Show presidents TRAVELING EXPENSES ARE ALLOWED washington june 22 the opposition to tho the com committee cittee amendment amendment to the sundry civil bill appropriating 25 annually for the payment of traveling expenses of the president Ni which ieh was begun by senator mclaurin re rc bulted today in the withdrawal of tho the amend byr senator hale in charge of therill the thel bill and andulo we subset subsequent passage of we th e independent bill providing practically for the same appropriation which was recently passed b by y th the 0 h house ou se ol of bopre representatives ives the bill as passed reads as follows that hereafter there may be expended for or on account of the traveling expenses of the president of the united states such sum as congress may from time ot time appropriate not exceeding per annum such sum when appropriated to be expended in ill the discretion of tho the president pies ident and accounted for in ills his certificate solely there ther is hereby appropriated out of any airy money in the treasury not ther wise appropriated tor for the purposes authorized zed by this let act for the fiscal year 1907 the sum slim of the giester gi eater part of the day was devoted devote d to the discussion of this question but considerable other business was also transacted including the passage of tho the civil sundry appropriation bill there was an eff ortto strike out of the bill the provision prohibiting canteens at soldiers homes but instead it was mide stronger the bill as passed edories ca arlea an appropriation pria tion of about the bill also contains 1 the house provision for a lock canal at Pa panama narna the senate also accepted the conference report on the district of columbia bill and also the con conference ference report on the fico appropriation the senate also adopted a joint resolution introduced by senator Alc mclaurin laurin expressing sympathy with the rui russian hebrews on account of the recent massacres and passed senator Deve ridges bill appropriating for the purchase of lands for the purposes tho the senate adjourned at G 12 p in |