The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1898-07-16

! 10 their QlStllCtS 10 lOOk after tllclI
'fences" while the former, as a
rule, have gone in search of cooler
! places. The Senate left quite a
number of small military nomina-
tions-mostly Captains and Lieu
tenants ,-unacted upon, as well
as a lot of nominations to civil Of
fees. Some were not acted upon
because of lack of time, but the
most of them we're hung up b
cause OF objection to them
some Senator.
The announcement of the dem
ocratic Senator's, that their c2nsAA
tutional objections to the House
bill allowing volunteer soldiers in
~"mn 10 vote for Congressman
@egY such that they would feel
.-ifled in resorting 10 any sort Of
tactics to prevent the bill being
passed by the Senate, was suffi-
cient to prevent any serious at
tempt being made to take the bill
up previous to adjournment. Just
to find out whether the democrats
meant business, Senator Burrows
asked for unanimous consent to
vote upon the bill, few minutes
before adjournment, and the storm
of objections at one raised, con-
vinced him that they did. The
democrats objected to the bill be-
cause, like the old Force bill, it
recognized Federal control of Con-
gressional elections, which the dem
ocratic 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 Representa-
tive Sayers, of Texas, the ranking
democratic member of the House
Committee on Appropriations:
"The total appropriations at the
present session amount to $780,
527,ooI. This includes $II7,S36,-
22o permanent appropriations and
$30I ,7SS, COS for war expenses.
Deducting the war expenses from
the sum total, we,have $685.
500, to be charged against the civil
and ordinary expenses of the gov
ernment. 1t should be borne in
mind that no River and Harbor
bill has been passed. Considering
this fact, the appropriations for
civil and ordinary expenses of the
government, at this session, and
excluding war expenses, exceed
that OF any previous session. ~
Congress was too anxious to
adjourn after the Hawaiian annex
alton resolution was adopted, to
heed Senator Morgan when he
said: "There is absolutely no
necessity for an adjournment at
this time; it is hasty, IMPROVE
dent, and dangerous STEP" but,
unless many are mistaken, the wis
dom of those words will be seen
later. The truth of his other words
-"The very moment that the
treaty Of peace is signed by the
President and the government of
Spain, the military power of the
President will cease, and the legis-
lative branch of the government
must provide government for any
territory we may acquire by the
war, is undisputed; yet the
Legislative body cannot meet again
until next December, unless called
together by Mr.. Mckinley, in extra
session.
The report of the Senate Com
mittee on claims, which investi-
gated by instructions of Senate
Resolution, the disposition of the
money paid to the Southern Meth
odist Book concern for war claim,
was not intended to be humorous
document, but many have so re-
garde- it. 1t starts out by alb
solving the church from all blame
and then proceeds to make scape-
goats of E. B. Stahlman, the at
torney who got $500 of the claim,
and Messrs. Barbee and Smith.
agents for the book concern, be-
cause they led these very innocent
Senators to believe that no fee was
20 be paid out of this claim.