The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-10

sacred name of the Dinghy tariff.
Apparently, good can come out Of evil.
after all. The result is that everything
which calls for liberal expenditure
without any present necessity has
been put off. "Wait until next De-
eemaber,"', says the average member,
latter the Dingley tariff has had a
chance, and I'll get it through for
you If all the jobs, thus postponed.
should actually eliminate, next De-
cember would be the bleakest Decem-
Der this country has ever seen.
It follows then that the appropria-
tlon, which Mr.. Morris has asked Of
the committee on public buildings Of
100000 for the erection Of a suitable
building for the accommodation Of the
land Office, postoffice and other gov
eminent offices at the city of st. Cloud
will not be granted before next De-
cember. He hopes that. then it may,
and thus this particular Cloud has a
silver lining.
Mr.. Morris, however, has obtained
the regular appropriations for work
pending and institutions situate in his
district There Is great harbor now
in progress of construction at Duluth,
which was authorized by the river and
harbor bill Of the Fifty-fourth con-
gress, the total expenditure for which
is to be nearly $3,000,00 Mr.. Morris
has secured an appropriation of $770,-
600 to carry on the work, that being the
full amount asked by the engineers in
charge. He has also made due provis-
ion for the two Indian schools located
in his district, obtaining $25, 900 for the
school at Red Lake and $4,000 for the
school at Leach Lake. Besides these,
he has squeezed an item into the fish
hatchery grounds at Duluth. Thus 1t
appears that of the small things which
have escaped the Dingley embargo, Mr..
Morris has gotten his share.
t. i7t.., Rivers and Hnrbors. ..srr
|" Mr.. Morris is a member of the river
and harbor committeeman notorious
committee which, in years past, has
induced freer flow Of the printers
Ink of censure and invective than all
the other house committees combined.
But SOW Samson is not only bound
but blind-bound by the tariff, and
blinded by the belief that the voters
next fall won't mind. The dreadful
eQlct has gene forth that there will be
no general river and harbor bill this
session, and so the house mourns. lull.
ing it's grief the while with the re-
Train: Twill Be in the Mild Deem
ber"
IL names have any significance, the
present committee is we'll constituted
to follow the predatory precedents of
the past. The chairman's name is
Hooker; Cooper is another member and
CatchIgs a third. While a fourth. as
II In omen of good time coming is
known as Berry.
l. But despite Dingley's sedatlve bolus.
the committee has not been idle-in-
dustry being a characteristic virtue. 1t
has inspected. e. taken a junket to-
the government works at Chicago, Sa-
vannnah and Tampa-the committee
d1o not need to go to the latter place
10 learn what tamper" means. 1t has.
as a digester, since it's return, listened
to the pleas Of such members as have.
local rivers and harbors to DE develop
ed, which, of course, means all mem
berS. not excluding the representa- ivas
from the arid lands or from the peaks
Of the Rockies. For there are no ex-
ceptions to the congressional golden
rule of internal improvements: do
unto others as you would that they
should do to you"
No General Measure,
Mr.. Morris says that while the COM
mittee will not report any general
measure, it will offer a Joint resolu-
tion-a great many congressional rest
lutions, by the way, need joints-plac-
ing a lump sum, say 81, 100000 at
the disposal of the secretary of war
for existing work. Thus the bricks and
the stones can be hauled away to be
hauled back again under the new ap-
preparation, and the silt can be piled
up In places convenient for the next
freShet.
The committee has also been engaged
with the consideration Of the proposed
deep-water canal from the Great Lakes
to the Atlantic seaboard. A commits
sion was authorized last session to
make surveys and select route, which
necessary to say, next December.
Meanwhile the question Is debated
whether such a canal should be for
ships or barges. Mr. S. A. Thompson,
of Duluth, lately made a strong and
elaborate argument before the commit
tee in favor Of canal deep and broad
enough to permit the passage of the
great ocean steamers. The relative adj
vantages of different routes has also
been considered. One route. suggested,
looks around Niagara Falls into Lake
Ontario and thence by the ST. Law
renee connects with Lake Champlain
and the Hudson river. This is open to
the very obvious objection that it in
wolves an encroachment on alien ter
ritory Another plan follows the line
of the Erie canal While third, start
ing from Lake Ontario, utilities also the
waters of Lake Oneida. 1t seems fair
ly we'll settled that Ontario must be
the western terminus in order to OBJ
tain sufficient head and volume. 1t is
to be hoped that whatever project is
adopted may have for it's object. and
accomplish in effect the adjustment
of the extortion of the elevator charges
at Buffalo and the fixed terminal rates
at New York twin harpies, which for
years have grown fat upon the indus
try of the Northwest
Mississippi Levees.
Mr. Morris has another committee
assignment; for every congressman Is
supposed to serve on at least two COM
naittees. He is a member of 'levees
and improvements of the Mississippi"
No one has ever discovered just why
this committee was devised. except
the speaker, and he knows that 1t Is
convenient cubhy-hole, into which to