Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-01
100 TREE WITH MONEY
Stories Of Extravaganza in Fur.
: chase Of Ships and at the
Paris Fair.
Jones Starts the Talk in the Senate
Commissioner teck
Accused.
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Failure to Make Detailed Reports a
suspicious Feature-Allen on
the Beers.

Washington, June AT the conclu-
sion of a session lasting eight hours
the senate last evening passed the sun
/ dry civil appropriation bill, which has
been under consideration for nearly a
week. The amendment providing for
an appropriation of s500O,oo0 for the.
Louisiana purchase exposition to be
held at st. Louis in 1903 was continued
in the bill. An effort was made to re-
duce the amount TO be appropriated,
but it was unsuccessful. An amend
ment was Incorporated providing for
the beginning of the work on the mem
orial bridge between Washington and
Arlington cemetery, 10 be erected in
memory of the dead OF both the union
and confederate armies. While the bill
carries only 100000 for the project, 1t
lis expected ultimately to cost about
1000, 900.
An amendment was also added to the
measure providing for an adjustment
Esof certain claims of the state OF New
York, Pennsylvania. Virginia, Della
ware California, Oregon and South
I Carolina. The passage of the sundry
l.civi. bill leaves only TWO general APP
preparation bills to be acted upon by
the senate. the military acadmy and
Tie general deficiency measures. II is
respected they Will he passed by Satur-
4 day night.
\ A disagreement on the armor plate.
i naval cadet course and ocean and lake.
/ surveys items of the naval appropria-
9tiail bill was reported. The senate
lagreed 10 a further conference and also
iisgi'e,d 70 Il conference OH the Alaskan
1 civil code bill
/ During the consideration of an
amendment 10 the sulidTy civil bill Of
/ fered Ivy Mn. Gallnger.i appropriating
1 SO 900 to pay the salaries and expenses
For "A commission Of five persons to In
YES tigate and report upon he trade OF
jsChina Japan and other countries. Mr..
jJones of Arkansas made u vigorous at
tack upon the administration OF the
4 PARIS exposition commission, by Com
General Ferdinand w. Peck.
! III. pointed out that the law creating
1.-THE commission made IL mandatory ups
on the commissioner general to make a
i detailed report of his expenditures to
congress. He read II message from the
president transmitting 70 congress
4 what was termed "a detailed state
A msnt of the exposition commissions
Expenditures. The statement con-
tanned only eleven Items. the aggregate
i expenditures being $4,000.
4 Up to Jan. /, 1900, Commissioners Cen
A eral Peck has accounted for less than
100000 of the 81. 400. 900 appropriated for
Eex,osiiinns purposes. He demanded to
know where the balance OF the apprO-
II pri;ttlen had gone. The so-called de-
a tailed statement contained such items
. as 900 for clerk hire. s372i for per-
Il sonal travelling expenses OF the com-
!. missioner general. etc. which Mr.. Jones
u, said were ridiculous as "details.
He then read u dispatch from Paris
4 Indicating that there was much dis
Issension among the members of the
American commission to the exposition
j, some Of whom had been charged with
Ian endeavor to compel American ex-
hibitors TO pay for the space allotted
el3to&them in the exposition. He believed
. ADMINISTRATION Of the matter ought u
be made in order that the people nigh
a have the facts. He then referred to
i=deitciency appropriation for the Paris
4 Exposition that had already been mad,
land inquired what that was for
I. MIR. Hale. in reply, said the create
part of it had been made for the com
= pletlon OF buildings. The committee oil
. appropriations believed the sum wa
!, lsnecessary.
! Mr.. Jones than said he desired to di
: rect attention 10 the expenditure of tn
!, fund Of $50. 100000 voted by congress t
, the president to be used as a war emer
: gency fund. He had. he said the ut
most confidence in the integrityof tn
!, president, but thought it was due TIL
= public that a statement OF the disburse
msnt Of that fund should be made. III
= referred to Il story published yestcrda
: concerning the purchase Of a yacht a
:, Buffalo. n. Y..5the charge being mad
: that one man had received a commits
8 sion Of $1,000 for effecting the sale Q
Z 4 the vessel to the government. the pr!c
=. being $4,000 The yacht now was of
= fered by the government for S25 900 II
2 called attention to other stories con
s corning the purchase OF ships by tn
= government which he believed ought
y have the light OF day thrown upo
= them.
: II believed" said Mr.. Jones, 'tha
such statement ought to be made a
: would set at rest the slanderous rumol
l. and stories that are afioat, II they ca
I. be set at rest. hope there Is not
Y word Of truth in them. but it is du
= the people to know how these fifty mil
y ions of dollars were expended"
le3 Mr.. Chandler called Mr.. Jones after
OF ton to the fact that the navy depar
4 Iment had made to the senate a con
plete report Of Its purchases OF shiI
to during the war. the prices paid and q
he the facts connected with the transa,
le ton.
e. Mr.. Burrows. Of Michigan. presente
ne several documents giving the amour
lis allotted by the president out OF the $50
or 0OO,0 600 emergency appropriation to Il
o. several departments Of the government
OF They showed that the amount al.ottt
ne to the navy department was S29,973.2
e, and to the war department si.969.0(
e. nearly s4,OOO0O0 OF which had not bes
~ expended and would be turned back
or the treasury.
e. Mr.. Pettigrew then made the point
is order against the amendment Of NJ
he Gallinger that 1t was new legislation.
es Mr.. Penrose offered nm amendme
he appropriation OF 100000 to be used
be the Philadelphia Museum for the pu
ce nose OF completing its trade cOIlectio