Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-08
Action on the Lewis and
Clark Exposition Bill.
NO DIVISION MADE
PRIVATE PENSION BILLS THEN
TAKEN UP.
Senator Patterson Of Colorado Discusses
the Status Of Chinese Exclusion
Caused by China's Notification.

Upon converting today the House resumed
consideration Of the Philippine shipping
bill.
After Mr.. Grosvenor (Ohio) had spoken
in favor of p%ostponing to July 1, 1905, the
date when the bill shall go into effect, MI.
Birdsall Qowa) offered an amendment FIX
ing July 1. 1905. as the time when the Dill
shall become operative. To this amend
ment Mr.. Spight (Miss.) offered one extend
ing the time to July /, 1909. On this latter
amendment the yeas and nays were or
dered.
The Spight amendment was lost. 123 to
127. :,
The question recurring to the Birdsall
amendment, it was agreed to without d.
vision and the bill was passed.
Portland Exposition Bill.
Mr.. DalzerI (Pa.), from the committee on
rules, reported a resolution discharging the
committee of the whole House from consid-
Grafton of the Lewis and Clark exposition
bill and calling for it's immediate considera-
ton.
Mr.. De Armond (Mo.) criticised the rules
of the House, which, he said. permitted a
small coterie of men to determine what
matters outside of those of absolute privl-
lege may be considered, while hundreds OF
other measures of Importance, lacking the
favorable consideration of the
on rules, perish on the calendar.
The previous question was demanded by
Mr.. Dalzell, which was carried. The ques-
ton of agreeing to the resolution, however,
was lost on viva voce vote, but on division
the resolution was agreed to, 156 to 50.
The bill then was taken Up. and Mr.. Taw-
ney 'un.) again explained its provisions
and lie an urgent plea for its passage.
In the course Of his remarks he referred to
protests against Sunday opening which had
been made to the committee. and said that
Congress had no right to say whether the
exposition should be opened or closed on
Sunday. If Congress assumed such arbi-
trary power. he declared, and there was a
deficit, it simply would give the exposition
company ground to come back and say
there would have been no deficit had not
Congress directed Sunday closing.
After Messrs. Bartlett (Ga.) and Robinson
Qnd.) had made brief remarks in opposition
to the bill, Mr.. Livernash (Cal.) in favoring
it said it came with poor grace for demo-
Gratis who have been asking the House to
southern exposition to raise their voices
against SO moderate an appropriation as
the pending bill called for.
Mr.. Bartlett inquired of Mr.. Livernash
who it was that supported any southern
exposition appropriation who vas now OPP
posed to the bill.
With some warmth Mr.. Livernash an
swered that "the gentleman assumes too
much if he assumes that l regard him as
the only gentleman on this side of the
chamber"
This retort nettled Mr.. Bartlett. who,
amid murmurs of disapproval from the
democratic side, remarked that 1.-THE gentle
man assumes a great deal If he assumes
that he is a gentleman at all
There are some comments Mr.. Liver
nash replied. that call for no answer
He then continued. his advocacy of the
passage of the bill. Z
49,
The Bill Passed.
Without division the bill was passed amid
applause. ss-
The House then began consideration OF
pension bills.