The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-12
MILLION DOLLAR BILL
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
Deficiency Act Carries $666,ooo More
Than Reported
CUSTOMS COURT IS DELAYED.
Conferences Fail To Fix Salaries OF
New Judges And Matter Goes
Over Until December - Macon
Tries To Delay Proceedings. But
A Rule Defeats Him-Further At
tack On The Automobile Section
Made BY Garrett.

Washington, D. C. Especially. -
Carrying an aggregate appropriation
of s1,100,000, or $866,000 more
than as originally reported, the con.
ference report on the Urgent De-
nciency Appropriation Bill was adopt
ed by the House.
Bitter opposition was directed
against the provisions of the bill re-
specting the establishment of Gus
toms court and providing for the
purchase OF automobiles for the Vice
President and the Speaker, but all
attempts to send the report back to
the conferees for amendment we're
defeated. The bill as passed made
no provision for the payment of sal
ares of judges and officers of the
court.
When the House met the inten-
ton was to have the conference re-
port on the Deficiency Bill receive
immediate consideration, but 1t was
frustrated by Mr.. Macon (Ark.) Still
occuying the role of objector, Mr..
Macon refused unanimous consent to
motion by Mr.. Payne that the rule
requiring conference reports to be
printed in the Record should be sus-
pended in the interest of the Def
cheney Bill All appeals to the Ar
kansas member TO consen: we're in
vain.
lncensed at this turn of affairs
Mr.. Hughes (W. Va declared that
the business of the House should not
be delayed simply to humor some
whim of Mr.. Macon's." IL don't
appreciate any such gratuity as
that said Mr.. Macon, more obdur-
ate than ever.
But the Republican leaders we're
not thus to be defeated in their pro-
gram of putting the Deficiency Bill
through, and after being in session
seven minutes mustered up enough
votes to force a recess for half an
hour in order that the Committee on
Rules might bring in a resolution
covering the case.
when the 30 minutes were up Mr..
Dalzell (Pa.) promptly was recog-
nlZed to offer rule which would
render the Payne motion effective.
Mr.. Macon could not bring himself
to see the necessity for the rule.
He remarked that it would have been
time enough to ask unanimous con-
sent when the conference report was
presented. Each case, he argued
should stand on its own bottom, "just
the same as a tub does"
The rule, however, was put through
with a whoop. the Democrats gen.
orally refusing to support the Ar
kansas member. The conference re-
port on the Urgent Deficiency Bill
then was presented by Chairman
Tawney and Immediately taken up
The report appropriates $4,000
TO pay expenses of the proposed GUS
toms court, but does not provide for
the organization of the court. 1t also
makes the followi : appropriations:
One hundred thousand dollars to
the Department of State for foreign
trade and treaty relations; 100000
for collecting the corporation tax;
$4,000 to relieve the suffering and
destitution among the Indians of the
Lapointe Agency, Wisconsin; $4,000
for automobiles for the Vice Presi-
dent and Speaker; $4,000 for the
Alaska-Yukon-Paciflc Exposition.
The report also authorizes con-
tracts for the construction of the
lsthmian Canal to the extent of the
total amount of bonds authorized.