, 1900-06-05
READY TO ADJOURN
EVERYTHING INDICATES THAT
CONGRESS WILL QUIT
TOMORROW.
St. Louis Gets Its Five Million Dol
lar Appropriation for the Big Fair
Conference Reports on Appro-
priation Bills are Numerous-Anti-
Trust Bill in Senate.


Washington, June 4.-The house to-
day agreed to the senate amendment tC
the sundry civil bill appropriating S.
0C0. 600 for the Louisiana Purchase eX'
position at st. Louis. Opponents of the
fair appropriation did not even make
a show of opposition. They contend
ed themselves with demanding a roll
call, which resulted 127 ayes to rs nays
in favor of the appropriation.
Only four appropriation bills remain
in dispute between the two houses. Mr..
Tawney of Minnesota is making an
effort to delay final adjournment I'M
less action is had on the Grout oleo-
margarine bill, but he met with no
success today.
Everything so far as the house is
concerned indicates final adjournment
Wednesday.
Mr.. Grout (Vt.) presented the con-
ference report on the District of Column
bia appropriation bill. The only item
.stillin dispute between the two houses
was the appropriation of 500, 900 for
the municipal hospital in this city. This
was cOncurred in. The bill now goes
to the president.
Mr.. Cannon presented the conference
report on The sundry civil appropria-
ton bill. 1t was a partial report COW
.ering about two-thirds of the items in
disagreement. A motion to recede and
concur in the amendment appropriate
ing $500, 600 to commence the construc-
ton of the Memorial bridge across the
Potomac river was defeated III to 1871.
A motion to reoede and concur in
the St. Louis fair appropriation was
adopted N the other amendments
were then, disagreed to and the bill
was sent back to conference; the emer-
gemcy river and harbor bill was sent
to conference.
Adjourned.
Washington, June 1.-THE senate
was in session more han 10 hours to-
day, nearly four of which were spent
in executive session.
The only feature of the day session
was the speech on the Philippine Jues-
ton by Mr.. Teller of Colorado, and the
effort of Mr.. Pettigrew of South Da-
kOta to obtain consideration of the an
ti-trust bill passed by the house last
Saturday.
Tonight a picturesque session was
held-a sort of social Session-at which
many of the senators appeared in full
dress and the galleries were ~thronged
with a gaily attired crowd of specta,
tors. Mr.. Peutigrew replied at length
TO the speech OF MI. Spooner of Wis
consin on the Philippines, but did not
conclude.
Mr.. Morgan of Alabama reported
from the committee on inter-oceanic
canal a resolution declaring the Clay,
ton-Bulwer treaty abrogated. He gave
notice that he would call up the resolu-
ton tomorrow.
Mr.. Allen asked that an hour be set
aside today for the consideration of
pension bills.
Mr.. Pettigrew objected. He said
thnre were many bills on the calendar
which were more meritorious than the
pension bills. The pension laws, he
thought, were defective and unjust and
that special favors We're being grant
ed for political effect.
When the house bill for the regula-
ton of trusts was received Mr.. Petit
grew moved that it be placed on the
calendar, instead of referring it to a
committee, as usual.
Mr.. Gallinger suggested the import
ance Of the bill and moved its reference
to the committee ON judiciary.
Mr.. Pettigrew said he would ask the
yeas and nays of this question and ex-
pressed the opinion that congress
should NOT adjourn finally without
enacting some antitrust legislation.
The chair considered a motion previ-
ously made by Mr.. Allen to go into
executive session to be in order and
THIS question prevailed without divi-
sion.
The senate remained in session until
Las and when the doors were reopen
ed the parliamentary status of the an
thrust bill was asked for by Mr.. Hoar
and the chair stated that it had been
read once and couldnot be read a second
time unless by unanimous consent, and
until it was read a second time no mo-
ton to refer or to consider was in Or
der.
Mr.. Allen, p~opulist, of Nebraska, ask
ed unanimous consent for its second
reading. Mr.. Aldrich Of Rhode Island
objected, saying that the bill could not
De PASSED at this session. 1t then went
over until tomorrow, Mr.. Pettigrew
giving notice that he would mov to
consider it tomorrow morning.