Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-03-09

more than . billion and . half
made By the Fifty Fitch Congress.
nov happily dead, would . few
years ago have been Sufficient TO
drive any political party from pow
er. Only ten years ago . billion
dollar Congress drove the republi-
cans out and rut the democrats
in. Bot il 10 easy to educate men
into not only condoniug public ex-
travagancs, bat into commencing
it, especially if some OF the money
be spent in . way to give them some
personal property. The war 10 the
excuse for he large total of the ap-
preparation, but it is not q valid
one. api it should be the duty of
every man opposed TO public ex-
travagance TO appoint himself q
committee of one. to see that no
man with whom he comes in con-
tact shall accept that excuse for lack
OF the actnal facts. With every
appropriation connected with the
war deducted, the appropriations
made By the fifty 9th Congress
would still be largely In excess OF
those made BE- any Congress in our
history. Keep this fact IN your
own mind and in the minds Of 9TH
ers, and q Congress AID Presi-
dent may be elected next year to
check the era of extravagsncs into
which We have drifted.
There has been more or less talk
In certain quarters abont the anx-
ietY Of Secretary Long to get rid of
the cares of the Office, but il should
cease now. His acceptance Of the
humiliation Mr.. Mckinley placed
upon him when he compelled him
to do Justice to Schlev BY preparing
an entirely new list of Naval nro.
motions. which made Schley Rear
Admiral, two numbers ahead of
Sampson, instead of two numb
behind him. as the original nomi-
nations had been was proof enough
that he will not willingly relin
qnish the Naval portfolio. Mr..
Mckinley acted because he saw the
administration was catching 1t in
all directions for it's attempt to
jump Sampson over Schley's head.
aud that the Senate had baked on
the nominations The new nomi
nations we're confirmed bv the Sen.
ate, as soon AS received. Just as was
that OF Dewey to be Admiral.
In refusing to take up the reso.
luton unanimously reported from
the Judiciary Committee, declaring
that the four mem bers of the House
who accepted army commissions.
thereby forfeited their seats in Con
gress, the House merely accepted
an opportunity to pay Gen Joe
Wheeler q high compliment, by
lodging vote that must have been
IN favor of the resolution had il
been taken. Representative Bailey,
however, declined to see it in tina,
light and formally announced that
as the democrats had declined to
follow his leadership in enforcing a
plain cause Of the Constitution, he
would not be candidate for that
leadership in the next Congress.
Senator PIatt, of Conn, struck
the bulls-eye of truth when he told
tn Senate a few hours before final
adjournment, that the session of
Congress just then closing would
go on record as the most extrava-
CANT ever held, but he started too
late. if he really expected to stop
any of the extravaganza. A care
full consideration of a number Of
the appropriation bills will show
that a concerted grab game vas
played from start to flush. In
the wind-up, when the bills we're
In conference, and some things had
to be thrown overheard TO reach an
agreement, the appropriations OF
those having the weakest "pull''
had to GO. Senator's Warren, of
Wyo.; Wilson, of Washington
Carter, Of Montana, and several
Others, Sho had been admitted to
the game in its early stages, pub
licly protested when they found
themselves buncoed by the confer.
ence report, but that didn't dc
them any good in the SeLate, aud
will probably not do them any good
at home.
Senator Morgan's attack upon
Gear Reed from the foor OF the
| Senate was upnrecedauted b., MAJ.