Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-12-16

How UNCLE SAM SPENDS HIS
MONEY. -SeCrCtary Gage has trans
mitted 10 Congress the estimates of
appropriations required for the SCR
vice Of the fiscal year ending June
30, 1899, as furnished by the several
executive departments. The total
amount called for by the estimates
/ is Sl62 ,6I7, So, which is about $780,
600, 900 in excess OF the appropria.
tiOns for 1895, including DEFICIENCIES
and miscellaneous, about 81 200, 900
more than the estimates for 1885,
The rccapitulatiOn by titles is as fol-
lows, cents omitted:
Legislative establishment, 81 1872
i32; executive establishment, 500.
O25, iSl; judicial establishment, $685.
go; foreign Intercourse, 81 $50, 42S !;
military establishment, S24 800, 043 !;
naval establish S29, 929, 539 ; Iu-
dian affairs, S7,37j,6l7; pensions,
Sal ,2j7, $50; public works, S72, 364, :
1874; postal service, S6,0iS,l l2; mis-.
cellaueous, $50, 1S7, 4O2; permanent
annual appropriations, SILT, 1886, 22O.
Grand total, Si62. 547 $3.50.
These amounts include estimates
for rivers and harhOrs, SIS, 72S, 100,
and Notifications and other works Of
defence, Sl3,37S,5Tl, the details of
which have already been published.
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ANOTHER REPUBLICAN BLUNDER.
Mr.. Mansfield, editor Of the Wayne
County NeWS, is member of the eX.
listing Legislature, and one Of the
most intelligent, careful, and watch
full members of the body. What he
may say of the work of the Legisla-
ture is, therefore, entitled to consd-
Grafton. In recent issue of his pa.
| per he says:
" At the late session Of the Legis.
laturc an unconstitutional measure
was put through 10y the Republicans
giving to Morgan county the dele
gate in the Legislature. The same
bill sought to gain another Republi.
can mcmber by tearing Webster
county away from Lewis and placing
it with Upshur. The delegate from
Upshur, though Republican, kicked
against this scheme and defeated il.
But when the Acts came out this one
provides that Upshur and Webster
form a delegate district. This ia
evidently mistake on the part of
the clerks, as the bill did not passed in
| that fOrm.n
HAwAIIANS PROTEST. The dele.
CATION of native Hawaiians who have
been in Washington for the past few
days called at the State Department
on the 10th and were admitted to an
in,ervie" with Secretary Sherman.
The interview lasted only few min
utes. They presented the Secretary
with memorial represented to be
in behalf of 1000 native Hawaiians
protesting against annexation, or at
least soliciting the secret plebiscite
of the Hawaiian population before
such course is determined upon by
the government of the United States.
Secretary Sherman promised that he
would lay the petition before the Sem
ate, which body has now the annexa-
ton treaty before it. Accordingly he
submitted the document to Senator
IiOar.
AUDITOR LA TOILETTE has been
notified that the bonds of the Union
Pacific Railroad Co. held by the
State would be paid off the first of
January. The irreducihle school
fund of the State is invested in bonds
and securities and S55, 900 have bee n
invested in the bonds of the Union
Pacific. Since the recent sale Of that
road ,he bonds are to be paid off
They bore six per cent. interest,
which is larger than the interest
borne by any other bonds held by
the State.
lNa speech at Wilmington, Del.
recently, Rev. Sam Jones INDUCED
in TRADE against the Democratic
party. Il was once a Democrat N.Y.
self, but am sorry that ever was. +"
These remarks were greeted with APP
plause from the Republican side of
the house. The applause had no
sooner subsidized than the preacher
turned the laugh on the Republicans
by saying: "Thank God, l was never
mean enough to be Republican"
PROFESSOR II. HEATH DABNEY,
Professor of History in the Univer-
sity of Virginia, has been elected to
the full Chair Of History and Polit-