The age-herald., 1902-04-01
Election Methods, Banking and Legislation Discussed
suNDRY CIVIL BILL 4 TEXT
MT. Bell Says as a DeiIberative Body the House Has Ceased to Exist, But Is Controlled By 0igan-
 tic Law-M aking Trust.

Washington. March 31.-The House today began consideration of the sun- dry civil appropriation bill, complet- ing the general debate before the close of the session. Little of the speech making today was pertinent to the bill. .Messrs. Williams of Mississippi, Pou of North Carolina and Shight or Mississippi spoke on the supposed in yestigation of the Southern franchise question.
 MT. Bell. Colorado, discussed the man. cial bills before the House.
 MT. Payne, chairman of the Ways ana Means committee. reported the Cuban re- ciprocity bill and gave notice that he would call it up week from tomorrow
 With regard to the vast project for the beautifying of Washington by vast park scheme to cost ultimately $200 Ooo,OOo' MT Cannon said the committee had re- commended the policy to have the District of Columbia to pay half of the cost and proceed no faster than the district was able to go
 nl Bill Carried $70,0OO.
 The pending bill carried $70,0OO In this connection MT. Cannon also adverted to the Improvements for completing the cap- itol building according to the original plans with an extension on the east side and for other improvements involving an expenditure of over s6OOO,OOO The com mittee, however had prepared this ques ,t until Congress could see the results of reducing the revenues.
 Mir Benton of Missouri who had charge of time on his side of the house, speak ing of the situation in the District of Columbia with regard to taxation of the district. This statement led to some de- cision and MT. Clutz of North Carolina said 1t was notorious that millionaires were coming to Washington to escape taxation.
 MT. Bell of Colorado taking advantages of the latitude allowed in debate dis cussed at some length the growing in- fiuence of the Senate and the retrogres- sion of the House uas an influence in leg islation.
 He declared that as a deliberate body the House of Representatives had ceased to exist. It was absolutely controlled, he said. by few men and the greatest trust in the country today was the legis- lative trust.
 Bell Made Severe Criticism.
 Mir, Bell then branched into a discus sion of the financial bills before the House. He was especially severe in his criticism of the banking bill, which, he said, proved that the national banks are fair weather institutions. and could not stand the stress of financial storm. MT. Spight, Mississippi, and MT. Pou, North Carolina, spoke on the question of the disfranchisement of the negro in the south The former appealed to the Re publicans not to disturb the era of good feeling inaugurated by the late President Mckinley, and the latter, after describ- ing the manner in which nineteen negroes had been inducted into office ins North Carolina between 1894 and 1899 through a coalition between the Republicans and Populists. said that the Democrats. again having secured control, proceeded to dis franchise as many negroes as possible.
 If our representation is to be reduced for that said he, we are willing to sub init to 1t. There is not member from North Carolina who would not prefer to sacrifice his seat here than go back to the conditions that existed prior to 19OO."
 North Needs Investigation.
 Mir. Pou called attention to the resolu- tion he had introduced to investigate the alleged campaign corruption funds raised in the north. If elections laws were to be investigated in the south. he said, he saw no reason why the corruption of the ballot in the north also should not be investi- gated.
 MT. Williams. Mississippi, discussed the question of Chinese exclusion from a philosophical standpoint He insisted that the Chinese problem the Pacific coast was insignificant compared with the ne- gro problem in the south. The south had always stood with the people of the Pa cihc coast against the invasion of the Mongolians. but when the south needed help it received none.
 Mir. Williams defended the franchise provision of the Mississippi constitution. He contended that the constitution did not abridge the right to vote under the constitution of the United States
 General debate then was closed. MT Payne. chairman of the committee on ways and means, supported the Cuban reciprocity bill and gave notice that he would call 1t up a week from tomorrow.
 At 4:10 D. m. the House adjourned.
 THE SENATE.
 Washington. March 31-During the en- tire session of the Senate today the oleo- margarine bill was under consideration. Three speeches were delivered. two ifr support of the measure and one against it.
 MT. Simmons of North Carolina, made an extended and forceful argument in opposition to the bill This was his maid en speech in the Senate and he was cor dially congratulated at it's conclusion.
 Mir. Dillingham; of Vermont presented a strong legal argument in support of the measure and vigorously arraigned the manufacturers of oleomargarine for im- posing as he said, fraud upon the peo- pie.
 Mir. MeCumber of North Dakota, ex- pressed the belief that the farmers of the country were entitled to the protection afforded by the bill. He advocated gen. eral pure food legislation.
 The following bills were passed:
 Providing an additional circuit judge in the seventh judicial circuit, to pay the legal representative of A. c. Boone of Colorado, SIP, 291 for services and ex- penses in negotiating an Indian treaty in 1861, to pay s2155 to members of the life saving crew for losses sustained by them in the Galveston hurricane of Sep