The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-05
THE SENATE.

Washington, March 1.-The Senate was | called to order at 10 o'clock today for the ! last sitting of the Fifty-seventh Congress I but business did not begin until some time i later. The delay was due to the absence | of quorum and, to the fact that MT. | Coclrell insisted upon the presence of a quorum necessary to the taking up of business.
 President pro tenn. Frye was, as usual on the minute in ascending to the seat of | the presiding officer, but only about a dozen Senators faced him. The counte- | nances of most of them bore evidence of the two prolonged sessions of Monday and Tuesday, but notwithstanding the indications of fatigue, business was dis ] Sussed as smoothly as if the Senate had adjourned at o'clock yesterday instead : of o'clock this morning. It was notice l able. too. that the Senators who have heen most busily and most continuously occupied in the closing days of the ses- sion were among the first to respond to l 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 au- dience was respectable in dimensions and apparently sufficiently wide awake to give due attention to the proceedings. 1 Allison Explains. | MT. Allison. Chairman of the Commit tee on Appropriations, made a statement l regarding the amount of money appro- priated by the present Congress as com pared with the appropriations of the Eff 1 ty-sixth Congress. The total appropria- ton for the present Congress. he stated. was $l,554,1 4,108.51S as compared with $1, 40, sSs. .4SS for the Fifty-sixth Congress.
 It was curious but necessary thing, he said to make this comparison more in detail than by mere statement of aggre- gates. The first and most important item included in this statement for the pres- ent congress Is appropriation of $50, 13O, ,0OC for the Panama Canal which, he said, accounts for nearly one-half of the in- crease.
 There is also. he said, an aggregate appropriations for the postofflce of SlS3,- 4M. .549 for the next fiscal year, as com pared with $13S 1000, GOO for the current year, making a a difference of more than $50, 0O,000 in excess of the appropriations for the last congress for the postal service. This he explained, arises from the enormous increase in expenditures caus- ed by increased postal business Then, too, he said, the rural free delivery ser vice required large sums. There was, he said, a smaller deficiency than there has been inmany years in the postal re- ceipts as compared with the expenditures. He called attention to the fact that the last Congress passed no river and har- bor bill.
 Where Money Went.
 In the first session of this Congress, he said, $27,0O0.000 was appropriated for rivers and harbors, in addition to which $20,0O0,0O0 was appropriated in the sundry | Ha said that while 1t appears that the ap- propriations of this Congress have been largely in excess of the last Congress, the increase is chiefly made up of three items, namely, the $50 900 for the Panama canal, the increased appropriation of $50, 100000 for the postal service and the river and harbor appropriations.
 He concluded by saying that the people of the country endorsed these items of increase and that the opposite political pary concurred in them.
 MT. Bailey, of Texas, called up bill amending the river and harbors act SC as to provide that the SIPS, 900 heretofore appropriated for certain river and harbor improvements in Texas shall be used for the construction of a channel in Sabine Lake, Texas.
 On a year and nay vote, demanded by MT Mason, the Senate agreed to take the bill up, fl to g. The effect of the vote was to displate the Philippines tariff bill
 Hoar Addresses Senate.
 It was then temporarily laid aside and Mir Hoar spoke on the Philippines bill The bill has been talked to death. he said. This was not in criticism of Sena- tors who think that in the closing hours of the session this remedy shall not be dealt with in an hour. The point he | made, he said, was that the Senate. the executive, the House of Representatives and the public are not to govern the des- tnies of a people 5000 miles away who have no voice in the government.
 MT. Lodge. referring to the Philippine tariT bill, said that its defeat was not through any fault of the committee nor of the House of Representatives.
 From the beginning of the session down t othe present time he said, he had tried constantly to find an opportunity to pass this bill. He said that as regards the bill affecting any industry in this country 1t Is absolutely impossible on the face of t. He then made a vigorous reply tc Mir Hoar, in which he said he did moi agree with him in the view that the American people are not able to deal with } the great problems in the east. ) T believe they are thoroughly able tc f deal with 1t, as they dealt with greater t and mightier problems" said MT. Lodge Murdered by senators.
 Continuing, he said. in these closing 3 hours he could not undertake to argue that question. It is great misfortune 3 he said. that the Philippine tarin bill has ! failed.
 Tt has been defeated here." he said ! raising his voice. Senators have not . hesitated to take the responsibility oi ] killing 1t.
 Ut was their province to do so ant t the country can judge. On their shoul ders the blame can lie.
 When he concluded there was loud ap ? plause in the galleries,
 g Acting upon a suggestion, the Presi l dent pro tenn. appointed Messrs. Allison and Jones of Arkansas a committee t' r meet a similar committee from the Hous' r and notify the President that Congress t was ready to adjourn.
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