The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03

into the armor plate and an larmor plate factory was also defeated, lS9 to IA.
 The House then insisted on it's disa- greement to the Senate amendments m dispute and sent the bill back to con ference, Messrs Foss CHI j.. Rayton lW. Va J, and Meyer UIa.) being reappoint- ed conferees on the present House The conference report on the piiI opening to settlement the unaliotted lands of the Shoshone and Wind River Indian reservation. Wyo. was agreed to- which finally passed the bill After a spirited debate the conference report on the bill to permit the Ana costa, Surratsville and Brandywine Railroad to enter the District of Co., lumbia was agreed to, which finally passed the bill.
 Mir. Maynard (va.) then moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill ap- propriating $25o.e0o flor an interna- tional naval marine and military cele- bration, to be held on the waters Of Hampton Roads, beginning May l, and ending not later than November l. 1907, in commemoration of the first perma- nent settlement of English speaking people in America at Jamestown. Va, in 1607."
 MT. Tawney tMinn.) chairman of the Committee on Industrial Arts and Ex- positions, and MT. Sulzer (N. Y ). urged the bill on the ground that the expo sitions educate the people. and that the results are lasting and beneficial. Vigorous opposition came from Messrs. Littlefield tMe.). Burkett (Neb.l and Hepburn (1owa) the former declaring that the conditions were not such as to warrant such ar expendi- ture of the character stated. The whole plan was described by Mir. Burk- ett as ridiculous from beginning to end" the proposed exposition. he said. was clouded with indefinitness. be- cause. he said, no one knew when or how long 1t was going to be held. or whether there would be single cent available to hold the exposition at all. MT. Hepburn could only see in the ap- propriation an international junket for certain foreign guests provided they came with a military or naval display. Tn addition, he said. 1t was but the be- ginning of authorization of further ex- penditure.
 Mir. Baker (va.) replying to Mir. Burkett indignantly denied that the money was intended for a government
 
 that the exposition company had at its disposal s1,200.000 for the undertak- ing. The debate was brought to a close by Mir. Grosvenor -(Ohio) who in favoring the bill, appealed to the House to get rid of the questions of economy and of territory for a mos ment. and do an act Of justice to the grand old patriotic commonwealth of Virginia By a vote of 192 to 91 tho bill finally was passed.
 As the roll call proceeding 1t looked very much as if the necessary two- thirds vote would not be assured. The Virginia delegation immediately ex- erted every effort to secure votes and 1t was only through personal appeals to several members who had voted against the bill to change their votes that a twc-thirds majority was se- cured.
 At 5:ss o'clock the House took re- cess nnti1 3 p. in. n {
 Leper BiI Lost.
 A bill to provide in one of the terri- tories a Ieprosarium for the segrega- ton of lepers and to prevent the spread of leprosy in the United States occa- sioned a lively debate. A motion by MT Hepburn Ga.) to suspend the rules and pass 1t. was bitterly opposed by Delegates Rodey (N. M.) and Wilson
  (Pa.) and Sims (Tenn.) and Williams (Miss.), who said the institution would contaminate the residents of the, sec- tion where 1t was located and besides was an injustice to New Mexico and Arizona.
 Bespeaking word for the Iepers- Mir. Hitchcock (Neb.) declared they had some rights to be considered and that members were unduly excited by their fancies.
 The arguments advanced by those MT. Hepburn to be purely sentimental and MT. Rodey sought to interrupt when MT. Hepburn appealed to the speaker for protection from that man." He said with much warmth he would rather meet leper.
 By vote of 36 to IS, the House re- fused to suspend the rules and the bill vast lost.
 MT. sherman (N. Y.) called up the conference report on the Indian ap- propriation bill. Insofar as there was an agreement of the conferees the re- port was concurred in. Before that step was taken. Mir. Stephens entered vigorous protect against the action of the majority of the conferees in agreeing to the Senate provision au- thoring the Secretary of the Interior to renew the Osage land lease which has attracted so much attention. A further conference was then ordered. Messrs. Sherman (N. Y), Curtis (Kas.) and Stephens (Tex.), being reappoint- ed conferees.
 The house then at 1922 a. m. ad- journed until 11:3o a. m. tomorrow.
 As soon as the House reconvened at o'clock a resolution was adopted ac- cepting an invitation from the manage ment O fthe Lewis and Clarke Expost- ton at Portland, oregon. to attend the opening exercises and rpoviding for the appointment of fifteen members to rep resent the House on that occasion.
 The conference report on the bill reg ulating the use of telegraph wires in the District of Columbia. involving the placing underground of wires of the Western Union Telegraph Company was finally agreed to. finally passing the bill The House alos agreed to the Sem ate amendment to the bill amending the statutes so as to provide that writs of error and appeals may be made from the supreme court fHawaii and to the Supreme Court of the United States. where the amount involved exceeds $6.000.
 History of Battle Flags.
 Washington. March 2.-Representa- tive Bartlett (Ga.) introduced a resolu- ton today for the printing of 5000 copies of a letter written by Secretary of War Endicott in 1888 giving a his- tory of the Confederate battle flags