The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-01
MAY ADJOURN TODAY
HOUSE MOVING WITH THIS END IN
VIEW.
WORKING DAY AND NIGHT NOW
CHARLESTON AND BUFFALO GET
AUTHORIZATIONS.

Fight Against Both, but Took De-
feat Good ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Turned Down During the Day, but
Landed Safely at Night Session.
Confer' nee Report Upon the Phil
ippine Bill Adopted by Party Vote.
No Agreement Reached as to Coin
age in Islands and This Provision
Dropped.
Washington, June 3O.-With final adj
journment probable tomorrow, the
House worked under high pressure
from noon to-day until far into the
night. AS preliminary several reso-
buttons We're adopted to grease the
legislative wheels.
The rule providing for the printing
of conference reports before consider
alton was suspended until the end of
the session, and resolution was adopt
ed making a motion to suspend the
rules in order at any time. The House
then got dow to business
The conference report on the Phil
ippine civil government bill, which is
considered the last obstacle in the way
of adjournment, was adopted by a
strict party vote with the single ex-
ception of Mr.. Mccall of Massachu-
sets, who voted with the Democrats.
A partial report on the general de-
ficiency appropriation. bill was adopt
ed, and after a prolonged fight the
House, by vote of 11S-1O1, accepted
the Senate amendment to appropriate
100000 for the Buffalo eXposi-
ition and then sent the bill back to the
conference. The Senate amendments
to appropriate $4,000 for the Charles
ton Exposition and $1,O0O,OOO to pay the
Hawaiian fire bubonic plague awards
were defeated, the former by a vote of
II to lis.
Subsequently at the night session
the House reversed itself and assented
to the Senate amendment making an
appropriation for the Charleston expo
sition. A number of bills We're pass
ed under suspension of the rules, in
Guiding the Senate bill to allot lands in
the Cherokee nation, and to provide
corporation laws for Alaska.
AT the evening session the Dick mill
| tia bill which is to be used as a stop
| gap for the remainder of the session
while the House is waiting for confer
ence reports was taken up. The adj
| journment resolution is to be with
held until the conference report on the
| ate.
Disputed Items Passed Upon.
This morning Mr.. Cannon, chair
man of the Appropriation Com
mittee, called up the conference re-
port on the general deficiency appro-
pute items aggregating S1,905,O00, in
Guiding the appropria lions for the
Buffalo and Charleston expositions.
The report was adopted.
Mr.. Alexander of New York asked
for a separate vote on the appropria-
ton of 100000 for the Buffalo Expo
sition, and Mr.. Finley of South Caro-
lima for one on the appropriation of
$3.50. 900 for the Charleston Exposition.
Mr.. Alexander made a strong plea in
favor of concurrence in the Senate Buff
falo Exposition amendment. He de-
clared that the success of the exposition
was assured, when the assassination of
President Mckinley occurred.
Messrs. Tawney of Minnesota. chair
man of the Committee on Expeditions
Mr.. Foster of Illinois: Mr.. Morris of
Minnesota, Mr.. Mcclellan Of New York
Mr.. Sulzer of New York, and Mr.. Gros-
venor of Ohio supported Mr.. Alexan-
der's motion.
Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania opposed
the motion, saying that in all his leg
islative experience he had never known
a more preposterous proposition.
After some further remarks by Mr.
Richardson of Alabama, Mr.. Bartlett
of Georgia, Mr.. Barney of Wisconsin,
Mr.. Snodgrass of Tennessee, Mr.. Stay
den of Texas Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa,
Mr. Cannon of Illinois concluded the
debate on Mr.. Alexander's motion with
a strong speech in opposition to it.
Cannon Makes "A Good shot
The plea for this appropriation on
the ground that McKiney's death
made the exposition a failure, he de-
clared was pretense. If Congress
is to underwrite these national expo
S1tions, he said, it would be asked to
underwrite state fairs and county fairs
and gradually we would reach the
point where the United States would
run Wild West show.
Mr.. AleXander's motion to concur in
the Buffalo Exposition amendment was
carried, lis to 101
Mr.. Finley of South Carolina then
entered his motion to concur in the
Charleston Exposition amendment.
IF the members will give me an
aye and no vote" said Mr. Cannon, II
am willing to vote now. / want. to
see whether the New York mem bers
viii keep faith with their South Car
olina friends
Il desire a few minutes said Mr. |
Finley. My people are greatly inter
ested in this matter
Debate is unnecessary" Mr.. Can
non said. IF you have made your
deal" Iaugh;er)
Mr. Finley made an earnest argu-
ment in support of his motion. When |
the people of South Carolina inaugu-
rated the movement for an exposition |
they believed Charles ton would be |
treated by Congress as other exposi- |
ton cities had been. They were en- |
titled to $3.50 900. They obtained only |
800, 900. The appropriation of $3.50, 900 |
in the Senate amendment would give |
them what they should have had or |
iginally.
Cannon Hits south Carolina.
Mr.. Cannon spoke sarcasticaIly OF 1
the Cohesive force Of public plumber" |
II had lived TO see the day when the |
etatA of John g CsIbopn the cham