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Show SUNDRY CIVIL II I PASSED BY SENATE I Carries $139,000,000; Author- H ity for $30,000,000 More 'H Canal Bonds Denied. HALE WARNS SENATE I IT MUST GO SLOW H .Constant .Demand for More Money for Canal Omnipres-ent, Omnipres-ent, He Declares. WASHINGTON, March 1. Tho sundr.v civil appropriation bill was passed 1)3' the senato just before ad-journmeut ad-journmeut toda', with an amendment securing $-10,000 for remodeling tho White house office building to ffivo additional room for tho president and providing .$25,000 for his traveling ex-pensc.s. ex-pensc.s. Mr. Halo explained the latter pro-vision pro-vision b.y snying that should tho presi-dent's presi-dent's salary' bo raised, the provision for traveling expenses would be stricken from the bill. On motion of Mr. Forakcr an amend-ment. amend-ment. appropriating $120,000 to pa3' the Roman Catholic church in Porto fl Rico for property in Porto Rico, was adopted. Senator Hale opposed tho adoption fl of an amendment offered 1)3' Mr. Fry'e. appropriating $200,000 for participa- IH tion b3 the United Stales in the inter-national inter-national exposition at Brussels. Tho amendment was rejected on a point of order. An amendment b' Senator Carter for an appropriation for tho United VM States to participate in the exposition at Austria-Hungar3', was also rejected. The authorization for additional issue of $30,000,000 of Panama bonds was .stricken out on protest of Senator Cla3 who criticised tho excessive cost of. the canal. Senator Hale said, in this connection: "We went into this thing in a blind wa3', and wc have stumbled along in it ever since. Tho majority of tho senate favored a sea level canal, but wc wcro drawn into an approval of tho lock system. Only one thing is omnipresent in this matter, and that is the constant demand for more mone3'." An amendment by Senator Carter was ndoptcd. placing the control of the United Stntes military prison at Fort Leavenworth uuder the board of IH commissioners of United States soldiers' homes, with instructions to submit nununl reports on the financial affairs of the prison lo tho secrctarv of war. The bill carries appropriations of about $130,000,000. Tomorrow the general dcficienc3- bill, the last of the great supplv measures, will be reported to the senate, and it is hoped it will be passed during the IH day. |