Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-15
CANAL STRIP CONTROL.
Debate Resumed in the Sen
ate This Afternoon.
COL. SYMONS' LEAVE
JOINT RESOLUTION ADOPTED
WITHOUT DISCUSSION.
General Deficiency Bill Taken Up in
the House and Penrose Pro-
vision Considered.
COL. SYMONS' LEAVE

The Senate today passed a joint resoiu-
ton ordering the printing Of 10000 copies
of the report of the anthracite coal strike
commission
The joint resolution authorizing Col. L.
w. Symons of the corps of engineers to act
as consulting engineer in connection with
the navigable canals of New York was
adopted without, debate.
The post Office appropriation bill was re-
ferred to a conference committee, Messrs.
Penrose, Dolliver and Culberson being
named as conferees on the part OF the
Senate.
A bill extending to the outlying posses
sions Of the United States the law prohibit
ing the transmission by express of OBJ
scene literature from one state to another
was passed.
Canal Strip Bill Taken Up.
The Panama canal strip bill was taken up
and it's reading continued.
When the last section Of the bfll-that
providing for a government depository In
the canal zone-was reached. Mr.. Aldrich
moved that 1t be stricken out, saying that
the committee on finance was Of the opin-
ion that 1t should not be retained, notwith-
standing the recommendation OF the Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
Mr.. Morgan congratulated Mr.. Aldrich on
the motion at the same time expressing
his surprise. II am astonished at the SEN
ators boldness In venturing upon course
not Endorsed by an executive department.
ne said; "but I hail 1t as an indication OF
the return to the virility manifested by the
Senate in its earlier days" Uaughter)
Mr. Spooner spoke in favor OF an amend
ment proposed by Mr.. Morgan that the par
doning power rest In the governor insteao
of in the commission.
He moved also that new section De ado-
ed providing that all salaries or other
condensation fixed by the commission snaii
he subject to the approval Of the Presi-
dent.
The amendment was adopted, as well as
a number of others requiring more r!g1d ac-
counting to the President by meinpeis VI
the commission.
Mr.. Bacon offered an amendment at the
end of the first section of the bill provid-
ing that 1.-THE payment of $lO,OOo,ooO 10
Panama provided for in article IA OF tne
appropria ton made in the third section OF
the act Of June %, 1902, and is hereby ap-
propriated."
The amendment was adopted after an ex-
PLANTATION that this would clear away all
doubt as to the authority to make the pay
ment
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
When the House met today a resolution
was agreed to directing the Secretary OF
the Treasury to furnish the House with
the names of national banks which during
the months of September, October, Novem-
Der and December, 1903, and January, Feb
ruary and March. 1904, applied to him for
the retirement of national bank notes and
the amount of such notes so retired.
Bills were passed authorizing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to enlarge the public
building site in the city of Los Angeles,
Cal. to increase the limit of cost of such
building ~ '- ''f''''N'f A@"A
? Providing for an additional circuit judge
in the first judicial circuit; transferring the
custody of certain obsolete ordnance to the
city of Boston; amending the Revised Stat
utes so as to provide for the detail of re-
tired officers of the army and navy to as
sst in military instruction in schools; per-
hitting the Missouri, Kansas and Okla
homa Railroad Company to sell its fran
chise and properties to the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas Railway Company: to estab-
lish life-saving station in Sussex county,
Del; permitting the building of a dam
across the Mississippi river between Stearns
and Benton counties. Mimi.
Mr.. Foster Ull.) vigorously opposed a
bill declaring each of the tunnels under
The Chicago river, in Chicago, an obStruc
ton to navigation and directing the Score
tary of War to serve notice on the own
ers to SO alter the same as to render navi-
cation easy and unobstructed. He pleaded
for the postponement of the serving OF
such notice until July 1, 1906, and Offered
an amendment to that effect.
The Foster amendment was lost, 113 tt
III. The bill was then passed.
A bill also was passed providing that
each year one of the terms of the Circuit
and District Courts of the United States
for the district OF Vermont may be held
in Newport.
Pension Provision Opposed.
The general deficiency bill was taken up
for further consideration and an agree
ment reached, limiting a general debate to
four hours
Mr. Underwood CAla) attacked the pro-
vision in the bill supplying a deficiency of
81 oct, 600 for pensions, which he said rep
resented 81, 10000 as the result of the
Presidents order regarding age disability.
and asked If there was proper authority OF
law to pay those pensions under that ordei
Mr. Underwood said the republicans were
undertaking to sustain the order or seniiity
Issued by President Cleveland.
s'If Cleveland was right" interjected Mr.
Uemenway, 1--WE would have to retire some
of our distinguished gentlemen from public
life"
After remarking that the democrats were
not attempting to sustain Mr.. Cleveland S
order Mr.. Underwood asserted he had long
ago repudiated the ex-President on that
proposition and some others, and said he
desired the republican party to repudiate
those gentlemen of the present admnistra-
ton that have got in company with Mr..
Cleveland this question.