The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-27
Mr.. CARLISLE AND MR.. CANNON DIFF.
FER AS TO CONGRESS SPEND
ING THE SURPLUS.
The Kentucky Newspaper Man Has Ex-
ceedingly Able Counsel to
defend Him.
Special Correspondence of the Statesman.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March II, 1890.
Ex-Speaker Carlisle's statement
showing that. the appropriations con-
templated by the Republican majority
would leave deficiency in the treas
ury has caused Mr.. Cannon, chairman
OF the house appropriation committee,
to make statement which he calls
an answer to Mr.. Carlisle. Mr.. Can
mons estimate leaves out a number
of appropriations that the Republi-
cans generally have pledged their
party to make. Time will tell which
statement is correct. For the sake OF
the country Mr.. Carlisle would not
object to having Mr.. Cannon prove to
be right.
Poor Mr.. Harrison is indeed to be
pitied when even Jay Hubbell can
come to Washington and abuse him
through the medium of newspaper
interview.
The Worlds Fair bill has been per
fected according to the ideas of the
Chicago folks and it will probably
come up in the house this week.
Nothing has been agreed upon as to
date. The government appropriation
is 81, 100000.
The wonderful eggs at last Matched
and the product - Representative
Lodges federal election b1ll-has been
reported to the house. 1t is remark
able concoctiOn and is claimed to be
based upon the Australian system of
voting.
The everlasting and eternal race
question has been up again in the
senate. Whenever some Republican
senator has fit of indigestion and
feels disguised with himself and ev-
erybody else, he gets up and fires off
something about the poor "nigger."
Senator Voorhees, and Judge Jere-
miah Wilson will help in the defense
of c. E. Kincaid, the newspaper man
who killed eX-Congressman Taulbee
of Kentucky.
There's regular monkey and par
rot time going on in the navy depart
ment. Secretary Tracy has forced the
head of one bureau to resign, and it is
said there are others to follow. Naval
officers accuse Mr.. Tracy of being
whimsical in his ideas.
Republican senators have had the
nerve to engage iii revolt against
Quay's bossing. Quay, according to
the story, demanded that the present
sergeant alarms of the senate should
be put out to make room for one OF
his men, and majority Of the Repub-
lican senators not only refused to
agree to this but intimated in very
plain language to Quay's agent-the
boss being still in Florida-that even
if there was vacancy in the Office his
man could not have it. The question
now is whether Quay will quietly
pocket the atfront or whether he will
attempt to whip enough OF senators
into line to control aparty caucus and
attempt to get revenge.
According to high Republican au-
thority they will only require about
$50,00O,00O a year to pay the pensions
under the bills that they propose pass
ing at this session. That will bring
the pension payments up to more than
$150,000,000 year, a mere tritie.
A Republican appointed to $4,000
Federal office in New York last week
is defaulter for large amount to
the government. The defalcation oc-
Cured i'll this city some years ago.
Secrt tary Noble considers his au-
thority greater than that OF the senate
and has accordingly refused to furnish
certain reports relating to the with
holding of land patents in the Union
Pacific railroad grants asked for by a
resolution of the senate. He holds
that it is a matter for him to decide
upon.
Mr.. Reed has undertaken another
big contract. He says he intends to
attempt to break up the practice OF
ex-lrembers of congress acting as
lobbyists.
Another attempt is being made to
have the government adopt parer
fractional currency for convenience IN
small transactions through the mails.
Senator Eustis convicted Senator
Hoar of making a wiliful mistatement
on the floor of the senate last week,
but that will not prevent the Massa-
chusetts senator doing the same thing
again, whenever it may happen to
serve his purpose.
The minority OF the house COM
mittee on territories has made re-
port against the bill for the admission
OF Idaho.
The Pulpit and the stage.