Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-01-20
WASHINGTON.

MIN Lib"
"P. SD rather have crooked
ones.
Another: "If the farmer must b
made an object of charity, don't 90 ]
with free seeds, but send him nane
organ and monkey, and start him IL
the business right. Good Governmen
lies in treating all Of its subjects alike
That kills the free-seeds idea complete
ly."
Another read: Free seeds keep thu
CONGRESSMAN in touch with his constlt
uents: that's the whole story. why
not let up on seeds for awhile and sent
lack knives? Everybody can use them
and there wouldn't be so much waste
In that case radish seeds wouldn't come
ND poor turnips, and the Congressman
would be saved much ridicule which M
now often gets.
These communications he denounced
as being dirty documents" and the
usual appropriation of $4,000 for fret
seeds passed.
During the debate that day some
very caustic criticisms of the proceed
ings in the Senatorial election in Ohio
from Mr.. DeArmond Dem. Mo- call
ed forth warm defense of Mr.. Hanna
from Mr. Mahany rep. N. Y), who
eulogized the Ohio Senator as the man
who had overthrown the bosses of the
Republican party in 1895.
The agricultural appropriation bill
carries %, 1923, 4O2 being s135,5Oo in ex
cess of the amount for the current year
Mr.. Wadsworth rep, N. ", Chair
man of the Agricultural Committee, ex
planned that the increases were due to
the constantly growing demand for in
spections of meat and meat product.
for export.
Under the latitude allowed for debate
Mr.. Williams Dem, Miss submitted
an extended argument in favor of the
establishment of postal savings banl
system.
After some remarks by Mr.. Hender
erson Rep., La, in support of the ap
preparation in the bill for seed distribu
ton and in eulogy of Secretary of Agri
culture Wilson, whom he described al
a genuine, hard listed farmer, Mr.. De
Almond got the floor and submitted
some sarcastic comment on the news
paper reports of the election OF Senate
Hanna. He read the telegram sent b,
Mr.. Hanna to President Mckinley
"God reigns and the Republican part.
still lives"
The telegram, said he, WAS unique
That God reigned there was no room
to doubt; therefore, the latter clause o
the telegram was the more wonderful
With cutting irony he proceeded Il
read and comment on some OF the tele
grams of congratulation sent TO Mr.
Hanna from that city, including thos'
Of President Mckinley, Senator Haw
Icy and others.
Representative Showalter introduces
bills to correct the military record o
Stewart Hodge, of Company X, Sixty
third Pennsylvania Volunteers; to pen
sion II. H. McGown, of Beaver Falls; T.
correct the military record Of Andrev
Donaldson; increasing the pension o
Harriet j. Lewis, Of New Castle; to cor
rect the military record Of John Evan
Of Mercer; increasing the pension 0
Lieut.. James A. Morrison. Of Green
vile.
The last European nation 10 take
place in the line of applicants for rec
iprocity treaty with the United State
is Germany, the country which made
bluff when the Dingley Tariff bill wa
pending, that was promptly called b
Congress and President Mckinley
The clause OF the tariff that brough
Germany's pride down to asking for rec
iprocity is that which imposes addition
al duty upon sugar brought from cour
tries that pay an export bounty on tn
article. When the German Ambasss
dor requested that reciprocity negotia
tions be opened, he was informed tina
his Government must take the first ste
by agreeing to remove the restriction
now imposed upon American cattle an
beef imported into Germany
Old accountants were not surprise
when it was found necessary to abar
don the Dockery system Of auditin
Postmaster's accounts, because of dii
covered frauds. This system was ad
opted during the Cleveland Administra
tion as the result Of an investigation b
Commission headed by Representativ
Dcckery, Of Missouri, and it was poin
ed out at the time that it was full {
opportunities for fraud No less tha
nine ways in which dishonest Pos
master could rob the Government hay
been discovered by Sixth Auditor Ca
tie, who has adopted n systeI
specially intended to detect the fraud
made possible by the Dockery system
and although it has been in operatio
only week it has done SO in a numbt
Of cases. The Government wasprobs
bly, robbed of many thousand dollar
under the Dockery system Of auditin
money-ordering accounts Auditc
Castle will ask Congress to authori2
the employment Of a special force to 9
over and check up the old account
believing that the stolen money can /
recovered and the thieves punished b
securing proofs Of the thefts.
In the lists of pensions granted, MOI
day, was one to Emanuel Fry, of Ch
cora, for ~ per month
Representative Showalter secure
the establishment Of two new posto
fees in Butler county as follows: A
Bonus, with James Meek as postmaste
mt Edmund, with Ellen Douglas as pos
master and introduced bill to refun
$300-to Peter Fennell of Coylesvill
Butler comfy, Pa, which he paid for
substitute when he was drafted durir
the. war. As he voluntarily enlistt
three months later and served in d
army, he believes that he Is entitled
a refund Of the money. Bills to corre
the military records Of James w. Del
niston and Samuel X. Patterson, and
bill to increase the pension of Lieu
Samuel A. Hughes were also intr
duced.