Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-03-07
SUBSIDY BILL SURE.
Senators Confident of It's Early
Passage.
ARMY APPROPRIATION SltS,0Oo,OO0
4 Reduction of S12.OOO,OOO From DC.
partment Estimatcs-rhe SuDdry
Civil Bill Nearly COmrlctcd--It
Calls For Nearly T6N,OOO 900.

ErASHINGTON, Feb. ..-'i'he shr
subsidy bill WAS laid asiGc informally Dy
the senate yesterday to permit the con
sideration of the appropriation bills. This
action was taken late i'll the day on Mr.
Alison's request that the District of Co
lumbia appropriation bill be taken up
Mr.. Frye, in charge of the shipping bill
who had said he would not give way tC
appropriation bills without vote of the
senate, was not in the chamber al the
time, but Mr.. Aldrich, Mr.. Hanna and
others interested in the measure Were
present aud joined in the general assent
given to Mr.. Allison's request. The ship
ping bin holds its place and as the un
finished business can be taken up when
the appropriation bills are not occupying
attention. The District of Columbia bill
will occupy the attention of the senate to.
day.
The subsidy bill did not receive atten
ton, the greater part of the time of the
senate being given to listening to II
speech by Mr.. Bacon OF Georgia on the
right of the senate to demand informal
tion on file in the executive departments.
Senators in charge Of the ship subsidy
bill gave notice that beginning tomorrow
they would seek to have the senate sit
regularly ut night to consider the meas.
ure. The postponemcnt until tomorrow
is due to the absence from the city of
some of the friends Of the bill and to the
fact that others had social engagements
for last night and tonight.
The present plan is to have the senate
take recess each evening at q O'Clock
until : and then to sit until II O'Clock
the night sessions TO be devoted to the
shipping bill.
When asked how long this programme
is to be followed, they reply, Until the
bill is passed"
They profess confidence in their ability
to get the bill through, and the leaders
have been engaged in rallying their
forces and III making sure Of the at
tendance of quorum.
The bill will go through" said Sena-
tor Aldrich. Il have never known n
filibuster to prevail against bill which
was supported by majority OF the scn-
ate"
He expressed the opinion that ii would
not be difficult to maintain quorum for
the night sessions.
The army appropriation bill making
provision for the army under the plan of
reorganization recently enacted was COM
pleieu yesterday ny tue HouSt cbiililIt-
tee ON military affairs and reported by
Chairman Hull. 1t carries approximate
ly $11S.000.000 as against estimates of
about $3.50, 100000 made by war depart
ment officials. The total of army appro-
priations, general and deficiency. las:
year aggregated S110000,000 Chairman
Hull says the present bill will be ample
and will not entail deficiency measure
later.
The sundry civil appropriation bill one
of the most important and most general
supply bills of the government, was com
pleted by the house committee on ap-
preparations. The bill appropriates 500
703,0S4, which is $10.SS9, 1917 less than
the estimates and S5.74S,221 less than
the bill for the current fiscal year. The
items for river and harbor work now in
progress under contract aggregate So,
S40,623. or about half the amount APP
propriated last year. The debt OF H:-
waii assumed Oh the annexation of the
islands is provided for, amounting to So.
447,535. For public buildings now in
course of construction in various cities
So, 146, ,625 is appropriated.