The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-10


sional committee, says: The cam
paign OK SSS Is already being outlined.
The Democrats and Popul.sts are at
work ana the Republican committee Is
not idle. The Republicans of all
factions VIII make a tremendous effort
to capture the next house of represent
atives. The Republican committee is
already preparing to meet them, al
though IL Is eleven months until next
election day."
An Interesting Event
The converting Of congress Is always
interesting, even to those who have
spent many Years in this city, and the
meeting on Monday was lively one
and very entertaining. In the house of
representatives there are $50 members.
They come from every state In the
Union, and are really representative Of
the plain people of the republic.
All CT these statesmen are personally
acquainted, and when they meet in the
great han or the house, before the gavel
of the speaker falls at noon, they rush
and swirl about, going here and there
through the crowd. shaking hands and
csking questions concerning individual
health and prospects. There is very
little talking Of politics, and some of
the bitterest political foes are as close
friends as men could be If they were in
entire harmony on all points
When the congress convenes the GAL
Ieries are always well filled with spec
tators. The private galleries are crowd
ed with the wives and children and the
intimate friends of the congressman.
The public galleries are taken possess
sion of by all sorts Of people. There the
rich and the poor meet together, and
the richly dressed man of the world has
no more rights than the poor, ill-clad
laborer or workingman out Of a job.
More Orderly Gathering.
over at the north end of the Capitol,
where the senate meets, there is just
as great gathering. but 1t Is more or
derby. The senators are always digni-
fled and deliberate In their movements
as in their utterances. Their greetings
are stately and there is no confusion on
the floor of the senate. One of the old
er senators, In his apartments at a
prominent hotel, entertained number
of warm personal friends on Sunday
evening. As they were departing he
said in jocular manner: Here in my
rooms you see and know me as an in
on the green carpet of the senate, at
noon on Monday, you will see a digni-
fed sage"
The gentlemen laughed at the sally,
but 1t was true. In private life at
home the senator is an entertaining,
winsome, lovable man. On the floor of
date as wax model.
u H. L.
ton: What will this congress do?"
Everybody answers everybody that
nothing will be done The regular ap-
preparation bills will be passed, of
course. That is always necessary in
order that the government machinery
may continue to revclve. Money must
must be appropriated to pay every gov
eminent employee, from the president
down to the humblest laborer and char
woman OF course, the appropriation
bills will be passed, and they will ag-
gregate the enormous sum Of s530,000,-
900.
Prodieaiity Somewhere.
Ten years ago 1t cost S31S,000,00 900 per
annum to pay the expenses Of the gov
eminent Now 1t costs s200,000,000 in
excess of that sum. Careful economists
say there is a prodigality somewhere,
but nobody locates the individuals who
have caused this great increase of pub
lie expenditures.
But, after passing the appropriation
bills, what will be done? Chief among
pending measures Is the bankruptcy
bill. That has passed the senate, and,
in modified form, 1t will pass the house
of representatives. Everybody believes
that there will be enacted bankrupt
cy bill Measures of this sort have
been pending for the past six years.
Then comes the annexation of Ha-
wall In this matter it will be the duty
of the senate to act first, after that the
house of representatives will take UP
the subject Everybody believes that
Hawaiian anney1tion is simply ques-
ton of very little while. President
Mckinley believes in 1t, as his mes
sage shows, and the leading men in the
senate and house of representatives be-
lieve in it. Therefore it will be done.
In Relation to Cuba.
But what else will the congress dor
VIII there be anything done for Cuba?
1t does not seem likely. There can be
no doubt that public sentiment 10 In IA
vor of granting belligerent rights to the
Cuban insurgents. But President Nc
Kinley does not believe that this coun-
try should act hastily in the matter.
and he is all powerful In the manage
ment of our foreign relations. The
congress Is disposed to follow his lead.
Senator Mason of Illinois says: las
long as there are postofiices to give out
the president can control the congress"
Senator Davis Of Minnesota, chair
man of the committee on foreign rela-
lions of the senate, says: "Interna-
tional law forbids any nation from ex-
tending aid to insurgent subjects. But
when the citizens of friendly nation
suffer loss interference Is allowable. Our
have suffered the loss of up
wards of s1s,000ooO in Cuba, and on
that ground this country has right to
interfere and put stop to the war In
Cuba"
Speaker Reed controls the delibera-
lions of the house of representatives
and he does not want a Cuban bellig-
erency resolution passed. In this he is
in complete harmony with the presi-
dent. Unless Speaker Reed sees fit to
permit the passage OF a resolution
nothing will be done for Cuba. The
matter practically rests in his hands,