Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-04
MEMBERS TIRED OUT
Efforts to Pass the Big Bills
Succeed.
LAST NIGHTS SESSION
ALL APPROPRIATION BILLS OUT
OF THE WAY.
The House Did Not Take a Recess
Until 4:O5 This Morn
ing.
LAST NIGHTS SESSION

The final defeat of the Aldfich financial
bill was witnessed in the Senate yesterday
afternoon when it was displaced by the
Philippine tariff bill. Mr.. Aldrich explained
in detail his measure and said that a small
number Of men in the Senate had deliber-
ately, with malice aforethought, murdered
It,
In the course Of the debate Mr.. Elkins de-
clared that the republican party had been
false to its solemn pledges in three success
stve platforms with respect to statehood
for Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico
and he said that it was the first time that
party had been guilty Of filibustering. He
declared that upon the republican majority
rested the responsibility for defeat of sew
eral important measures in the Senate. The
Senate at 9 O'Clock took recess until 8
o'clock.
In the course Of the night session Mr..
Quay sprung a surprise by offering as an
amendment to the Philippine tariff bill the
statehood bill, which he later withdrew, re-
marking that the circumstance requiring
the Offering Of the amendment had col
lapseth"
The conference reports on the naval and
general deficiency bills were agreed to.
Slowly but surely through the operation
of ceaseless roll calls the conference reports
to complete the necessary legislation were
ground out in the House of Representatives
yesterday afternoon, and when the House
at o'clock last night recessed until 10
o'clock only two conference reports on APP
preparation bills were still undisposed Of
the general deficiency and the naval. The
democratic opposition did not abate- During
the debate on conference reports members
on each side got in political speeches and
several times party passion fared up. Just
before the recess bedlam broke loose and
there was an exchange of high words be-
tween two members on the floor. A per-
sonal alteration seemed imminent in the
confusion, but was avoided by the interven-
ton of friends. The actual business done
during the eight hours of the day session
consisted Of the adoption of the conference
reports on the immigration. public building
and sunGry civil bills, the reference Of the
Presidents veto message of a Virginia claim
bill to the committee on war claims, the
adoption OF resolution to correct clerical
errors in the immigration bill and the pass
age Of Senate bill to authorize the Treas
ury Department to coin souvenir coins for
the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association.
After the recess a number of bills of minor
importance were passed last night. The
conference reports on the naval and gener-
al deficiency bills were agreed to which
completed all the appropriation bills Of the
session 1t was 4:O5 when the House took
a recess until 10 o'clock this morning.
senate's Night Session
When the Senate reconvened at 8 o'clock
After a wait Of ten minutes a quorum
appeared. The bill providing for the ap-
pointment of three commissioners from
Porto Rico was taken up and amended so
as to require the commission to report to
Congress instead of to the President, and
as amended the bill was passed.
The chair appointed the following sena-
tors to represent the Senate at the dedi-
catory exercises of the St. Louis EXPOSE
ton April 30 and May 1 and 2: Messrs.
Burnham, Depew, Penrose, Dolliver, Hans
brough. Mitchell, Teller. Berry, Martin and
Foster Ua).
Mr.. Fairbanks then presented the con-
ference report on the omnibus public build
ing bill.
Mr. Mallory F1a) made a formal obJec-
ton to the report in which he criticised
the methods adopted in securing an agree
ment on the bill.
Mr. Warren (Wyo) said the conferees on
the part of the Senate had been put in a
humiliating position. He referred to the
use of the word 'bunco' by Mr.. Tillman,
and said that hereafter whenever anybody
shall speak Of bad faith or bunco, hts mind
would involuntarily turn to the actions
''of those from another place." abiding to
the House conferees, surrounding this very
measure that we have in such a humiliat-
ing way surrendered today"
He said that the senators on the COM
mittee had refused to allow provision for
sites in the bill, because they had agreed
with the Otner committee not 10 90 SO, De-
ing assured that the bill would not pass
the House IL new sites were provided. Yet
the bill came back with many new sites
and the Senate conferees were told they
must accept them or there would be no
bill.
Little Wigwam.
He referred to the office for the White
House as "that diminutive little wigwam
which cost $4,000. That wigwam, or tep-
pee, whose front yard is a coal hole and
whose back yard Is site for a decent
building to which this wigwam or teepee
will serve as porch or piazza" He said
that If he could not make a better build
ing for $50 GOO he would owe an apology to
those who saw 1t. He spoke Of the large
amounts that were being expended for pub
lie buildings.
Immense sums, he said, had been asked
for temple Of justice, 100000 for the
Department OF Commerce with 1,300 en-
ployes, a mail bag shop and hall Of rec
ords.
Continuing, Mr.. Warren said: '1 say 1t
with shame that in view Of all this great
expenditure. this perfect ghost dance Of
Intoxicated indulgence and extravaganza
we have not time nor ability nor inciina-
ton to pay the debts we owe to those who
have furnished supplies to this nation"
Whenever a claims bill Is asked to be
passed the senator. he said, is looked upon
as the paid representative OF some corpor-
alton. The Senate conferees, he said had
most reluctantly yielded and so far as he
was concerned he owed an apology to the
to ds on the bluff that We would have to
take what they said or nothing"
Mr.. Fairbanks, chairman Of the COM
mittee, said he did not understand that
ungenerous motive They had said, and
this was concurred in by senators on bot