The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-04-22

10 give tne government more power
over the national banks, thus adding
to their safety as repositories of the
peoples money, has up to this time
been thwarted by the Senate. The
bill which was passed by the House a
short time ago. prohibiting the borrow
ing of money by officers of national
banks, except by authority of major
ity of the banks directors, which every
person familiar with the inside histor-
les of the big national bank failures
will acknowledge is a good idea, was
promptly saddled with an amendment
in the Senate, which it was known that
the House would not accept, author
izing the banks to increase their circu-
lation to the full amount of bonds they
have deposited in the U. S. Treasury.
Which body legislates for the people,
and which for the corporations The
House and Senate fairly represent the
parties which respectively control
them.
Senato- Daniel, of Virginia, has::in.
troduced an amendment to the Naval
appropriation bill, appropriating $780,
900 for the expense of the proposed in.
ternational naval review, TO be held IN
New York hardor and in Hampton
Roads in April, 1893, in honor of the
opening of the Columbian Exposition
at Chicago. The President is direct
ed, as soon as the appropriation be-
comes law, to invite foreign nations
to participate in the review.
Somebody is doing some very reck-
less swearing in the Pension Office in
vestigation. Assistant Secretary Bus
sey flatly contridicted a statement
made by Green b. Raum, Jr., and
called upon the committee to judge
which of them had lied.
Secretary Foster undertook the
very difficult task of bolstering up an
illegal act-the spending of money re.
ceived as head tax on immigrants for
alleged Improvements on Ellis Island
with an opinion from the Attorney
General, clearly made to order, and as
might have been expected, he made a
failure Of the job. The alleged opin-
ion is but lawyers plea it justified
the authorizing of the expenditure by
Assistant Secretary Nettleton on the
ground that the late secretary Window
had contemplated if he had not actual
ly done, the same thing and Congress
is asked to accept this as vindication
Of Nettleton, but 1t will not do so. If
Nettleton has not resigned before the
joint immigration Committees con-
Clude their investigation Of this matter.
it is believed that they will recommend
his removal, and also that of Superln-
tendent Owen.
Mr.. Harrison may find himself in a
very awkward predicalnent, on account
of his very remarkable assumption Of
power in paying an indemnity of $aI,-
900 to Italy out of the State DEPART
ment contingent fund, without consult
ing Congress at all. This abuse of
authority is absolutely without preced-
ent, and Congressman Of both parties
are at present inclined TO ask awkward
questions about it when the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill gets
before the House.
The House committee on Rules has
been trying to get up some satisfactory
method OF putting stop to the print
ing in the Record of matter entirely
foreign to the proceedings Of the House
such as the entire contents of books
and pamphlets, which have been print
ed therein during the last week but
the matter is a very delicate one, in
volving privileges of which every men,
Der is jealous, and nothing has been
agreed upon. The common sense of
the members will probably come to the
rescue, and stop the abuse Of a privilege
which In itself is higly desirable,