The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-26
BOTTLE TAKEN FROM PULLMAN Senate Enjoys Practical Joke
 by Warren BAILEY IS MUCH SHOCKED Agricultural and the Executive, Legls- Iative and Judicial Bills Are Passed
 By the Senate With Mi-
 nor Amendments.
BAILEY IS MUCH SHOCKED

Washington, February 25.-The senate today passed both the agricultural and executive, legislative and judicial appro- priation bills. An amendment to the ag- ricultural bill, suggested by MT. Hepburn of Idaho, caused animated discussion It contemplated supervision of the interstate commerce so as 10 prevent the transfer of plants or seeds fraudulently marked from one state to another The amendment started a debate on patriotism. It was ruled out on a point of order.
 When the senate convened the agri- cultural appropriation was again taken up, and a number of minor amendments, mostly verbal in character, were adopted. Mir. Gallinger called attention to the ap- propriation of s15,000 for Investigating table syrups, saying the amount was ap- propriated last year and suggesting that some results should have been announced by this time. He offered an amendment requiring that the progress be reported to congress.
 Mir Proctor assured MT. Gallinger that no part of the money appropriated had been used in Investigating maple syrup because 1t needed no Investigation
 MT. Bacon defended the provision. He said that much inferior syrup was made. but that in Georgia the real article was produced. MT. Gallinger's amendment was accepted.
 Shipment of Fruit Trees.
 An amendment offered by MT Hepburn authorizing the secretary Of agriculture to prohibit interstate shipment of mis- named and misrepresented fruit trees pro- voked long discussion.
 It was supported by Messrs. Hepburn and Clark of Wyoming and opposed by Messrs. T1llman. Lodge, Hale, Teller. Proctor and Bailey During the course of his remarks Mir. Tillman said:
 We depend too much on the discretion of the present secretary Some day we Il get a foot in that office as we have had in the past, and the result will be bad.
 MT. Teller in opposing the amendment spoke of the growing expenses of the government. He said there had been no general demand for rural free mail de- livery, and predicted that the expense of that system would be increased to s1OO,- O00,000 MT. Bailey said there had been great criticism of Cleveland's administra- tion because the total appropriations had reached 4S000,000 The people were now paying $600,000,000 without uttering much complaint.
 As to Rural Free Delivery.
 MT Bailey referred also to the rural free delivery system, saying that $2o, ,000,OO is now being expended to carry mall to the people who would prefer to go after It. He predicted that it would not be ten years before government carriers would be delivering the hats and shoes of MT. Warren, the senator from Wyoming, at his door.
 Providing the republican party re- mains in power" said MT. Warren, inter- condition, saying the success of the re- publyican party would be in the interest of the senator's kind"
 Mr. Tillman interrupted with the obser- vation that both parties are equally chargeable with responsibility for the ru- ral free delivery system, 'and," he said, 'I want to take equal credit for it." He added his conviction that the system is a great improvement over the old, and said that If MT. Bailey did not consider it a blessing. he was "badly off"
 q will have to have further proof" said MT. Bailey.
 "I, too, want more proof" responded Mir Tillman. T live in the country where the rural free delivery system benefits are felt, and I know more about 1t than senators otherwise situated"
 "Oh," said MT. Bailey, there Is noth- ing the senator does not know more about than anybody if we take his word for 1t.
 South carolinlans In Texas.
 MT. T'illman suggested that there were many South Carolinians in Texas who would appreciate free delivery. if MT. Bailey did not.
 Yes" assented MT. Bailey there are many of them there and we put some of them in the penitentiary."
 sAnd," Mr. Tilman interrupted, "oc- casionally elect them to congress or make governors of them.'
 While Mir Bailey was speaking of the multiplication of expenditures, he refer red to MT. Tillman as not always voting to keep them down.
 MT Tillman said he voted for an ap-i propriation for the Charleston exposition