Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-03-14
WASHINGTON. Mch. s, 1891.

fore Congress adjourned he nomina
ted James II. Beatty to be, United
States District Judge FOR Idaho, bu
owing to the active opposition OF thu
two Idaho Senators and other republi
cans the Senate adjourned without nc
ting on the nomination. Now Mr.
Harrison has appointed Mr., Beatty to
be judge. and he will sit on the bench
until the Senate meets again, even if
his nomination should then be reject
ed. Another exhibition of the obsti-
macy of Mr.. Harrison was his going
off to-day on q weeks hunting trip in
stead of settling the question of who
shall be the nine judges of the United
States Circuit Court. provided for I'M
der the new law, which he was urged
TO do by many members of his party,
who do not wish to leave here until
this matter is settled. Ii is thought
TINT it was to get away from this gang
that Mr.. Harrison went on this hunt
ing trip, but it will do him no good.
for these fellows will meyer leave here
until these prizes are distributed.
Believing that it would be but JUS.
tice TO have the democratic party rep
resented in these appointments, Il
number of prominent democrats have
decided to present The name of Repre-
sentative Culbcrson, Of Texas. TO Mr..
Harrison. Mr.. Culberson is recog.
nized as ono of the ablcst lawyers in
| Congress and he was reelected 10 the
Fifty second Congress, but his friends
say that he would resign it appointed
to the bench, as the judicial duties
would be more c%ongcnial. Ii is no.
probable, however, that Mr.. Harrison
will give the democrats even one out
of the nine new judges.
Representative Savers, of Texas,
who has to a largs extent taken the
important place SO long and so ably
filed by the late Representative Sam
ucl j. Randall in the House committee
on Appropriations, has made n state
mcnt showing the amount %appropriu-
ted by the Fifty-tirst Congress TO be in
excess of one billion and six million
dollars--stop q moment and think of
that immense amoun' of money. lie
has also suggested II practical way to
reform the expenditures of the govern.
mcnt that is worthy of careful consid-
Grafton by the new democratic House.
He thinks that there should be one
committee OF not less than fifteen men,
bcrs upon the expenditures of the
Government instead Ola separate COM
mittee for each department as it is
now.
Mr.. Saycrs says in advocacy of this
change: sit is a fact which cannot be
disputed that no single one Of the sew
cral committees upon the cXpendi-
lures IN the departments has within
the last three Congresses, ever i%nvesti.
gated the expenditure OF any DEPART
ment and reported the result Of their
investigation to the House. In truth,
these committees have rarely ovcr held
even a single sitting during any Con-
gross, and the consequence has been
that nothing has resulted to the House
for their organization. If a general
committee of fifteen were organized,
possessing the same dignity andcnioy-
ing the same powers and privilcgcs.as
the committee on Ways and Means
and the committee on Appropriations,
it cannot be doubted that such q COM.
mittee would be able TO furnish The
House with such information and adj.
vice as would lead to II very great re-
duction of expenditures and q thor
ough reform in the administration of
tho public service. Wint do tho
House and tho country know of the
expenditures under the several laws
making indefinite appropriations ?
The expenditures and methods OF adj.
ministration under these permanent
appropriation acts are practically nu
known 10 Congress, What do Con.
gross and The country know about the
internal administration of the Pension
Office, the Patent Office, and Bureau
| of Internal Revenue and the several
bureaus of the War and the Navy dc.
parimcnt"? ~ 5 tI5
Mr.. Sayers has another good idea
toe, that should not be overlooked.
He thinksth House should elect a per.
mancnt chairman of the committee of
Che whole and the committee of the
whole on the states of tho Union, In
speaking of This he said: ut has been
a noticeable fact that these chairmcn
have been appointed by the Speaker,
from time to time, at tho instance OF
fthc gentlemen whose bills were to be
considered, and very often it has been
the case that the rulings Of such chair.
men have not only been at variance,
but have led to the suspicion that
there was an undue leaning towards
the opinion expressed by the gentle.
men in charge OF the particular bill
undor consideration when q question
Of order has been raised. This would
be obviated by clecting ~ man to
the position, making him independent
of the Speaker" Mr.. Savers thinks
these two changes would result IN re-
ducing the current expenditures al
least 80 per cent,
Secretary Proctor, who has spent
less time in Washington than any
member of the Cabinet, has gone on a
Southern iaunt that will last u month,