The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-07-15
Ayers CathartiC Pills.

House bill! allowing volunteer soldiers IN camp
to vote for Congressman were such that they
would feel justified in resorting to any sort of
tactics to prevent the bill being passed by the
Senate, was sufficient to prevent any serious
attempt being made to take the bill up previous
to adjournment. Just to ind out whether the
Democrats meant business, Senators Burrows
asked for unanimous consent to vote upon the
bill, few minutes before adjournment, and
the storm of objections at once raised. convinc-
ed him that they did The Democrats objected
to the bill because like the old Force bill, it
recognized Federal control of Congressional
elections which the Democratic party does
not.
Leaving war appropriations out entirely, the
other appropriations made at the session OF
Congress Just closed. exceed the total of any
previous session. The following statement is
made by Representative Ssyers, of Texas, the
ranking Democratic member of the House
Committee on Appropriations: THE total ap-
preparations at the present Sc ssion amount to
1892, 527 ,99l. This includes Sl17 1886, 900 per-
manent appropriations and 1851, 7SS, 095 for
war expenses. Deducting the war expenses
from the sum total, we have $3.50, 739 500, to
be charged against the civil and ordinary eI-
penses of the government. It should be borne
in mind that no River and Harbors bill has
been passed. Considering this fact, the appro-
priations for civil and ordinary expenses of the
government at this session, and excluding war
expenses, exceed that of any previous ses-
gons."
Congress was too anxious to adjourn after
the Hawaiian annexation resolution was
adooted, TO heed Senator Morgan when he said:
There is absolutely no necessity for an ad-
journment at this time; 1t is a hasty, improvi-
dent, and dangerous STEP" but, unless many
are mistaken, the wisdom of those words will
be seen later. The truth of his other words
1.-THE very moment that the treaty of peace ia
signed by the President and the government of
Spain. the military power of the President will
cease, and the legislative branch of the govern
ment must provide a government for any ter /
ritory we may acquire by the warts undis-
puted; yet the legislative body cannot meet
again until next December, unless called to-
gethsr by Mr.. Mckinley, in extra session.
The report of the Senate Committee on claims,
which investigated by instructions of u Senate
resolution, the disposition OF the money paid to
the Southern Methodist Book concern for q
war claim, was not intended to be humorous
document, but many have so regarded it. 1t
starts out by absolVng the church from all
blame and then proceeds to make scapegoats
OF E. B. Stahman, the attorney who IS per got
cent of the claim, and Messrs. Barbee and
Smith, agents for the book concern, because
they led these very innocent Senators to be-
ieve that no fee was to be paid out OF this
claim There may be Senators who believe |
that men devote their time to lobbying any bill,
no matter what its nature may be, through
Congress without expecting pay for their ser
vices, but there are certainly no other persons
in Washington who believe that way.