The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-26
THE, SENATE $ |! |. 4 !. /:
DOE|:S;NOR''.K||''Il
Passes Botllstl1c a gricultural and
Legislative, Jutlicial and
Executive Bills. Y5ss
QUITE ANIMATED DISCUSSION
Amendment Suggested by MI.
Hepburn, 81 Idaho, Ruled Out
OH Point&o of Order. 55
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| 1vASu1NG TON,D y. c., Feb. q. Tile scn-
ate to-day passed both the agricultural Y
| and tic Legislative. executive and udicial
| appropriation bills. An amendment to
| the agricultural bill, suggested by Mi.
| Hepburn, OF Idaho. caused IN minated
discussion. 1t contemplated supervision
| rlf Interstate commerce. so as to prevent
the transfer OF plants or seeds fraud 4
;ulently marked from ono state to ars- \
Itother. ,rhe amendment started q debate
on paternalism.% It was ruled out on o.
! point or order. Il
Tho amendment was supported BY
Messrs. Hepburn and Clark tIVyoning>,f
| and opposed by Messrs. Tillman, Lodge,
Hale, Teller, Proctor and Bailey. During
| the course OF his remarks, Mr. Tillman
said: s n i
eve depend too much on the discre-#
tlon Of tho present secretary. Some day
we'll get II foot In TINT office, as We i
have had in the past, land the result VIII VIII
| be bad" s8 MI. .5 8 4:
Mr. Bailey, in8t the course Of his re- re-
marks. said there had beon great critt-
| 5cism Of MI. Cleveland during Ills admin
|$istrntlon because the total appro I'LL
IBtons had reached sciSooo geo. The peo-;s 1
pie were now paying $500, 600 ooo without YOU ~
| Tutoring much complaint. ~ 4s.s;
MIR Bailey also referred to The rurnl
| free delivery system, saying that go
| 100000 is now being expended to carry
mail to the people who would preicr TO
Il goGAftcr II.
| BADLY OFF.
( Mr.. ,rilman observed that both parties
4 are equally chargeable with responsiblil-9
/ ty for the rural free delivery system,
1 and he said IN \,
5,.l want to take equal credit for ito
Is Hc added his conviction that the s ~
/ TEN is n great Improvement over the
] other and said that Mr.. Bailey did not
/ cnnsIder5it a blessing, he was badly
i OFF,
81 Will have, to have further proof"
| said Mr.. Bailey.
1 81 too, want more proof" responded
| SIR. Tilman. II live In the country, where
1 the rural free delivery system benefits
| are felt and ! know more about 1t than
1 senators otherwise situated, is#
sa"Ohl" said Mr.. Bailey, there Is moth
! ling the senator doesn't know more about
4 than anybody nc We take his word Tor
| IT,
! Su6SeStGu3eiitA ti3t "
i many South Carolinians in y exas E J. !. no
!. would appreciate free delivery II Mr.
i Bailey did not. 5l5.
1r.Yes,, nssented Mr. Bailey, there are
many OF them there. and we put some
1 OF OF them In the Denitentiary.
i te5..And, =" Mr. Tillman interrupted. DC
4 easlonally eject them to Congress or
i make Governors of them.
While Mr.. Bailey was speaking OF the
i multiplication Of expenditures. he refer
red to Mr.. Tillman as not always voting
/ to keep them down. s&
i MIR. Tillman said he voted Tor an ap-
preparation for the Charleston Exposition
because he saw every other State getting
/ the money Of the country. Continuing.
he said 1--WE were paying the taxes and
and getting nothing back. I paid $40 tax
1 and got so cents III return
! Yes responded Mr.. Bailey, land un-
der this procedure you will soon be pay
ing $50 and getting one dollar back. ard
i then you will be $40 ont
VAUDEVILLE.
sS5While Mr. Bailey and Mr.. Tillman were
both on their feet Mr.. Warren tiptoed.
to Mr.. Tilman's side and distracted q
bottle from the South Carolina senator's
! pocket. The bottle contained color!css
A liquid said TO be eye medicine. Mr.. War
A rem removed the cork, smclled the con-
4 noticed by Mr.. Tillman, returned the bot
& tie to the latters pocket The Senate
Il and the galleries were convulsed Win
4 daughter Mr.. Tnlman was still uncon-
4 scous OF the by play, but not SO Wlth
Il Mr. Bailey. He was not pleased witt the
4 procedure, and exclaimed; When TINS
Vaudeville performance Is ceased ! WIN
be glad to continue. Inc chulI rapt'eu
J the Senate to order.
II r. PULLMAN Ind bean tod
4 of tho incident, he walked to the seat
4 of MIR. Warren, and taking the bottle
A from his pocket, offered 1t In the attl-
= tude OF one profferlng a drink Of the.
4 LIQUID The offer was declined.
4. Mr.. Clay defended tho Agricultural De-
partmcnt against charges OF eNtrayya-
q gance. He also expressed the conviction
a that the rural free delivery System was
great boon to the farmers.
MIR. Tillmnn referred to the incident OF
Mr.. Warren taking a bottle from ms
rocket ana explaining that 1t contained
4 only n throat gargle. ''If," he said. y
"a had known that the Senator wanted a
drink j would have provided him with
something stronger.
Explaining the incident Mr.. Warren
said that everybody knew that Mr.. TIL
man neither tastes or handles"
Il "pon't go too far" interrupted Ehr.
Tillman. II sometimes taste It, but
don't get drunk except at banquets, and
then don't get SO drunk that have 10
be carted home III .
} Mr. Galllnger called attention to the
approximation Of $1,000 for Investigating
Il table syrups, saying that the same
amount was appropriated last yenr, and
suggesting that some results should have
been announced by this time. He Offer
& cd an amendment requiring that re-
. port of progress be made to Congress.
Mr.. Bacon defended the provision, He