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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1905
Page
28
The closing days of the Fifty-eighth Congress saw late sessions as conferees reached a river and harbor agreement and bills on deficieny and appropriations moved toward enactment. Debates over extra session mileage and canal zone and statehood measures capped a busy night with spectators filling the Capitol galleries and a festive atmosphere pervading the House.
Merchants visiting Washington are invited to a Baltimore Travelers and Merchants Association banquet on Thursday night March 9. Invitation cards available from wholesale houses in Baltimore. Special excursion rate is 1.60 round trip. Ticket extensions to March 18 available at 1202 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington.
The Senate on the last day of its session pushes general legislation amid appropriation debates and a deflection of the pure food bill while adopting the Panama Canal Zone law and finalizing reports on deficiency and river and harbor bills. The House, amid near-empty galleries, completes conference reports on major government supply measures with Speaker Cannon maintaining order and a notable dispute over Delaware River improvements. Final conference reports pass, with a 11:54 P. M. recess until morning.
The sundry civil appropriation bill, a large supply measure, passed in Congress last night and goes to President Roosevelt for signature. The conference report approved itemized funding for post office site in DC, San Francisco immigration station, lighthouses, Alaska education, harbor improvements, navy derelict removal, and Capitol grounds. Senate amendments on parks, district attorneys, and hospital control were reconciled or modified by House conferees, with several provisions upheld or struck out.
Senate approved the anti smoke bill after House passage and midnight approval. Senator Gallinger noted a misapprehension over a conference and said the House bill had been approved as an experimental measure for a year. The bill moved to concur in Senate amendments and then to the President. A Tariff Inquiry resolution by Mr Allison to investigate internal revenue and currency during recess was adopted by the Senate. A monument bill by Representative Goulden seeks a Fort Stevens Ground Cemetery memorial at Washington DC for the Twenty-fifth Regiment, New York.
The House approved many bills including authorizing the President to allocate Indian funds to tribes deemed entitled by their status, authorizing the Secretary of War to convey Arsenal property to Maine, and to sell rifles for rifle clubs. Other measures addressed road and school construction, care for the insane in Alaska, railroad bridges in Alabama and Mississippi, and leper colony discussions in Hawaii. A local Hawaii critic warned against a national leprosarium. The session recessed at 6 03 p m, returning at 1 o'clock, and a bill set U S court criers and bailiffs' pay at 3 per day.
The Senate approved a Spooner law continuation for Isthmian canal governance by 69 to 0, resisting abolishing the canal commission. Debate noted the President lacks authority to build a sea level canal, with figures Spooner and Gorman defending Senate power and independence. House action remains stalled as the bill sits with a committee.
H H Darneille chair of the DC excise board presented to Speaker Cannon the annual report for the year ended October 31 194. The board issued 513 barroom licenses covering clubs hotels and saloons and 136 wholesale licenses. Rejections numbered 22 barroom and 3 wholesale. Total licensed establishments reached 649 with 138 in the First precinct 184 in the Sixth and four barrooms in the Tenth precinct. Since 1904 515 barroom license applications were filed 604 allowed 3 rejected and 8 pending. Wholesale applications 136 with 133 allowed. Since March 3 2003 thirty one convictions for excise violations four of them licensed dealers. Fines totaled 7800 with 950 paid leaving 6850 uncollected due to workhouse sentences.
The Conference Report on the River and Harbor Appropriation Bill was adopted without dissent after a heated House debate. Conferees compromised on Delaware River improvements, Savannah and Galveston depths, and other items while debates and threats over Senate amendments dominated proceedings.
Conferees on the naval appropriation bill reached agreement early yesterday and the report was promptly approved by both chambers. In the House a debate followed a motion to concur in Senate amendments increasing Marine Corps strength by 1200, with divisions, leading to passage 100 to 88. Senate and House adjustments on ship costs and shop grants were accepted, and armor plate cost study remains in the bill. Senate later passed minor bills authorizing bridges on major rivers and a $40,000 issue for Gila County Arizona.
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