The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-18
Bartlett q Georgia Democrat, Springs Big Surprise With
 Amendment
ND OBJECTION RAISED
 ON EITHER SIDE OF HOUSE
Georgian Proposes s25o,ooo, But This Was Substituted By Hepburn, Who Made 1t s5oo,ooo and
 Immediately Available.

Washington, December 17.--Afr Bartlett. Georgia democrat. during consideration of the legislative appropriation bill in the house today unexpectedly and with out warning, sprang an amendment to appropriate $25O,0o0 to enforce the Sher- man antitrust law and to direct the att torney general to proceed to the prosecu- ton of all violators of the law. Although such a provision was plainly amendable to a point of order, not a member of either side of the house raised objec- ton. Both sides wheeled iuto line and all agreed that some such action was ad- visable.
 Some of the republicans. however, rais- ed objection to the looseness of the lan- guage of the amendment and Mir. Hep burn of Iowa offered a substitute for 1t. the language of the bill he introduced on the opening day of the session, to ap- propriate s50O,00O for the enforcement of the law. This was further strengthened to make the appropriation Immediately available, and so amended the substitute was agreed to without division. The ex- ecutive bill was passed. practically as it came from the committee, except for the amendment.
 January S1 at o'clock was fixed as the time for holding the exercises in connec- ton with the acceptance, of the statutes of Charles Carroll and John Hansen, Marylands contribution to statuery hall.
 The language of the Hepburn amend ment, as adopted today. Is as follows;
 That for the enforcement of the pro- visions of the act of July 2. 1890. the sum of $5OO,00O is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not heretofore appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the attorney general in the employment of special counsel and agents of the department of justice to conduct proceedings, suits and prosecutions under said acts in the courts of the United States, provided that no person shall be prosecuted or be subjected to any pen alty or forefiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing. concern ing which he may testify or produce evil dence, documentary or otherwise, in any proceeding, suit or prosecution under said acts; provided further, that no person so testifying shall be exempt from pros- ecution or punishment for perjury com- mitted In so testifying This appropria- tion shall be immediately available"
 ne FroCeeulnuS.
 When the house convened today a bill was passed to extend the act of June 6, 1900 which authorizes the sale of stone and timber for use in the Indian Terri tory so as to provide for it's sale to rail- roads, parts of whole lines are in the territory The speaker laid before the house letter from Governor Smith of Maryland notifying the house of the pre- sentation by the state of Maryland for fha uto of rf ton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and John Hansen, pres ident of the Continental congress The statues are now in Statuatory hall
 A resolution was adopted setting aside Saturday January 31. after D. m. for the exercises in connection with the &C., ceptance of these statues. The house then resumed the consideration of the legislative appropriation bill
 MT. Bartlett of Georgia, offered an amendment appropriating $250,0C0 to en- able the attorney general to prosecute the violaters of the antitrust laws. Mir. Hepburn of Iowa offered a substitute for the amendment increasing the amount to s5OO,O00 MT. Cannon of Ill., nois endorsed the latter amendment MT Hepburn said the whole country was agitated over this subject. Mir. Bartlett wanted MT. Hepburn to incorporate in his amendment a proviso directing the
 
 cutions, but to this Mir. Hepburn object ed because 1t contained a reflection on the attorney general.
 Mir Bartlett said the attorney general should be criticised because he had not enforced the antitrust laws. He said there had been no report of the peoples interests in the White House, cabinet or from the federal bench in the fight against trusts.
 MT. Grosvenor of Ohio said the Sher- man antitrust law was republican measure while a democratic adminstra- tion had cast doubt upon it's constitu- tionality.
 Mir. Hepburn's amendment was adopt ed without division.
 The bill was defeated for a third read ing. 30 to 43
 A bill was passed to transfer the cen- sus records from 1920 to 1900 to the cen- sus bureau.
 At 2:30 the house adjourned.