The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-05
TALKED 1T TO DEATH
SAD FATE OF RIVER AND HARBoR
BILL IN SENATE.
CARTER SPOKE FOR IL HOURS.
POOR CHARLESTON GETS NO AP-
PROPRIATION.

PROPRIATION.
in Behalf of Charleston. but the
City by the Sea WAS Turned Down
While 81. Louis Was EIected-Scn-
ntors sat in Session All Night,
While Carter of Montana Preached
Funeral of River and HnrbOr BilI.
Washington. March 4.-One of the most
notable occurrences in the history of con-
gressional legislation marked the closing
hours of the last session of the Senate
of the Fifty-siXth Congress. Senator Car
ter of Montana signalized his retirement
from the Senate. after six years OF bril-
liant service, by talking the river and
harbor bill to death. He occupied the
floor construetively for nearly thirteen
consecutive hours.
At 114O o'clock last night, after the
Senate conferees on the river and harbor
bill had reported disagreement, Sena-
tor Carter began his speech. He de-
nounced it as vicious and pernicious leg
islation.
Shortly before 5 o'clock Mr.. Allison sub
mitted further disagreement on the sun
dry civil bill, the item in contention be-
ing the appropriation for the three ex-
positions From this the Senate receded,
and then passed the st. Louis Exposition
bill
fv.I Nr
Mr. Tillman, who has championed the
appropriation for Charleston throughout
the session. made a final appeal to the
Senate to save the Charleston item, but
he realized that the Missouri senators
were more powerful than he. By vote
of 38 to 10 the Senate reeeded from the
Charleston appropriation and the bill was
passed.
Mr. Carter resumed his speech finally,
announcing at 6:35 o'clock that 1t was his
intention not to permit the river and har-
Dor bill to become aAyaw. He yielded the
floor only after the Vice Presidents cere-
mony had begun.
Senators Got NO Rest.
From 80 o'clock last night the Senate
remained in continuous session. The most
interesting feature of the session was its
receding from it's amendment to the sun
dry civil bill. providing for three exposi-
tions, giving $5,000,000 to st. Louis, $5OO,OOO
to Buffalo and $&50,0O0 to Charleston.
without division the motion of Senator
Allison 10 recede was agreed to. Then
the Senate receded from the Charleston
amendment to the St. Louis Exposition
bill, which had passed the House as a
separate measure. This action passed
the bill approprlating s5,000,000 for st.
Louis Though suffering from i'll health,
Senator Vest of Missouri had remained
in the Senate all night to battle for this
exposition appropriation He said 1t was
not fair to make St. Louis suffer because
the House would not make an appropria-
tion for the exposition in South Carolina.
TiIIman shows Strong Feeling.
Senator Tillman showed deep feeling.
He said the legislation which had paved
the way for the St. Louis appropriation
was placed in a bill last year, as were
the amendments from which the Senate
had receded in the sundry civil bill. The
watch-dogs of the House of Representa-
tives had not pounced upon this PROPOSE
ton then and defeated 1t. Congress, he
said had appropriated eleven millions OF
dollars for expositons and now Ii was
proposed 40 give S5,000,090 more. His state,
South Carolina, was regarded as an out
cast, a disinherited dog. He would leave
II TO the Senate whether 1t was just, fair
and right to give to st. Louis 100000
and refuse Charleston small $25O'OOO.
Mr. Depew and Mr.. Lodge thought tnat
Charleston ought to be treated equally
with ST. Louis.
Mr.. Pettigrew, South Dakota, criticised
Mr.. Hull of Iowa. for the latters ac-
Acknowledgement of connection with the
Philippine Development Company. He
argued that the river and harbor and
sundry civil bills ought to fail lie de
nounced the former as Job.
Mr. Tilman emphatically denied that
he had been Influenced by any pending
legislation He branded as lie che state
Inent that he had been won over on ac-
count of the Charleston appropriation.
Twice the river and harbor bill came
back to conference.
Mr.. Carter continuing his attack.
Shortly after O'Clock the point of no
quorum was made and quorum was
finally obtained at 9:45 a. M, and Mr..
Carter resumed. At 1890 O'Clock a recess
was taken until II o'clock
Senators Hoar and Cockreil were ap.
pointed to notify the President that the
Senate had concluded its business. They
shortly returned ana announced that the
President had no further communication
to make.
MIR. Frye Replies FeeIingIy.
In retiring as the president pro tenn Of
the Senate Mr.. Frye, in response TO
resolution Of thanks for his courtesy and
offered by Mr. Jones OF Ar
kansas. delivered a brief but feeling adj
dress to the Senate.
At the conclusion of the ses-
sion OF the Fifty-sixth Congress,
Vice President Roosevelt was sworn
in and Immediately called the Sen
ate of the Fifty-seventh Congress 90 or
der After the new senators were sworn
I'm. the Senate attended the presidential
ceremonies.
During the night Mr.. Pettigrew assert
cd that the bill passed yesterday for the
better protection Of railway employees ha 1
been lost or stolen after IL vas enrolled
and signed by the Speaker The bill,
however was found.
The persistence OF Senator Butler OF
North Carolina was rewarded during the
morning by the passage of bill appro.
priating 5000 for damages. during the
civil war, to ST. Johns Masonic Lodge,
at Newbern, n. G.
Mr. Frye. president pro tempore, pre-
sented a telegram from the Lieutenant
Governor OF Montana saying emphatic
ally that the election OF Hon William
A. Clark was tho elimination OF the ex-
pressed wish OF the people Of that state.
Mr. Jones OF Arkansas read a telegram
from J. S. Mcneil saying that H. r.
knapp who nles n protest against Sena-
g. "A resident