The age-herald., 1902-04-02
Congress Refuses to Make Nec-
 essarY Appropriation
HAS NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
Ninety-three Pages of the s-ndry Civil Bill Are completed-Senate Will Vote on OIeomargarine
 Bill Tomorrow.

Washington, April 1.-The House today made rapid progress with the sundry civil appropriation bill completing ninety three of the 149 pages of the bill.
 On motion of MT. Small, North Carolina, the appropriation for topographic surveys was increased from s250,00O to sSOO.0Oo.
 After having completed thirty-eight pages of the bill, the e7--'-oittee arose. MT. Knox from. the con on terri tories reported the bill f.. admission of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona and gave notice that he would call it up at some convenient time.
 MT. Sulzer of New York offered an amendm ent to appropriate $50,OO0 for lighting the torch of Bartholdfs statue of liberty in New York harbor. MT. sul- ger said this light was put out March 1. He read poem written by an anti-im- perialist on the extnguishing of the light of liberty's torch.
 MT. Cannon said that the pending bill carried $1,S53003 for lights, the expendi- ture of which he said, was entirely within the discretion of the lighthouse board. MT. Cannon said the appropriation com mittee had made some investigation and had said that the light on the Bartholdl statue was valueless for commercial pur- pose. On a rising vote the amendment was carried 43 to 33. MT. Cannon imme- diately demanded tellers for nay and aye vote. Absentees were brought in and when the final vote was finally completed the first vote reversed and the amendment stood defeated, 61 to e.
 THE SENATE.
 Washington, April 1-An agreement was reached by the Senate today to vote on the pending oleomargarine bill before ad- journment next Thursday. Debate on the measure was continued throughout to- days session. MT. Heitfelt of Idaho op- posed the bill because he believed it pro- rcsed to drive the oleomargarine industry to the wall
 MT. Gallinger of New Hampshire advo- cated the bill because it was a protest against fraud and against an industry which depended for its success upon du- plicity and dishonesty"
 MT. Spooner of Wisconsin made an ex- tended legal and constitutional argument in support of the measure.
 Bailey of Texas Spoke.
 Mir Bailey of Texas began a speech in opposition to the pending measure con- sidering the bill, especially in it's legal as- pect and in its relations to questions of fact. He agreed, in the main. but took issue with him on some of them. His difference from MT. Spooner, however, was more, he said, upon the facts of the controversy than on the law.
 MT. Bailey maintained that if the pur- pose of the bill was to prevent fraud, 1t was unnecessary as the states of the union had ample power to do that. It was evident, he thought, that the real pur- pose of the bill was to tax out of exis- tence the oleomargarine industry.
 MT Bailey did not conclude his re- marks on account of a difficulty with his throat He will continue his speech to- morrow or Thursday.
 An agreement was reached that voting on the amendment to the measure should begin at o'clock Thursday, debate on the amendment to proceed under the five minute rule, and that a vote on the bill should be taken before adjournment on that day.
 MT. Stewart of Nevada reported the Indian appropriation bill and gave mo- tice that he would call 1t up at an early date.
 The Senate then at 4:40 p. m. went into executive session and at 5:45 p. m. ad- journed.