The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-03

brogIio Between Two Important Com
/ mittees-The Military Academy Appro
priation BilI-An Act of National GoOt
Faith-Slow Work by Committe es-Per
sona1.
| [From Our Own Correspondent
WASHINGTON Cry, Jan. 90, 1876.
| When the report of the special com
mittee on the Centennial was made tt
the House, and was unanimous for al
appropriation of 1000, 900, it was sup
posed, as I stated at tile time, that the
bill would go through with hurrah,
But before it came up, the amnesty
debate had occurred, and had aroused
partisan ana sectional feelings to
such an extent that hand-clasping
and love-making were not so much
in vogue as they had been. The Cen
teanial bill suffered much IN conse-
quence. Conciliatory speeches by
Banks, of the North, and Lamar, of the
South, had great deal to do with the
final success of the bill in the House.
Its passage in the Senate is not at this
time doubted. Party lines were disre-
garded in the vote on the bill, but a
majority of the Republicans voted for it,
and majority of the Democrats against
it. It is noticeable fact that the four
great States of the Northwest bordering
on Lake Michigan Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, and Wisconsin-gave only
IL votes for the Centennial appropria-
ton to 81 against it. IF you scratch
New York" said popular writer once,
"you will find the Commune. A ma
jority of the members from these Lake
States thought they saw little stock
gambling job under the Centennial bill,
and SO went against it.
A COMMITTEE IMBROGLIO.
The situation of the Committee on
Appropriations and on Foreign Affairs
toward each other anent the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill may
be said to make very pretty quarrel as
it stands. The Appropriation Commit
tee proposed to very considerably, quite
slashingly In fact, cut down the salaries
and expenses generally of our Consular
and diplomatic establishment. The Com
mittee on Foreign Relations is opposed
to any such wholesale and indiscriminate
tcmplated by Mr.. Randalls committee.
And there is an internecine war in con-
which will probably result in
examinations and recrim-
nations, general ventilation of the con-
duct of our affairs abroad, and lively
time all around.
The truth is, there is a wide diversity
of opinion among men of all parties, in
and out of Congress, in respect to our
establishment. There are
those who assert that it is a.
concern anyhow, and
ought to be totally abolished that di-
plomacy originated In the cowardice and
falsehood of the Italians in the time of
and from that time to this
has done constant credit to its igno-
minious origin. On the other hand,
men say it is necessity of modern civil
ization, an aid in the cause of universal
peace among nations, and that it's rep
resentatives ought TO be maintained in
dignity and honor. Between these ex-
IRENE views on the subject there are
others claiming that diplomatic estab-
lishment is indeed necessity,
but that American representatives
abroad ought to maintain their respec-
tive offices not only with dignity
but in style of republican simplicity
and economy. The advocates of these
and other views will probably take adj
vantage of the pending imbroglio be-
tween the committees to air their opin-
ions on the floor. Let us hope the
debate will be as instructive
as it is expected to be animated.
THE WEST POINT APPROPRIATION BILL.
The appropriation bill for the support
of the Military Academy, as reported
by the Appropriation Committee. cuts
down the salaries of professors, the pay of
cadets, and economies in other re-
spects, so that the estimates of the War
are reduced about one half.
There is much opposition to these pro-
posed sweeping changes, and some of
them will probably be modified before
the final passage of the bills. There used
to be strong feeling against West Point
in Congress, but it has not manifested
itself for long time till now. Men are
curious to see whether the old state of
feeling will be revived by this discus
sion.
AN ACT OF NATIONAL GOOD FAITH.
/ must regard the passage of the bill
ways and means for the pay
ment of the February interest on the 1866
bombs of the District of Columbia as an
act of national good faith. The Senate,
at this writing, has amended the bill,
but not in such way as to endanger
concurrence by the House. Indeed
it will have passed, most likely, before
this epistle shall be deposited in the
mails. The success of the measure is a
gratifying guaranty Of the maintenance
of our public credit by either political
party of the country.
SLOW COMMITTEES.
The most of the committees of the
House may be said to be extravagantly
slow in preparing their work for action
on the floor. It is no ground for just