The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-02
SENATE's SUNDAY SESSION.
Mr.. German Makes Protest Against
EXtravagance.

Mr.. German Makes Protest Against
Extravaganza.
Washington, March l. When the SEN
ate rcconvened Sunday AFTERNOON the Mt
tendance both of members and spectators
WAS very large.
ga vote on the sugar bounty amendment
was had as soon as the scssion''opcned and
it was agreed to. 81 To 10. The amend.
ment appropriates 81, 0S5, LOG for the bal
ance of bounties earned from August 1894.
TO June, 1895.
The river and harbor items were nc ut
considered, most of the committee
amendments being agreed to rs reported
Mr.. Allison, in charge of the bill, ex.
piained the RESPONSIVENESS of the provis.
ions as Il whole No estimates had been
submitted in the usual way for any of
these items. but they were based on re.
ports of the chief of engineers as to
amounts which could he profitably used
These amounts had been reduced 25 per
cent, before being reported in the bill
During the debate Senator German, in
objecting to an amendment offered by
senator Chandler providing an appropria.
ton for the establishment OF a.census
bureau, addressed the Senate on the eX-
travagancc of this Congress. The pend
ing bill, he said, is the largest that ever
passed Congress. 1t provided for the APP
preparation of fifty millions rs it came
from the House, and that amount has
been increased to fifty. four millions by the
Senate.
~ do not think" said Mr.. German.
that at this time, when Il new admins
tration is about to he inangurated. that
we should pass such appropriation bills rs
will necessitate an increase Of taxes in
order to meet the expenditures Every
Senator here knows that since July |,
lS96, the expenditures of the Government
have exceeded the receipts $4S, 600, 900
Notwithstanding that we have turned
this bill into II river and harbor bill and
into IL public building bill.n
The Senator said that it was quite evi.
dent that in the present temper Of the
Senate anything proposed would b- made
part of the bill. But the Senate would
subject itself to very proper criticism on
account of its extravaganza and the ap.
parent desire to create new offices.
For himself, he WAS opposed TO forcing
the next Congress to increase taxation in
order to provide the money appropriated
by the present Congress. Ii Senators on
the other side of the chamber were anX~
ious to create new Offices he thought il
only proper that they should wait until
after March H.
He Thought it very probable that the
proposition to create Il permanent census
bureau is n good one. but could see no
reason for haste. There would he ample
time during the extra session To consider
the measure, and he was. perfectly wiling
the Senator from New Hampshire Should
have the credit for the enactment OF his
proposition into Il law At the ID esent
time, however, for reasons he had stated,
he felt constrained to object to the amend
ment as general legislation, out of place
on the appropriation bill.
The Vice President sustained Mr.. Cor.
mans objections. 1aMr. Chandler AT once
declared that he was not disappointed by
the ruling. but he was very much disap.
pointed in the Senator from Maryland.
Early in the evening Mr.. German had
addressed the Senate in II similar vein and
had warned the Republicans that they
were paving the way for future trou BILE
by recklessy increasing the amounb of
the appropriations.
The sundry civil bill passed the Senate
at o'clock, ana the Senate adjourned.