The state chronicle., 1892-05-14
JAIL BIRDS ESCAPE.
THE PRISONERS IN RANDOLPH
COUNTY JAIL RREAkOuT.


wv WY 'SN"sN w al Aht pIlNbn-
ers in the Jail at Ashore to-day about
IL o'clock. The sheriff and his depu-
ties were pic-nicking. twelyA miles
away. when il occurred. IN prison
ers, knowing no one was AT the Jail ex-
cept the jailer's wife, took the oppor-
tunity TO effect their escape by taking
out the bars in window and letting
themselves down by blankets The in
mates were of desperate character,
one being held for murder another for
barn-burning and the rest for minor
offenses. The jailer's wife remon-
strated, but they decided TO fold their
tents like the Arabs and silently steal
away.
Effects OF Past Congregational R~ck-
Baltimore sun
The democratic members of the
House need To observe some caution If
they do not wish TO be held up TO pop
ular odium during the fall campaign
as monsters of extravaganza far ex-
ceeding in waste of public money the
billion-dollar Congress of execrable
memory. The appropriations now
being made bring the line Of danger
perilously near. According 10 a state
ment prepared for Representative
Beltzhoover, of Pennsylvania. in the
appropriations committee, the total of
preparations by the presen; Congress
AT its first session will be $4S6. 1904
619, As against total of $463, ,39S,5lO
appropriated by the billion dollar Con-
gress at its first session. The excess
of S23, ,406. 60 is more than accounted
Tor by the increased pension expendi.
ture required by bills passed by the
billion-dollar Congress. but il is, never
theless, an excess. and there is a pros
pect that it will be increased TO $3S.-
100000. The river and harbor bill
OF this year provides for an immediate
expenditure of S2l ,000, 0,0O0-four mil
lions less than in lS9O-but il binds
the government TO future expendi-
lures aggregating S26,0O0, 900 more.
This $26, 100000 will doubtless be ad-
ded by republican orators TO the figures
given above, making the total appro-
priated by the Fifty-second Congress,
first session, exceed by over S60,OOO,-
600 the appropriations of the Fifty-iirst
Congress at its first session. The ap-
preparations in which the present Con-
gress exceeds its predecessor are these:
Agricultural, $3,360, 995, against ST.
799,l00; Indian, ss,209,441, against
N,262,0i6; legislative, S22,754,O3S,
against $2l 030,752, pensions, $l34.-
S25,066, against $9S,457 ,46l; post
office, $7S,2l6,06S, against $72, ,226.-
69S. In the sundry civil, river and
harbor. fortification, diplomatic and
consular bills the appropriations of this
year fall below those of the first session
of the Reed Congress. Adding mis-
cellaneous and deficiency bills, the to-
tai of regular annual appropriations at
the first session OF the Reed Congress
was 36l,770,057, while the like ap-
preparations at the first session Of
the present Congress thanks to
increased pensions-will be s364, 4,940,-
799. The "permanent annual appro-
priations" are 10 be added in each
case to get the grand total The Reed
Congress increased them from $l0l,-
100000 to Sl2l, 100000, so that, as
already stated, the grand total for the
first session of the Fifty-first Congress
was S463. 1885, 80, as against S4S5,-
804,679 for the first session Of the
Fifty-second Congress. Ii is apparent
that for this showing the democratic
majority of the House is not response
bic. 1t is a case of one Congress hav-
ing to pay debts contracted by another.
Aware that big appropriations now
can be used against the democrats, the
republicans in both branches Of Con.
, gress are now industriously laborinr
to put amounts up to the highest pos.
sible notch.
In view of the whole situation il has
been urged by discreet democratic
/ leaders that the river and harbor bill
would be improved by the excision ot
that part of il which authorizes con.
I tracts to lie made binding the govern
ment to future expenditure Of s26,
100000. but the bill was passed with
out such improve ment. Present econo
my at every point is necessary for
practical as well as political reasons
: The treasury is laboring to prevent al
evident deficit. The surplus is gone
retrenchment and reform is the duty
!, of the hour. The country will sustain
!, the House in opposing the Senate
usual lavish additions 10 the appropria
tion bills.
: a Boys Terrible Plight.