The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Amendment Providing for the Settle
ment of Virginia's Claim.
TRUST RESOLUTION IN HOUSE.
There Was a Lively Debate. in Which
the Leaders on Both Sides
Charged Each o,hcr With
Playing TO the Galleries.
Party Lines Were
Strictly Drawn.

WASHINGTON. May s1--At the conc.u-
eion of a session fasting eight hours, ,iie
Senate this evening passed tae
civil Appropriation bill The amehutileas
,,rnyiaing for an appropriation Oh s,.VV'V'V
sor the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 10
~ ,ei6 in ST. Louis in 1903. was continued
t tbe hill after an unsuccessful effort TO
reduce the appropriation.
An amendment was incorporated pro
y!ding for the beginning OF the "orh on
3he memorial bridge between Washington
and Arlington Cemetery, to be erected IN
memory of the dead, both OF the Union
and Confederate armies.
while The bill carries only S2VV,vo LOT me
,-ofect, il is said ultimately TO cost about
E.0DG10.
An amendment also was added to the
measure providing for an adjustment OF
certain claims of the States of New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia. Delaware.
California Oregon and South Carolina
APPROPRIATION BILLS
Only two general appropriation bills re-
main to be acted upon by the Senate, the
Military Academy and the General Def
cheney measures 1t is said they VIII pc
passed by Saturday night.
Mr. Gallfnger from the Committee on
Commerce reported amendment to the
Sundry Civil bill, authorizing commission
10 Investigate trade conditions in the
Orient II was defeated.
The Sundry Civil bill was then taken
up and Mr. Gallinger addressed the Senate
in explanation of his motion TO reconsider
the vote on the amendment providing an
appropriation of $5.It0,GJO for the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition.
Mr.. GallinEer offered an amendment
appropriatng s75.eIO TO pay the salaries
g,f we r,ar-
sons 10 investigate and report upon the
trade of China, Japan and other countries.
The amendment subsequently went over
on a point Of order
Mr. Hale al this point presented a GiSa-
greement on the Naval Appropriation bill.
The points in disagreement We're the pro-
visions for armor plate and ocean sur
reys and the course OF Instruction at The
Naval Academy.
Tie Senate agreed TO a further con-
ference and Messrs. Hale. Perkins. and
T'ill1nan were named as conferees. A con-
ference on the Alaskan Civil Code bill also
was agreed to.
Consideration of the committee amend
ment being resumed,s Mr.. Jones, of Ar
kansas, made a vigorous attack upon the
administration of the Paris Exposition
Commission. by Commissioner General
Fred. w. Peck.
Up to January /, 1900, he said,
Commissioner General Peck had ac-
counted for less than 100000 of the
Sl.4oo.aoo appropriated for exposition pur-
poses. He demanded to know where the
balance of the appropriation had gone.
The so-called detailed statement that had
been submitted contained such items as
$1,000 for clerk hire, S3,724 for personal
travelling expenses Of the Commissioner
General, etc, which Mr. Jones believed
VIE ridiculous details.
lie believed that an investigation was
necessary.
Mr.. hale Republican,, of Maine, said
HE personally inclined to the opinion that
the Paris Exposition was a bad per-
Torrance.
MIR. Jones, continuing. said that the air
has been fun Of rumors that there have
been the most eNtrava CANT and unreason-=
able expenditure of the fund provided for
the American exhibit, and we all know
there never has been any satisfactory
report as 10 how this money was used.
THE EMERGENCY FUND.
Mr. Jones then called attention to the
S5n,Ge0aoV emergency fund appropriated
at the outset Of the Spanish war. Adj
uniting utmost confidence in the Presi-
dents integrity, he thought statement of
the disbursements of that fund should be
made.
several documents giving the amounts al
dotted by the President out of the fifty
million dollar emergency appropriation to
the several departments.
Mr.. Lodge, of Massachusetts, said that
every vessel purchased by the Navy De-
partrnent had been passed upon and APP
praised by a board OF naval officers before
the purchase was made.
Mr.. Daniel, of Virginia, offered an
amendment appropriating $4,000 for be-
ginning OF the work on the proposed me-
mortal bridge across the Potomac River.
extending from the Naval Observatory to
1he Arlington estate
The bill was then reported to the Senate
and the amendments We're agreed 10. with
the exception of that relating to the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition, to be held in
St Louis in 1905.
MIR. Aldrich, of Rhode Island. proposed
two amendments TO the Exposition propo-
staon. providing that appropriations
should be disbursed under conditions
hereafter TO be prescribed by Congress
ihese amendments We're accepted and
agreed TO by The Senate
Alter u had been agreed TO meet at Ii
O'Clock tomorrow and on Saturday, The
Senate, at O'Clock. adjourned
In the House.
WASHINGTON. u. c.. May s1.-The
House to-day under u special order
adopted. after an exceedingly hot debate
each other With playing TO the political
galleries. entered uncn the considerable
OF the resolution reslor;ed from the JGdi-
clai Committee, proposing a constitu-
tional amendment TO lodge in Congress
the power 10 define. regulate control,
prohibit. Or dissolve trusts. monopolies
or combinations" Under the terms of
the order today and a night session to-
night We're devoted 10 debate and to-
morrow at ) ocock the vote is 10 be
taken without opportunity to amend
Saturday is 10 be devoted 10 the bin to
amend the Sherman antitrust law
The DeUlpa-ats charged thst the pro-
posed constitutional amendment was OBJ
sectional Ia every way: that ii was a
mere political p:etext: that IL was I'M
necessary. and was proposed at the end
OF the session for election purposes in
the coming campaign.
The Republicans repudiated the charge
OF bad faith.
Mr. Ray declared that IL the resolution
WAS defeated the opposition would be re-
sponsible. A constitutional amendment
requires a ;wo-thfrd vote TO adopt Il, or
-, votes with the present membership
of the House. The Republicans have 1s6
votes, fifty less than she requisite two
fkfras.
Thsre were only three speakers at tho
day sesa!oa-Mcssrg Ray Of New York.
Terry of ArkAnsag. and 3srhesn OF Texas,