Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-31
IN THE HOUSE..
Substantial Progress Made on the
Sundry Civil Bill.

Washington, March 30-Substantial
progress was made, today, by the
House in the consideration of the sun
dry civil BILL 81 pages being disposed
of, leaving only 81 to be read, No
amendments of general Importance
We're made.
Mr. Bartlett of Georgia briefly re-
piled to the statements of Mr.. Gillett
OF Massachusetts made. last Friday. on
the negro question. He said that the
Massac husetts member had lectured
the South for disregard of violations Of
the law, whereas in Marion, Mass,
persons who had tarred and feathered
a man and woman had been acquitted
and We're paraded through the streets
as heroes. He believed that the people
of the South are entitled to work out
the negro problem las God shall will
it,"
Mr.. Crumpacker of Indiana, declared
that 5000 persons have been mobbed
and put to death in the last 25 years
in the United States.
When the House met. today cOnsidera-
ton of the sundry civil approximation bill
was resumed
But lew pages had been disposed of
when Bartlett tGa) secured unanimous
gro question. He said that Gillett in his
speech. Monday. had lectured the South
for certain alleged outrages and violations
OF the law. He declared that Massa chu-
SettS was not free from the charge of dis
regard of the Inv even though that state
may claim to be more refined that 9TH
erS.
Gillett, replying, said he believed that
Si.ln rpn IN &c rl,n1n
superior to the colOred race but he said
he did not believe it followed that every
WHITE man is superior to every colored
man. He denounced such Incidents as
nad Been cited in Massachusetts. as he
mad those occurring in the South. He
asserted however, that the frequency of
such occurrences in the South Stimulatn
similar occurrences all over the country.
Ihe subject WAS further discussed by
Crumpacker tIndiana), who said that in
the last % years 5000 citizens of the Unit
Ell States who were entitled TO the pro-
lection Of the law had been seized by
lawlass nobs and put to death. lie be
lieved that throughout the length and
breadth of the United States the people
are unit in desiring to have the law en-
forced everywhere. Mob law, he declared.
is not sectional.
Il confess" he said. that the record
of the last y years will show that my
own stat" has had its full share of these
disgraccful exhibitors of lack of control
on the part OF the people, all of which.
he said, illustrated the weakness of hui
man nature. which was about the same
throughout the whole country.
Maddox tGa.) demanded the regular or
der and reading OF the bill was proceed
ed with
An amendment by Hull Uowa) to strike
out the provision in the bin appropriati ting
$323T0 for new army post at Indian
apoliS. Ind. and adding the amount to
the general appropriation for construction
and enlargement of buildings at military
posts. occasiCned a long debate, Hull con-
tending that the provision properly be
ionged in the army appropriation bill.
The amendment was disagreed to.
An amendment was agreed to appro-
priating $4,000 for continuing the con-
struction of the wagon road into the
Mount Rainier national park.
Maddox of Georgia, vigorously protest
ed against national park commissioners.
After Mahon had made an unsuccessful
attempt to increase transportation for
the Gettysburg national park from 100000
to SlO0.O0O Homelway offered an amend
ment ., directing the secretary t;; OF war to
next session of Congress a proposition
providing for the consolidating of the
commissions and putting the parks I'M
de-; the Chare- of one man or commits
sion.
Hull opposed the amendment and said
the time had not come when the CONSOLE
datiCn could be effected without injury
to the government.
Gardner of Michigan. speaking partcu-
l1rly OF the Chickamauga park, said that
Generals iioynton and Stewart of that
commission. possessed accurate historical
knowledge of the battel of Chckamauga
and he thought they should be allowed
10 complete their work before retrench-
mcnt was begun.
Maddox quoted from the remarks of
Gen. Boynton before subcommittee in
which he said one commissioner could
look after Chlckamauga park as the work
was anout finished.
A point of order against the amendment
by Hill was sustained.
An amendment was agreed to arpro-
pIiat ting 81 $50 for the extension ana alter
alton of the hospital at the Eastern
Branch National Home for Disabled Vel
unteer Soldiers at Togus, Maine.
At 80 o'clock, the House adjourned I'M
til tomorrow.