The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-04

by tnsinuation had conveyed . threai by certain Senators that they woult defeat the bill unless the senats'' amendments were agreed to- He pro phesied that if that were SO those ner would go out of political life and h' added with bitterness. Even In Penn syIvania. Mir. Burton. he said amid applause was brave and Tai chairman, always actuated by the hign' est motives and q man whom tht Democrats would be proud to see sit ting on their side.
 Messrs. Adams and Morrell (Pa.] were vigorous in their protests against the conferees for holding out against the Senate amendments the latter bold- ly asserting that the bill would bt talked to death Tn the Senate If the House did not recede.
 MT. Burton threw down the gaunt. let to the Pennsyfvanfa delegation and said to them that if they wanted to take the responsibility for defeatfns the bill they could do so.. The state ment that the bill would be talked to death by two Senators. he declared to be a yelled threat to the House be- cause he had heard of no other outside of those two. He detailed the gener- ous appropriation granted to Pniladel- phia in the past and in the present bill and defiantly, called on the Pennsylva- mia delegation to dispute him He de- clared that so long as he was chair man of the river and harbor commit tee no threat of the loss of the bill would deter him from fair dealing. It was, he said, far better to lose the bill than establish the precedent that one man or two men will insist on something unreasonable and hold up Congress.
 Burton AppIauAed.
 Prolonged applause greeted him as he took his seat.
 The sibley motion was voted down. 1s9 to 76. The bill was sent to fur ther conference Messrs. Burton (Ohio). Dovenor 6Sv. Val and Lester (Ga.) be- ing reappointed conferees.
 Bills were passed amending the law the Pensacola. Alabama and Western Railroad Company to con struct bridges across the Tombigbee River. Mississippi. across the Alabama River between Clark and Monroe Coun- ties, Ala, and across the Black War rior River between Green and Marengo Counties Ala
 MT. Kalanianoale (IIiwaiD addressed the House on the subject of the leper colonies in Hawaiii. in answer to some suggestions made yesterday that one of the islands be used for a national lepro- sarium including patients from the United States. He protested against the proposition on the ground that It would be destructive to the interests of the territory.
 At SOS D. m. the House took a re- cess until o'clock.
 On reconvening MT. Hemenway pre- sented the conference report on the sunday civil appropriation bill and 1t was agreed to with only little discus sion. The action finally passed the bill
 MT. Hemenway then called up the conference report on the general de- ficiency bill.
 The report was agreed to. leaving only in dispute between the conferees the question of the mileage of Senators and members for attending the second on that proposition MT. Hemenway moved that the House recede and con- eur in the Senate amendment striking out the mileage. Mr. Hemenway's mo- ton prevailed 173 to 72. and the House accordingly recsded which finally passed the Dill
 The conference report on the river and harbor appropriation bill. the last supply measure. was adopted without A Senate resolution was agreed to accepting the recession by the State of California of. Yosemite grant and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove in the Yosemite National Park.
 Mir. Van Dyver tMo) then called up his resolution requesting informn- tion of the Attorney General as to whether he has taken action on tho evidence furnished by the Antitrust League of an alleged combination be- tween the Carnegie and Bethlehem Steel Works to fix the price of armor plate.
 Mr. Dalzell moved to lay the reso- lution on the table and that motion prevailed. 109 to 96. so the resolution was lost.
 The House then at 11:55 p. m. took & recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow.