The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-30
THE NATIONAL
CONGRESS.
Some Record Of What the Peo-
ple's Representatives Are =
Trying to Do.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE.

Nv hisN AL III lIN " II
Immense Increase Of Cost In Adnini.ter' r.
Ing Some Vivid Exposures of the Meth
od. Of Reysnu. omcIsi- and Deputies -
outrsgoou. Persecution Fees s"h Not
Ju-tice tho Inspiration of Revenue OPP
crations.
monday January. :Oth senate.
Fifteen pension bills were intro
duced.
The Senate is beginning to show
question. Much discussion of the
Monroe doctrine and the Venezuelan
boundary line is INDUCED in. All
this serves to stave off the day when
,ue members of the Senate must come
face to face with Senator Butler q
resolution. Despite all their profess
sions for silver, financial reform
&c., the ma jorlty of the two old
party Senator's do everything they
can to keep action on the matter
from being had. Hill Dem.) of
Ncw York, and Platt (Rep.J of Con-
uccticut are both very active in fiji.
bustering tactics.
Some discussion was had on Sena
tor PETERS bill to restrict the
amount of public money for Sena-
tDrlal funerals, which have been
costing from $4,000 to So 900 each
IL had to go over" until anotho,
day.
Mr.. PRGTCuARD introduced a bill
to enlarge the jurisdiction of United
States commissioners.
House.
Forty-hve pension bills were intro
duced.
The following bill was passed:
That the Secretary of the Navy
be- and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to deliver TO the First Regl
ment North Carolina State Guard
two pieces of condemned cannon
Procdcd, That the same can be spared
without detriment to the service, and
no expense is hereby incurred by the
Government.
Mr.. I.INNEY introduced bill
to enlarge the jurisdiction of lnitet
States commissioners.
Tuesday. January .ist Senate.
Nine pension bills were introduced
Much talk about the war in Cubs
was indulged in.
Several of the many pension bill.
heretofore introduced were passed
A pension bill is never turned down
Pension grabbing business occupied
most of the session of the Senate.
House.
Fifty-two pension bills were intro
duced.
What is known as the urgent de
hcieney' bill was called up for dis
cussion. This is bill to appropriat
money for various purposes IN whicl
the regular appropriations fell shor
OF expenses. Mr.. Cannon, from th
committee having the bill in charge
said:
"This urgent deficiency bill rec
ommends an appropriation in tn
aggregate of 81 ,4l5, ,922.Gl. The lar
gest item of deficiency is that TO
United States courts, aggregatin,
E3,2l2 ,5S2.l9.
The committee desire to call atten
ton to the very large sum, 1922
penses of United States courts
T3,006,O0 of which sum is on &C
count of the current fiscal year
They append q statement showing
the regular appropriations and tn
deficiencies made for the expense
of United States courts for the tisca
years 1885 to 1896, inclusive.
This exhibit shows, for the perio
named, a growth in the expenses o
this branch of the public service o
more than 100 per cent. The ex
penses for fees of United State
commissioners have grown fror
Sl27,l5O for the fiscal year 1889 t
S340,00O for the current year; an
the fees of witnesses have increase
from 100000 in 1889 to 81 800 90
FOR the current year"
This shows how the ''interns
revenue" expense has increase
since the Democrats have been rur
ming this government. The Demo
Gratis have always "resolved, ths
we favor the abolition of the inte
nal revenue" but when they ha
power to abolish it, they did not d
IL. They made it the basis of tt
most outrageous persecution of pot
people, and the biggest fee- grabbir
that was ever known on cart
Right here in Raleigh there has be,
a strong illustration of this schem
At the last two Federal courts the
have been hundreds of cases-ma,
of them perfectly ridiculous. B
every case brought fees to the rev
nue. officers. Perhaps q hundr
deputies have been securing t
country to arrest people.on trump
up charges, and this fee scheme W
carried so far that in one instance
negro blacksmith was arrested a
hauled up before the court for 81
ing customer drink of whiske
a certain office which had pa
about $1,000 a year in fees und
Republican administration, has be
made to pay $4,000 by this schel
while Democrats have had 1t.
course all these cases involved
summoning of many witnesses, q
the paying of these witnesses W
the fees for the deputies is what
caused this big increase of expt
ses.
Mr.. Cannon, continuing his
marks, says:
Now just what the remedy is
do not know. suspect it lies alo
the line of placing the United Sta
district attorneys upon a fixed sals
possibly other officials as we'll.
may be the marshals ought to
Salaried officers, and the Uni
States commissioners, also; but wi
the maximum of salary of Uni
States attorney is $4,000, as q gen
al rule they are apt to agonize III
the maximum is reached, and hs