The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-08-17
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WASH NGTuN, August 13.-When Senator
Faulkner, in response 4" characteristics lur of
..!ittlG nillvT Chauh!Cr'S about the tariff bill
being mt the white House said ! I'LL say 20
the Senator from n ew Ham p~hii that rIth;li;sh
the tariff bill is not ut the " late House now, It
will be there very SuOH IL eCeivv tlc signature
Of the President. thCr'' wa. Il dhf"I'iEt' round
of applause from the crowded galleries OF tic
Senate which showed i'll Il manner NJ! t. hc
mistaken the trend ot public sentiment, and
which should not have been lost npon certain
Democratic Senators, whose ac!iuHS have
brought tive tariff To the most rrit;T,i stage of
its existence. it is now, according I" the IDEAS
of some of the hest Democrats il Congress. no
longer IL question of what sort of tariff bill we
shall get, but whether we shall get amy tariff
bill ut all.
Had the action taken dUri;ig the past week
by the Governors q! Maryland and Nir9 mia, in
breaking up the camps Of the CoNcyite trmps
in their respective States. bcrn taken by Gov
ernor Mckinley last March, the fool movement
would never have been started.
The House deciSively put i!scl! ON record as
favoring the appropriation ut S2Oo.ooo to all
the exposition at Atlanta, TIA. and it is now
certain that the appropriation will re. through
ali right. 1t pleased the SOuthc ntrS i'll the
House to find Representatives Pence, of Colo
RADIO, and Everett, of Massachusetts,, among
the most earnest advocates OF the approprn-
ton.
Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire, will get
himself widely known as Il fool il he introduces
few more resolutions like the one proposing
that the Senate committee on Elections and
Privileges should investigate the recent Ia
bama State election, so as to ascertain
whether it was full. free, fair and honest, aud
whether it resulted i'll the choice of Il egsla-
ture entitled to elect U. 5. Senator. 1t is
generally admitted that the new Alabama law
under which the State election was held makes
fraud very difficult. if not absolutely impossi-
BILE. and that there is no stronger reason for
the cry of fraud" raised by the kolbItes than
a desire to let down easy the eastern Republi-
cans who contributed their money to the cam-
paign fund. But even allowing that the cleo
ton had been as full of fraud as Chandler is of
| gall there would still be no authority for an
investigation by Il committee OF the L. ). Sen
ate. 1t was Il State election and the Senate has
no more to do with it than with an election for
members of Parliament i'll anypart of Great
Britain.
The House very properly refused to agree to
the Senate amendment to the Sundry CiVi! ap-
preparation bill, providing that S250,0 be APP
proprated for the purchase of what is known
as the Malone lot, owned by ex-senator MAJ
hone, of Virginia, as site for n new Govern
ment Printing Office. There are two good and
sufficient reasons for the action of the House
the Malone lot is unsuted for site and the
price asked is excessive.
Public Printer Benedict is out in another ap-
peal to Congress, insisting that something be
done towards lessening the dangers which sur
round the 5000 employees of the Government
Printing Office before adjournment. He re-
minds Congress that even if the troublesome
question of the selection of site for the new
G. p q. were settled at this session, which it
isn't likely to be, it would require four or five
years to build new office, while there is urgent
necessity for some immediate relief. He sug-
gests that this may be had by purchasing
ground and erecting Il building alongside of
the present Office that will meet the require
ments until the entire new building is put up,
which must be i'll the near future.
The Senators are glad that the Chinese treaty,
which has been before the Senate so long, has
at last been disposed of. There has been little
doubt at any time of what the final result
would be- Still il is satisfaction to the Demo-
cratic administration and the Senators that it
has been officially settled. c. a. S.