The Washington times., 1902-04-30
Omnibus Public Building
Bill Passes House.
APPROPRIATION s1s,ooo,Ooo
Million and 0ne-Half Gees to Purchase
OF Old Poweihouse Site, and Erec-
ton of Structure for District-oppo-
sItion to Measure Brushed Aside.

P"oPiiation OF moro than 5000, O0D, ana
including an item allowing the sum o.
sbooooOO for the purchase of the cid
powerhouse site and the erection of q
municipal building thereon for the 81 O..
Washington.
Although there was .s,iou 10
The measure, the senth DO its favor
was SO strong that the Ing Of .i- H-
rious provisions was not ueman.H5. SOM
Oh the members who had faii,3 = Do
provisions inserted for bu % I!
respective districts and a cr-
posed rushing the bill thr -l vii10-.
opportunity for amendment
Made Special Order.
Immediately after the reading %. the
journal. Mr.. Dalzell. from the Can.mii tee
On Rules. reported resolution making
lhe public buildings bill special ORDER
Tor immediate consideration and p-u,t,ii-
ing the Offering OF any amendments - IL.
Mr.. Richardson, the minority leader. and
Mr.. Sims Dem. Tenn) opposed the fe,-
lure of the resolution precluding the pre-
sentation Of amendments Mr. Sims said
mere was no necessity for the three
hours general debate on the measure.
winch the resolution provided for. II IT
was impossible to amend the bill
nir- Richardson declared that he was
not opposed to the measure bu. aas on
posed TO that method of doing business in
ehe Rouse. Mr.. Dreamer Dem, y. W
maze the point of order that the resolu-
ZION could not be adopted save by two
thirds vote of the House. Am | not
right" asked Mr. Dreamer.
You are not" replied Speaker Hendcr-
son promptly and emrhatically, adding
mat the Question had been settled time
and again in the House.
Mr.. Dreamer appealed, and Mr.. Dalzell
moved to lay the appeal on the. table.
winch was carried by large vote.
Y Pork in the Barrel.
Evidently the members on this side OF
the chamber have some pork in the bar
rel. exclaimed Mr.. Creamer, as he OBJ
Served that the Democrats supported the
motion.
Mr.. Mercer. the chairman of the Com
n,ittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
IN supporting the resolution, said that
all the bills to provide public buildings
which had been referred to his committee
aggregated more than s65, 900 600. and IT
was impossible to include all of them.
Mr. Goldfogle tDem., n. " arose 10
ask Mr.. Mercer IL he thought New York
city had been treated fairly in the bill.
Mr.. Mercer replied by saying that three
of the members Of the New York delega-
ton. Messrs. Dreamer, Goldfogle, and
Lessler who had been doing all the talk
ing on the floor Of the House about the
New York postofice, had done more to
Aretard Ii than anyone else They had
given no Information TO the committee.
land had II not been for the efforts of
'Messrs. Mcclellan Cummings. and Sulzer.
who did appear before the committee. that
body would have had no information upon
the subject.
il Was Finally Passed.
I Evidently, he said, Mr.. Goldfogie did not
know that the bill provided for a commls-
sion to obtain a site for the New York
postoffice, which was no easy matter. and
would require six months or two years.
z The resolution was finally adopted.
Mr.. Douglas tRep., y. " spoke in favor
of the New York city postoffice Mr. Cold
fogle followed. taking the occasion to re-
ply to the statements made by Mr. Mer- |
Ger and to defend his own course and that |
of his colleagues in regard to the New |
Work postoffice. Mr. Mercer interrupted |
TO say that until March 13, when Mr. 1
Goldfogle made a speech about the post |
office. he (Mercer) was not aware of his |
tGoldfogle's) identity, land even today" |
continued Mr.. Mercer good naturally.
s.while the gentleman was talking two |
members came up to me and wanted TO /
know who the gentleman was
Mr.. Gofdfogle insisted that he had used /
his best efforts to obtain the attention of |
the committee to the condition of the l
New York postoffce, and he wanted TO
know II IL was necessary for every men,
Der OF the New York delegation to go to
Mr.. Mercer and on Bonded knee beseech |
him for consideration OF something which |
WAS not only of Importance to New York
but to the nation.
Mr.. Mann Roasted"
I A feature of the debate upon the bill |
was the clever and gentlemanly roast
Sng" which Mr.. Feely Dem, I'D gave to
his coiieaese, Mr. Mann Rep., ILL for his
responsibility in defeating an item of
x35 900 for a postoffice at Oak Park, one
pf the towns in Chicago. Mr.. Feely mod
estly set forth the needs of new post
0fiice at Oak Park, which he said served
IA population of 1000.
The building was advocated by both on
she Illinois Senators and every member
nj the delegation save one. who die not
do so because of the fear that somebody
would secure political advantage thereby.
Come people. he declared, lie awake nights
wondering what effect the way they comb
their hair in the morning will have upon
khe country.
without mentioning Mr.. Mann by name
he characterized his attitude as rat hole |
Some men, be said. whenever a
measure was introduced in Congress look
ed upon It from the standpoint of what
political credit or discredit would rebound Y
10 somebody by reason Of it.
4 Reads Tell Tale Letter.
: Mr.. Feely said that during his one term
In Congress he had endeavored to deport
himself like gentleman. 1t might be,
and likely would be, his last. He then read
n letter written by Mr.. Mann throwing
roId water on the Oak Park postofIice
nroject. because the people of that town
had been unfriendly 10 the candidacy of
x-Representative LoTimer, who was Mr.. |
Feely's opponent in the Congressional
noutest. and declaring that nothing could
be done by the new member.
Mr.. Feely intimated that he attributed
he defeat of the appropriation for Oak |
Park to Mr.. Msnn's protest against it, |
although he said he would not comment
upon the letter, prefering to let the i'm |
preston lie where ii would. lie said he
had no criticism to pass upon the COM
mittee for its action. Is
General debate upon the bill closed be- {
'ore the expiration of the three hours | 6
allotted, and the bill was passed without l
icing read and with only few dissenting (
voices.