Daily inter mountain., 1900-06-01
APPROPRIATIONS
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSED BY
THE SENATE.
s5,OO0,0O0 FOR EXPOSITION
Unsuccessful Effort Made to Reduce
Amount for Louisiana Purchase
Fair


dry civil appropriation bill, which mas
been under consideration for nearly
week The amendment providing Tor
an appropriation of $5.0O0.0O0 for the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, to be
held in St Louis in 1903, was continued
i'm the bill. An effort was made to re-
xluce the amount to be appropriated,
but it was unsuccessful. An amend
ment was Incorporated providing Tor
the beginning of the work on the me-
mortal bridge between Washington and
Arlington cemetery, to be erected IN
memory of he dead of both the union
and confederate armies. While the Din
carries only $4,000 for the project it is
expected ultimately to cost about 30
900, 900. An amendment was also added
to the measure providing for an adjust
ment of certain claims of the states OF
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia Della
ware, California. Oregon and South Caro-
lima. The passage Of the sundry clVl
bill leaves only two general appropriation
bills to be acted upon by the senate, the
military academy and the general deh-
cheney measures. 1t is expected they Wlll
be passed by Saturday night
The sundry civil bill was then taken
UP and Mr.. Gallinger addressed the
senate in explanation of his motion to
reconsider the vote by which the amend
ment providing an appropriation of So,-
100000 for the Louisiana Purchase expo
stion was passed. In doing so, he at
tackled the senate rule against Incorporate
ing general legislation in an appropria- :
tion bill. comparing it to the fiction OF Eli
Perkins and the idealism Of Jules Verne.
He cited numerous instances of general
legislation in the pending bill contrary
to the rule. AS to the amendment which
he offered, to provide for a commission to
investigate the trade and commerce OF
China and Japan, and which had been
objected to by Mr.. Allison. he felt he
had not been treated fairly. However,
he said. he did not desire to stand in the
way of the ST. Louis fair proposition. and
therefore withdrew his motion to recon-
slider the vote by which it was adopted.
Mr.. Morgan gave notice that when
the bill was reported rom the commit
tee of the whole to the senate he would
demand a separate vote upon the prop
osition to vote $5.0oO.000 to the Louisiana
Purchase fair.
Mr. Gallinger offered an amendment
arpropria ting $4,000 to pay the salaries
and expenses of a commission of five per-
sons to investigate and report upon the
trade of China, Japan and other coun-
tries.
Mr.. Allison, in charge of the bill. said
that as he had been lectured by Mr..
Gallinser, he felt it his duty to say that
lation been added to the pending bill. He
said he would not make a point of order
against Mr.. Gallinger's amendment. but
would reserve the right to make such a
point later.
Mr.. Platt of Connecticut protested
against the creation of further commits
sions and against the making of further
apprOpria tiOns for expOSitionS He de-
"larId that certain promoters made a
business of organizing eXpositions and
using the local feeling aroused to work
upon congress for an appropriation. AS
soon as one exposition was over another
started and thus congress was under con-
stant and powerful importantly.
l think" said Mr.. Plat, "we can get
along without this comsison for at least
one year We ought to proceed with
some idea of economy. That may be an
old fashioned idea, but I am an old ia sh
ioned man"
Mr.. GaHinger said that the president OF
the United States was the first "pro-
moter' of the commission, having twice
recommended it's creation.
Mr.. Pettigrew said commissions
without number had been appointed b,
the president. He believed the proposed
commission meant simply the furnish
ing of five good places for as many poll
ricians Our consuls could obtain the de-
sired information. A disagreement OF
the armor plate and naval cadet cours,
and ocean and lake survey items of tn,
naval cadet appropriation bill was re-
ported. The senate agreed to furthe,
conference and Messrs. Hale. Perkin.
ana Tillman We're named as conferees,
ihe senate agreed to a conference OF
the Alaskan civil code bill and Messrs
Shoup, Carter and Bate We're named a.
conferees.
Consideration of the commissio,
amendment inn
Arkansas made a vigorous attack upo,
The administration Of the Paris e1posi
t!on commission by Commissioner Gen
efal Ferdinand w. Peck He pointet
out that the law creating the commissio,
maze 1t mandatory upon the commits
sionef general to make detailed repor
f ms expenditures to congress. He rea,
q message from the president transmit
ing 10 congress what was termed q.
detailed statement of the expositio,
commissions expenditures. The state
meht contained only II items, the aggre
gate expenditures being $24O 900 Tn +,
January l, 1900, Commissioner cenara
peck had accounted for less than s4Oo
ooo or the $1.4oo.ooo appropriated for ex
posltlon purposes. He demanded t
KNOW Where the balance of the annro
prlatlon had gone. The so-called detail
eu statement contained such items q
s'2,ooo for clerk hire, $3,724 for persona
travelling expenses of the commissione
general, etc, which Mr.. Jones said wer
ridiculous as "details"
1T seems to me- said he, warml,
that this sort of thing should ceas,
These statements ought to be itemize
IN accordance with the mandate of tn
law" ~ 81
HE then read a dispatch from Pari
indicating there was much dissensio
among the members of the America
commission, some Of whom had bee
charged with an endeayor to CONN,
American exhibitors to pay for the spao
allotted to them in the exposition, n
believed that an investigation of tn
matter ought to be made, in order tina
the people might have the facts. n
then referred TO dnfcianev appro,,;.