The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-02-05
DoINss IN CONGRESS.

The House passed the Fertilization
Appropriation bill carrying 1927, 46l.
II is said that no less than eight dem
ocratIo Senators will vote for the ship
subsidy bill.
The bill for the purchase Of addition
oil land for the National Cemetery ai
Loudon Park was favorably reported to
Congress.
From 10 to O'Clock yesterday both
houses participated In the ceremonies
Ia homer Of the memory Of Ohief
Justice Marshall
The bill to amend the Chinese Ex-
olusion aos with view 10 preventing
The fraudulent entry Of Chit ese into
the United States was passed.
The bill introduced In the House by
Mr.. Rixey to protect the wholesale
merchants against drummers, has:been
referred By she committee 20 she De-
partment of Justice for an opinion.
Representative Swanson has returned
by his friends upon his success In hav.
ing Judge Whittle nominated for jus.
tice OF the Court Of Appeals Of hII
State.
The House passed the Omnibus bill,
Carrying 1911 claims for stores and sup
plies taken By she Union Army during
the OWL War. The claims aggregate
$344. 480, and nearly ell the benefioiarieI
live in the South.
Chairman Hull, Of the House Military
Affairs Committee, estimates the first
years cost OF the new army under the
reorganization will be between sll2.
900, 600 and STA 900, 900. After thai
he thinks IL will be reduced 10 about
500. 600 600.
The Senate agreed. by vote Of 81
yeas 60 20 nays, 90 the conference re-
port on the army reorganization bill,
and the bill was signed Saturday by
the President. The War Department
has issued preparatory orders FOR the
transportation Of 8, 200 regular troops to
she Philippines 10 replace an equal
number Of volunteers under orders to
San Francisco for discharge.
Representative Lamb of Virginia is
trying to have the remainder Of the
money In the Treasury belonging TO the
poor negroes who were induced to put
Eheir little holdings in the Freedman q
Savings Bank, distributed 60 she depos-
TORS bat has great difficulty in effect
ing that object. and that. too, from
treasury officials, who draw large sala-
ries, not for any dcing they have TO do
with that money but merely for car
ryiDg it on their back.
A delegation from Winchester, ac-
compsnied by Representative Hay call
ed on Speaker Henderson,. and asked
him 20 recognizes Mr.. Hay on his bill TO
erect o monument TO the memory OF
Gen Daniel Morgan, Of revolutionary
fame, whose remains are inferred In
Winchester. The Speaker promised to
do the best he could under she circum-
stances, and Senators Daniel and Mar
tin assured the Winchester delegation
that If she measure obtained favorable
consideration In the House. there would
be no difficulty In securing its passage
ia the Senate.
The total appropriations for this seq
sion promise to foot up $500. 900. 600, so
that she appropriations for the swo
years will reach somewhere between q
billion and q half and q billion and
three-quarters The knowledge OF this
hes Of late stirred the leaders CT the
House to harp emphasically on the
economy string. The appropriation
bills have been more generous than
ever at this session. and the mountain
Of enormous expenditures has been
rearing its head higher than ever was
known In the history Of the govern
mans in kine Of peaco