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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-02-07
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Dedicatoria. - Preludios.
DssarEollo del plan. Consiasrs.
clones. .-El prekmbnIo expoaici6n.
Los Municipios. LA Camsra'
InaulaE. .-El Conaejo. -El Gober.
nador Generals hiSsoria.-La
legalidad. LA Esz6n su6rema.
La Reparaci6n I"
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guientss condolences:
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-02-07


!
Mr. Gladstone disfruto de una 90.
lud excelense, y las discusiones del
Home RMl6 no le han Cansado rllen.
tras que han abatido 4 Ia mayor
parte de los individu0s del PaEla-
ment0.
Con mucha maestrta ha evitad0
an debate sobre Ia evaCuAcl6n de
Nglpt0, y otra sObre los asunacs del
Brasil.
az
Cuando &c firm6 Ia raz entire
FranCla y Alemania. Il NaOl6n
vencida par6 en- Doco tiemno : en
met6lico la ftiolera de Clncc mil
miIIones; este dinero sirvi6. de
pu6E de h&ber satlsfecho al0unas
sumas < los Hsbaiou confederadog.
para ,constitulf varlos f0ndoa Slel
Estado aIAmSn. eeDecialmerte el
Tesoro de Ia guerra. los fondos de
los inySIidos, los de las fortaleEas.
los del palaCio del Relchstag Y los
da los ccrrtrucc;one, G AZ IIrsS. q.
rraas ~ ~ 'ss-SS, - -'1sss -
Hoy dla parece one los fondos
de los caminOs de hierrO Sc hallan
completamentc invertidos. Los del
palaCio del Reichstag se habiaa e.
jado en- % miIIonea de marcos 70
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-02-07
FuegOs artifciales.

A Apsssr de- Ia 'inoportuna llo-
viznA que Gayera nnomentoS Antes
do emptzar I0a fuegoG arti6eiA.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-02-07

Lsem0s 10 que sigus en- N I'm
parcsGI dc Madrid, fechado 81 &c
de Enero tltimo:
Autes de aalir de MeIilla, o.
General Martinez Campos envit
los Siguientes deSpachos al Go
bierno:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-02-07
oAcETA De HOY.

RI E1smo ST Gobsrnador a,
In'Ras sLunSia que o. Ie a.. sc., es
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-02-07
tiene que hallarse lista para rapri.

tiene que hallarse lista para rapri-'
mir Cualquier movimient0.
BE han constituido tribunales mi
Iitares, que juzgaran inmediatamen-
to todo delito que se cometa en- pd-
bliCo. En fin, el desembarque de
las tropas no Sc he efectuado sin
p0Cas dificnltades; ell pueblo las
ha recibidc Z pedradas y gritandO
| vivian los m5rtires de Stella !
Lo mas terrible para el gobierno
ltaliauO es que las manifeetaCiones
van ganando terreno Y veFi6cGn-
dose en- varios puDtos del Rein0.
Mucho SO teme una guerra civil.
UN CONF1IOTO.
Tenemos IN conflicto, bastante
grave, entire Ffancia 6 Inglaterra
On telegEams de Sierra Icons
he anunclado una batalla muy san.
grienta entire las tropas francesas
las inglesas.
He aqui Ia primera notlcia: III
expedition inglesa enviada contrs
los Sofas de Samory fu6 ataCads
On el curse de sus operaCiones, po
arror, por la expedition francesa
Los ingleseS han perdido al .capita1
Lendy, Inspector general de Ia
fronteras, y 26 hombres de policis
asi como algunos oficiales Y s0lda
los del primer bREall6n del Regi
mientO de West-India. Y tienel
preso & .un Official frances.
| Despu6s de este telegrama, {
Ministr0 ingl6s de las OOlonlas b
COmunicado 4 una Agenoia la not
siguiente LAS trOpas inglesas q
habian rnarchado de Sierra Leon
hacia ounce dias, mandadas pc
el Coronel Ellis. La expedition &
componia de 12O hombres de Ia pC
IiCia de las fronteras y de 44O d
RegimiSnto West India. Su OK
jet0 era arrojar 4 los sofas que in
vadian ell territorio.
NJ SOpl0rn0 frances eeEADa 1nlOI
madO de clio.
El Ministro ingl6s saba que Ia
trOpas francesas harlan la mism
operaci6n contra SamoEy, cuyo tt
rrit0ri0 se extiende poT detrzs d
Sierra-Leona en- las esfeEas de
infaencia francesa & ingIesa: Z
expedition britannica actuaba en- |
esfera de Ia infi0encia inglesa CoI
ira unag bandas de Sofas que q
habfsn Eefugiado en- 50 territoris
desbaratadas por los franceses.
No se puede ezplicar como b
habidO un combate entire las trl
pas francesas 8 inglesas, que OPT
raban en- sus juEisdiccion respel
twas contra ell enemigo com6l
siendo 80 intenci6n Ia de obrar d
aCuerd0.
Ambaa esferas habian side linn
tadas con mucho CuidadO en- a
convenio de 1891-92, y el texto
puLliC6.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-02-07

pGrcsGt dc Madrid, techad0 el 70
de Enero tltimo:
"Antes de aaIir de MeIilla, el
General Martinez Campos envi6
los Siguientes deSpachos al Go
bierno:
"Al Sr Ssgasta:
Mslills, 1S.-Al zarpar de este
puerto, para MazSgan , Marrue.
COZ, tengo el honor de Galudar 4
V. e. carifiossmente y con respe.
to, rogandole exprese estes fentiu
Mientos q loS SreS Ministries, de-
biendo sssgurar a V. E. que por
cuantos medios est9n 4 mi aIcan-
&c procurare corresponder 4 10
confianza que en- mi ha deposita :
do el Gobierno. CampOs."
Y al Ministro dc ID Guerra:
Melills, 18.-Al salir para Ia
mission que se han dignaao con.
iarme s. M. 10 ReiaA y su Go.
bierno, cdmpleme, y 10 hsgo gus.
tosisimo, maDifestar una Vez ma.
mi protunda gratitud 1 V. e. POI
las grardeS atenc ones que con-
migo hAStenido y por los auxilios
fAciIitadoS. que han hecho possible
Ia salud del soldsdo, 50 diGciplinA
7 hasta 81 eontanto y satisfaction,
= que si siempre me han atendi.
do mis- supeFiores, V. E. go hs
anticipate & mis- dessos , me h.
distiuguidoI Icual ninguno."
Frases del General.
Segdu el va cisado colega ma
drilefio del 20. 81 Corrssponsal en-
MeliIla de El COrreo Espaaol
habia tslegrafia1o & este 10 que a
continuation rsproducimoA:
"Antes de marchar el> General
Martinez CAmpos, tuve el honor
de hablar CON 81 y dc DIR de sue
lakiOs eatas pAlabras:
"Voy por Ia paz 8 por Ia que
FRA; NO Ge si tendremos guerra 8
paz, pues las instrmcciones que
IIavo del Gobierno son muy en9r-
gican y mas en@rgicaS iodavia
han de ser Lac reclamaciones qus
70 haga en- favor de los derechos
de Espai1a. 81 vuelvo con Ia psz
ha de ser en- condiciones tales,
que Ia opinion quede cumplids-
mente satisfecha."
Frases hermoSas aon Las que
precedeD, y dignas en- un todo del
patriotismo y Ia historia del illus.
tire General Martinez Campo1.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-02-07

Con motive de su Otlmpleaiics,
Mr. Gladstone h8 sldo objeto de
una manifestation simpztica, en- Ia
cual han tornado parte todos los
Diputados sin distinction de parti
do. El hombre de Esta,1o ingl6s
entra en- los 50 amos.
El S7 Gladstone fu6 por primeEa
vez q IL O&mara de los Oomunes
en- 1882, y desde aquella epoca
nunca ha dejado de perteneceE & 10
Representation Raci0nNl,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-02-07

Como era natural, este inCidente
ha causado muCha emoci6n. Los
peri6dicos de ambas naclOnes se
ocup&n del teoimientO, 81 bien
con muCha moderation, para no
envenenar nj agravar el asunto;
que no es debido mas que q un
error. M
El Daily Telegraph dice La
NaCi6n britannica C0nsidera el aC0n-
5ecimiento con tranquilidad, pero
no con indiferencia. LO que hay
que explicar es las presencia de las
tc0pas francesas en- el territoriO in
I giles, y el yerrO cometido por el te-
aiente Moritz, puest0 que le habtan
0OtiAcad0 Ia marcha de las tr0pas
inglesas h&Cia adelante.
Oreemos que ambos puntos sc
explicaran para satisfaction gene
cal.
81 ell teniente Morltz ha cometi..
do I'm error, 10 ha pagado muy ca.
20, y sentimos la p6rdida de los sol
dados de ambas naciones. I'm es.
to case, no dudam0s que el gobier-
no frances de una reparaci6n al in
gl6s".
Seg6n el STANDARD, la culpa es
lie los franceses: :" El sitio del con
fiicto, dice el diario, 90 halla en- Ia
esfera britannica, conforme con los
iimites trazados por Fcancia 8 In
glaterra." El mismC diario aiiade
que toda Ia respOnsabilidad EeCae
sobre 81 Teniente Moritz, el Guar
no Sc ocup6 del territorio, pOrque
perseguia & I'm enemigo com6n.
El Daily NesOs dice que no hay
oinguRa raz6n para presentar 81
Teniente MoEitz como I'm indivi-
duo que se ha aprovechado de Ia
OCCASION para satisfacer el 0di0 que
tenia 4 InglatelTa. Los que han
escrito ESQ, en- Paris como en- Lon
dIes, son culpables, y han de tener
su resp0nsabilidad.
Despu6s del aconteCimiento fa.
tai, el Ooronel Ellis sc puso On CO.
municaci6n con el Oomandante
frances, y le dijo que, a pesar de 10
suCedido, no SO habign interrum-
pido las relaciones entire ambos
campOs. Este modO de Obrar haI
sid0 COTTeCt0, y estamos pefsusdi-
dos de que FranCia, una naCi6n
amiga, reparaEa el NAL, 81 es culpa-
ble.
Puesto que las tropas inglesas u
fEancesRs perseguian al mismo enc
migo, aunque no obraaen como /
aliadas, NO SO We el NAL que hay en- |
pasar & las tierrae del vecinC para
ograr el objeto que GO proponian,
lue era de arrojar & los Sofas del
ierritorio Conquistado.
ri Daily Ck0Diole dice que ell Of
'ial frances ha queEido tomar toda
q responsabilidad del aconteci-
niento, y termina con que la lee.
ion prueba una vez mas 4 Fran
ia que Inglaterra no busca STEM
re el medic de perjndicarla, tantoI
mas Cuanto que estan en- buenas
elaCiones ambos paises.
El Times deplofa el acontemien.
o, y esta Dersuadido de que ha si.
% un error del Official frances, quoI
70 saba 4 punt0 flo en- qu6 terri
orlo Sc hallaba.
Tod0 este no es mas que algaEa-
a de los diarios; en- cuanto & los GO
iernos. de Londres Y Paris, han
ontestado que no pueden resolverI
ntes de tener Cuantos pormenores
xige Ia situaCi6n.
s"s
Don motive de su Otlmpleafics,
[r Gladstone hS sldo objeto de
ma manifestation simpatica, en- la
lal han tornado parte tod0s los
iputados sin distinction de parti.
,. El hombre de Esta,1o ingl6s
ltra en- los 86 amor.
El SH Gladstone fu6 por primeEa
u q Ia O&mara de los Oomunes
/ 1882, y desde aquella 6poca
1nCa ha deiadO de- D0rtaDGCeF & In
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-02-07
Frases del General,

Seg6u el va cisado colega ma
drilefl0 del 20. eI Corrssponsal en-
MeliIla de E1 COrreo EspaaOI
habfa tslegrafia1o & @ste 10 que a
continuation rhnrnducimnA.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1894-02-07

Mr. Gladstone disfruta de una 90.
lud axcelense, y las discusiones del
Home RuI6 no le han cansado ralen.
tras que han abatido 4 La mayor
parte de los individuos del PaEIa-
|mentO.
Con muoha maestria ha evitado
an debate eobre Ia evacuhcl6n de
NgiptO, y Otra Sobre los asunacs del
Brasil.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-31
Runaway Horses in Russia.

Several serious accidents have
occurred in the Park from run
away horses and many innocent
lives we're in peril. Do you
know that in Russia a runaway
horse has a thin cord with run
ming moose around his neck at
the neck strap, and the end is
tied to the dashboard. At Rome
[ saw in the Corso a phaeton
with two spirited horses bolt.
They were driven by lady, and
[ expected to see instant destruc-
ton. But the lady coolly grasp
ed the cord and within thirty
yards the horses came to a full
stop. [ afterward met the lady
at Nice, and expressed surprise
at the skill with which she
stopped the runaways. She
treated it as a trifie, and told
me that accidents from runaway
horses were unknown in Russia,
as none but a lunatic would drive
without the cord. When the
horse bolts he takes the bit in
his teeth and the skill of the
driver is useless. The moment
the pressure comes on the wind
pipe the horse knows he has
met his master. Your paper
speaks to a large audience OF
men and women who drive, and
this letter nay save lives. Can
not New York learn a lesson
from St. Petersburg Correspond
ence Of -NeaU York AdUertiser.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-31
Henry Blount in Snow Hill.
Snow Hill, N. c., May 25.

oNO" L1IILlL. ~. ~ 4'AspJ -c'
EDITOR OF THE ARGUS:-On
Tuesday, May 22nd, the people
of Snow Hill and Greene county
enjoyed an intellectual feast of
the rarest kind. Henry Blount,
of Wilson, had been invited to
deliver his famous lecture en-
titled Beyond the Alps Lies
Italy," and a large and apprecia-
tive audience of ladies and gen
tlemen greeted him at the ap-
pointed time. The lecture was
free, but the object in view was
the raising Of funds foe the erec-
ton of the Confederate monu-
ment in Raleigh, and after the
lecture was over Il very good
sum was raised for this laudable
and patriotic purpose by private
contributions The lecture was
a success in every way and was
greatly enjoyed by all present.
Mr.. Blount has wonderful
power for controlling the emo
tions of his auditors. He car
ries them in quick succession
from the most uproarious laugh
ter to sadness. His humor is
very fine and some Of his recita-
tions from the great tragedians
are very grand. He has studied
his subject very thoroughly and
with masterly hand portrays
the lives Of several fine charac-
ters who, without money or in
fluence, have by the force of
pluck and energy surmounted
the Alps of their difficulties and
made a grand success of life.
Yours truly,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-31
Fine Satire.

Ws have seldom seen a neater
piece of satire than the follow
ing from the New York EUening
Post:
1--WE are glad the platform of
the Pennsylvania Republicans
recommends an expansion of
the circulating medium of the
country until the same shall
amount to $40 per capita of our
population. It is now only S34
per capita. Six dollars more
per capita wonld, we think, lift
us promptly out of our present
slough of despond. But it ought
to be distributed at the treasury,
sub treasury and postoffices 'di-
rectly to the people, The rea-
son why the present $34 per
capita does SO little good is that
the banks and goldbugs have
got hold of it all and refuse to
give it for goods, or what is the
same thing as goods, collateral.
Consequently it is useless to the
great body of the people, for
how few of US have got any
collateral. With six dollars
more apiece put into every mans
and woman's pocket by the
United States marshal Or other
Federal official, we think we see
a bright future for America.
Having got them, however, we
must hold on to them. If we
part with them the goldbugs are
sure to get hold of them, and
we should be no better off than
ever. They should be hidden
somewhere about the house, and
not be allowed, as is too often
the case, to dribble into banks
and trust companies" ."
No better commentary could
be made on the Vicious folly of
those demagogues who proclaim
that "more money" is all that is
needed to save. the country.
We don't want any more unless
it is good money, and no honest
way has yet been discovered by
which any one can get money
without giving its equivalent for
it. Some of our newspapers
and politicians talk as if the peo-
pie were a set of blasted idiots.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-31
DIR. NouI-i's Claim,
M

WASHINGTON, May 26.
The claim of Dr.. Zamorin
Nouri, Archbishop of Babylon,
discoverer of the Ark and the
possessor Of many other titles,
against the United States, which
seems to have excited a great
deal of interest in England,
where the potentate is at pres
ent stopping, is well known to
the Department Of State, which
is by no means alarmed at the
rapid growth of the claim from
S., 900 in Washington to S., 900,
900 in London.
DR.. Nouri was here last au-
tumn and told the Turkish Min
ister a most extraordinary tale OF
how he was victimized as a re-
suit of a conspiracy in California
while on his way to take part in
the Congress of Religions at the
Worlds Fair.
He claimed to have been rob
bed Of valuables and to have been
confined illegally in lunatic
asylum. He demanded $4,000
in compensation. Without in
dorsing this claim the Turkish
minister referred it to the State
Department.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-31
Freight Train Captured.

TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, May
26.-Eight hundred miners
in the Big -Four yards here
are holding a captured freight
train on which they propose to
ride to Pana, Illinois.
Mayor Ross refuses to inter
fere unless the company swears
out warrants. Sheriff Stout has
appealed and gave the same
answer. The men are peaceable,
but do not propose to leave the
train on which they came from
F'ontaine,
At Fontaine a few miles from
Terre Haute, 1,5OO miners have
gathered about the coal chutes
and refuse to allow freight en-
gines to take coal. Passenger
trains are not molested and
pass through on time. Super
intendent Neel has wired that il
the men are taken to Pana there
will be bloodshed and rather
than move the men all the trains
will be abandoned.
Last night about two hundred
men left Brazil for this city tc
join the strikers sidetracked
here, and accompany them tC
Pana, Illinois.
A report has reached Brazil
that $50 miners from the south.
ern partof the county left to-day
for Pana. This will augment
the number from that district to
over 1, 900 determined men.
Last evening fiat car of slack
was captured on the G. & l. c.,
near Rosedale, by the miners
and side tracked. The men de-
string to attend to other bust
ness left women armed with al
sorts Of missiles in charge Of
the car, and they diligently re
sisted all attempts made to cap
| ture it.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-31
United on the Tariff.

Senator Gorman's speech on
the tariff is significant, not
merely as a defense of the meas
ure now pending in the Senate,
but particularly as an intimation
that it's early passage may be ex-
pected. Senator German is one
of the shrewdest of the Demo
cratic leaders. He is not a leader
in debate nor in the advancement
of abstract principles. He works
by concessions and combinations,
but he always works for results,
and when he appears upon the
floor it is generally accepted as
an Indication that the result is
clearly ----..- -.!-n n res Il.
AS long as we have large in
dustries that have been fostered
under an artificial tariff system,
any measure of revenue reform
must be hampered by the obliga-
ton to conform to existing facts,
just as it must be hampered on
the other side by the necessity of
providing the large revenue re-
quired by the fixed expenditures
of the government. Under such
conditions a tariff cannot be
framed upon theory alone; the
most that we can demand is that
it shall have just and compre-
hensive theory at it's foundation,
and this the present tariff bill un-
questionably has. It is that which
separates it essentially from the
Mckinley act, which was COM
pilation of separate schedules
made up in the interest of indi-
viduals and combinations, and it
will be a great gain to have put
such tariff on the statue books,
even though many of it's details
falls far short of theoretical
ideal.
If it is true, as Senator Cor
mans speech indicates, and as
the vote on Mr.. Teller's motion
attests, that the Democratic
Senators have at last united in
support of the pending bill, their
one clear duty is to press it's
passage with the least possible
delay 1t must be an improve
ment on the tariff now in force,
and there is every reason to ex-
pect that it will abundantly meet
the present requirements of the
country. Once finally adopted.
it will give the needed assurance
of stability, and we may conf
IDENTIFY look for an immediate and
steady revival of industry and
trade.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-31
CALAMITY IN VERSE.
Another Plea for Sewerage.

Some cities boast largely on what they
have got,
And smile in derision on towns that
have not
So many fine buildings and men that
are rich.
Goldsboro is not boasting though it has
the Big Ditch"
It's banks are not covered with hickory
and oak.
But a bountiful growth of jimson and
poke.
On its Slow flowing waters swim the gan
der and drake.
And the weeds that spring up form the
home of the snake.
Four times it is spanned in its course
through the town;
You can cross at each place when the
bridge is not down:
Try which place you may. the near on
the further.
You will wish before you cross you had
gone to the other.
The children think the bathing as nice
can be:
Like the River of Life, its waters are
free.
IT'S a favorito resort for the kids Of
the town,
But unfortunately the water is too shall
low to drown.
And after d bath, and the children get
back.
They are washed with ''Sapolio" to tell
white from black.
The complaints of a moth II are not very
mild
Who washes dozen children to find
her own child.
And after a rain and its bank overfiows
And the water recedes. it don't smell
like a rose.
But it still has a charm to beguile and
bewitch
Goldsboro is not boasting, but is proud
OF the ditch.
J. M. Fl.
CsoIdsbo7.O Nav %
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-31
..MURPHY'S" the mountain sta

MURPHY the mountain sta
ton celebrated by Bret Harte
in the legend beginning, WAL
l1er, of Murphy's, blew hole
through Peters for telling<him
no lied" was scene last week of
another episode suggesting
early Argonaut days, when the
stage from that place was ''held
up" by two masked robbers and
a pretty fight ensued. Messenger
Hendricks, one of the old-time
heroic stripe, resisted the assail-
ants with the help of sawed-off
shot gun, and succeeded in kill
ing one of the robbers. The
other returned the fire, fatally
wounding one Of the passengers.
On the same day, African
Jack" a noted desperate, was
arrested in San Francisco fol
robbing the stage at Angels, an
other of Bret Harte's pictures
quely named localities. Cali
fornia has always resented Mr.
Harte's dramatic stories, a.
tending to keep away immigra
tom; but the news from the Col
den S hows that there il
plenty of exciting adventure
still there for anybody who find
life monotonous in the effet,
East.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-31
The Question of Adjournment.

WASHINGTON, May 26.
Nobody thinks about the Sen
ate committee on appropriations
at this time, but upon that com
mittee will largely depend the
length Of the present session of
the Congress. Everybody sup
poses that when the revenue bill
is passed by the Senate adjourn
ment will be in sight. That is a
popular fallacy. When the rev
enue bill is passed by the Senate
there will be at least month of
consideration of the bill in con-
ference before it is finally agreed
to by both the House and the
Senate.
But, even if the tariff bill could
be agreed to within a few days
after it's passage by the Senate,
the Congess could not adjourn
for a month or more after the
revenue bill was out of the way.
The annual appropriations for
| the expenses Of the government
must be made. The committee
on appropriations has reported
the pensions, Notifications and
military academy appropriation
bills, but that is a mere modicum
of the work before that impor-
tant committee. The House has
passed and the Senate commit
tee is now considering the agri-
cultural, army, diplomatic, naval,
post Office, sundry civil and Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation
bills. The legislative, Indian
and deficiency bills have not yet
come to the Senate from the
House.
All Of these bills must be con-
sidered and reported from the
committee on appropriation be-
fore the Senate can consider
them. While the Senate meets
at 10 o'clock every morning it is
! impossible to get the committee
together, and hence considera-
ton Of appropriation bills is daily
deferred. They cannot be con-
sidered by the committee until
after the revenue bill is disposed
of finally. It will take the com
mittee at least one month to re.
port the pending appropriation
bills, and it will take the Con.
gress at least another month to
dispose of the bills after they
have been favorably reported. Il
is practically impossible for the
| Congress to reach an adjourn
ment earlier than September ]
or the latter part OF August.