritzville, in the county of Second Lieut. Hamilton D. South, United States Marine Corps, Adams and State of Washington. to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps from the 3d day of WISCONSIN. March, 1903. Frederick Reitz, to be postmaster at Neillsville, in the county Second Lieut. Theodore Monell, United States Marine Corps, of Clark and State of Wisconsin. to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps from the 3d day of March, Hl03. Second Lieut. Edgar Hayes, United States Marine Corps, to be SEN.ATE. a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps- from the 3d day of March, 1903. THURSDAY, , 1903. Second Lieut. James T. Buttrick ~ United States Marine Corps, The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m. to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps from the 3d day of March, 1903. Prayer by Rev. F. J. PRETTYMAN, of the city of Washington. Second Lieut. Raymond B. Sullivan, United States Marine The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. Corps, to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps from the 3d ANTHRACITE COAL ARBITRATION. day of ],larch, 1903. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the re­ Second Lieut. Giles Bishop, jr., United States Marine Corps, port of the investigation of the Anthracite Coal Arbitration to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of appoint.ed by the President of the United States under authoritY March, 1903. of the act of Congress approved December 22, 1902; which was Second Lieut. Frank Halford, United States Marine Corps, to ordered to be printed, and extra copies not exceeding the cost be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of March, of $500 were also ordered to be printed. 1903. Second Lieut. James K. Tracy, United Stat.es Marine Corps, to INVESTIGATION OF AFF.A.IRS IN .ALASKA. be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3d day of March, ltir. KEAN. Mr. President, I reported yesterday, from the 1903. Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Second lieutenants to be first lieutenants in the Marine Corps, Senate, a substitute for the resolution submitted by the Senator from the 3d day of Ma1·ch, 1903. from Indiana [Mr. BEVERIDGE] and referred to that committee. Ellis B. Miller. The proposed substitute was temporarily laid aside at the request Arthur J. O'Leary. of the Senator fi·om Arkansas [Mr. BERRY]. I ask for its present Berton W. Sibley. consideration. Frank F. Robards. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The proposed substitute will Raymond W. Dikeman. be read. Harold Colvocoresses. The Secretary read a-s follows: R~olved, That the Committee on Territories be, and they hereby are au­ William Brackett. thorized and directed, by subcommittee or otherwise, to sit during the r~cesa Chandler Campbell. of the Senate, at such times and places as the committee or a subcommittee 140 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. MARCH 19, may deem wise, to consider proposed bills or bills to be proposed relative to SUPPRESSION OF LOTTERY TRAFFIC. the district of Alaska; to send for persons and papers, take testimony, and employ a stenographer; and that the expenses incurred shall be paid from On motion of Mr. HANSBROUGH, it was the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers to be approved by the Com­ mittee Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. Orde1·ed, That the opinion of the Supreme Com·t of the United States to arising on an appeal involving the constitutionality of the act of The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Will the Senate agree to the 1895, for the suppression of lottery traffic through national and interstate1 resolution? commerce and the postal service, etc., be printed. · Mr. BURTON. May I ask the mover of the resolution a ques­ FINAL ADJOURNMENT; tion? The chairman of the Committee on Public Landa was de­ Mr. ALLISON, from the committee appointed to wait upon sirous to be present when the resolution was considered. Did the the President of the United States and inform him that unless he Senator have any talk with the chairman of the Committee on may have some further communication to make the Senate is Public Lands in regard to the resolution? ready to adjourn without day, reported that they had performed Mr. KEAN. I will say to the Senator from Kansas that I had, the duty assigned them, and that the President had replied that and I did not tmderstand that he would desil:e to be present when he had no further communication to make. the resolution should be considered. r Mr. ALDRICH. I move that the Senate adjourn without day. Mr. BURTON. I do not want to oppose the resolution, but I The motion was agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 13 minutes understood that he desired to be present. I thought perhaps p.m.) the Senate adjourned without day. there was some understanding in regard to it, and that the reso­ lution would probably be so changed as to embrace a member of the Committee on Public Lands. NOMINATIONS. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Will the Senate agree to the Executive nominations received by the Senate March 19, 1903. resolution? The resolution was agreed to. PROMOTIONS IN THE PUBLIO HEALTH A.J.'ID MARINE-HOSPITAL SERVICE. PROPOSED DECLARATION OF POLICY, Asst. Surg. Leslie L. Lumsden, of Virginia, to be a passed as­ Mr. CULLOM. Mr. President, in view of the importance of sistant surgeon, to rank as such from , 1903, in the Pub­ the work before us-to-day, I move that the Senate proceed to the lic Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States. consideration of executive business. Asst. Surg. Milton H. Foster, of Pennsylvania, to be a passed Mr. MORGAN. Before that is done I desh·e to offer a resolu­ assistant am·geon, to rank as such from , 1903, in the tion, to go over until to-morrow. Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States. Mr. CULLOM. I will consent to that. Mr. MORGAN. I submit a resolution, which I desire to have CONSULS. printed and go over until to-mon·ow. Let it be read. John E. Hopley, now consul at Southa.mpton, to be consul of The Secretary read the resolution, as follows: the United States at Montevideo, Uruguay, vice Albert W. R esol1:ed, That in the opinion of the Senate the duties t.hat now rest upon Swaim, nominated to be consul at Southampton. the Government of the United States with urgent demand for decisive action Clarence Rice Slocum, of New York, to be consul of the United require- · States at Warsaw, Russia, vice August Casimir Wolff, declined. 1. That abuses of the powers of taxation by the United States shall cease. 2. That our trade and commerce with all the insular possessions of the Albert W. Swalm, now consul at Montevideo, to be consul of United States and bet ween such possessions should be as free and unre­ the United States at Southampton, England, vice John E. Hopley, stricted as it is between our States and Territories on this continent; and nominated to be consul at Montevideo, Uruguay. that the Republic of Cuba. should be invited to adopt a like policy with ref. erence to all pla.ces within the jurisdiction of the United States. CIVIL ENGINEER IN THE NAVY. 3. That the Government of the United States should proceed with fixed and u.nchangea ble pnrpose to use n:nd app!y its available ,resources to .the ex­ Archibald L. Parsons, a citizen of New Hampshire, to be a civil tinguishment of the interest-bea.rmg national debt until that duty lB fully engineer in the Navy, from the 18th day of March, 1903, to fill a comrleted, and that this should be a le.'tding financial policy of the Govern- vacancy existing in that grade. m4,n That the powers of corporations chartered by the States or the United PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY. States when employed for t.he pnrpose of monopoly or in restraint of the just f~ eedom of tr ade or production, are subject to the. control of la.wi and Capt. Francis A. Cook: to be a rear-admiral in the Navy, from that Congre£S, within the limit of its powers, can exerciSe such contro and the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the examinations required owes to the country t he vigorous and effective use of such powers. by law), vice Rear-Admiral Arent S. Crowninshield, retired. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution will be printed Capt. Purnell F. Harrington, to be a rear-admiral in the Navy, and lie on the table. from the 21st day of March, 1003 (subject to the examinations re­ EXECUTIVE SESSION, quired bylaw), vice Rear-Admiral FrancisA. Cook, an additional number in grade. Mr. CULLOM. I move that the Senate proceed to the consid­ Commander Adolph Marix, to be a captain in the Navy, from eration of executive business. the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the examinations required The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the by law), vice Capt. Francis A. Cook, promoted. consideration of executive business. After six hours spent in ex­ Commander Raymond P. Rodgers, to be a captain in the Navy, ecutive session the doors were reopened. _ from the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the examinations re­ NOTIFICATION TO THE PRESIDENT. quired by law), vice Capt. Adolph Marix, an additional number :Mr. ALLISON submitted the following resolution; which was in grade. considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Commander William S. Moore, to be a captain in the Navy, from the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the examinations Resolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be appointed by the presiding officer to wait upon the President of the United States and inform required by law), vice Capt. Raymond P. Rodgers, an additional him that unless he may have some further communication to make the Sen­ number in grade. ate is ready to adjourn without day. Commander Royal R. Ingersoll, to be a captain in theNavy, from The PRESIDENT pro tempore appointed Mr. ALLISON and the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the examinations required Mr. CoCKRELL members of the committee. bylaw), vice Captain Purnell F. Harrington, promoted. Lieut. Commander Frank H. Holmes, to be a commander in the AFFAIRS IN COLOMBIA. Navy, from the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the examina.,. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the fol­ tions required by law), vice Commander Adolph Marix, promoted. lowing message from the President of the United States; which Lieut. Commander John F. Parker, to be a commander in the was read, and, with the accompanying papers, ordered to lie on Navy, from the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the examina­ the table and be printed: tions required by law), vice Commande1· Raymond P. Rodge1·s, To the Senate: promoted. In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of February 13, 1903, re­ Lieut. Commander Hamilton Hutchins, to be a commander in questing the President, ''if not incompatible with the public interests, to send the Navy, from the 21st day of Marc}l, 1S03 (subject to the exam­ to the Senate copies of all reports and of all conespondence in the Navy Department with naval or other officers of the United States on duty in the inations required by law), vice Commander William S. Moore, bays of Panama and Colon since April, 1.902, which relate to the military oc­ promoted. CUIJation of said bays and the regions between them and the cities of "Colon Lieut. Commander John M. Bowyer, to be a commander in the and Panama by the forces of the United States; or that relat~ to the oper­ ation of military or IJOlice forces of Colombia or of any insurgents that were Navy, frarn the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the examina­ in arms against the Government of Colombia in that region of country since tions required by law), vice Commander Royal R. Ingersoll, pro­ April 1002· or that relate to any measures of any officers of the United States moted. to brhig about the pacification of that region or ::my intervention by such officers to that end; or that relate to the termS and conditions of the SUl'Ten­ "Lieut. William W. White, to be a lieutenant-commander in the der of insurgent forces in that quarter to the forces or authorities of the Navy, from the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the examina­ Republic of Colombia," I transm1t herewith a report by the Secretary of the tions required by law), vice Lieut. Commander Frank H. Holmes, Navy, with accompanying papers. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. promoted. WmTE HouSE, Marek 19, 1903. Lieut. Bias C. B. Sampson, to be a lieutenant-commander in 1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 141 the Navy, from. the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the exami­ Clarence Rice Slocum, of New York, to be consul of the United nations required bylaw), vice Lieut. Commander John F. Parker, States at Warsaw, Russia. promoted. PROMOTION IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH A...~ M.ARINE-HOSPIT.AL Lieut. Solon Arnold, to be a lieutenant-commander in the Navy, SERVICE. from the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the examinations required by law), vice Lieut. Commander Hamilton Hutchins, Asst. Surg. Milton H. Foster, of Pennsylvania, to be a passed promoted. assistant surgeon in the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Lieut. Martin A. Anderson, to be a lieutenant-commander in Service. the Navy, from the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the exami­ PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY. nations required by law), vice Lieut. Commander John M. Bow­ To be rear-admirals. yer, promoted. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Kenneth G. Castleman, to be a lieuten­ Capt. Francis A. Cook. ant in the Navy, from the 21st day of :March, 1903 (subject to the Capt. Purnell F. Harrington. examinations required by law), vice Lieut. William W. White, . -rro be captains. promoted. Lieut. (Junior Grade) William W. Littlefield, to be a lieuten­ Commander Adolph Marix. ant in the Navy, from the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the Commander Raymond P. Rodgers. examinations required by law), vice Lieut. Bias C. B. Sampson, Commander William S. Moore. promoted. Commander Royal R. Ingersoll. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Earl P. Jessop, to be a lieutenant in the To be commanders. Navy, from the 21st day of 1\Iarch, 1903 (subject to the examina­ tions required by law), vice Lieut. Solon Arnold, promoted. Lieut. Commander Frank H. Holmes. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Pope Washington, to be a lieutenant in Lieut. Commander John F. Parker. the Navy: from the 21st day of March, 1903 (subject to the ex­ Lieut. Commander Hamilton Hutchins. aminations required by law), vice Lieut. Martin A. Anderson, Lieut. Commander John M. Bowyer. promoted. To be lieutenant-commanders. POSTMASTERS. Lieut. William W. White. CALIFORNIA. Lieut. Bias C. B. Sampson. J. J. Luchsinger, to be postmaster at Vallejo, in the county of Lieut. Solon Arnold. Solano and State of California, in place of William D. Penny­ Lieut. Martin A. Anderson. cook. Incumbent's commission expired January 13, 1903. n"'TII.AN.A. To be lieutenants. George W. Van Alstine, to be postmaster at Monticello, in the Lieut. (Junior Grade) Kenneth G. Castleman. county of White ancl State of Indiana, in place of William W. Lieut. (Junior Grade) William W. Littlefield. McCulloch, deceased. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Earl P. Jessop. 1\~:BR.ASK.A. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Pope Washington. Edward G. Hall, to be postmaster at David City, in the county CIVIL E..""GINE.ER IN THE NA. VY. of Butler and State of Nebraska, in place of Alice J. Steele. In­ cumbent's commission expired February 15, 1903. Archibald L. Parsons, of New Hampshire, to be a civil engi­ neer in th~ Navy. POSTMASTERS. CONFIRMATIONS. CALIFOR~~.A. Execu,tive nominations confirmed by the Senate March 19, 1903. J. J. Luchsinger, to be postmaster at Vallejo, Cal. COXSULS. Th-r>IAN.A. Albert W. Swalm, to be consul of the United States at South­ George W. Van Alstine, to bo postmaster at Monticello, Ind. ampto!!. England. John E. Hopley, to be consul of the United States at Montevideo, 1\""l'!.BRASKA. Uruguay. · Edward G. Hall, to be postmaster at David City, Nebr.