Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-25
55th CONGRESS-.
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but that Mr. poles honesty forced the
| President to abandon his policy If
oNerihroWing the provisional Ha :
waiian government He said the cor
respondencc ne had read laid the foun-
/ dation fer the broad predicate thai
| Mr.. Cleveland was capa BILE of declaring
one policy and intending to carry into
effect another
White. Cal. facetitiously referred Ia
! Morgan's discussion Of the HaWaiiaa
| question in open session and declared
! that the senator's remarks showed the
utter futility of confirming the discus
| sion Of such matters to the execu;iN Q
session OF the Senate.
| Bacon. Ga. said he had understood
| Morgan to say that MIR. Blount was
not appointed minister to the Hawaiian
| government because he could not have
! been confirmed by the Senate. After
some colloquy, Morgan disclaimed any
intention to convey such an idea and
expressed the belief.that any Demo
| cratic Senate would have confirmed
| l'lount To any position.
Vest thought it would be unjust to
Mr.. Cleveland if the fact We're not at
ton that Il resolution WAS passed by
Congress in 1895 relative TO this gov
IernmentS policy conccrinS foreign af-
fairs which Vest conceived divided be
tween the President and Congress the
responsibility for the administration
attitude upon the Hawaiian matter.
In accordance With notices previous
~ given. Perkins, Cal, called up the
pension appropriation bill.
Galingcr. n. H.. secured the adoption
of an amendment providing that here
after no pension shall b" paid upon
power of attorney from pensioners re-
siding in foreign countries.
German then addressed the Senate
upon the measure. He said that tn
bin did not carry by $S,000ooo or SO
0oG, 900 the sum necessary for the PEN
SonS for 1899. He charged that the
bill was framed to meet the deficit in
revenues which was anticipated by the
administration. II was simply one of
several efforts to create a fictitious bal
anCe in the treasury. He said that the
commissioner OF pensions had sub
mitted estimates To the secretary of the
interior. which showed that $l4S. %31 900
ana poSSiply as hlSh as $l'opo7ooo
would he necessary for the pension de-
p9rtment during 1899. He read some
statements by the commissioner Of
pensions before a House committee in
their use of which the commissioner
predicted that there would be a de-
Htlehcy unless larger appropriation
was made
Mason ms, inquired Il foinan had
any. tears that the l'epuhlIcah party
would nave to borrow as murh mooney
a. that "i IN Democrats.
ne pollt make, replied 'i"rman.
is tnat YOU are not IaNNlnG enough
taxes to pay the expenses at the COY
III nnent OF course, tn" money paid
lhl' the treasury ON account ~ IN"
Il ''AH !aA'N,I atl'e mas nultI up th'
h@lant' ia" IL Not hren Tor that We
Saoul0 nave "'eh ia a serious c"l'"l-
tlpn
lilo" mutA more ana we get iol the
IacILc fodd than you agreed t" take
Tor H. asked Mason.
nat Is question replied German,
mat IS YET 10 ne determined. Whether
your poicE IN mat regard Is wise "f .
otherwise remains 10 pe seen
'iofillah c"nciuded with lhe state
meht lhat IL had heen predetermined
congress ShouIu aaJoulh with sim APP I
preparations ana no It@lSldtlon what /
ever
HelkinS, CAL IN charge OF the blll (
thch maze a genera statement regard /
ing the bIlI, saying 1t mad been framed /
upon estimates furnished by the secre- !
tarN OF the interior. He expressed MS /
belief that the tariff law would Vet
produce sufficient revenues to meet all
the expenses of the government.
Plat. Ct. called attention to Cor |
mans statement concerning the evil |
dent efforts TO hold down appropriate
lions and declared il to be Il reelection
on the committee on appropriations (
He hoped that the statement 50 far
as it related to the policy of the com
mitten would be cleared up, coming as |
il did from a member of the committee.
He wanted To know whether there was
a definite policy ON The mari Of the com- /
mittor In reduce anpronriations So far
as to nroducn y tctitfous balanc.
So faras am concerned" said pIatt
~ am eatislind that there will no no TO- /