Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-02-03
F~ifty-Eighth Congress.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 3.
SENATE.

Shortly after the opening of the Sen
ate, today, Mr.. Tillman took the floor to
discuss the subject of what legally con-
stituted a recess of the Senate, his in
quiry hearing particularly upon the ap-
pointment of w. d. Crum, colored,
Collector of Customs at Charleston, s. @.
Upon request of Mr.. Hale, he de-
ferred his remarks until tomorrow in
order that consideration could be given
to the urgent deficiency appropriation
bill.
During the reading of the bill, Mr..
Bailey announced that he intended
later to raise a point of order against the
provision appropriating "a, 600, 900 as a
loan to the Louisiana Purchase Expo.
sition Company.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Culber
sou, permitting the exhibition there o.
cattle, above or below the quarantine
line, was accepted.
All amendments were agreed to excepI
that relating to the propored losn of 81,
900, 900 to the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position Company.
Mr.. Bailey raised against it the point
of order that it was general legislation,
declaring that there was no existing law
for further aid to the exposition company.
Mr.. Hale, in charge of the bill, defend
ed the loan IN the ground that the gov
eminent had entered into aid of the ex-
position and he thought it was under OBJ
legations to aid it within reasonable
bounds.
Mr.. Tiliman wanted TO know show
long this thing is to go on? Is this a
loan or a gift? How far are we going
to slide down this bad road? Is this
steal going to be kept up? And Pve
had my share. We pay taxes and aid
the government, but we get little in
return in South Carolina, SO when there
is anything going around, why, / have
my hand out for my people,"
Mr.. Spooner objected to the word
''steal". | want to protect the Senator
from South Carolina from himself, de-
clared the Senator from Wisconsin.
81 think my code of honesty is just as
high as that of the Senator, retorted
Mr.. Tillman. "I want to hear from
what reasoning he is to convict me of be-
ing more dishonest than he is"
Mr.. Spooner responded by praising
Mr.. Tillman's integrity but deploring
his methods of expressing it.
HOUSE.
Only two score members were in their
seats when the House met today.
In committee of the whole, the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
was again taken up.
Replying to the statement ofMr. Thay-
err several days ago that many professors
of Yale had signed a protest against the
Presidents action in the Panama mat
ter, Mr.. Sperry said hat only twenty
professors had signed the petition re-
ferred to by Mr.. Thayer, while fifty pro-
fessors signed and forwarded to Presi.
dent Roosevelt a communication stating
that the administrations Panama posi-
ton was patriotic and correct.
Mr.. James spoke on his bill making
it obligatory on oneState to turn over to
the authorities of another State a fugitive
from justice, who has been legally in-
dicted for crime. He said that such a
law was badly needed and referred to the
protection that the Governor OF Indiana
had given Taylor, after his indictment
for complitity in the Goebel murder.
Mr.. James was bitter in his denuncia-
ton of the refusal of Governor Durbin,
of Indiana, to turn Taylor over to the
Kentucky authorities. He said that
President Roosevelt posed as a great
exponent of ~extradition from other
countries yet it was after a conference
with the President, who was then gov
Of New York State, that Taylor
went to Indiana, where he was protected
by a republican governor. Mr.. James
referred also to the refusal of Governor
Odell, Of New York, to surrender Zieg-
Ter, the millionaire, to the Missouri au-
thorities. He ridiculed the Presidents
demand for %extradition of bribers from
countries, and declared that it
was but a bugle call TO offenders to come
back home and get the protection of
New York or Indiana, If they can stand
The republican administration there.
'And when Durbin comes to town." he
continued, ''he is entertained and wiued
md dined at the White House by this
great Don Quixote on the question of
,xtradition."
Mr.. Crumpacker replied to Mr.. James
defense OF Gov. Durbin of Indiana.
The discussion became quite warm, and
he Kentucky members were on their
eet most of the time. in~terrupting the
with their questions, and de-
bouncing his statements as to the unfair
less of the Caleb Powers trial as incorrect
md untrue.