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Show I DBMOORATIi OPPOSE . . ! j MANN BILTi TO TILE LAST WASHINGTON. Jan. .1. With- the Hcmocrnts fighting every Inch of the v.av. tlie Maun b!H. providing for the Hd-- Hd-- ministration of U e Panama canal zon-and zon-and cenirallKln-.- Hie s-rt ertimenl I hereof in the president of th1" United tit a tew. pasviid '.he Ik.ii.'' IoiIhv by a vot of tl.r to P.i". The ote was Milong strict parly llnep. The minority kpt the Ivjmkc in p-fIoii p-fIoii uutll i o'clock tonight by offering arnenifnient after auieiidnient ' and lc-mandbig lc-mandbig lellei$ on e;ieh vole. A futllo effort was made by Itcpresent.itive T:ieh-ardsoa T:ieh-ardsoa of Alabama, to have ihe measure I r--.-oinrrlited 10. the conunltie on for- elgn arjrt Intercalate ninierce. an aye ; and' nay vote resulting lf't nycs and ) nays. : ' i Section of the bill, which coufern on the iprf-sldent military- elvll and 'JinlMnl . powers. Iiji-ludlng the power to ma he lnwif. was th- object of .spirited attack. ! Kepicsentatlvc Kelfer of Oliio Joining ihc , ).nh"ioci"als In the light. 1 Attitude Illustrated, The attitude of the majorlt;- nu-l inl-norbv inl-norbv on this section may be best dc f.c:lb.J bv a uuestlon propounded to, P.epri icuiatlv " Towns'ii'.! of .Mlclil.ia b ( llepi-rgonia tlw rlair-u of TennesEec nU 1 ! I I b. M.. TownsendV i"pl . S'ffli l j "Ho you 1-elb c ihat congiess has a IB lltJ I j OOWet miur lljt- i-ollil il lit ioil tO I'Onfr I t) 'legislative power on the pn rldrnt " ' Ft In? I askl Mi. ijarreit. nljni if "Onllnarlly. no." icplld Mr. Town.-e.-.i!. jllJ I "In Mils instance, yes. Wo are in !R J Panama digging a cnuul. and It is neci"- KHii il sary for the president to have ihe power ftWU ' to make rules and regulations for th" Iltr'j!l coveinnient of the sone while t lint worl: S'IHt ' Is In progress." Sfclflj ii IL-pre.ntative lann. utilhor of t!u 1 bill, claimed that precedent for dlcga- iNH TT ' tion of such power In the executive wh" fetift 'l found in similar :nrio,i by Lieiiiocra'l- M n t it conmesncs at the i line of the Louis Jan i E 1 t purchase nnd ncain when l-'Iorlda was fo Si !f eetjed to the United States by Spain. 1 - Wl'K il fending his part. Keprofcuintlvo Hani- altffi p son of New York saf-1 that disturbed hi- K m V ternal conditions made such action uecrx- 8? In P isry. bill lluii despotic sovernmeui l-i HH HI r tl cse ten Stories wan coulinued no longer m ml than was nece-wary to establish loc.il Hl j. covennneuL A motion by Mr. Hnrdv. lcl IS JL of Oeorcla to strike out the eellon c-i- S IK f thr-lv was lort of the - lose vote of ft Pro iaicii:? of Bill. w TH The bill, as It goes lj the senate an- KB Ihorli the president to have completed WlW ' the Panama, canal and to appoint a -ii- nl H ' ret, tor general of the ecnal and the canal m gj , nne--thu: dc-lnc away with . the ennnl Kin ! comiolssloti. " It invests the judloinl power II If j of tbe xone In one In-ult court and such II li Inferior courts ns tbe president may con- HI' ( stlluie. nn-l allows appeul to' Iho so- Mil pi-et'ie court of the UnlWl States tn clvi' flir1! c;tse Involving ?niifin or more and in m W ( criminal cases punishable by death or Itt 1, I life linpri.ioiiment. Trial by jury la granl- ' D H it ed In nil pro.ceut!on:i for felony. H K j |