Evening star., 1909-02-05
DISTRICT BILL PASSED
Carries an Increase of Over
100000.
AMENDMENTS AGREED TO
Appropriation for Improving 18th
Street Increased.
NEW REF0RMAT0RY BUILDING
Amendment Providing for Work
house Outside the District Adopt.
ed by the Senate.

The District Of Columbia appropriation
bill was passed by the Senate at $40
o'clock this afternoon, with the increase
Of over s2,0OO,0OO recommended by the
tically all of the committee amendments
were agreed to.
A number of minor amendments were
presented by various senator's and adopt
ed. One of these increased the appro-
priation for improving 10Th street ex-
tended from $4,000 to $4,000. Senator
grading of NJ street northwest to the
road was provided for in
another amendment.
The paragraph requiring that all new
school buildings appropriated for in the
bill in excess of eight rooms shall have
at least four exits, was amended by strik-
ing out the words "if feasible
The Senate also adopted the commit
tee amendment for the District of CO.
lumbia appropriation bill providing fol
the purchase of two tracts of land either
in Maryland or Virginia as sites for new
reformatory and a new workhoc5e for the
District Of Columbia. The only change ir
the amendment was to make the WORD
prisoner read inmate" in the clause re-
ferring to the reformatory.
This provision appropriates approx
mately $4,000, to be added to sum o.
about 1000 already appropriated fol
another purpose and all of these twt
of the two tracts of land mentioned.
In addition $4,000 is appropriated fol
the expense of architects TO draft plan.
and estimates for permanent building.
on these two proposed sites and to de
fray the expenses OF commission II
be appointed to approve the plans
AS soon as the District of Columbi;
bill was taken up this afternoon TIT
democrats began their dilatory tactics
They followed the same course that they
did Yesterday with reference to the sam'
bill. this object being to delay consfdera
ton of the nomination Of William ID
Crum, the negro, whom President Roose
Welt desires to make collector of the por
Of South Carolina for another term.
Discussed for an Hour.
Every word of the bill had to be read
by the clerk, and whenever there was q
chance to discuss a point they availet
themselves of it.
The workhouse and reformatory amend
ment was discussed for over an hour
Senator Gary Of South Carolina startet
things going by asking Senator Gallinge
to explain the necessity of the two insti
tutions proposed by the committee. Mr
Gallinger entered into lengthy explana
ton of "deplorable'' conditions at tn
local jail and workhouse, and told of tn
investigation and report on this sub1ec
by the commission authorized by Con
gress at the last session and appointed
by President Roosevelt. of which Justic
Stafford was the chairman.
This plan is not a dream" said Mr.
Gallinger; 1T is a practical conditiot
that must be met. 1t will relieve us O
an absurd and ridiculous state of af
fairs on the Eastern branch that ha!
special commission which investigate,
it and by the people of the District o.
Columbia.
At this point Senator Clay of Georgis
got into the game and told what hE'
thing the committee proposed to do
Every senator ought to vote for 1t. h'
said. He was not willing to let 1t 81
at that, however, but amplified hi
statements at great length. Thi
aroused Senator Johnston of Alabama
who had observed that the committee
amendment stipulated that the new re
formatory should hold 1000 inmates
and the new workhouse 500 prisoners
He wanted to know If that wasn't
good many culprits for a city of Thu
size to take care Of.
Looking to the Future.
1t was we'll to take care Of the future
said Mr.. Tillman. That senator thel
entered into a discussion OF bill for
new vagrancy law for the District Of Co
lumbia, which he introduced last session
and which was passed by the Senate. H,
asked Mr.. Gallinger for information a
to the status of that bill In. the othe
House. Mr.. Gallinger said he didn't know
anything about, except that the HouS
had not passed 1t.
Mr.. Tillman's opinion was that If thi
bill should ever become law the pOpu
lation of the. local penal institution
would be greatly increased by vagrant
coming from the nearby states to appl
their trade of begging and stealing in tn
District of Columbia.
Senators Smith and Rayner of Mary
land, Martin of Virginia, and Bacon O
Georgia soon got tied up in a debate a
to the provisions of the Constitution an
the statutes of the various states prOvtdin
for the acquisition by the general govern
ment of jurisdiction over land purchase
clusion that the government would hav
no trouble with this phase Of the ques
ton.
The amendement was finally agreed t
without a dissenting vote.