Evening star., 1901-03-04
Long and Continuous Session of the
Senate.
GAVE UP CHARLESTON EXPOSITION
Receded From Sundry Civil Bill
Amendment.
MIR. CARRIERS LONG SPEECH


of the session was the action upon the sum
dry civil appropriation bill. when early this
morning the Senate receded from Its
amendment providing for three expositions
giving s3.UD.10 to St. Louis, S5oO,OOO to
Buffalo and S25O.O00 to Charleston. s. t.
Without division the motion of Senator AL
lspn to recede agreed to. 1t was the
last remaining item in the bill in disagree
ment. and it meant that all danger OF an
extra session was over
The action of the Senate on the sundry
civil bill was followed by the Senate re-
ceding from the Charleston amendment to
the st. Louis exposition bill. which had
passed the House as a separate measure
This action passed the bill app opria ting
s5.Do,~D for St. Louis.
1t was an interesting occasion. Senator
Vest nf Missouri made the motion. Though
suffering from i'll health he had remained
in the Senate all night to battle for this
exposition appropriation He made an APP
peal to the Senate to pass the bill now as i
simple act of justice to st. Louis. saying
that with the utmost kindness toward
Charleston it was not fair to make st Louis
suffer because the House would not make
an appropriation for the exposition in South
Carolina. -..
Senator Tillman. who had made hard
fight for Charleston, made Il speech, show
ing 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 frim which the Senate had re-
Ceded in the sundry civil bill The watch
dogs OF the House of Representatives had
not pounced upon this proposition then, ana
defeated 1t. Congress, he said, had appro-
priated s11o00UU0 for expositions. and now
1t proposed 20 give S3oOoVo more HIS
state South Carolina, was regarded as an
outcast a disinherited dog. He would leave
it to the Senate whether it was just, fair
and right to give to St Louis s3,Wo."o ana
deny Charleston a small s2.o,oD
Nv thOuYht Charleston
to be treated eq Aaliy with St. Louis, and |
he, with Mr.. Depew. was among the ten |
senators who Foteu against the ho.ioi ~
Mr.. Vest Thirty-eight senators voted 1or |
the motion
Missing Bill.
During the night Mr.. Pettigrew created |
something of a sensation by asserting that |
the bill passed yesterday for the better |
protection of railway employees had been |
lest or stolen after it was enrolled and sign
ed by the Speaker.
Mr. Pettigrew said that II it was lost it |
lost on purpose.
II was subsequently learned that the bill !
had been found in a drawer of desk in |
the House enrolling room, and 1t was |
brought to the Senate.
The persistence of Senator Butler tN.C) |
was rewarded during the morning by the |
passage of a bill appropriating $4,000 tor |
damages done during the civil war to st. |
Johns Masonic Lodge at Newbern, N G. |
He has been lighting for the bill during the |
entire session.
The Clark Case.
Mr. Frye. president pro tempore. said he |
had received a telegram from the lieuten-
ant governor of Montana, which he thought |
should be read and directed the clerk to |
read it. The lieutenant governor stated |
that as the persiding officer of the ient
legislative convention of Montana he want
ed to emphatically say that the election of |
William A. Clark as senator from Montana
elimination Of
of the people of that state, and that pro-
tess against Mr.. Clark should not De heed
ed by the United States Senate. Mr.. clark
had been an issue in the campaign. and mis-
success before the people and in the legs
lature vindication of his character.
Mr.. Jones (Ark) read a telegram from ].
S NJ Neill. saying that H. R. Knapp, who
files protest against Senator Clark was
not a resident of Montana.
MIR. Peutigrew Criticises Mr.. Hull.
Pending the final agreement on the sundry
civil bill, Mr.. Pettigrew SD read from
the Congressional Record the remarks of
Mr.. Hull of Iowa. made in the House few
days ago. when the Iowa gentleman ac-
knowedged he was connected with the
Philippine Development Company Mr. Pet
tigrew severely criticised Mr.. Hull and de-
nounced generally the condition in the Phil
fppines. He charged the minority in the
Senate with being influenced by pending
legislation which they feared might be de-
feated He said the sundry civil bill ought
10 fail. the river and harbor bill as we'll |
He denounced the latter measure as a
job While there were some meritorious
features in the bill. he said. it was worse
than the subsidy bill. |
Denounced as n Lie
Mr.. Pettigrews remarks brought Mr. !
Tillman 10 his feet with an emphatic de-
NAL that he had been influenced by any |
pending legislation. He branded as a lie
the statement that had been circulated to
the effect that he had been won over on
account OF the Charleston appropriation
He believed nothing would be gained in
filibustering against the Philippine legisla-
ton. as worse would have resulted in an
extra session.
Throughout the night there was long
and determined effort to defeat the river ,
and harbor bill led by Senator Carter of |
Montana. as described in another column
Pettus Condemns Carter
After Mr.. Carter had been talking for
about an hour and half Mr. Pettus inter-
rupted 10 condemn the course of Mr. Car
ter
Mr. Wellington said the Alabama senator
which were being conducted In an orderly |
manner Mr.. Carter blandy replied by as
serting that the Alabama senator could not
defend the appropriation for Trinity river |
In Alabama .
Mr.. Pettus vigorously asserted that he |
was not expressing his opinion of the hill |
out he did have very decided opinion |
OF senator who would hold up the Senate
In this way on a day when we are to in |
augurate a President of the United States
Mr. Carter smilingy said he would be
glad to take recess and let the river and
harbor bill go over to a session when there !
was no inauguration ceremony. .
AT $40 there were about j dozen senators
In the chamber. when Mr.. Wellington
sought TO make motion, to what purport
he did not secure opportunity to state
Mr.. Nelson called for the regular order |
thus shutting out the Maryland senator |
The latter then raised the point of no quo
rum The chair at first refused to recog- J
nize this suggestion, on the ground that !
MI Wellington had not addressed the chair J
Collecting the Senators.
This omission was soon made good and | {
roll call was ordered. The first call had the
effect of bringing In thirty senator's The
sergeant-at-arms was directed to secure the ! +
attendance of absentees. This call had the {
effect OF suspending all business for an In /
definite time, the attendants taking advant-
age of the opportunity TO gather up the
masses of waste paper which haa accumu-