Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-07-11
SQUABBLE IN CONGRESS-.
-Appr prietions Which Have
Caused Bitter Feeling.
Senate and House Disagree the
Granting of Subsidies Secta-
rian Institutions Located
Washington.
Especial Washington Letter l

Especial washington Letter
There was serious disagreement be-
tween the senate and house of repre-
sentatives during the recent session of
congress; and it was all about subject
upon which many people have differed
3oI many years
You know we have no governor, no
Legislature, no mayor, no aldermen, and
no sort of government of a local ma
tare in the District of Columbia. We
are subject to the officials of the federal
government, and all of the expenses
Incidental to the administration of af-
fairs comes from the national treasury.
inasmuch the white house, capitol,
treasury and all other federal buildings
fire located here, and pay no taxes, it
was decided long while ago that the
District of Columbia should pay half
of the expenses of the local govern
Inent, and the United States should
pay the other half; but all moneys are
appropriated by congress in bill
which is called the District of Columbia
appropriation bill.
In other cities, where local self-gov-
crnment exists, the charitable institu-
tions cared for by appropriations
1uaGe by the aldermen or councilmen.
In this city we have no such officials,
nnd the charitable institutions have de-
pended almost wholly on the appropri-
ations made by congress- Ever since
the first administration of President
Grant the federal appropriations for
the charitable institutions have been
liberal. The annual appropriations
have been increased until the aggregate
amounts have become noticeably large,
and this year some of the rigid econo-
mists called attention to these appro-
priations and objected to them. Then
there arose in congress contest con-
cerning sectarian appropriations.
Some of the charitable institutions are
Catholic and some of them are Protest
ant; but the movement against the
appropriations came from anti-Catholic
members of the house of representa-
tives. Whether they were right or
wrong, or whether they were animated
oy proper spirit or not, they were
consistent because they opposed appro-
Priations for any and all sectarian char
1ties. In season and out of season they
fought the proposed appropriations,
and succeeded in eliminating them
from the District of Colum bia DILL in the
house of representatives.
Butin the senate things were different
Senators of both political parties insist
ed that appropriations should be made
for he charities. Senator German, The
N.
the republican leader, both of them
powerful factors in all appropriation
bills, declared that it would be outra-
sgeous to cut off supplies from these in
stitutions without notice. Consequent
1y, they added an amendment to the bill
making ample provision for the charita-
BILE institutions
Senator German said: Il used to be a
little page boy in the senate, and have
lived here the greater part of my life. l
have seen these institutions grow, and
have had constant information of The
good they have done for humanity. For
example, there is ST. AIMS orphan asy-
ium. guess that during the past 20
years fully 1000 abandoned babies have
been taken there and cared for most
tenderly. Day after day we read of an
infant being found abandoned at some
point in the city, and Invariably the lit