Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-02-18
THE ST. LOUIS
EXPOSITION
The House Passes the Bill Making
an Appropriation Of S5,000,OO0
Toward the Project.
AN ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE
A Number Of Representatives, Opposed to
Aiding St. Louisa Bill introduced
to Revive the Grade Of Vice.
Admiral.
HOUSE..

Washington, February 1S.-Mr. Taw
ney, chairman of the special committee
on the Louisiana purchase exposition
moved the passage of a bill approprl
ating 900 for the st. Louis expo
sition, under suspension of the rules
Mr.. Tawney said the magnitude OF ths
event i be celebrated ait st. Eouis
made ii proper that congress should au
thorize it. Mr.. Maddox of Georgia op.
posed the bill. Mr.. Sims of Tennessee
taunted Mr.. Cannon with fighting hon.
est Claims of a few hundred dollars
then remaining quiescent when such a
bill as the pending one was before the
house. Mr.. Sims declared that no expo
sition bill was justifiable. Mr.. Cannon
agreed that exposition matters had run
wild. But this bill was upon a footing
where it could not be disregarded. He
had opposed the paragraph on the sub
ject in the sundry civil bill last session,
but it had become law. st. Louis had
complied with its part of the contract,
and the government was obligated to
comply also.
IA SeCOIu We uGlIlduueu anu OIutIeu,
This action allowed twenty minutes de-
bate ON side. Mr.. Lattimer of South
Carolina asked unanimous consent to
offer the Charleston Is. c. exposition
bill as an amendment, but Mr.. Hopkins
of Illinois objected.
The st. Louis exposition bill passed.
the house by vote of 191 to Al. The re-
suit was received with applause.
SENATE.
Washington, February Ex-senator
Hale, chairman of the senate commit
tee on naval affairs, to-day introduced
a bill for the revival of the grade of
vice admiral of the navy, authorizing
the president to appoint two rear ad
mirals to that office. The bill is in the
interest of Admirals Sampson and
Schley, and is intended to aid in solv-
ing the problem of their promotion, as
we'll as the promotion Of other officers
who served with them in the Spanish
war. Mr.. Hale also introduced a joint
resolution of thanks to Admiral Samp-
son In accordance with the presidents
recent recomme mendation. Both measures
were prepared By the navy department.
Mr.. Pettus of Alabama addressed the
senate in opposition to the ship subsidy
bill.
Mr.. Pettus urged that the bill ought
not to be passed, not only because nf
the millions it would draw from the
treasury, but also because of the prin-
ciples involved. He made a constitu-
tional argument against this measure.
TTIE NEWLAND'S BILL.
Washington, February 19.-Repra
sentativeis Tongue of Oregon and Will
son of Idaho indulged in rather spirited |
exchanges to-day in the house commit
tee on arid lands over the report of the |
Newlands arid land bill. Mr.. Wilson had |
moved to report the bill, and when the
chairman, Mr. Tongue, declined to en-
tertain the motion, the Idaho member |
commented in a personal manner on the |
chairman's course. The matter was am
icably adjusted, however, and Mr.. |
Reeder of Kansas was authorized to
make report. The bill sets aside the |
receipts Of the public land sales in the |
arid land states for purposes of stor- |
ing waters and reclaiming arid sections. |