The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-02
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Said Some 4 Members Of Body.
Are Paid Great Deal More
i$4 Than They Are ortiz. ..8
CAL LED SOL lERs HIRE LlNGs
Big Corporation Bills Passed.
n Body Acccdes to- Demands
Of House.
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IF IS thy Associated Press 8 " 81
5}iSlvYAsIf1NGTON, March I During the
day the Senate considered and passed
three supply bills, uggrcgating an appro-
3priationa OF over 1857 o0o, 900, and at night
took up Ia fourth bill, carrying $s7, 900, 900.
THE session 5beganSat II "a. M. and after
d. recess lasting from g to 8, continued
well Into the might. ri 5S5 j 4, 4
The appropriation measures passed DUR ~
ing the day session were the postottice
Bill carrying $751; ,52s,s4s; the pension bill,
carrying $4,000, ooo, and u the river and
8harbor bill carrying in8immedlate appro-
3piatlons and continuing contracts, y $33S,-
CSC, 800. Tho river and harbor bill was
Increased BY 1892. 900, among the Increases
being Winyall Bay, 8. a., $40. 900; Cha rles-
ton. 81. Il {. ;,t83 s25, 900; Cumberland River,
Tenn, 50. 900. sf f IA gi3 ss
Bacon's Sarcasm. Nd
Mr.. Comas proposed an amendment
giving preference to 3solders Of the war
I Of the rebeiilonn5.,in the matter OF he
transfer OF railway clerks to the regular
clerical service .}ist 5ss,s s}S ss
Make st soldiers Of the Civil War
suggested Mr.. Bacon, dding 81 rs more
courteous. XII "a 81 53 WI
n Tho change wa s made, and the amend
mert agreed to. Sstsss tx i, DIN
S58 The Senate agreed to conference re-
ports ons the ltary "a cademy and a gri-
cultural department. appropriation bills
ny The report on the agricultural appro-.
$priation bill showed that the Sena te con-.
8ferees " had RSreceded from the SENATE
amendment requiring bimonthly 4 reports
OH the cotton crop NJ II. Bacon read =,
Telegram from President Jordan, OF the
Southern Cotton G roWers Association
urging the Importance 0f more freq uenr
reports, and # himself dWelt$ upon the
wisdom Il 81 the amendmen t. III said.
however, that he appreciated the peril
snacious ana unyieldingB opposition q the
House, and that the Senate could not do
otherwise than yield He 4 attributed this
opposition TO the Agricultural ssD Depart
ment, saying that 8subordina tcs and not
5theShead Of that a partncnt had haunted
the Capitol ito defea the leg isla tion. az g
remarked &thatait was The duty Of execu-
tive officials to execute n he laws q nd 3!f
they could not do so, they should be re-
3auired StoSretire from Of nee. 81 n ~
85 The philippine import tariff bill sWns
passed, Iii and also several bills 4 Of minor
importa se.i " At the night session the
sundry civil fppropria ton bill vas con "a
5aidered. Vi "A
:35 Soldiers and Senators: &;
II Afessrs. Bailey and Warren tered into
a colloqlly IN wlilch the Wyoming sena:.
ltor5took his antagonist to task for calling
private X soldiers "llirelings. Mr.. vi Bailey
replied that lie; had Very little for
any army private in time OF peace, but
said he thought &he should be better paid
than he 4 Isl, Mr.. Warren remarked that
5"liherilty with the army prevents q large
standing army to vii lch A1r.ss$ Bailey re-
piled that In this assumption "the senator
Insults the Intelligence, the pa triotism
and the coura &c Of American citizenship
when he tells us that we are only being
saved by being liberal towards our of
ficcrs. He said that soldiers should be
paid what their services are WORTH Just
as we pay senators what they are worth.
OF course. we do not pay all the senators
as much as their: services are worth, but
Others are paid a great deal more. II
we could scale the wages Of senator's
would be In favor of tread Jus tment.'s y.
50 am glad, IN, ~ said Mr. Warren, TO
hear that the senate r holds the Senate
in as low estimate MS he does the army
mo, but some Of the senator's" replied
Mr.. Bailey. who pro Geeded to- d savoW5 my
Of reflecting upon he Senate.
3 Mr. Hepburn made an unsuccessful Of
fcrt to secure consld Iteration Of the pure
food bill. sgSS5 S555