Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-11
CAPITAL NOTES.
The Work Of the Fiity.SeCond
Congress,
NR. bENDERSONS ANALYSIS.
Tho Withdrawing Of the Hawaiian
Treaty Still Discussed.
ADMITTED no M Auuiouous.
No Prospect OF Accomplishing Any
thinz by NJ ENtrn session
OF Congress.

WAsriNGrOS, nc, March iO.-Mr.
Henderson Of Iowa, for eight years u
member OF tbs House committee on
appropriations, presents an analysis
Of the work done by the l'iiiy-second
oongress. lie gives the total nppropfi.
tlons, Including permanent approprl.
stlous, at 81 ,O25, 500, Oig, exceeding the
Fiity-Grst Congress by SIS, l0i,s5B, an
increase oi Sll5,7J7 for each congres.
sional district IN the United Slaies.
lie notloea that the Senate makes
large appropriations, ana calls attcn.
don To the Tact that the House ut the
session just closed sent bills to the
Senate for sofa, ,2l2, or at the rate
Of over sl,O27,OOO per annum. "The
House," he says, "was u billion dollar
House, for IL bills for the Fil,y.second
Congress aggregated $1,000, l7s,0lI
before they reached the Senate. He
asserts that, In addition 10 the appro-
printions actually made by the Il ity.
tifst Congress, II authorized contracts
mOHgaging future revenues, Ia the
tum OF s55,b26, d2l. He says II the
Firty.second Congress seeks 10 excuse
Itself by charging Ito extravaganza 10
the legislation Of the Fiity.ntst Con.
gtoss, then the latter eau make similar
claims against liz Democratic predc.
CessOr.
To guard against deficit MIR. Hen.
derson warns this administration 10
give closer attention 10 "m1Onshinefsn
and "whisky rin, " In collecting inter-
nal revenue than II old from 1856 10
1859, when II collected sol ,O0O,6s less
than President Arthur, nud Sll5,g5s,.
5ls less than President Harrison. He
says tho retiring administration paid
sos, 3l5, 0al on the public debt, saving
In interest s56, 362, 4y3 annually.
He touched ON PENSIONS, showing
how'd this ponsiOnl bureau rolls will
reGcn the highest point on December
3lst, 1884, with III 0lS names ON the
rolls, including inyalid-, widows,
orphans and dependent parents, the
annual value Ut the rolls nc that date
being Sl55, ,O9i. In 1895 there will
DO dropped irOm the rolls 81 ,932 pen
siouers, with an increasing rallO there.
against widows pensions, he shows
that ~ ali the WIDOWS claims yet uu-
disposed OF were allowed there would
be 7U0,s3i deaf soldiers unrepTessnted
ON the rolls by widows, orphans and
dependent parents.
lie also points out the danger 10 tha
treasury from war claims, und says
Congress now has data TO show that
81. IA
from II TO satisfy their demands. Mr..
henderson refers TO the defeat Of tue
bankrupt till In the House, the burial
OF the pure food Till, the Strengthening
OF tho Rati.option bill, tue INABILITY OF
Congress to grapple with the money
question; Its silent admiration Of the
Mckinley bill, and predicts that the
Flity.second Congress will go down
TO history as n "know'nOIhing" and
"do'nothing" Congress.
THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
The action OF the President in with.
drawing the Hawaiian treaty is still u
matter Of discussion among senators.
A Republican senator said today that
he had received intimatiOn that
the President Is desirOus Of moli.
lying the treaty and It would
ultimately be returned 10 the
Senate. The senator thought 1t pos.
sible that the President might no frame
the treaty that annexation would
depend upon the Hawalians AS eX.
pressed By the vote Of the people.
Should the moJority reject annexation
then n ptOteCt0tatp might be ostab-
lished, aud this In turn would result In
annoxing, because tho United states
could not undertake permanently 10
assume responsibility fer the acts Of
the islands without power 10 control
those acts. Tho senator further admit.
ted that the treaty was ambiguous
respI citing the sugar bounty
1IrE INTERVIEW
between Secretary Gresham and
1hurston Hni Castle, the Hawaiian
commissioners, this afternoon was bfiei. |
The secretary intimateu that he might |
desire some information from them |
regarding the situation Ia Hawaii.
BONDS or EXTRA SESSION.
Mr.. Cleveland Ii quoted as saying to |
"a senator that II would be necessary 90 |
issus bonds OF call an extra session Of |
COngtess. IL there was any prospect |
OF accomplishing anything ny an extra |
session lac would call II, tut there |
seemed To ue NO such prospect.
CHIEF CLERK or THE AGRICULTURAL
uLrAKIMENr
Secretary Morton has appointed |
Donald MacCunig, OF NeuTa' IA CITY
Neh., chief oltfE Of the agricultural
vice Henry Cassan, re-
signed.
CANDIDATE FOR THE CHILEAN
MISSION.
a.. V. Cannon Of Omaha, president
Of the Irish National league, was |
the callers ut the White House |
today. He il candidate for the
Chilean mission.
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