Very wisely all these resolutions were referred
to the Committee on Federal Relations, who reported this as
a compromise:
RESOLUTION REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL
RELATIONS, OF THE LEGISLATURE, MARCH 29, 1899
_Resolved,_ by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled,
that Massachusetts, ever loyal in sympathy and support of
the General Government, continues her unabated confidence
in her Senators, and with a just pride in the eloquent and
memorable words they have uttered, leaves them untrammeled
in the exercise of an independent and patriotic judgment upon
the momentous questions presented for their consideration.
The whole matter was then dropped. But the Legislature,
and the generous people of Massachusetts whom they represented,
acted upon the spirit of the Committee's Resolution. I was
reelected without opposition. I had every Republican vote,
and many Democratic votes, of the Legislature. My affectionate
and cordial relations with my brilliant and accomplished colleague
have never suffered an instant's interruption.
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