The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-24
Congressional Committee Allows.
Approximately Million and Half
for jamestown Celebration.
vlRGlNlANs MUCH PLEASED.
Ohio Senate Votes $4,000 TO EN-
position and Maryland Will
Give $4,000

| stFtom Our Regular Correspondrnt.1
SNAsI1NGrON,l u. vi. March ia
million and o Eulf for the jamestown
Exposition. That. In round numbers. Is
the sum which the Committee OH Indus
iri;ll Arts and Expositions decided to-,
dny5to recommend tint this Congress APP
proprlate. The various i,cms OF he bill
which the committee Will report are.
is foI!ows:
Direct appropriation. IS. y. s25o,ooo
Government pier. ...i.......... 100000 (,
Government exf,lblts.......... 100000
Government buildings .......... 250,0OO
Officers, rendezvous q. 10000
Rendezvous for enlisted men,. 100000
Transportation Of soldiers and
arms d. :. 3. /. 49,, !. q. 100000
TO the Negro Development
Company OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES O,OUO
This latter sum should not properly he,
Included in the exposition appropriation
bill. but 1t will be devoted TO exposition
purposes. as the organization OF negroes
.is,lcs TO have an exposition in connec-
ton with that Of the whites. the colored
exposition TO Illustrate the progress the
race has made in forty years of freedom.
Jamestown Island.
In addition to tho foregoing, It is prob
able that the committee will also recon-
mend that the sum OF $4,000 be expended
by the government on Jamestown Island
at once, rs follows:
For a government pierce. .$25ooo
For enclosing the grounds. 5000
For continuing the excava-
(. tIons In search of antiquities, 5000
Representative Sherman, OF New York,
brought the latter matter to the atten-
ton Of the committee, and it was tenta-
lively agreed that the appropriation
should be made, but the question OF the
wisdom OF the governments undertaking
to spend money on property which IT did
not own came up. and tho subcommittee
was appointed to look into this phase OF
the subject This subcommittee consists
OF Messrs. Sherman, Gilbert and Maynard.
Lieutenant-G Governor Ellyson, who Is {:
member OF the board OF governors of the
lsexpositlon, and Is also a member of the
Executive Committee of the Society for
1.-the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
will appear before the subcommittee and
urge that the appropriation be made.
Mr. EIlyson7 was here to-day, but left
for home tonight.
The session OF the committee to con-,
slider the various Items o. the bill, with
a view TO agreeing on recommendations,
was secret. and the members of the board
of governors. Including President Tucker.
gathered In the corridor outside the com
mittee room to await the verdict.
= The intense interest of the waiting gen.
|4tlenien was manifested in their. faces
more than In their speech and every
member of the committee who came out
from behind the closed doors. was at
once set up to Know what had been
agreed on.
f Much Pleased.
1t was not until the House met at noon,
that the committee rose. and the result
of heir deliberations were known. Tho
ig.ws created delight. The form which
the manifestation of pleasure took was
nandshlking and mutual felicitatioE.
Giles Jackson. the colored lawyer OF
Richmond, who is at the head ., the
Negro Development Company, manifested
5fis delight clipping his hands, and
seemed strongly inclined to throw UP his
hat and cheer.
am greatly pleased at the result.
said President Tucker. .The committee
has acted in a very liberal manner. I
think the direct appropriation should
have been larger. One Of the members
of the committee told me after the ses-
sion that lie had held out for half a
million. but had been outvoted i believe
the amount should have been half mil
lion, and It will probably be Increased to
that sum. /" The latter remark was signl-
ficar,t as indicative of the lien along
which the advocates OF teh bill will fight.
REPRESENTATIVE Maynard is being con-
graduated on all hands for his success
With tie committee. He has been nm
5r'tirins worker In behalf OF the appro-
priation, and deserves much of the credit
for the favorable action Of the committee.
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