The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-19
CANNON'S FIGURES.
Total APPROPRIATIONS TO BE
NEARLY $3.50, O0O,O0
He CRITICISED DEMOCRATS.
pRATE Oh ECONOMY, BUT WOULD
NOT UPHOLD HIS HANDS.

uropriation, After Some Discus
sion-The Vote 1911 to Al, Maddox
and Tate of Georgia Voting in the
q Naentiye-The "COnspiracy" Bill
defeated by Vote of SO to 145.
washington, Feb. 1S-The bill to au-
tborize the holding of the International
exposition in celebration of the centen-
NAL anniversary of the Louisiana pur-
chase at st. Louis in 1903 and appropriat-
ing 100000 therefor, passed the House
to-day under suspension of the rules by
rbe vote of 1911 to A. The opposition
vas hopelessly in the minority and the
Struggle over the bill was brief The
question of closing the exposition on
sunday was not mentioned.
The sundry civil bill was under con-
sideration late in the day and Mr.. Can
non. chairman of the Appropriations
Committee, took occasion to make a de-
tailed statement of the appropriations
for the present Congress. He figured
mat the appropriations would total 1884,
1885 exclusive of the sinking fund re-
ouirement of $5S,OC0,0OO, against $657, 15o,-
s62 for the current year. He fired some
hot shot at the minority for prating of
economy and not helping to uphold the
hands of himself and others when they
we're trying to keep appropriations down.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal Mr.. Tawney, chairman of the
Special Committee on the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition, moved the passage I'M
der suspension of the rules of the EXPOSE
ton bill.
A second reading was demanded and or
dered. This action allowed twenty min
utes debat upon side.
Mr. Lattimer of South Carolina mean
time asked unanimous consent to offer
the Charleston, S. C., exposition bill as
an amendment, but Mr.. Hopkins of Illi-
nois objected.
Mr. Tawney contended that the magni-
tude of the event to be celebrated at ST.
Louis made it proper that Congress should
authorize it. Only twice before had Con-
gress authorized expositons.
Mr.. Maddox of Georgia opposed the bill
He said he did not imagine his opposition
would avail.
1T ought not TO-" cried Mr.. Tawney.
''in view of the contract we made at the
last session.
II want to talk about other contracts
just as binding" replied Mr.. Maddox,
who proceeded to recall 1.-The manner in
which Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the APP
preparation Committee, was fighting hon
est claims" Moreover, he said, there
were to be no public buildings authorized
by this Congress on account of the growth
of expenditures, The 100000 which Con-
gress would give to private enterprise
by this bill, he said. would build fifty
necessary public buildings.
Mr.. Sims of Tennessee tainted MIR.
Cannon with fighting honest claims of a
few hundred dollars and then remaining
quiescent when such bill as the pending
one was before the House.
Mr.. Cannon replied that he had consis
tenty opposed such legislation had OPP
posed this expenditure in its first stages,
but on its present footing the government
was obligated to perform its part of the
contract, St Louis part in which had
been performed
The bill was passed, 1871 to A. The fol-
lowing members voted against the bill:
Allen of Kentucky, Atwater, Burke of
Texas, Burkette, Burleson. Burton, Dris-
coll Fitzgerald of New York, Gaines of
Tennessee GiIlett of Massachusetts,
GrOut, Hill, Johnston King, Kitchen, Kle-
berg, Lanaham, Lawrence, Linney, Loud,
Mcdowell, Maddox. Moody of Massachu
sets, Moon. Needham, Parker, Pierce,
Quarles, Rhea, Richardson of Tennessee,
Riordan, Robinson Sheppard. Sims, Smith
VI heutuChy, SHouSIbSS, olephSiiS, al
bert, Tate, Williams Zenor.
Mr. Littlefield of Maine who was then
recognized, moved to pass. under suspen-
sion of the rules, the bill to define the
meaning of the word conspiracy" and
TO recognize the use of the restraining or
ders, as proposed to be amended by the
committee. There was thirty minutes de-
bate on a side. Mr.. Littlefield claimed
that it was designed TO exempt labor
ftY1iA he tf1n of 10
spiracy clause of the Sherman antitrust
act, but confined the exemptions within
certain limita lions by the operation of
the amendments, which the Judiciary
Committee recommended, as follows;
provided, That the provisions OF this
oct shall not apply to threats to injure
the person or the property, business or
occupation of any person, firm, associa-
ton, or corporation through intimidation
or coercioh;. nor to any acts, causing or
intended to cause an Illegal interference,
by overt acts with the rights of others"
and to omit from the bill the following
words, nor shall such agreement, combi-
nation or contract be considered as in
restraint of trade or commerce"
Mr.. Fleming of Georgia said that with
in ten minutes Samuel Gompers, president
of the Federation of Labor, had stated
that he would prefer that the bill should
be defeated rather than pass with the
amendments.
Other members expressed similar
views.
The bill was defeated. Sc to AS.
The House in Committee of the Whole
then resumed consideration of the sundry
civil bill. Speaking 10 pro forma
amendment, MIR. Cannon presented a de-
tailed table of the appropriations bills 50
far this session. He was led to make
the Statement, he said, by remarks made
IN the Senate Qeferring to Senator Hale's
emendmenD.
The grand total shown by the table is
vs. 256 ,209 below the estimates which ag-
sregated $72O,S74S04, exclusive of the sink
ing fund The detailed amounts of APP
preparation bills was given as follows:
Agriculture, A.4SS900; army, Sill, S47, 749;
diplomatic and consular, 81 sos, sos; District
OF Columbia, $S,S6s, O49: fertilization. ST.
.4L46l; Indian, $9,966777 legislative, etc,
sS9S1'lW; military academy, $772, 65S; navy,
$'S'fSS's7S pension. $145. PAS 30; postoffice,