The Washington herald., 1907-02-24
.SUNDRY BILL PASSED
House Acted on 1t at 11:40
Last Night.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WINNER
Appropriation for II Increased from
$S7O,OOo 10 SI,27O, acknowledgement
Action OF Appropriations Commit
tee, and Is Completely Successful.

After a session which lasted until 11.f9
last night, the House passed the sundry
civil BILL which was reported to it by
the Committee Of the Whole a few
minutes before that hour Adjournment
vas taken until to-day, when eulogies
will be delivered on the late Senator
Alger, of Michigan. and Representatives
Adams, Of Wisconsin, and Kctcham and
/ Flack. Of New York
In the sundry civil bin as passed, the
| appropriation for the Geological Survey
was increased from $4,000, recommended
/ by the Committee on Appropriations, TO
! $l.210,000 on motion of Mr. Smith, Of
Kentucky, an item of $1,000 was inserted
to be used ia aid Of the erection Of the
/ Lincoln memorial shaft or tablet in front
/ Of the courthouse at Hodgensvllle. two
miles from the farm on which Lincoln
was born. All or the legislative provisions
in the bill relating TO the Panama Canal,
including the authorization TO the Presi-
1 dent to contract for the construction Of
/ the canal without limitation as TO cost
/ or otherwise. went through without
word of objection or comment.
/ The annual fight between the honorable
Committee on Appropriations and the Di-
rector Of the Geological Survey occurred
during the day.
/ Mr.. Dalzcll, regent Of the Smithsonian
/ Institution. Of which Director Walcott has
/ just been elected secretary, led the at
/ tacks upon the com.Iittee's action lie
moved an amendment to the clause de-
I filming the duties Of the Geological Survey.
directing that it continue the preparation
/ Of Typographical map OF the United
States and the gauging Of streams and
/ investigation OF the water supply.
Tnwney I'm Opposition.
Upon a point Of order made by Mr. Taw-
ney. the latter part Of the amendment was
ruled out. Opposing the amendment, Mr..
Tawney said the appropriation was being
used by the Geological Survey largely In
l partnership with those States which would
contribute 10 the cost. the result being
/ that the survey went on ia the older and
richer States, rather than I'm the newer
States, in which the greater part Of the
public domain was located, where it was
most needed; but which. because CT the
pauciJy Of their financial resources, could
not enter into partnership with the gov
eminent agency. He moved to modify the
amendment b. making the map one Of
the public domain instead OF the United
States.
This latter amendment was contested by
Mr.. Sherley and advocated by Mr. Sulli-
van, the latter observing that the ap-
plause following the formers remarks in
diCdted that the House was much more
inclined 10 condemn extravaganza OF
speech than extravaganza Of appTOpria-
tons
Mr.. Tawney's amendment was defeated.
50 20 ll2, and Mr.. Dalzell's motion was
agreed 10 without division.
other Amendments offered.
Later. Mr.. Norris. of Nebraska. offered
an amendment appropriating 100000 TO
enable the Geological Survey to list struc-
tural material on the public domain be-
( longing 10 the United States. Il was op-
posed by Mr.. TaWney, on the ground that
the lists would be Duplicates Of those
now being made 40 WATERFOWL Arsenal
and in the laboratory Of the Supervising
Architect, and advocated by Messrs.
Wiley of New Jersey; Bartholdt. Of Mis-
souri,, and the author. on the ground
that it would result in great saving to the
government 1t was agreed to-S3 to IS.
Mr.. Dalzell offered another amendment.
approDriating $4,000 10 continue the tests
Of Goals and liguites TO determine their
fuel value. and making it Immediately
available.
Mr.. Tawney said that these tests had
proceeded TO the point where the gov
eminent was determining the relative
merits Of apparatus for the manufacture
Of gas, and submitted that that was
hardly governmental function, and was
rather stretching an authority Ito test
Goals and lignites 70 determine their fuel
value"
The words ''to be Immediately available"
were stricken out, the sum was reduced to
S200,000, and the amendment carried.
N motion by Mr. Oimsted. OF Penn
sylv3nia the words United States were
substituted for national domain wher-
ever they occurred in connection with the
making Of geological and topographic
surveys. and the appropriation for these
two objects made half a million dollars.
an increase of 100000.
This concluded the work of the friends
of enlarged appropTia tons, the net result
being a total increase of the money avail
able for the Geological Survey in the year
1908 fr1s-. ga G1Q q, ora 90