The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
CONGRESS- HAS ONE MORE DAY All But Five Bills lsgreed
 On. SUPPLY BlL1y IN HAND Adjournment i'll Be Taken
 Before Iidnight. Amendments Were offered and sena- tors Discussed Pure Food Bill. Practical Deadlock Report on
 Panama Government Bill.

Washington, March 2.--with one | legislative day, which includes Friday night and the forenoon of March {. the ostn Congress has the supply of bills necessary to be passed well in hand. All the bills nave passed both houses and all but nve have been agreed to by conferees. The bills stili out are the naval and Indian appropriation pills on l which partial agreements nave been | reached, the sunory CIVIL. general denc- | lency and river and maroon. Conferences on all or these measures are Tn progress wltn the expectation | that reports Will be made during the | oay tomorrow. 1t is the hope or the managers that an aii-nignt session VIII not De necessary, as there are no items ln the bill srilI in conference that need cause d prolracted deadlock. Washington, March 2.-The Senate | today passed the sundry civil appro- l prlatlon piiI, carrying about $os.OUv,uuO. Various amenaments were onered to | the measure and most of them were debated at some length. There also was discussion of the pure food oil | and Mir. Deliver made a brief speech | in support of his resolution providing l for the appointment of a joint Con- | gressional commission to investigate
 the question of railroad rates. The | resolution was referred to the Commit | tee on Interstate Commerce. At the ! night session the general deficiency l appropriation bill. the last of the sup ply measures. was discussed by the | Senate.
 The Senate began its session today by passing a bill for incorporation of the American Academy in Rome. When Mir. Bailey's resolution for the discharge of the conferees on the statehood bill was laid before the Sem ate Mr. Bailey said:
 T understand that there is g bare ! hope of an agreeHlcnt by the confer 1 ence committee and so long as there is
 such hope. I will not press the res- l oIution."
 The resolution remained on the table. The sundry civil appropriation bill was then laid before the Senate and 1 the provisions which were passed over last night were considered. The first of these was that relating to the ex- penses of judges of circuits courts of appeals holding court outside their | circuits. The House provision allowed mot exceeding ten dollars per day" MT. FlaLt lOOHu.J SuBBSbteu 4 providing pay for reasonable expenses actually incurred for travel and mak- ing 1t applicable to all Justices or judges who should attend the circuit court of appeals held at any other place than where they reside, not to exceed $10 per day"
 The amendment was accepted, as was also another placing the same restric- tion upon the expenses of district fudo tricts.
 Mir. Culbersor presented an amend ment prohibiting the allowance of fees to the United States district attorneys in excess of their salaries. He said that the amendment was aimed espe- cialIy at the office of the District At torney for the Southern District of New York and he quoted the report of the Attorney General in support of state- ing to $219.000 had been paid to the District Attorney for that district in addition to his salary
 MT. Allison made a point of order against the amendment on the ground that is proposed general Legislation. Mir. Bacon suggested fixed salary of $10. 900 a year.
 Mir. Allison did not press his point of order.
 
 of $10,00o for the District Attorney of New York, was accepted and Mir. Gull persons amendment as thus modified was agreed to. It prohibits the pay ment of fees to district attorneys ex- cept in the case of the District of Co., lumbia.
 An amendment appropriating $1OO,- 900 for the purchase of a site for an army general hospital in Washington hty while the amendment authorizing the assignment Eff retired revenue cutter service officf to active duty went over on a point order by Mir. Patterson. GeOIOgicA Survey Appropriation. MT. Patterson presented an amend ment increasing from $175.O0O to $20O,- 900 the appropriation for geological surveys. The provisions was antago- nized by Mir. Lodge, who said that not withstanding $10O,000, ,0oO had been spent on surveys. we have not yet se- cured a decent survey of the country. He said the director of the geological i survey was the most successful money l getter in Washington.
 While the sundry civil bill was still under consideration, Mir. Kittredge pre- sented report of disagreement on the bill providing a form of Govern ment on the Panama Zone.
 
 mittee, said the insistence of the House previously for abolishing the Canal Commission is the bone of con- tention He would not, he said, say that there Is a deadlock but the out look Is not assuring.
 MT. Morgan expressed the hope that the Senate would accept the House provision and get rid of the Canal Commission entirely.
 Another conference was ordered and Mir. Kittredge. Willard and German were continued as conferees. Consideration of the sundry civil bill was then resumed and the geological survey was agreed to.
 When the Senate reconvened at 8 D. m. the pure food bill was tempora- rily laid aside and MT. Kean reported back the resolution instructing the Committee on Interstate Commerce. to sit during the approaching recess of Congress. The resolution was com mented on by several Senators. MT. Teller said 1t had been out of the question for the Senate to consider the auhfact nrnnariv dnrfuR the DreSAnt