The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-03-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
An Unusually Interesting coniri-
button This Week From Our
Capital City Correspondent.

eAtraNdSdHt dpprOl1fld y II s.
more than a billion and half
made by the Fifty-iifth congress,
now happily dead, would a few
years ago have been sufficient
to drive any political party from
power. Only ten years ago a
billion dollar congress drove the
republicans out and put the DEM
ocrats in. But it is easy to ed
ucate men inAS not only condon-
ing public extravaganza, but in
to commencing it, especially ifI
some of the money be spent in
a way to give them some person
al profit. The war is the excuse
for the large total Of the appro-
priation, but it is not valid one,
and it should be the duty Of ev-
cry man opposed to public ex-
travagance to appoint himself al
committee of one, to see that no
man with whom he comes in con-
tact shall accept that excuse for
lack of .the actual facts. With
every appropriation connected
with the war deducted, the APP
preparations made by the Fifty
fifth congress would still be
largely in excess Of those made
by any congress in our history.
| Keep this fact in your own mind
and in the minds of others, and
a congress and a president may
be elected next year to check the
era Of extravaganza into which
we have drifted.
| There has been more or less
talk in certain quarters about tho
| anxiety Of Secretary Long to get
rid Of the cares Of office, but it
should cease now. His accep-
tance OF the humiliation Mr..
\ Mckinley placed upon him when
, he compelled him TO do justice to
Schley by preparing an entirely
new list of naval promotion,
which made Schley a rear adj
miral, two numbers ahead Of
Sampson, INSTEAD Of two num-
bers behind him, as the original
nominations had been was proof
enough that he will not willingly
relinquish the naval portfolio.
Mr.. Mckinley acted because he
saw the administration was catch
ing it in all directions for its at
tempt to jump Sampson over
Schley's s head, and that the SEN
, ate, had balked on the nomina-
tions. The new nominations
were confirmed by the Senate as
J soon as received, just as was that
of Dewey to be Admiral.
In refusing TO take up the res
olution unanimously reported
r from the judiciary committee,
} declaring that the four members
Of the house who accepted army
, commissions, thereby forfeited
} their seats in congress, the house
{ merely accepted an opportunity
! to pay Gen. Joseph Wheeler a
> high compliment, BY lodging a
: vote that musthave been in favor
4 of the resolution had it been taxi
: en-. Representative Bailey, how
ever, declined to see it in that
light and formally announced
that as the democrats had de-
clined to follow his leadership
in enforcing a plain clause Of the
i, constitution, he would not be a
! candidate for that leadership in
: the next congress.
Senator Morgan's attack upon
= Czar Reed from the floor of the
I senate was unprecedented, but
! many think it was deserved. He
{ started by saying that the action
of the ruler Of the house in work
I ing through what has several
! times been referred to on the
floor OF the house as the ''Hog
Combine" for public building
legislation was s'a fraud and an
outrage" and concluded by say
g ing: 81 want to protest agains
e that sort Of legislation / know
y where the incentive Of this per.
: formance comes from. / know
: the origin of that wrong. | know
: the man who inspired it. Hi
/. will and pleasure was to mak'
/, fair weather for particular Sc
e of men who are favorites of th'
e particular ruler OF the house"
d AIger and Algerism received
r. slap in the face when Senate
is Foraker's amendment was add
IA ed to the army bill, declaring tha
h no property franchises should b
;e granted during our military oc
Of cupancy of Cuba Alger recent
i. ly created board, which it wa
Iofflcially announced, was create