The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-05
CLOSING SCENE
IN THE SENATE
Lodge BeWaiIe5 the Fate of the
Philippine Bill.
BILLY MAS0N'S LAST SPEECH
SENATOR FRYE HONORED BY
UNANIMOUS VOTE.
BILLY RASON'S LAST SPEECH

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w ate was called to order at 10
o'clock for the last sitting Of the
Iifty-seventh congress, but business
did not begin until some time later.
The delay was due 20 the absence of
q quorum and to the fact that SEN
ator Cockreu Insisted upon the pres
ence of the necessary number before
taking no the work of the day.
President Pro TEN Eyre was, as
usual. on the minute in ascending 10
the seat OF the presiding officer. but
only about dozen senators faced him.
The couutenances of the most of them
bore evidence of the two prolonged
sessions of Monday and Tuesday. but
the Indications of fatigue soon van
ished and business proceeded as
smoothly as it, would have done 81
the senate had adjourned at o o'clock
yesterday instead Of . o'clock this
morning. It was noticeable. TOO. that
the senators who have been most bus
fly and most continuously occupied in
the closing days of the session were
among the first 10 respond TO their
names
The attendance in the galleries was
also comparatively small The crowd
Increased gradually, however, so that
by the time a quorum was secured on
the floor the audience was respectable
in dimensions and apparently suf-
hciently wide awake 20 give due att
tention 20 the proceedings.
Review Of Work Done.
Mr.. Allison. chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations. made a
statement regarding the amount of
money appropriated by the present
congress, as compared with the APP
preparations Of the Fifty sixth con-
gress. The total appropriation by the
present congress. De stated was ST.
554,l0S, 5lS as compared with 81 440.4S9,-
45S for the Fifty-siXth congress. 10
was curious but necessary thing. he
said, 20 make this comparison more Iu
detail than by a mere statement Of
aggregates. The first and most inn
pOrtant items included i'm this state
ment for the present congress is am
appropriation OF s50130605 for the Pam
anna canal which, De said. accounts for
nearly one-half of the increase.
There is also. he said an aggregate
appropriation for the p0stoMce depart
ment OF &l53.40l459 for the next fiscal
n
the current year making "a difference
OF more than 5000 600 in excess of
the appropriations of the last congress
for the postal service. This. he ex-
planned. arises from the enormous in-
crease in expenditures caused bv IN
creased postal business. Then. too. he
said. the rural free delivery service re-
quired large sums.
Small Deficiency.
There was. he said. a smaller def
cheney than there has been I'm many
years ia the postal receipts. as COM
pared with the expenditures. He called
attention 90 the fact that the last con-
gress passed no river and harbOr bin.
in the first session OF this congress. I
he said, S2L000000 was appropriated for
rivers and harbOrs I'm addition 90
which $4,000 900 was appropriated in
the sundry civil bin for carrying ont
contracts. He said that while IN an
pears that the appropriations OF this !
congress have been largely I'M excess /
OF those Of the last congress. the in- .
crease Is chiefly made up of three .
items namely. the $4,000 600 for the T.
Panama canal the Increased appr0Drf- /
alton of %50o0o000 FOR the postal serv- /
fee, and the river and harbOr approDri- I
ations.
He concluded by saying that the
people of the country had endorsed +
these items of increase and the opaTs- /
ing political party c0ncurred In them
Mr.. Bailey OF Texas called up a biU .
amending the rivers and harbors act 81 .
rs to provide thar the sl25.O00 hereto
fore appropriated for certain river and
han Dor improvements in Texas SHAH ba
used for the construction of channel .
in Sabine lake. Texas
Parting Shot Of Hoar.
On a yea and nay vote. demanded bv
Mr.. Mason, the senate agreed TO take
1he bin up. The effect of the vote was
10 displace the Philippine tarIm bin
The Sabine lake bin was then tenn
porariiy laid aside and Mr H0ar spoke
on the Philippine BIN. The bin had
been talked Oh DEATH DE said This was
not in criticism of senator's who think
that IN the closing hours of the session
this remedy shall not be dealt with i'm
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