The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-24
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Return |. ! 4. FLAGS \ [;
Bill Offered BY Lamb III House
Passes Upper
~ Branch. Il
OPPOSITION |. N. iT|o, M'L Y Ri
Members Block Appropriation
Because Fortte Senator#Is n.
Chairman 81 Del egation.
(From Our Reg tlar corrospondent.)
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3l1N( Erom Our Regular8Co correspondent Sl$s
;WAsl11N5T O N, F5S Feb. % Tho senate
this afternoon ~ unanimous vote, adopt
ed tie resolution which passed the House
without opposition Tuesday, directlng$the
Secretary. OF War to return to the sonth,-s
err states the Confederate battle flags
captured during the VAR Senator DAM
simply made the motion TO adopt the reao-
tuition, and II went through without o
suggestion, Of dissent. 1t will DO signed
blythe President In g day or two, ;sSS
THE number OF flags In the collections,
by States, Is as = llo We II s3 q ss
Alaban,n, 10 !: Arkansas s, Q; Florida J, 81;
Georgia, %; louisiana, s; Kentucky,82 2;
|NIississippi.5 II 7 Missouri, = North Caro-
lima q; South Carolina p; Tennessee, 5j5;
Texas, n Virginia, s Total, 1,1s7.
HI There are also ia large number OF flags
captured In the first instance from North
ern regiments and afterwards recap
tured or surrendered Z at tho end OF the
war. L "A North Carollfllan representative
was twlttlng a Virgil Man member today
upon the fact that Is irginla lost nearly:
one third of9the flags that were captured
blythe sUnlon8troops. Il. S5
t.,,Yirginia troops took more than a third
Of the chances, was the nea reply +
O or course, the u flag, resolution n Is 4 all
sentiment, and the interest taken IN 1T Is
sentimental also. Americans are looked
upon as the most I thoroughly business
people In the world, and they frequently,
nations. notably, France, 10 bring senti-l
ment into matters OF business. There Is
evidence thatTwe are about as sentimental
as any people lin the world. @ siis
President Roosevelt 81 ggested sometime
ago that Congress- appropriate h a half
million dollars for he purpose Of send
Ing comnlssl ons to- Asia which should
discover new markets for, America cot
ton products The sui gestion met 4 wi TIL
the hearty Apr royal 81 he Southern mem
bcrs Of Congress- and gsena tors from that
sect Ions It was endorsed BY the business
men OF the cotton III States. tho Cotton
Growers Associations embracing In its
membership many OF s5the leading plant
ters OF q the South sent a. delegation to
Washington for the Purpose OF urging
upon the Congress L he wisdom OF max
ing the appropriation Former Senator
McLaurin, OF South Carolina. Is the chair
man of the delega ton, which is no WI In
washington. The approx riatlon was pop
ular. and there looked to 4 be- few OBJ.
stacles in the8way2 OF its being mad Il But
somebody suggested 4 that Mr. oLaurin
would be; made chairman OF the COMMITS
sion under the Clay Foster bill . which
IS the one proposing the approp riation.
Instantly intense Topposl Jon tos the meas
ure developed. {IcLnuf n Z Is most cor-
daily disllsed d nlong DEMOCRATS ofs III he
Senate "a and Is little less POPULAR among
Repub li cans. He was elected to the Sen
ate as a. Democrat, but became to Eiall
lintents and purposes a Republican while
FIN offlce. When Senator Tillman struck
him in. the Senate chamber the speech
which 8AicLaurin was making was the
result OF a dispute with hts colleague in;
yolving sMcLaurin's change of political
garment s H 5f
Since the possibility 81 McLaurins be-
[ Ing given such a fine place as a result
Of the Spassag q Of the bill Al Is realized,
the senator's having the appropriation In
charge have been urged to mako haste
slowly in the matter. AS a consequence
nothing has been done In behalf Of the
appropriation for a \ day Or two, and n IS
|asfurther consequence, ! is defeat Is very
probable. II the bill Isl defeated 1T will
be through the opposition, chiefly, Of rep
resentatives OF the people who will N be
most greatly benefited by It's passage.