The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-12
$4,OOO FOR ARBITRATOR
EACH COMMISSIONER WILL GET
 THIS SUM.
Senate AmeHds House Bill in Several Particulars and It Goes to Con- ference-Statehood Bill is
 Discussed.

Washington, Dec u.LThe Senate late this afternoon passed with several amend ments the bill fixing the compensation of the Anthracite Coal strike Commission and 1t now goes to conference.
 The sentiment of the Senate was strong ly in favor of allowing the members Of the Commission who are not In the civil or military service of the United States a lump sum for their service and after considerable debate $40oO was settled upon as the proper amount. thus taking the matter out of the hands of the President as the bill originally provided.
 Several other amendments to the bill were adopted, fixing the expenses of the comm ssioners and the assistant recorders at s1o per day instead of sl5 and leaving the question of the amount of salary of the assistant recorders and employees to the Commission. The name of the Com mission was changed to Anthracite Coal Strike Arbitration.''
 An amendment offered by MT. Daniel of Virginia, intended to prohibit of1icers in the civil or military branches of the government from serving on commissions or performing duties other than called Tor by law. provoked a lengthy discussion and in response to the. appeals of MT Allison and Mir. Hoar 1t finally was with drawn.
 At o'clock the Statehood bill came up and there was a brisk exchange be- tween MT. Quay, who favoyed the omni- bus bill and Senators who oppose it, re- garding its consideration.
 MT Quay and MT. Bate said they were ready to vote. MT. Beveridge, MT. Lodge, MT. Hale and others protested against pressing the bial so soon after 1t was reached and 1t went over until Monday
 MT. Beveridge, chairman of the Com mittee on Territories. asked that the bill 20 over in order to give the Senators time to inform themselves. |.
 MT Quay offered to let the bill go over if a time was fixed for taking vote and finally he said the Republicans could lie to the people about the admission of their territories tn their platform they could Ne about every other provision in the platform The air was full of rumors about how the bill was to be defeated. not by votes, but by obstruction: that from day to day the vote wdll be post poned until one by one the votes for the omnibus bill are picked of.
 MT. Quay eventually agreed to let the bill 90 over
 MT. Quay wanted 1t understood that the bill would retain tts place as the unfinished business and his remarks brought from President Pre- Tempore Frye the emphatic statement:
 ''The bal remains the unfiishsd bust ness if 1t is in the power of the chair to keep 1t there, and, the cnair thin@s 1t is."
 The Senate then resumed considera- ton of the Coal Strike Commission bill.
 An amendment by MT. Allison was agreed to fixing a lump compensation for each of the commissioners not in the gov ernment service at 5000 per annum. also others providing that compensation of the employees and recorder of the Commission who are not officers or clerks of the fixed by the Commission and allowing the commissioners and assistant recorder sls per day for expenses and all other en- ployes the commission sS per day.
 MT. Daniel (Va) precipitated lively debate by offering an amendment prohio- ting the further assig hment of officers and employees of the United States or Senators and sprsseptaaves on any commissionn or having imposed on them any duties other than those prescraoed by law. He did not eriticiss the Presi- dent. he said, on the contrary he com msnded him, but he arngued that there is an abundance of intelligent, cherac- ter, learning and wisdom among the people of the country outside of the gov ernment service which could be drawn upon.
 MT. Platt (Conn) expressed the opinion that 1t would be unwtse to tie the hands of the President so that in great emerg- ency he could not select the one man deemed the most fit disappointment MT Platt (Conn) inquired of MT. Ttllman, who favored the Daniel amendment. If 1t was not probable 1.-the amendment was adopted, Judge Gray would withdraw from the Commission.
 Surely" was Mir Tilmans response
 MT. Daniel finally withdrew his amend ment The bill was further amended by changing the nane of the Commission to the Anthracite Coal Strike Arbitration and then was passed.
 Ats o'clock the Senate held brief ex- ecutive session. after which 1t adjourned until Monday.
 THE HOUSE.
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