The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
TEE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Consideration of appropriations
Continues in the Senate.
Work of the GcOIoEicnl Survey Sc
vcrcly Criticiscd-Mr. WOlcotf Says
College Sharps MIKE Rad Mnps
and Look Wise-Air. Lodge Speaks
of Wasting Money Without Results

| Consideration of the Sundry Civil Ap-
preparation bill was resumed by the Sen.
ate yesterday, and the greater poi ION oi
the session was devoted TO it. During the
| discussion of the various items the work
! of the Geological Survey was severely
criticised. After the proposition to appro-
pirate money for the purchase of land ad-
joining the Government Hospital for the
! Insane had been defeated the committee
amendment to the item providing for the
| permanent establishment of a boundary
| line between Utah and Arizona was taken
| up. The amendment provides that the
work shall be done by the Coast and Geo.
detic Survey instead of the Interior De-
| partment. Mr.. Teller's objection to the
| amendment was sustained.
Mr.. wolcott argued against the commit
tee amendment appropriating 100000 for
! gauging the streams of the United States
1--WE are appropriatirg ss65.O00 for the
United States Geological Survey this year
for work that isn't worth S65 cents" said
he THE head of the survey is a past
master in the art Of obtaining and leasing
patronage. We have given them s1,oO0,OOO
for forestry surveys, and they have swal-
lowed the money and done nothing Why.
there isn't man in the United States who
would give 10 cents for a barrel of their
maps or reports. There are a lot of young
college sharps in the Survey who make
maps and look wise. One Of them came to
me when l was a young Senator and
showed me map of my district in Colo
rado He had my town on the wrong rail-
road and en- the wrong side of the river.
and all of their work is fully as bad as
that. 1t is lot of foolishness."
Mr. Butler defended the Survey, and
told of the good work it had DONE. He
wanted the appropriation to go through. he
said. because he knew the people desired
the work done. He then moved to increase
the amount from 100000 to s250.0o0.
Mr.. Lodge said that in 1856 much money
had been paid for surveys under charge
of various Departments, and that yet there
was not decent Typographical or decent
geological map of the country. One COM
petent body should have charge of all the
surveys instead of having "helter- -skelter
appropriations for this department and for
that. simply melting competition among
all these surveys, wasting money. and
getting no results"
Mr. Chandler asked Mr.. Lodge how c,any
Departments of the Government had sur
yeys going on and was told that there
were five Of them--the Interior Depart
ment. the Treasury Department. the War
Department, the Navy Department and
the State Department. Mr.. Lodge went on
to ridicule this system and drew COM
parison between it and the navy, saying
that there were five or six different ma
vies in this country-the regular navy
that had destroyed the Spanish feet, the
revenue marine (under the Treasury De-
partment), the navy OF the Coast and Geo
detic Survey, which had ships. officers, and
men; the lighthouse board navy. with
ships and men, and the Fish Commission
navy. That. he said. was the condition Of
the navy. and why should it not be the
condition Of the surveys?
The amendment of Mr.. Butler increasing
the appropriation from 100000 to $3.50. GOO
was then adopted by vote of SO to "a.
Mr.. Pettigrew offered an amendment to
the section providing for the adjustment
OF certain State claims, to the effect that
South Dakota be Included in the States
named. which are Virginia, Delaware
Pennsylvania New York, South Carolina
California. Oregon, and Nevada The
amendment was voted down, and Mr.. Petit
grew then raised a point of order against
the entire section as being new and gen.
appropriation bill. -.... h.. .- a..
The President pro tempore sustained the
point of order. Mr.. Tillman urged that
the section be rot stricken out. Mr.. Daniel
appealed from the decision OF the Chair.
and spoke at length on the claims Of Vir
ginia against the United States Government
for funds loaned during the war Of 1872.
Mr.. Frye called for a vote on the appeal
from his decision. Mr.. Daniel then with
4 a.
stricken out.
An amendment was reported and agreed
TO appropriatlng $4,000 for rental of tenn
porary quarters for custom house and
other Government Offices at Baltimore.
The first of the contested committee
amendments was one coming under the
title of Enforcement of Alien Contract
Labor Laws 1t was modified by con-
fning the amendment to these words
under the supervision and control of the
Secretary of the Treasury" and was
agreed to.
The next committee amendment was one
providing for the enlargement OF the Ex-
ecutive Mansion and for suitable connec-
tions between the Potomac and the Zoo
logical Park. II was agreed to without
opposition.
Mr.. CockrelI. on behalf of the Committee
ment relating to the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition and providing that when $10.-
Geo 0O0 shall have been raised by the COM
mission for inauguratlng and carrying for
ward the Exposition at st. Louis, the
United States will authorize an e&pendi-
ture of 81, ,GG0, 600. 1t was agreed to with
out opposition.
Mr.. Gallnger offered an amendment ap
$4,000 for trade commission
to China, Japan. and other Eastern coun-
tries.
II was excluded on point of order made
by Mr.. Allison, whereupon. by way Of re-
Mr.. Gallinger moved to recon-
slider the vote whereby the st. Louis Ex- |
position amendment was agreed to.
without action on the motion the Senate |
at p. m. adjourned till Thursday at II |
a. m
AN ADVERSE REPORT.