Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-08
57TH CONGRESS.
House Passes Appropriation
Bill With Long Name.
Senate Discussion of the Philippine
Tariff Resumes Normal Tone.
Pension Appropriation Bill Passed,
After Miner Amendments.


day, passed the legislative executive
and judicial appropriation bill, the sec
ond of the regular supply bills. AS
passed, it carries $25,171,969, which is
$J03,721 in excess of the current law.
Only two amendments of Importance
were adopted. One provides for COM
mission to redistrict the legislative dis
tricts of Oklahoma and the other au-
thoriZes the President in his discre-
ton to cover into the civil service the
temporary clerical force employed on
account of the war with Spain. There
are about 1850 of these clerks still in
the service. BY the terms of the
amendment the President must place
all or none of them under the civil ser
vice.
This was the day in the House which
belonged under the rules to the COM
mittee on war claims, but Mahon, Pa,
chairman Of that committee, announc-
ed that he did not desire to antagoniZe
the Legislative appropriation bill and
asked that the day following the dis
position of the Oleomargarine bill be
given to the committee. There was no
objection and the order was made.
The House then went into committee
of the whole and resumed considera-
ton of the legislative appropriation
bill.
Smith, Arz., offered an amendment
to increase the salary of the governor
of that territory from $4,000 to $4,000 and
used his amendment as text for an
assault upon the appropriations COM
mittee for discriminating against Ari-
IONA, New Mexico and Oklahoma and
in favor of Hawaii in the matter of
salaries for executive and judicial Of
ficers.
Hemenway, Ind, called attention to
the fact that salaries in Hawaii were
fixed by statute and that the salaries
in the territories compared favorably
with similar salaries in the states.
Smiths amendment was ruled out on
a point of order.
Speaking to a pro forma amendment
Robinson, Ind, said that the governor
of the Philippines received a salary of
$4,000 and that the salaries of other
officers they were equally extravagant.
He suggested that Newlands of Neva-
da, should append to his resolution for
the annexation of Cuba, recently intro
duced the statement that "tne annexa-
ton of Cuba would be in line with the
governments colonial policy"
Newlands resented this item, declar-
ing that his was not in the line of per-
petuating colonial policy; that on the
contrary it was in exact accord with
our traditional policy of annexating adj
jacent territory necessary for the de-
fence of the United States. His pro-
position was to annex the islands with
the avowed intention of ultimately adj
hitting it as a state of the union
Newlands declared that the immediate
relief of Cuba was necessary to prevent
a crisis in the island. The best COM
mercial union would be that which
would like which would come under po-
litical union.
Newlands said that while he did not
think Cuba was prepared now for state
hood rather than have the present sit
uation continue, with the possibility of
civil war in the near future, he would
welcome Cuba on any terms.
Il should prefer, however" said he,
ito have Cuba admitted as a territory
with the promise of statehood
On motion of Flynn, Oklahoma, an
was adopted to provide for
the appointment of a commission of
three by the governor Of Oklahoma, to
redistrict the territory into legislative
districts.
Littauer, N. Y, offered an amend
ment to authorize the President in his
to Dlace in the classified SER
vice the temporary clerks appointed
during the war with Spain whose SER
vices have been since retained.
Jenkins, Wis, proposed an amend
ment to the amendment to repire the
President to place all the temporary
clerks or none of them under the classi-
fled service. About 1850 clerks at pres
ent are on the temporary roll. Jenk- |
ms amendment to the amendment was
adopted, 70 to 81, and as amended the
amendment was adopted
Hill, Conn.,, offered an amendment to |
require the comptroller of the currency |
to furnish each year, list of all per-
sons employed by the comptroller. The
was adopted.
The bill was then passed and at sos |
?. M. the House adjourned.
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