Show CABINET SEEMS ABOVE THE lAW LA Flagrant Violations by Three Members of Official Family GAG RULE IN THE HOUSE DEBATE OF ONE HOUR ON SUN SUNDRY SUNDRY DRY CIVIL BILL June The house went Into committee or of the whole for the consideration of the sundry civil bill when It convened today G General eral de debate bate was limited to one hour when the bill Is to be taken up under the five minute rule Mr Watson or of Indiana the whip or of the majority w was s called to the chair Tawney Explains the Bill Mr Tawney in eX laining the pro provisions provisions visions of the bill which deals with all departments ot of the nt and nd Is the next to the last money bill to lw be acted on b by the house bom e stated that the appropriation for the sundry civil chil expenses for he fiscal year 1907 1007 car carried rind ried by this bin bill is Of the amount 5 is or the Pan Pait Panama ama canal anI is reimbursable be from th proceeds cf f the sale cf f bonds bond In ad Iton to this sum the amont carried for river and harbor improvements ma made e by river ann and harbor acts and especially by he act passed at the last session n of congress is in int t of the amount appropriated In inthe the current law Jaw for that purpose e by 6 Mr Ir Taw Tawney y saM said that by the canti and the excess of river and harbOr over ast year the total of the bill would he t or lees than the bill for th thi current year Prot Protest st of Minority I Mr r Sullivan of Massachusetts d I seating the minority of the 1 lions ions committee prot protested sted against the manner in which general debate had been cut off ff and 2nd the belief I that it was 8 a on the part of th the of the Republican party to keep the proposed spee speech h of Mr Rainey of Illinois on the watch trust in reply to speeches s of Mr Ir of Illinois and Mr r H Hepburn of Iowa out of the He Intimated that the i leans had agreed upon this plan an I that J general debate would be cut ofT off on sil aJI oth other r bills ThEn passing to the con of thE bill jt itself lf hp he that the ty typo of the Panama canal be determined Juring the pr present es Jon expressing a grave doubt if the president had th the right to the tn type e under the Spooner act Violations of Law Mr Sullivan le recited ted what hat M he alleged to be violations violation of law Jaw b by three members of the president s fain fam 1 ly Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock HitchcO k secretary of Agriculture and nl Secretary of Commerce and Labor 2 Met Metcalf t calf He charged Mr fock with witha wit wita a violation of la Jaw through tb sale or orton town ton lots Jots In tM the territory of Oklahoma and front from the proceeds Mr Sullivan said the secretary constructed roads bridges courthouses s jails and other public buildings Over S was real reat med from the sale of these lots While discussing the honesty and integrity of Mr lr Hitchcock Mr Sullivan charged the secretary of the interior with Uh a vIo yb lation of the law In two important p par r woney received was not paid into the United States treasury a aa aS aSa a part of the general fund of the go sow and no account of It was ren dered to the treasury department Flagrant Instance Another violation of the M law said I Mr Ir Sullivan Uto to my mind more ha grent gran t and with far faz le less s excuse was committed by the secretary of ture Mr lIr Wilson He re reviewed the I legislation a authorizing the construction of fireproof building for the depart department mont ment of agriculture and told how the secretary had arranged for the erection of two wings ings for the building which congress learly intended should ho house se the entire forces of the department The third v r Sullivan said was no not without an feature ha having ving reference to the execution of the Chinese exclusion law Jaw He mid gald that Mr r Sargent commissioner of tion had frankly admitted that the Chi nese exclusion law Jaw ps not bf being E en n I forced at t the present time and that tt I I was the Intention of this administration i not to enforce It Mr Sullivan said that a dEal had born n made bet pE n the tue 1 United d States and ChinEse authorities i to suspend the law for the I of Jr ir con consideration of the I Chinese governments attempt o end the boycott on American goods i lr rr declared It was clear i that the r responsIbility of this rests not only on the secretary of com cent commerce I merce and labor but also n the dent The reading of the bill was as then be begun gun bit pr progress was made |