Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-03-07

Can be put in such shape as to be ae-
gregated and fully digested, although
it is already known that much Of was
unwise and more for the good Of indi-
viduals than for the good of the coun-
try. and would haye been promptly We
toed in separate bills. 1t has become
custom to force Presidents to accept
vicious legislation at the close of every
Congress as amendments to appropria-
ton bills, because the sponsors for this
class of legislation know that the
amounts are seldom large enough in a
single bill for the President to veto an
appropriation bill and entail the ex-
pense of an extra session of Congress
upon the country. The custom is a bad
one and should be broken up, but that
is dificnlt to do. The easiest way to do
it would be- to follow the recommends
tions of several Presidents and give the
President authority to veto separate
clauses Of bill, but that authority can
only be given by Congress.
Numerous persons. in the Senate as
we'll as out, were disappointed because
none of The proposed political lnvesti-
cations in the Southern States were
authorized before the adj ournment of
Congress. At one time it seemed prob
able that blanket Investigation would
be ordered, but private discussion of the
matter soon made it apparent that it
would have been about as easy to get
vote on free coinage bill as on reso.
luton of that sort, so it was decided to
drop the whole business but it will
come up at the next session again.
Senator Henderson accomplished one
real reform during the last week of his
service in thu Senate. The time wasted
at every session Of Congress by the de-
livery of euloges on deceased members
averages from one to ten days in both
House and Seuate. This time will no
longer be wasted 10 the Senate, nor will
the memory of deceased Senators be
neglected, or their virtues or supposed
virtues fail to be recorded. In accord
ancs with resolution offered by Sen
ator Henderson and adopted by the
Senate there will be no more spoken
eulogies of Senators. When Senator
dies his lite and services will be duly
recorded, all his colleagues haying a
chance to contribute. in a printed vol
ume, and the farce of speaking the
eulogies to empty chairs and wasting
the time of the Senate will be seen no
more. Amen.
The following words Of Sir Charles
Hunt of England, who is at present in
Washington and who is known at home
as an expert fnancisr, are timely and
interesting: VI have studied the money
question in India, in Europe, and in
America, and though | haven't the
slightest interest in silver as producer
or owner, believe that its demonetiza-
ton has been the cause of the great de-
preston that exists in trade in every
civilized country today. The masses
are just beginning to see this, but they
will learn very rapidly henceforth, and
in the next general erection in England
and IN the United States we shall have
popular verdict in favor of bimetallism
MY own belief is that we shall meyer
have any permanent prosperity until the
great nations of the world come together
and fix an agreement that will rehabil-
itate silver as money metal. l wish
that the United States were able to
maintain silver alone, but she cannot do
it without the he p OF other govern
ments."
The silver men, who stood 80 close
together during the greater part of the
life of the Congress just closed, seem
within the last few days to have for