Show 6 r IT D 11 V C IV I 1 L n DI P LL I 1 it 17 fa FJ f v D y B 41 I 1 1 I 4 4 I 1 I 1 SENAT I 1 I 1 I 1 7 V SMOOT AND sutherland VOTE WITH MAJORITY I 1 favoring paying the traveling expenses of president of the united states washington june 23 debating the sundry civil bill yesterday mr mclaurin took issue with those who contend that provision should be made to permit the president to take newspaper men with him in his travels saying that the people generally are not concerned about the private affairs of the president there is he be declared no interest in t the h e P president r e s id e n t s simply 1 m ly b because e 0 0 of f his i s office 0 fal ce 1 a and n d the t h e senator s e n a lio r did i d can not bot believe b e v e that more people would turn out to see him than would have gone out to seo see mr gladstone or who would go out bout to see aguinaldo in short he wa was s sure that the vast majority of the people regard him as a human bein being g and care no more for the president than for any other man of distinction he announced his con confidence floence that the present chief executive has not boug sought ht this legislation and knowing him well chehad he had confidence that it the proposition should he be presented to him independently he was patis satisfied fied he would veto it there was to ta his mind no reason why mr roosevelt should have his expenses paid while traveling about tha country nor would there bo be any reason for such a course me when mr bryan who lie he announced in confidence fi would be the next president of 0 the united states takes the office the provision was opposed by senator bacon on en constitutional grounds he contended that the which it is proposed to appropriate is an emolument such as is prohibited in direct terms senator foraker suggested that to make the appropriation by separate bill now w pending would tie be preferable to making it as an amendment to an appropriation bill he concluded that the appropriation would be emolument and therefore unconstitutional continuing mr bacon said he did not object to the presidents d en t s visits to the various sections of the country and referred to the tours of president cleveland oveland Cl president harrison and president mckinley does the senator mean to say that they paid their own way asked senator lodge and when mr bacon replied in the affirmative mr lodge replied it is perfectly well known that they did not but that the railroads had paid teloir expenses mr bacon then sald said he had only meant to say that the government had not footed the bills both se senators agreed that under the prospective prospect lve railroad rate law the president could not accept free transportation transport aion afon from the railroads senator hale then proposed that tho the house hougo bill on the subject of traveling expenses for the Pr president eIdent be taken up and voted upon without debate objection was made by half a dozen democratic senators mr hale withdrew his proposition and mr morgan spoke in opposition thorl to the amendment the Ala alabama baina senator made a speech facetious in the extreme ile he said the senate knew nothing of what was intended to be done dene with the to be ap appropriated pp 0 p rioted it might be used he nd said for the entertainment of f sc scions ions of royal blood with vae fae president giving instructions in american hunting and sports pr or some have suggested it might tro be lor for political expeditions where the president might stock a a train with spellbinders spell binders to enlighten the people of the united states on subjects they know more about than tho the spellbinders spell binders in that event it would be money thrown away ile he pictured what the presidents special elal train bo be with liveried Teta retainers iners of black red and white then lie he said it might be that ho be wanted to take lessons in catching a live bolt and chok cho ing him to death with his hands hand in 11 order to appon appo inthis this instructor to public office he characterized tho operation as a pure donation for excursion purposes poses I 1 I 1 mr hale withdrew the amendment and 3 ic quest that the house bill making an independent appropriation of for the presidents traveling expenses bo be laid before the senate with the un understanding der standing that it b bo 0 voted on at 4 today the time was efte extended until 5 a and the prop proposition orAtion was greed agreed to with the understanding der standing that thai speeches on the bill should bo be limited to ten minutes minute s duration the discussion then proceeded with the independent bill as its basis senator armack carmack C Cr mack opposed tho the bill on t the I 1 e ground that the fac only purpose is to give the people a free show and said mid the next move would be to furnish roasted peanuts and pink lemonade he ha moved to strike 0 o out the appropriation for the current year but tile the motion was rejected 17 to ag 6 the division was on purely po political lideal lines the democrats voting in the affirmative and the republicans in the nega live senator colbor culberson con moved to so amend tho the bill as to mako make tho the appropriation pria tion applicable only to travel on official busan business sa this motion was also voted down 33 23 to 35 on this ballot lafollette and mccumber voted with tae democrats for the amendment senator spooner defended the bill ile ho said it was never intended that the president should live tho the life of a hermit that eiery e ery dollar of the amount appropriated we would uld be ex expended hinline inline i conduct of official business was the opinion expressed by senator carter who spoke sn in support of the bill ho he sald eald that presidential trips were not primrose jou journeys I 1 be senator Patter patterson soa contended that the bilt bill indirectly increases the lents dents compensation and Is therefore u neon s senator heyburn supported the bill the bill was passed 4 43 0 1 to lo 20 the vote being as follows yeas allee ankeny donson bonson bever idge brandlee Brand egeo eee bulkley Bul kloy burkett burham burrow carter chapp crane cullom Cu lloro dick dillingham dolover Do lUver eakins foraker gallinger gamble halo heminway HG heyburn hopkins kean lafollette lodge long millard milla rd nelson I 1 Per penrose imse piles files proctor smoot er sutherland warner warren wt amor 41 S nays acon balley bailey I 1 borry berry blackburn burn carm carmack lck clay daniel frazier latin itt mccreary Tc Creary mccumber Gumber Mc me laurin Ml llory martin Over overman mau pat f terson pettus ammons sm mons stone talia I 1 ferro 20 with the question of paying the traveling expenses of the fhe president out of the be way consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill was resumed and senator nelson moved to strike out the proviso prohibiting canteens at the soldiers humes bumes he read several vt statements one from archbishop ireland lr testifying to the improved conditions under the regulated sale of 0 beer and wine at the homes on motion of senator hale the motion was laid on the table senator hansbrough then offered the following i was agreed to hereafter there shall not be va maln ain bained at any branch homo of the na tindal home for disabled volunteer soldiers any bar or canteen for the sale rale C of f beer or wine or other intoxicating liquors the senate also retained the houm provision prohibiting the use for a sea level canal of any of the mortey money appropriated for the panama canal it was not debated this fixes the type of the canal the sundry civil bill as amended was then passed |