The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-10
FIRST BIC BILL
GOES THROUGH
House Then Takes a Rest I'm.
til Next Monday.
HEPBURN'S ATTACK FAILS
CHRISTMAS RECESS BEGINS ON
DECEMBER 21.

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Washington, Dec. 9.-The house y
today passed the legislative. ex- y
ecutive and judicial appropria- y
ton bill almost as il came from =
the committee, and adjourned y
until Monday. The civil service y
commission provisions disposed y
OF. there was no long debate on =
= any item today =
Throughout the session the y
policy of retrenchment held full y
sway, and all attempts to in y
crease salaries failed. y
The house passed a resolution >
10 adjourn on December 2fst until =
January 4th for the usual Christ y
= mas holiday y
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Washington. Dec. 9.-When the house
met today, a concurrent resolution was
adopted providing that when the house
and senate adjourn on Wednesday. De-
cember 21st. it be until January A. 1904
The house then went into committee
OF the whole, further considering the
legislative. executive and judiciary ap-
preparation bill. When the adjournment
was taken yesterday the discussion was
on the amendment OF Mr.. Hepburn
tlowa). cutting off appropriations for
the civil service commission. BY a viva
Noce vote the amendment was lost.
On ? Point of Order.
On point of order by Mr.. Perkins
of New York. the provision appropri-
ating $4,000 for compensation and ex-
penses Of specialists TO make investiga-
ton into the department of commerce
and labor with the object of securing
uniform. economical and business-li like
methods, was stricken out
In criticising the paragraph relating
TO the bureau of corporations. Mr.
Baker of New York said that his com
plant was not that too much money
had been appropriated for the paw Of
special attorneys. special examiners.
and special agents. but that no use had
been made Of the money. There had
been, he said. II demand to investigate
what had come to be known as the
trusts. What is the result? Absolute
" nothing"
Will Report Adversely.
He had been assured by a friend in
the department that an investigation
had been made of one corporation.
whose books were so kept that it could
no. DC ascertained whether~that corpo-
ration had made one hundred million
or million. 1t WAS. he said. a note
nous fact that q, steel rail association
existed. and yet he had beeH informed
that the house. judiciary committee
would report adversely on his resolu-
ton 20 investigate that assertion on
the ground that it was a rumor. In
stentOrian voice he declared. amid
Democratic applause, that it was "a ru-
NOR 50 strenuous, so terrible that il
can take the American people by the
throat and exact an undue tribute OF
$50. geo. 0OO.' He ridiculed the idea that
any one did not know Of such an asso-
citation
Salary Cut Of.
On a point OF order by Dir. Maddox OF
Georgia, the salary for the position Of
chief of the bureau of manufactures of
the department of commerce and labor
was cut cut.
The bill and the several amendments
were reported TO the house Mr.. Bing-
ham demanded a separate vote on the
amendment reducing the compensation
of committee 'stenOgraphers from $1,000
to $4,000. BY a vote Of A. TO Sc the
house restored the amount AS originally
fixed. AS amended the bill was then
passed.
Mr.. Palmer of Pennsylvania, from the
committee ON judiciary. submitted the
supplemental report OF the majority of
the committee on the Swayne inrpeach-
ment case. The minority were given
until Monday to file their report.
The bo1loa adfo4,ry,od until