The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-03-12
SENATE IN EXTRA SESSION
CALLED TO CONSIDER CUBAN AND
CANAL TREATIES
Cost OF Fifty seventh Congress. senator
Pritchard Presented with n Handsome
silver Service. Fight ON senator smoot

Cost or Fifty seventh Congress. senator
Pritchard Presented with n Handsome
silver Service. flight on senator smoOs
Washington, ID. &. March In
1903: The extra session Of the
Senate which met in response to the
call Of President Roosevelt will get
down seriously to bushes to day,
II was In session for short time
Thursday and Friday, when 1t adj
journed over until to-day. The OBJ
iect Of the session il TO ratify the
Cuban Treat and the treaty with
the Columbian Government for q
right Of way for the Isthmian canal.
The appropriation Of the 57th
Congress just adjourned amount in
the aggregate to SI,55i, l08,sl4.
This IL an increase over the ap.
prOpriatiOns Of the 56th Congress
which amounted to $l,440, i89, 438.
The appropriations for the recent
session, which ended yesterday,
were 1888, 4Si, 01S, as against $780,
62i, 1876 for the first session of the
Fifty seventh Congress, which adj
jOurned last summer. The follow
ing figures, show by items the ex-
penditures authorized by the recent
session:
Agricultures, S5,978, 160: army,
S78, 138,752. diplomatic and con-
sular, Sl,9G8, 80; District of Co
lumbia, SS,647, 407; fortfications,
$7,1S8, 416; Indian, $8,5l2,950 leg
islative, executive, and judicial,
1855, 9j3; Military Academy,
653,24S; navy, ISL, 877,291; PEN
siOns, 81 9,8i7, 800; Post-office, 1858
4O1, $40; sundry civil, S82,272,955;
deficiencies, 81 ,561, 572. permanent
annual appropriations, Sl325S9,S2O;
miscellaneous, SO, 100000,
The first and most important
item included in the statement for
the present Congress, is an apprnpri-
alton of $50, 100000 for the Pana-
ma Canal, which accounts for nearly
one half of the increase. There Is
also, aggregate appropriations Fl r
the Post Office Department of 81 SO,
401 $40 for the next fiscal yeaI, SO
compare with Sl39, 100000 for the
current year, making difference of
more than S50,000,000 in excess of
the appropriations for the last Con-
gress for the postal service OF the
new Senators sworn in.
Interest naturally will center in
the Hon. Reed ..Smoot, of Utah,
who, because he is an apostle in the
Mormon church and subject so the
oath of that hierarchy, is held to be
ineligible by church people of other
denominations in Utah and through.
out the country. Numerous pro
tests against his being seated have
been field. One of these alleges
that he is polygamist. Senator-elect
denies the polygamy charge alb.
soluteIy, and in interviews has rid
iculed the idea that his duty to the
church would ever be paramount tC
his duty to his country and its con
stitution.
While Senators generally are re
luctant to commit themselves il
the absence of an investigation, the
opinion prevails that Mr.. Smoo
will not be unseated,
Friends of Senator j. G. PritcharC
whose term of service expired will
the 57th Congress yesterday present
ed to him silver service. The ser
vice, beautiful one of a dozel
pieces, was presented to the retirin,
Senator in the parlors of the Ebbit
House, in the presence of fifty o
more political and personal friends
Hon, Richmond Pearson, the govern
ment's ministerial envoy to Persia
in transferring the gift to Senate
Pritchard expressed graceful word
the sentiments of the donors.
In expressing his appreciation {
the beautiful testimonial Mr. Pri
chard referred in a word to tn
trials he had undergone during tn
past year, and said that he had Ell
deavored at all times and under a
circumstances to discharge ever
official obligation, That his frient
believed in his fidelity to duty WI
attested by their spontaneous ar
generous applause.