Show SENATE SAID NO NOi i AND STUCK TO IT Attempt to Take Up River and 1 Harbor Legislation Met With Failure V n today tod U entO Iti t it y no and stand by It bi b t 1 determination to do no noway l e I way of ot legislation while the e tariff Is pending The refusal came me in re response response response II to request reque t from Senator Burton I Ito to adopt a authorizing the expenditure of unexpended balances of appropriations for river and harbor i work ork He brought in a report of the on n commerce in support of his resolution re and mad mada An earnest plea for action at this time saying 5 that if It there was greater postponement Im Important Important important public works would suffer as contracts must necessarily be made at this season of the year The last river and harbor bill he said had been passed In reliance upon the availability I of these balances and he pleaded that thai the good faith of the government was involved in the matter He however met a stern stere objection from Senator Hale Hate of the committee on finance and when after a time there seemed seem d a pos possibility possibility possibility of Mr Hale yielding Senator Clapp came to the front and said that if Mr Hale did not stand by his o on Ob Objection he Mr Ir Clapp ClapI would insist upon making one of his own Even to n the face of the opposition n of these two senators Mr Burton stil pleaded al although although although though without avail Hale and Clapp took the po position position that if the bars were once let letdown letdown letdown down there would be no end of or these re requests requests requests quests for special action artion with the re result result sult suit that the senate would be flooded with legislation or there would be ex ox exceptions exceptions which would WO d render It H im impossible Impossible m possible for those wito iho 0 did not get in to tomake tomake tomake make adequate explanations ex to their constituents Mr Burton was told there would be plenty of time for the senate to act on his resolution after the pas passage passage passage sage of the tariff bill |