The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-27
Omnibus Measure ysoes
 Before the .,s
FITZGERALD OPPOSES T
Says He Knows Enough Members Have Been Favored to Insure Its Passage, But He Wants to
 Enter Protest.

l Washington, June 26.-The Pork bar rel" as the so-called omnibus public build 1 ing bill is generally called, was rolled | into the House today by MT. Dalzell of
 Pennsylvania who reported broad and l comprehensive rule for its consideration.
 The rule provides that while the consider ation of the bill shall be the same as | under suspension of the rules, it's pas sage shall rest on vote of the majority
 instead of by two-thirds vote. To be consistent MT. Williams of Miss issippi the leader of the minority, called for a division. and by the overwh elming vote of 193 to 21 the previous question
 was ordered
 The rule was adopted. MT. Bartholdt of Missouri, chairman of the committee ! on the public buildings and grounds, in explaining the provisions of the bill said it represented the painstakng, intelh- gent labor of many months. He said l that more than 800 bills carrying upwards of s60,000t00 had been referred to the com | mittee and each of the bills was consid- 1 cred on its merits. Out of this mass of | public building bills has come the pres- I ent omnibus building bill, which carries | in round numbers $42l, ,O00OO0.
 Futile to Delay Action. | Mir Fitzgerald, in senl-serious way, but with considerable feeling, said that | it was futile to delay or defeat the pas | sage of the bill.
 l MT Fitzgerald likened the House to a, | school closing, and following the universal practice throughout the country at com l mencement time, this great school is
 about to distribute its premium he said l 'rhis bill Mr. Fitzgerald said illus
 trates as we'll as anything I have ever
 seen the truth of the statement of the | cohesive power of public plunder.'' l Then in satarcal way the gentleman from New York said members examining the omnibus public building could ascer- tadn whether their conduct during their | school term had been such as to have 1 gained the approbation of the authorities | the professors" and to know whether | they were among the bad boys of the I house.
 No Power Can Stop Passage. q know, MT. Speaker that there is no 1 pov~. dn heaven or on earth that will | stop the passage of this bil," remarked
 Mr. Fitzgerald which statement was greeted with applause ''I have no de- sire to stop it, I would not deprive so | many members of the pleasure they an- tcipate, but l think it proper to pro- test against a method of legislation which prevents the members of this House from asserting their rights as members and giving to those items in which they are interested the same scrutiny and the same watchful care which have been given other bills in which their districts are not interested. Inasmuch as I have had
 an opportunity to express my condemna- ton of this method of appropriating great | sums for any public purpose, I am now content The unanimity, not to say the enthusiasm, with which this bill has been brought into the House and is being urged to its passage is the best evidence that the committee has, at least in the distribution of money. been able to please
 a great majority of the House. CPro-
 longed applause)
 The bill was then put on its passage and amid loud applause the speaker in an hour from the time the rule was re- ported announced that the seal of the House had been put on the measure and 1t was started on it's way to the other | side of the capitol.