Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-11

AUGUSTA, MAINE.
and eight special agents st Sc ,-er diem. SIS.
s2o; expense of special agents, $1,000
special inspectors salaries and sxpenses
SIS, ,0oo; detection aud prevention of fraud
upon the customs revenue, $50 .ooo; tw'
special inspectors the lsthmus Of Panama
5000; commissions on dutie. collected
s25o,0oo; temporary customs employees
temporary labor, carriage, rent, eon,ingen
expenses, stationery ard expenses ,heret,
pertaining. miscellaneous travelling expenses
suDdriss, inelu ling frsishtage, expenses o
distrie; attorneys. and miscellaneous engrsy
, ing, 81 ,2z5.l3
Col Morton Holds the Port
Under al arrangement entered into be
tween the attorney ger erAl and the Sorti
German Lloyd Steamship Company. al
amicable suit is to be entered in the unitet
| States court very shortly TO test the exten
Of the powers Of the commissions
of navigation under the act creating
the ONCE. The present commis
sioner, Mr. Morton Of Maine, holds tina
the ships of the line referred TO are no
entitled TO free entry under the Presidenti
proclamation granting freedom from tonnags
dues TO all vessels entering ports in ths
L nited States from ports in the German
empire. because in making their trips they
touch at the ports of Great Britain. The
company thinks tha. the fact that they stoy
at Southampton for passengers should mol
bar them from benefits under the D4ngley
act. ID they protest sgainst the charge.
ATTY, Gen. Garland and his representative
in the treasury department, JUICE Garry
take issue with Mr.. Morton. Mr. Morton
does not like this, and at recent meeting Al
the office of the soil eltor Of the Treasury un-
dertook to assert that the department hal no
power over his decisions, and hat no officer
of the government hal any right to advise 4
suit to test the rights which he claims are in.
berent in the Office, because Of tue wording
of the creative act.
There was very lively scene for some
time, and Judge Garry read the riot act To
the commissioner. He declined to recede
from his position one iota and insisted that
the department Of justice vas doing only its
duty in attempting to 10 get.s competent
construction of the meaning of the act
which has Great d trouble for the customs
and judicial officers Of the government ever
since il was enacted The solicitors office
seems to have won in the discussion, for the
suit was agreed upon, and tht case is ex-
pected to be carried 10 the United States
supreme court eventually, in order that the
ex ,et power. of the commissioner of navi-
CATION may be defined.
The Legislative Mill Grinds Slowly.
Legislation lags. The tariff bill is tied up
in the Ways aud Means Committee, while
Parsee Moore and the treasury experts
prepare the report which Mr.. Mills proposes
10 give the country on the Senate amend
ments. The appropriation bills are being
scanned for the purpose of emit
ting as much as possible in order to bring
about an immediate increase as soon as the
come into office. Work in all
The epartments is in arrears because of in
sufficient clerks, for the same reason.
Especially is this true in the Pension
Bureau.
The Admission OF New States.
II wing for six years refused to admit a
Territory which should have long since be-
come State, because by so doing it would
,end to the Senate two X publican Senators, |
and possibly two or three Republican
the Democratic leaders
are now apparently ready to admit ali
.he Territories. including Utah and New
Mexico. To thus bunch number of States
asking for admission uu1er totally different
in one bill is not only unwise
and absdrd, but it has been done by the dem
ocratic leaders for the sole purpose of pre-
venting the admission of any State this ses-
sion, and in the hope of shutfii9g he respon-
sibility for non admission upon the repubii-
can branch Of Congress.
The fact is these States should be treated
and on their own particular
merits, as il is djtiicult to make one act I'll
zach case without resulting in complication
of some sort For example there is no
reason why South Da<ota should not at
once be admitted by proclamation in accord
ance with the Sioux Falls constitution, and
yet Mr.. Springer has sought to comphcate
this matter by requiring another election on
the question of division. which if carried out
" ould make it possible for a small minority
in North Dakota TO prevent division of the
State The Senate would be justified in
standing firmly for the immediate admission
of South Dakota. This would give US two
additional senator. next fall and probably
three members of Congress. Montana
Washington and New Mexico also deserve
immediate consideration and so does North
Dakota, though they will not get it this ses-
sion on account of democratic obstruction.
The republicans are not going TO take New
Mexico. Like Utah it should be set aside
aud not considered in connection with the
territories that ought TO be admitted. Of
the $50, 900 people in New Mexico not over
so 900 speak Englisb the balance are Mex
leans and Pueblo Indians. II Is doubtful if
those who are clamoring for its admission
would be willing to say how many public
schools sin which the English language is
taught there are in the territory. Those
pressing for its admission are large land
owners v no cannot sell their lands TO aliens
until the territory becomes State. Unless
the democrats are willing to consent 10 the
admission of South Dakota. the territorial
bill will be likely TO 60 over to the special
session, and then the question can be settled
in accordance with justice aud right by the
immediate admission of South Dakota, Mon
tana and Washington.
The propu sition has been made that there
shall be compromise by which two terri
tories may BE- admitted. The nngotiation
has not proceeded so far as to Indicate which
two vii be sele ted. The democrats have
proposed that the Senate shall accept some
substitute for New Mexico. such as w,
ing or Idaho, but the republicans are not
disposed to Include Any other territories
than those named in the omnibus bill as
within the range of possible admission.
here is q bare chance of some agreement
in the conference, but the chance seems to
be a very doubtful one.
Notes
Mrs. William ?. Frye, who is said TO be
writing a novel which will deal with society
life in Washington, was a Miss Speare. She
belongs TO talented family aud is cousin
of Miss /. Canning of Boston, who made
herself famous by her popuiar song, Rock
a By Baby"
Mrs. Parker, wife of Lieut.. John F, Par
ker, of the United States ship Adams, sta
toned at Samoa. who wrote an article on
Samoa which appeared recently in several
papers, is niece of Mrs. BENZ Harrison.
The prospective office seekers are begin
ming TO arrive. They may be divided into
two classes, namely. the ancient barnacle
anxious TO be reinstated and the modern
hustler striving to come in under the generic
term of new blood
The secretary of the treasury has accepted
the resignation of AIsnzo B. Dickinson OF
| New York, a chief division in the office Of
the comptroller of the currency.
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