The Charlotte Democrat., 1897-03-25
RUSHED THEM THROUGH.
Millions Voted in Appropriation Bills,
"Sight Unseen" - Washington
Notes.

| WASHINGTON, March 20 Moth
ing more daring has been done in
the house during either of the auto
cratic reigns of Czar Reed than the
. "ssing in few hours of the ap-
preparation bills which failed to
become laws at the last session of
congress, without reference to any
sort Of committee and practically
without debate. Just stop and think
for moment of the audacity of this
proceeding. Here is a new house,
more than one third of its members
being men who did not belong to the
last house and who know no more
about the items in those appropria-
ton bills than if they had been pre-
| p9red in Africa These bills were
brought forward and the house was
ordered to pass them "sight unseen" !"
as the boys used to say about swap
ping concealed articles, although
they carried many millions of the
peoples money, and it was admitted
by some of the Republicans who
helped to force them through that
they contained items that were ques.
tionable as well as those that were
extrayagant. And this remarkable
assumption of authority on the part
of Gar Reed had not even the excuse
of urgency and lack of time to have
the bills take the regular course of
such measures. There will be time
to waste in the house after the 31st
of this month, upon which date the
| Mckinley tariff bill, No. 2, is to be
passed. The sole object was to keep
the hands Of the house tied for the
whole of the present session, by not
appointing the regular committees,
another unheard of thing originated
by the gentleman from Maine, who
still kindly allows the members of
the house to draw their salaries and
dispose cf the money without con-
sulting him, and who also allowed
them to vote themselves extra
mileage.
| tCHAMP' CLARKs WARNING,
Representative "Champ" Clark, of
Mo, made a red-hot speech in the
house on the new method of passing
appropriation bills, saying in part:
'The longer man lives the more he
finds out. First and last, I've SAID
some unkind things of the q. S.
Senate, and poked considerable fun
at it. In the days of 1894, I was
so exas perated at its conduct that,
although l believe in two legislative
bodies, | was in favor of abolishing
it. But in this distinguished pres
ence, l wish to retract all the criti,
cissns / have made against it. l
thank God that the Senate remains
a deliberative body. In this house
we are going through the most
amazing, most astounding perform
ance which ever took place on this
Continent" Speaking directly to
the Republicans Mr.. Clark said:
"In the campaign of last year you
charged 100000 voters of this
country with being anarchists You
are the real anarchists. What is
anarchy? tits running the affairs
of country without government.
You are doing just what you charg-
ed US with wanting to do, but let ne
tell you, day of reckoning will
come"
| TARIFF REVOLT IN SENATE.
| Mr.. Mckinley and other Republi-
cans are much alarmed at the signs
of tariff revolt in the Senate. 1t
is given out by prominent Republi-
can Senators, among them members
of the Senate Finance Committee,
which has already taken up the sub.
| iect, that the Mckinley tariff bill,
No. 2, will not do. and that they are
going to amend it so it will not be
recognized. 1t is, of course, posi-
BILE that these Republican Senators
ar only max ng bluff to give Nc
KinIey an opportunity to offer them
inducements in the shape of patron
age to support his tariff bill, but the
manner in which the Senate amend
Id the two last tariff bills passed, is
calculated to make Mckinley believe
it means something more serious
HAS BLISS RESIGNED?
There is a rumor that Secretary
Bliss has resigned because Mr.. Nc
Kinley compelled him to accept the
| resignation of Land Commissioner
Lamoreux, which was rendered before
the close of the Cleveland admins
tration, and which Bliss had refused
to accept because of accusations
made in connection with the Chicago
lake front land case, but the rumor
is denied.
FRUIT OF THE PIE PLANT
Although the output of the ad
ministration pie plant continues
limited, the fact is noted with wrath
nv these who were not original Nc
KinleyiteS that nearly all that has
been dashed out has gone to the orr
ginal Mckinley men. This too, in
the face of Mr.. McKinley's continu-
ed reiteration of his intention to
recognize no factions of bis party in
making appointments. 1t is begin
ming to dawn upon the minds of
some of the republicans who were
not for Mckinley before the st.
Louis convention, that they are being
tricked. Whenever one of them
looms up as prominent aspirant for
a good position, it 'happens" that he
runs against Mr.. McKinley's very
convenient rule not to appoint men
who cannot get the Endorsement of
their entire Congressional delega-
ton. 1t looks very much as though