Show WORK OF THE SENATE Errors In Enrollment of Bills Form a y Subject of Debate WASHINGTON March 20The numerous numer-ous errors that have come to light in the enrollment of the great appropriation bills at the last session formed the subject of a discussion in the Senate today More than ninety such errors were stated by Mr Hale t have been discovered by him in the naval appropriation bill alone Mr McPherson offered a resolution which was referred to the committee on Education and Labor directing the commissioner com-missioner of labor to make a report at the f opening of the Fiftythird Congress comprehending com-prehending the fact a to the total cost in producing various iron and steelproducts such as bar iron steel rails etc and of V leading articles of textile industry and other articles the cost of which may be approximately obtained Mr Chandler offered a resolution which was referred to the committee on Epidemic Epi-demic Diseases directing the secretary of the treasury to ascertain and report at the first session of the next Congress the value of real and personal propertybelongingto any state or municipal government designed de-signed or used for quarantine purposes and the prices at which such property may be purchased by the United States lu discussing the errors i enrolled bills Mr Gorman said The appropriation appropria-tion bills have never been so delayed as at the last session Two or three great appropriation ap-propriation bills were delayed in the last two days of the session by a useless discussion dis-cussion over matters and the result has been that when the bills went to the House t be enrolled there was not suffi dent time to have the work properly done He admitteu there had been great carelessness still the fact remained that i the Senate clock had shown standard time the naval appropriation bill even in its imperfect form would not have been presented for the signature of the president It was a lesson which he trusted no Senator world forget hereafter l I was to be regretted that so many errors occurred but it was a wonder that there journed was not still more Then the Senate ad |