The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-03
Expenses Foot Up Six Hundred Mil
lions Per Year.
HOUSE VOTES MORE FUNDS
ALGER ASKS CONGRESS FOR
100000 MORE.
This Sum Will Be Used For Equip
ment and Maintenance of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Loses His
Temper When the Administration
Is Criticised-Condit of Troops.

Washington, June 1.-The house
practically without debate, passed to
day the urgency deficiency bill, pro
viding for emergency expenses of tbs
army and navy departments incident
to the war. 1t was based upon esti-
mates received recently from the de-
partment and carries items contem-
plated in the Philippine expedition ano
the early movements upon Cuba
The house passed bill providing fol
the establishment of postoffices at mill
tary posts and camps; also resolutions
directing survey to be made of the
channel from Ship island harbor to Bill
oxi and Gulf Port, Miss, and a bill to
return to the state of New York the
flag carried in the civil war by the One
Hundred and Ninth New York volun-
teer infantry.
Mr.. Cannon, from the committee on
appropriations, presented an urgency
deficiency bill to supply deficiencies in
the appropriations for the army and
navy, and for the fiscal year, the APP
preparations to be available until Dec.
81, 1898.
In committee of the whole Mr.. Can
non explained the presentation of the
the committee on appropriations to
hold back the general deficiency bill
until practically the close of the ses-
sion, in order to catch up all items that
may develop as necessary up to the
latest moment of the session. Mean
time the present bill was urgent and
had been reported for present consid-
Grafton because items could not wait
upon the general deficiency bill. Incl
dentally he estimated the appropria
tions already made on account of the
war and likely to develop as essential,
including the first six months of the
coming fiscal year, at $3.50. 100000 In
response to a question from Mr.. Ding
ley, Mr.. Cannon said the war would
cost approximately S60O,00O,OOO, pro-
Vided it should continue one year.
A suggestion from Mr.. Fitzgerald
Dem.. Mass.) that cooks should be
provided for the troops at Camp Alger,
precipitated a discussion upon the con-
ditions which exist there. Such veter-
ans as MIR. Grosvenor, Mr.. Cannon and
MI Livingston of Georgia discoursed
upon the necessities of soldiers under
going in the process of hardening what
seemed grave hardships compared with
conditions to which they were accus-
toned at home. They drew compari-
sons between present conditions and
those existing in the civil war. showing
that present provisions are better.
Mr.. Gaines (Dem.. TENN vigorously
criticised the war department for al
lowing but seven days in which to re-
ceive bids for supplies. He said grave
injustice was being done the south, and
notably Tennessee, in discriminating in
favor of manufacturers of other sec
tons.
1.-THE main thing before us now is to
pass this BILL" declared Mr.. Cannon.
The money cannot be spent until ap-
propriated. Some gentlemen come here
and cry out and complain because in
twinkling an army, tully equipped with
tents, uniforms. provisions, guns and
everything for comfort, is not ready
now, and now here comes the cyclone
from Tennessee and says, My God,
you don't give US but seven days to
bid"
The reading of the bill at length pro-
ceeded, and it was passed unanimously
without further debate. A number of
bills affecting the District of Columbia
were passed, and at 1852 o'clock the
house adjourned.