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438 OONGRESSION AL RECORD- SEN ATE. N OVEMBER 24, KANSA.S. Chair replied, No. The Chair finds this article in the Constitu Orley C. Billings to be postmaster at Marion, in the county of tion of the United States: Marion and State .of Kansas. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate Richard L. Musson to be postmaster at Elk City, in the county and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of ad journment) shall be presented to the President of the United States: and of Montgomery and State of Kansas. before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or, being disap KE....""'fl'UCKY. proved by him, shall be repassed by two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the ru1es and limitations prescribed in the case Eugene W. Veluzat to be postmaster at Horse Cave, in the of a bill. county of Hart and State of Kentucky. W:i.thin the experience of the Chair in the Senate no concurrent MASSACHUSETTS. resolution has ever been sent to the President of the United States, George H. Hibbard to be postmaster at Boston, in the State of nor has he ever signed one. The Chair has endeavored faithfully Massachusetts. to find out how concurrent resolutions escape the provision of the :MIN!l..'ESOT .A.. Constitution. He has not been able to succeed. Axel R. Anderson to be postmaster at Sparta, in the county of Mr. HALE. Under that construction, then, is there any real St. Louis and State of Minnesota. difference between a joint resolution and a concurrent resolution; Otho A. Austin to be postmaster at New York Mills, in the that is, a concurrent resolution can not be more easily put county of Ottertail and State of Minnesota. through, and it is subject to all the conditions which surround a Oliver B. Boo bar to be postmaster at Sank Center, in the county joint resolution? Is it different from a joint resolution except in of Stearns and State of l'rfinnesota. form? Frank H. Buelow to be postmaster at Sleepy Eye, in the county Mr. GALLINGER. It does not have the three readings. of Brown and State of Minnesota. Mr. HALE. That is a matter of form. It must go to the Henry C. Miller to be postmaster at St. Peter, in the county of President equally with the joint resolution. I was surprised at Nicollet and State of Minnesota. ! - the suggestion, and I think the Chair and the Senate were equally S. J . Swanson to be postmaster at Cokato, in the county of surprised, after we had supposed that concurrent resolutions do Wright and State of Minnesota. not have to go to the President. William E. Talboysto be postmaster at Chisholm, in the county Mr. PLATT of Connecticut. This question arose by reason of of St. Louis and State of Minnesota. a suggestion I. made that it was not necessary to have a joint William H. Towle to be postmaster at Annandale, in the county resolution for the printing of documents. I knew it had not been of Wright and State of Minnesota. the practice in all cases, at any rate. As I was speaking I felt MO!li"T.A.N.A.. some uncertainty about the difference between a joint resolution Clarence H. Drake to be postmaster at Chouteau, late Choteau, and a concurrent resolution. I have not looked up the matter, in the .county of Teton and State of Montana. but it occurs to me now that in a former session of the Senate NEW H.A.MPSHlRE. this question was raised when the then Senator from New York, Charles L. Bemis to be postmaster at Marlboro, in the State of Mr. Hill- New Hampshire. 1\fr. BERRY. Yes, the Senator from New York, Mr. Hill. m:w JERSEY. Mr. PLATT of Connecticut. Senator Hill made a most ex- Ellison D. Petteys to be postmaster at Keyport, in the county haustive and elaborate report upon it. Precisely what the con- of Monmouth and State of New Jersey. elusion in that report was I do not know. I do not cat·e to express NORTH DAKOTA. any opinion this morning until I have looked at the matter a little Henry R. Aslakson to be postmaster at Edmore, in the county mM~.~bONER. Mr. President, just a word. I should hate to of Ramsey and State of North Dakota. have it understood that all concurrent resolutions must be pre- TENNESSEE. sented to the President for his approval. A resolution of the two James S. Beasley to be postmaster at Centerville, in the county Houses to adjourn-- of Hickman and State of Tennessee. Mr. PLATT of Connecticut. That is excluded. William B. Farris to be postmaster at Pulaski, in the county Mr. SPOONER. The Constitution says," except on a question of Gil~s and State of Tennessee. of adjournment;" but suppose it is a resolution which is simply LeWIS J. Garner to be postmaster at Cookeville, m the county advisory, which simply declares the opinion of the two Houses on of Putnam a.D:d State of Tennessee. ·- · some question of public policy. For instance, the House and the R~s T. HtcKm.an to be postma-ster at Lynnville, m the county 1 Senate might pa.ss a resolution declaring that it was their sole of G1les and State of Tennessee. I function, in the opinion of the Houses of Congress, to exercise ,Loren~o H. Lasater to be postmaster at Athens, m the county soine particular power, like• the recognition of belligerency, or of l\1cl\1inn and. State of Tennessee. , that :tn the opinion of the two Houses of Congress there should be Thomas .J. Litt_leton to be postmaster at Estill Spnngs, m tne no impairment of the Monroe doctrine-that is, something which county of Franklin and State of Tennessee. is not law, which is not intended to be law, which is intended to VERMONT. be only the expression of an opinion upon the part of the HouEes. Albert H. Cheney to be postma-ster at Stowe, in the county of A resolution of that kind, I should think: would not properly be Lamoille_and State of Vermont. presented to the President. Henry E. Spencer to be postmaster at Proctor, m the county of The distinction, I take it, is that any resolution or order appro- Rutland and State of Vermont. priating money (for that maybe done in the form of a resolution as well as in the form of a bill) is to be presented for approval to the President. Any matter which is to become a rule of action SENATE. in the country, binding upon the Executive Departments-in other words, a law-is to be presented to the President, and that is to TUESDAY, No'Vember 24, 1903. be distinguished from resolutions which have passed both Houses Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. F. J . PRETTYMAN. simply expressing the opinion of the'two Houses upon questions The Secretary proceeded to rea~ the Journal of yest~da.y's pro of public policy. · ceedings when, on request of Mr. KEAN, a.nd by unammous con Mr. TELLER. I should like to ask the Senator if the words in sent the' further reading was dispensed with. · the Constitution, "before the same shall take effect," do not in The PRESIDENT pm tempore. The Journal will stand ap dicate that it must be a legislative act? proved. Mr. SPOONER. Certainly they do; and another thing indi ANNIVERSARY CELEBRA.TIO:N .A.T NEW ORLEANS. cates it: The PRESIDENT pro tempm·e. At the request of the senior Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate Senator of Louisiana [Mr. McENERY], the Chair presents a com and House of Representatives may be necessary. munication frpm the governor of that State! which will be read. That means necessary under the Constitution. The communication was read, and ordered to lie on the table, Mr. TELLER. Certainly. as follows: Mr. SPOONER. It means necessa1-y to the enactment of a rule The governor of Louisiana. requests the honor of the honorable the Presi of action, which is a law. dent pro tempore and members of the Senate's presen~~ at the celebration of Mr. HALE. The language read does seem to be absolute and the one hundredth anniversary of the transfer of Lom.:na.na by France to the all-embracing, but suppose it is a matter relating simply to the United States, to beheld December 18, 19, and 20, 1...003, ~ew Orle::ms. _ two Houses, a concurrent resolution providing for a joint com JOINT AND CONCURRE.l~T RESOLUTIONS. mittee to be raised upon a subject. The initiation is a concurrent The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair desires-to call the resolution passed first by one House and then by the other. As attention of the Senate to a matter which came up in the Senate some one at my side suggests, we pass a concurrent resolution on yesterday. A concurrent resolution was under consideration raising a committee to wait upon the President. and passed. The Senator f:om Colorado (Mr. ~EL!--ER] asked the Mr. STEWAR T. A concurrent resolution was passed before the Chair if it went to the President and reqmred his Signature. The Cuban war asking the President to accord belligerent rights to Cuba. 1903. CO:NGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 439 Mr. HALE. The rule ought to be ·changed, I suggest to the Representatives, having been apl)roved by the President or not ha~ing been :'!..