Show NO CHANCE TO AM AMEND END Republican Majority Would Not Listen to Reason Washington June to the passage of the sundry civil bill today in the house Mr Sullivan of Massa Massachusetts chus moved that the bill be recommitted to the appropriations committee wit Instructions to report the f follow followIng Ing amendment regarding purchases of material for the Panama canal Provided that no part of this ap pro shall be e expended for ma material an ani supplies which are manu mann manufactured or pr in the United States tates unless SKid Saul articles are sold to the canal commission at ex cx expert pert prices whenever such export prices are lower ower than the prices charged consumers In the United States Mr explained that the amend meat was offered solely for the purpose of giving the isthmIan canal commissIon the right to purchase materials in the cheapest markets He called attention to the testimony or of Mr Ross purchasing agent of the commission that the corn com commission mission bought steel rails delivered at Panama at per ton whereas the railroads of the United States were corn com Pf to pa pay S 8 per ton at the mill Mr Tawney of Minnesota made a point or of order against the amendment that it was similar in character to the amend amendment amendment ment whIch was defeated in commIttee of the whole yesterday and that it changed existing 18 law Mr Ir Olmsted and Mr lIr Dalzell of Penn Pennsylvania Pennsylvania sylvania were of the opinion that there could not be a standard price fIxed on any article and that the amendment was not germane Mr saId that If an offIcer of the government bought goods In a dearer rather than In a cheaper market he would be guilty of malfeasance in office The speaker held that the commission had bad plenary powers to buy supplies s any anywhere anywhere where and of anybody dy and as the amend amendment amendment ment was a limitation of the power of the commission he sustained the point of order Mr Williams of Mississippi appealed from the decision of the chair and Mr Tawney moved to lay the appeal on the table The yeas and nays on thIs re resulted suited Yeas nays nas OS as The sundry civil bill was then passed |