Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-23
FOR SUNDAY CLOSING.
senate Amends the Exposition Bill
Prohibiting sunday Openings.


senate Amends the Exposition Bill
Prohibiting sunday Openings.
Washington, Feb. 23.-The senate,
without division. passed the bill pro-
viding for the Louisiana purchase eN
position at ST. Louis, with an amend
ment which provides for closing the ex-
position on Sundays and a further
amendment providing for a government
exhibit at the Charleston exposition.
Depew. Proctor and Vest were named
conferees ON the exposition BILL The
fortification appropriation bill was then
taken up, and Butler. Of North Carroll
ma, spoke OF the large appropriations.
contained in this and other measures.
Pettigrew created a laugh by proposing
an amendment to the army appropria-
ZION bill reading:
And the title OF the president shall.
hereafter be president of the so-called.
republic of the United States and en-
peror of the islands of the sea- Butler
jocularly asked If the coming Inaugural
tion ceremonies were ia akensinto account
in this imperial regime. Yes, every
thing will be conducted with due.
pomp," replied Pettigrew.
The senators from South Dakota and:
North Carolina and myself should not
feel concerned about such matters" In
terjected Chandler. for none of US will
be here
Chandler's reference to the speedy re-
ttrement of himself, Pettigrew and But
Ter raised another laugh.
Morgan in a speech demanding that
the Nicaraguan canal bill should be
made the regular order of the senate.
eaid every parliam entary strategy was
being used to defeat the bill He thought
it time for plain talk, while some Of our
people in authority We're being kicked
and cuffed about by King Edward VII. s
also that 1t was time for some attention.
to be given this purely American enter
prise.
The conferees on the naval appropria-
tion bill reported disagreement today
on the main items before thenl-appro-
priations for battleships. for additional
submraine boats and for appropriations
& involving the removal of the naval sta
ton from Port Royal TO Charleston
This disagreement will be reported to,
the respective houses.
Spooner took occasion to show why in
HE opinion. he Nicaraguan canal bill
Should not pass al this time. He re-
ferred to the Hay-Pauncerote treaty
which had been adopted to clear the
pathway for the canal. That treaty is
now being considered by Great Britain
and we could not pass canal bill With
out giving great offence to Great Bri-
tain, just offence, he exclaimed.
Spooner said he did not think NE could
build canal until the Clayton Bulwer
treaty is superseded. II we should pass
canal bill Britain would no doubt re-
ject the treaty. spooner said it would
be grossly impolitic and breach Of in
ternational comfy to take any action
now, when 80 very little TING had been
given Britain to consider the amend
ment which the senate had made to the
Hay Pauncefote treaty. President Pro-
tenn Frye ruled that the Nicaraguan
canal BILL not the olemaragarine bill,
was the regular order of unfinished bus
iness' The bill was Immediately dis
placed by the Notifications appropria-
ton bill. Previous 10 this action Nor
gan asked that the Nicara yuan canal
bill be temporarily set aside, TO which
Aldrich objected.