The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-30
FOR ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
SENATE PUTS $4,000, 900 IN THE SUM-
DRY CIVIL BILL.

But 1t Is Provided That the EXPOSE
ton Company Must Raise 100000
900, and the Government Is to
Share in the Dividends-TeIIer
for Beers Referred to Foreign Re
Iations Committee.
Washington, May "a few minutes be-
fore adjournment this evening the Senate
added to the sundry civil appropriation bill
an amendment appropriating 100000 for
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be
held in 81. Louis In 1903, the condition be-
raised by the exposition authorities. The
amendment was offered by Mr.. Cockrell
of Missouri, and was adopted without de-
bate and without division.
Because an amendment offered by him
subsequently, was stricken out on a point
of order, Mr.. Gallinger of New Hampshire,
moved to- reconsider the st. Louis fair
amendment and that motion Is now pend
ing. but probably will not be adopted.
The Teller resolution expressing sympa-
thy for the Beers was referred to the COM
mittee on foreign relations by vote of 40
to e.
Mr.. Fairbanks of Indiana endeavored to
secure consideration of the biz providing
for the extraditon of criminals from the
United States to Cuba, but Mr.. Allison de-
clined to lay aside the appropriation bill
for that purpose.
No session of the Senate will be held DO
morrow.
A House bill permitting the construc-
ton of a dam across New river. in Gray
son county Virginia, was passed.
Mr.. Daniel of Virginia presented the
credentials of his colleague, Thomas S.
Martin, as senator from Virginia for the
term of six years. beginning on March A,
1901. They were placed on file.
sympathy for the Beers.
The Teller resolution was then laid be-
fore the Senate and Mr.. Bacon of Geor-
gia addressed the Senate.
No senator could fail, he thought, to
sympathize with the Boers-such sena-
tors, at least as are devoted to liberty
and free government. This Is case of
two weak republics engaged in a strug
gle for life with the greatest empire in
the world; of $1,000 or 10000 plain farmers
In death struggle with army of ESQ.,,
900 men.
The pending resolution was, in his opin-
ion. conservative, proper and not in any
way violative of International law.
Mr.. Bacon read an extract from me-
mortal presented to the House of Repre-
sentatives on jan 10, 1920, relative to the
war then pending between Greece and
Turkey, and also discussed the banquet
given 20 Kossuth in the old National Ho-
tel in this city on Jan. Z, 1852.
Mr.. Davis, chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Relations moved that the res
olution be referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations. The motion was
agreed to, 40 to 26, as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Bard. Beverage,
Burrows, Carter, Clark, Cullom, Deboe
Depew. Elkins, Fairbanks Foraker Fos-
ter, GallingeT, Hansbrough, Hawley, Kyle,
Lindsay, Lodge. Mcbride, ,McCommas, Nc
Cumber, Mcmillan Penrose, Perkins, Pet
1us. Plat of Connecticut Plat of New
York Proctor, Quares, Ross, Scott, Sew
ell. Shoup, Simon, Stewart, Thurston,
Wetmore Wolcott-40
Nays-Allen Bacon. Bate, Butler, CAT
fiery, Chandler Clay Cockrell, Culberson.
Daniel, Hale, Harris, Heitfeld, Hoar
Jones of Arkansas. Kenney, Mallory, Mar
tin, Mason. Money, Pettigrew Rawiins,
Teller, Tillman, Turley, Turner's.
spndry Civil Bill.
Consideration of the sundry civil appro-
priaticn bill was resumed. A provision
was added to the section TO establish ma
tional quarantine STATIONS in Florida that
no station should be located nearer than
five miles to Key West.
The committee amendment relating to
the enforcement of the contract labor law
and the Chinese exclusion act which had
been passed over, was so modified as to
read that the enforcement of these laws
should he under the supervision and
control Of the Secretary of the Treasury"
The amendment was then agreed to.
Against the committee amendment PRO-
viding for the adjustment and settlement
Of certain claims of various states arising
out of the war OF 1912, of the Civil War
and of certain Indian wars, Mr. Pettigrew
made a point of order that It was new
legislation. An amendment which he had
offered to include Nebraska and South Da-
kota In the amendment had been defeat
ed The point was sustained
Mr.. Daniel OF Virginia took an appeal
from the decision Of the chair 0Mr. Frye
and address the Senate In support OF his
appeal, dealing particularly with the claim
of the state of Virginia. Subsequently he
withdrew the appeal and on the point Of
order the amendment went out OF the bill
Mr. Wolcott of Colorado made a vigor-
Gus and humorous attack upon the geo