The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-07
SUNDRY CIVIL
 BILL IN HOUSE Debate on Measure of
 Only Two Hours. A PROTEST FROM DEMOCRATS Sullivan of Massachusetts Arraigns Cabinet Members. Says There has Been Open and Flag rant Violations of the Law By | Secretaries Hitchcock, Met calf and Wilson.
A PROTEST FROM DEMOCRATS

went into Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the sundry civil | bill when 1t convened today. General debate was limited to two hours when i the bill Is to be taken up under the | five minute rule. MT. Watson Und), l the whip of the majority was called to the chair.
 l Mir. Tawney 6Minn.). chairman of the appropriations committee stated that | with the passage of the sundry civil bill the question of adjournment could
 be more easily determined and with the great money bills out of the way | the members of the House could in- dulse themselves to their hearts con- tent in speech making.
 MT Tawney explaining the provis-
 ions of the bill which deals with all | the departments of the government and Is the next to the last money bill to be acted on by the house, stated that the total of the appropriations for the sundry civil expenses for. the current fiscal year is S67,163.600. The total ap- propriations approved by the committee for sundry civil expenses for the fiscal year 1907 carried by this bill, he said, is s94.342,156. or the total amount $25.456,575 Is for the Panama canal and Is reimburseabie from the proceeds of the sale of bonds. In addition to this sum the amount carried for river and harbor Improvements made necessary by river and harbor improvements and especially by the act passed at the last session of Congress is in excess of the amount appropriated In the current law for that purpose by $6.774.S44. Less Than Current Bill. Mir. Tawney said that by eliminating the canal appropriation the excess Of
 river and harbor appropriations over last year the total of the bill would be s62,lI0.737. or S5,052,6s3 less than the bill for the current year.
 Mir. Sullivan tMass.) ). In presenting tho minority report of the Appropria- tions Committee, protested against the
 manner in which general debate had been cut off and expressed the belief l that 1t WAS scheme on the part of 1 the leaders of the Republican Party to keer the proposed speech of Mir. Rainey | Ill.J, on the watch trust" in reply to
 the speeches of MT. Boutelle Gll.) and .dr. Hepburn Ua,) out of the Record.
 Mir Sullivan recited what he alleged to be specific violations of law by three members of the presidents ofii- cial family, Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf. He charged MT. Hitch cock with a violation of law through
 the sale of town lots in Oklahoma and from which the proceeds of which Mir.
  ed roads. erected bridges, court hous-
 es. jalls and other public buildings Over S750.000 was realized from the | sale of these lots. While recognizing | the honesty and integrity of Mir. | Hitchcock. Mir. Sullivan charged the l Secretary of the Interior with viola | ton of the law in two important par | ticulars--the money received was not paid into the United States treasury as a part of the general fund of the | government and no account of 1t was
 rendered to the treasury department. Another violation of the law" said
 MT, Sullivan Ito my mind more flag | rant and with far less excuse was com
 mltted by the Secretary of Agriculture
 Mir. Wilson"
 | He reviewed the legislation authoriz-
 ing the construction of a fire proof building for the department of agric-
 ulture and told how the secretary had l arranged for the erection of two wings l for the amount of appropriation, s1,- l 500.000, which Congress clearly intend
 ed should house the entire forces of the | agricultural department
 Contempt For Congress. "Whether he has had the sanction of
 the President In his violation of the | law I am not prepared to state con 1 tinued Mir. Sullivan, for do not know | and I believe that the Secretary is too | loyal to his chief to tell the truth If l the President had sanctioned that vio- lation of the law. If the President was | not aware of this violation of law be- fore, he Is aware of 1t now. If he fails to call for the Secretary's resignation. it will he because he advised this viola ton and does not dare to remove him. ' On the other hand. If he did not know of it. and fails to call for his resigna- tion 1t is because he himself has con.
 tempt for Congress and its laws and
 upholds member of his family who expresses that contempt for Congress and its laws" Applause o7 the Demo cratic side)
 The third violation. Mir. Sullivan
 said wes not without an extenuating
 feature having reference to the eXecu-
 ton of the Chinese exclus on law. He
 said that Mir Sargent Commissioner of
 Immigration, had frankly admitted that
 the Chinese exclusion law was not be-
 ing enforced at the present time and
 that it was the intention of this ad-
 ministrat on not to enforce it, Mir. Sul-
 Hyan suggosPd that a deal had been
 made between the United States and
 Chinese authorities to suspcnd the law
 for the deportation )f Chinamen in
 consideration of the Chinese govern
 metn's attempt to end the bOyoo upon
 Americau goods
 MT sullivan declared it war clear
 that the responsibility for this vio-
 lation rests not only upon the secre-
 tarv of commerce and labor but also
 on the president.
 The reading of the bill by sections
 was then begun, but little progress was
 made when the House adjourned,