The age-herald., 1902-02-08
Robinson Wants Annexation Clause fin Line With the
 Colonial PO|icy''
CALLS ATTENTION ID SOME
 OF HIGH SALARIES PAID
House Passes the Legislative, Execu- tive and Judicial Appropriation BiII-It Carries $25, ,171 ,e69, Which
 Is In Excess of t..e G:rrent Law.

Washington, February 1.-The House to- day passed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, the second of the regular supply bills As passed it carries S25 171. 969, which is S5OS,721 in ex- cess of the current law. Only two amend ments of importance were adopted. One provides for a commission to re-district the legislative districts of Oklahoma and the other authorizes the president in his discretion to cover into the civil service the temporary clerical force employed on account of the war with Spain. There are about 125O of these clerks still in the ser vice.
 A debate on Cuba was precipitated by MT. Robinson of Indiana who criticised the salaries paid in the Philippines. He suggested to Mir. Newlands of Nevada that he should add to his Cuban annexa- tion resolution a provision that such an- nexation would be in line with the gov ernments colonial policy. pr. Newlands declared that his resolution did not con template the perpetuation of the colonial policy, but 1t was the declared intention to have Cuba ultimately admitted as state He said that immediate relief was necessary to prevent crisis in Cuba.
 Calls Attention to Salaries.
 He called attention to tlte fact that the Governor of the Philippines received a salary of $2o,e6o and that the salaries of other officers there were equally extrava- gant He suggested that MT. Newlands Nevada should append to his resolution for the annexation of Cuba, recently in troduced, the statement that "the annexa- tion of Cuba would be in line with the governments colonial policy.
 MT Newlands resented this statement declaring that his proposition was not in the line of peapetuation of a colonial policy; that on the contrary 1t was in exact accord with our traditional policy of annexation of adjacent territory nec- essary for the defense of the United States. His proposition was to annex the island with the avowed intention of ul- timately admitting 1t as a state of the Union.
 Mir Newlands declared that immediate . relief of Cuba was necessary to prevent a crisis in the island.
 Richardson Asks Question.
 In reply to a question from Mir Rich ardson, Alabama, MT. Newlands said that while he did not think Cuba was prepared now for statehood rather than have the present situation continue with the possibility of civil war in the near future, he would welcome Cuba on any terms. "I would prefer, however" said he, ito have Cuba admitted as a terri tory with the promise of statehood
 On motion of MT. Fynn Oklahoma, an amendment was adopted to provide for the appointment of committee of three by the governor of Oklahoma to re-dis- trict the territory into legislative districts prior to the next territorial election
 MT. Littauters. New York, amendment to authorize the President in his dis erection to place in the classified service the temporary clerks appointed during the war with Spain whose services have been since retained and the amendment of MT. Jenkins Wisconsin. to require the President to place all the temporary clerks or none of them under the class flied service was adopted.
 The bill was then passed and at 5:05 p. m. the house adjourned.