The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-02-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Cores oudent.
WASHINGTON Feb Sth. Is


| Washington. Feb. Sth, 1897.
I Inauguration echoes are now heard
| wherever one turns in Washington.
/ Work upon the street stands from which
/ portion Of tie spectators will view the
parade, which promises to be the hand
soonest, if not the largest, ever seen, has
/ been started, AMI the Inauguration COM
! mittee has begun the distribution of
! fty thousand paper flags and fifteen
1 thousand portraits of Mckinley and
, Hobart, to be used by the residents
along the route of the parade to assist
/ in decorating their houses. These are
/ given away by the Committee. So gen
eral is the sentiment III favor OF having
the West Point and Annapolis Cadets
take part in the parade that it seems
probable the Joint resolution, offered in
the Senate by Mr.. Frye, and in the
House of Representative by Mr.. Baker,
of " H., requesting the President to
order the cadets and their bands to
Washington and appropriating the
money to pay their expenses, Will 90
through. 1t is known that Mr.. Cleye-
land favors having the cadets in the
parade and that he Will gladly issue the
order if Congress Will adopt the resOlu-
ton.
The democrats are already beginning
their howl about the total amount OF
the appropriations that will be made by
the tifty-fOurth Congress. 1t is true
that the total of the appropriations for
the two years will exceed 81 ,000,000 900.
bat the democrats would show more
wisdom if they would point out a single
appropriation made, or tn be made IN
the short time remaining of the session,
that is not needed, or that the govern
ment will not get full value for, instead
Of yelling "eXtravagant appropriations"
like lot Of parrots. The Senate is not
a republican body-would that it were
yet it has not only approved all of the
appropriations made by the House, but
it has in nearly every bill increased
them. Besides, it should not be for
gotten that considerable amount of
the money appropriated by this Cong
ress was made necessary by continuing
contracts made by the last democratic
Congress for River and HarbOr improve
ments, public buildings and the increase
Of the Navy. Chairman Cannon, of the
House Committee on Appropriations,
correctly stated the situation when he
said that contracts previously made had
to be observed; that Congress could not
allow unfinished pubic buildings to re-
main exposed in all Kinds of weather,
and that the pension laws could not be
ignored. In short, that no appropria
tons have been made that were not
necessary for tile conduct ofthe govern
ment and the preservation Of its inter
ests. Mr.. CaunOu's ideas Of economy
IN public expenditures are so rigid that
he has offended many personal friends
By refusing to sanction propositions for
appropriations that have come before
his cornmittee. There is no item In any
appropriation made by the ti!ty-tourth
! Congress that any Republican need be
ashamed of; the appropriations arc all
needed and the money is all to be spent
among the people and for the people.
1t is about settled that the arbitration
! treaty Will not be voted upon at this
session, but will go over to the extra
session of the Senate, that will meet
| March 18th, and remain in session until
! the extra session Of tie full Congress
meets This has been made necessary
! by the opposition tC the treaty IN the
! Senate
Representative Woodman, of H., has
asked the House Ways and Means Com
mIttee to increase the revenue tax on
| cigarettes frem 30 cents to so a thou
sand Mr.. Woodman's object is to stop
the smoking Of cigarettes by children,
which he says is "a habit which is de-
stroying our youth, filling our insane
asylums, and shrouding in gloom, by
the destruction, mentally, morally and
physically OF their young sons, many q
the best homes of cur land" Mr.
Woonman said in his speech to the
Committee: "As long as boys can buy
the death-dealing article at a cent apiece
or two for a cent, SO long VIII the evil
continue. When they are taxed so as
to produce a larger revenue, which taX
will place them out of the reach O
school children, then Mr.. Chairman
we may look for mitigation of the evil
Then NAV we look for a protection that
protects. Then nav we congratulate
ourselves on having performed one act
the results of which the whole nation
with one accord, VIII approve"
| Representative White, Of Chicago
made quite Il stir at the last meeting o
the House Committee on public builC
ings and grounds by charging that the
insertion of the name of EX-MayoI
. Grant, Of \. y, a sOn-in-law of Senator
Murphy, as one of the five Commission
ers provided for III the bill for the rev
New York Custom-IIOuse, and of one
Of the other Commissioners, was the re
suit of deal The Commissioners ar,
to get - 600 year and no limit is set t,
the time they are to take for the sale o
the present Custom House and the cree
ton Of the proposed new one. The bill
Is now before the Committee on accoun
Of amendments added by the Senate
one of which is Mr.. Grants name. Mr.
White wants to strike out the Commits
sion entirely.