The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-03
Teller offers an Amendment.

Mr.. Teller then offered an amendment
to the Aldrich bill providing that the
secretary of the treasury, with the writ
ten approval of the President, may use
so much of the $150,OOOOOO of the gold
reserve provided by the act of March II,
1900, as is not required for the faithful
execution of the provisions of that act,
not exceeding $4,000
Mr.. Teller did not see the necessity for
the immediate passage of the bill and
declared there is no public necessity for
maintaining gold reserve larger than
$10.O00,00O. He said it is beyond the ken
of man to so regulate the revenues that
the country will always have just what
1t needs. The senate was about to ratify
the canal treaty, he said. involving an
expenditure from ten million to twenty
| million the coming year, and it was also
| proposed to ratify another treaty he did
| not favor, but which would cost the gov
| eminent $6000,000 year, which would in
| crease to $4,000, 600 a year owing to the
increased production of sugar in Cuba.
He then spoke in opposition generally
to the Cuban reciprocity treaty in which
he said there was no principle of decent
reciprocity. He would not vote for the
Aldrich BILL as it now stands, but he
would not Offer any obstruction to the
majority If they wanted to pass it.
Mr.. carmack Retaliates.
Mr.. Carmack Tennessee, had read a
published statement characterizing some
remarks of his regarding the army as
"atrocious." lie said it was pointed IL
Illustration of the deliberate policy of mis-
statement, Misrepresentation and sup
preston of the truth on the part of news
paper advocates of Imperialism. He then
said he had been msquoted and that he
was not making an independent state
ment on his own authority. but was CIV
ing the purport of an official paper. lie
then reiterated his former statements
that prisoners of war had been murdered
in the Philippines, and said that they had
gone unanswered
When Mr. Carmack had concluded Mr..
A,drich asked that the amendment to the
bill be reported to the senate. Mr.. DUBOIS
made the point of no quorum.
AT b.4O the senate went into executive
session and at o'clock took a recess UNI
til s p. m.
Night Session Opens.
At the opening of the night session Mr..
Mason presented the conference report
on the postoffice appropriation bill, which
was agreed to-
A house bill providing for delegate TO
the house of representatives from Porto
Rico in lieu of a commissioner was lald
before the senate. A substitute was Of
fered by Mr.. Foraker providing for the
appointment by the President of the
three commissioners. whose duty shall
be to make an investigation into the titles
and claims of the holy Roman Catholic
church in Porto Rico and the United
States to certain property there, to make
findings and conclusions and to report to
the President. The substitute also pro-
vides that Porto Ricans may be natural
ICED.
Mr.. Foraker explained that at present
Porto Ricans were worse off than aliens.
On objection by Mr.. Tillman the bill
went over until tomorrow.
District Judge of South Carolina.
A senate bill was passed to provide for
the appointment of district judge for
the western judicial circuit of South Car
olina. The conference report on the agrl-
cultural appropriation bill was agreed to.
The Aldrich bill was then taken Up. Mr..
Mallory Of Florida ordered an amend
ment providing that the national bank
Ing associations shall preserve deposits
Of public money separate and apart from
the other moneys, and also providing that
on loans and public money rate of in
terest not to exceed per cent shall be
charged
Mr.. McLaurin of Mississippi wanted
biir passed, whereupon q. Aldrich re-