The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-26
RIDERS ARE
 WITHDRAWN The Senate Makes Rapid
 Progress. $200,O00 FOR QUEEN LII Proposition to Pay for COnflS- cated Crown Lands. House Adopts Conference Report on the Army Appropriation Bill
 and It Goes to the
 President.

Washington, Feb. 25.-The Senate today made rapid progress.
 The Statehood riders to the agricultural and pestoffice appropriation bills were withdrawn, and both bills passed.
 The House amendments to the Philip pines currency bill were agreed to with but slight discussion, thus sending the bill to the President The sundry civil bill was nearly completed.
 A large number of pension bills were also passed.
 In the course of the day Civil Service Commissioner Foulke was severely criti- cized on account of a letter written by him to Mir Spooner regarding the dis missal of an employe of the Surveyor Generals office in Idaho, who had been charged with receiving campaign contri- buttons. The discussion arose over res- olution by Mir. Dubois calling for in- formation in the case.
 During the consideration of the sundry civil bill MT. Spooner inquired if the ap- propriation of $20000O to Queen Liiuota- lsni was an honorary one.
 Mir. Allison said that it was founded on claims, pretended or real, Of LAiiuolalani to what are known as the crown lands in Hawaii, of which she had been deprived.
 MT. Hoar Explains.
 Mir. Morgan thought the matter should go over.
 Mir. Hoar said that at first he had strong feeling against the ex-queen on ac- count of newspaper articles, but he since had learned the lands referred to fairly might have been claimed to be her pri- vate property and not mere crown lands. Their proceeds always had been used for her private support. He said the ex- queen had tried to reconcile her people to the rule of the United States, and that she was Q woman of great personal worth. He hoped the appropriation would be made because 1t was his desire to atone for a public utterance of disre- spect toward her.
 Answering Mir. Hoar, Mfr. spooner said that if there is any claim on the part of the queen as an individual. contradistin- guished from the sovereign. it should be dealt with in broad way.
 Mir. Allison explained that the claim rested on an equity.
 Mir. Blackburn. who reported the amend mend, said the Committee on Pacific Isl- ands was unanimous in the recommenda- ton. It is not contended, he said, that there is legal claim involved against the United States.
 She has no say in court" he said The fee to the crown lands was not in her, but the sovereign. but she was absolute in the receipts of the rents. Since her over throw, he said, the Government has col lected $450.0OO in rents from those lands. He would not 3,scuss the responsibility of the United States in the matter, but no dethronement would have occurred and the United States would not have appropriated to itself the rentals had 1t not been for the landing of the United States marines from the Boston.
 A Good Investment.
 It would be good investment. he said, to pay the amount because of the feeling of gratitude in which # would be accept ed and the appreciation those people would show. It was question. he said, that addressed itself to the conscience of Senators.
 MT Stewart spoke in similar vein By Consent, the matter went over until to- morrow
 An amendment appropriating S50. 900 was adopted to pay the expenses of the joint commission to negotiate the differences between the United States and Great Britain with respect to Canada.
 An amendment agreed to provides that the authority given the Secretary of the Treasury to coin subsidiary silver coin by the eighth section of the act of March IA. 1900 Hereafter may be exercised with out limitations as to the amount of such subsidiary coin outstanding. At o'clock the sundry civil appropria- tion bill was laid aside, and, by unani- nous consent, unobjected pension bills on the calendar were considered