The times., 1898-03-01

After a separate and fruitIess vote
had been taken on the two amendments
to the sundry cirn appropriation
bAl. providing for an approprla-
uan oI s,o,vUy for the internal rev
enue sd, l,e, and lor Jne payment of an
eAua months saIaIy to pne employees
Ul Inc House, the DIIl Itself was passed
yesterday b. the house without OBJ
jecuon.
Before this was accomplished, now
ever. one OF the pet Republican plans
To furnish some excellent patronage
was knocked out OF the DIll. and MI
Cannon OF Illinois, chairman of the
Appro, riation Committee was given an
alIopathic dose OF his own medicine
which he took because ne was com
pelLsd to- after making all the protest
he possibly could.
The amendment provided that the
President. with the consent Of the Sen
ate. should appoint a commissioner
general. with a salary of 5000 year,
an assistant commissioner general at
Sc 600 a year, and secretary general
at $500 Il year. and a board of nine
commissioners, to serve without salary,
as an advisory board to the commits
I stone. general. the whole to represent
the American Government at the Paris
/ Exposition The limit of expenditure
1 fixed for this batch Of commissioners
was S525. 600. including $4,000 for clerk
hire. The term of office was to expire
/ within three years.
When this item was reached Mr..
| Handy If Delaware made the point Of
order that il was new legislation. Mr.
/ Cannon WINGED yisibly al this and was
| on his feet IN an instant. Mr.. Cannon
had enjoyed The felicity Of making the
point of order against innumerabh
amendments that had been offered by
/ Democrats during the consideration OF
the appropriation bill, and he had Re
| joiced audibly "a the saving to the
I Treasury his tactics had accomplished
/ But as he had pursued this course he
had failed to remember that be had a
( pet scheme which he wanted 20 get
through If the Treasury did have To
4 suffer. Democrats who had been sat
/ upon by Mi. Cannon. however. had a
| better memory. They bided their time
UuJil the Paris Exposition scheme
came 20 the front and then Mr.. Handy,
acting for the minority. made his fatal
point of order
llr cannon vIiggled and struggled
4 like q bass on hook. but his efforts
were unayailing He had led up TO the
climax himself and at his request the
chairman had repeatedly ruled that
new legislation was subject To rejection
when point of order was made
against it, Mr. Cannon argued. begged
and eureated for his pet scheme, but
Mr. Handy was obdurate. 4 dozen OF
imore Republicans added their entreat-
les and made personal requests 10 Mr.
I Handy TO withdraw his objection, but
the iron was in the soul Of the gentle
man from Delaware. and his only re-
slouse was that he could not retreat
! from his position ! was a patriotic
one He knew il was patriotic, for Mr.
Cannon had frequently made such dec
larations during the consideration OF
the bill, and he esteemed the gentleman
from Illinois too highly not 70 believe
that he did NOT know what was patri-
otic II il were patriotic for Republi-
cans do spare the Treasury it was
equally patriotic for Democrats 10 dc
the same thing.
When Nj cannon found that en-
treaties were unayailing h. collapsed il
his seat sadder and wiser man, ano
under the point Of order insisted on
the entire item was elimiated from tho
bill Unless the Senate comes to the
rescue Of Nr. Cannon, the president
will b. unable to fill the fine position:
the item was intended to create. If th'
! Senate does not pass an amendmen
covering the plan, Nj. Cannon vii
doubtless Introduce a separate bill
which win cover the scheme.