The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-17

BY AN OBSERVER.

BY AN OESEI> LIN.
Congress has adjourned The great mar
bic capitol at Washington mas IelapSeu
into GOODNESS and silence. All ioNets Oh
their country are interested In the oolnss
OF Congress IL has been inenoraoio
session. and. taken all in all, TINS Con-
eress has done much better imam the
President. What is truly national ana
good I'm the recent war came from Con-
gress What was incompetent anu uaii-
gerous came from the PRESIDENT IN e"o
closing days of this CONGRESS no'h'hs
was more apparent than Mr. Moi>ln'oS
horror Of having an extra so99io| ~
bent every effort of his leaders on the
aoor NJ the House and Of the Senate 70
forestaH and avoid this, 10 him ana ms
marty serin,,s catastrophe. The spirit Of
concession and compromise was ia the
air There never was a time when one
Senator welded so much power ana
could have his Individual will 50 prompt
IS recorded as during the closing Gays OF
the recent Congress. Cajoling, placatlns'
promises. compacts. and even contracts
were made in order to set through WIZ
the necessary appropriation olliS before
an extra session was forced upon Tue
hands OF the President. They used 10
condemn Mr.. Cleveland rather seFei'S
for not wanting 10 have Congress on
his hands" MIR Mckinley ana the IKE
publican politicians have shown almost
hysterlcal anxiety on THIS very suoloe"
And what is back OF It an? What means
this great desire TO dispense Win lhe
measures and advice of Congress me
answer IS found I'm the disposition 20
grasp an power in the hands OK one ma"
and his cabinet clerks. TO continue
&. arrrF
try 10 tines Of imperialisuc life that no
Congress can come IN subsequently ana
effect a diseut1nglcment. Give MT NC
Kinley and his small partisans III the
cabinet from now until next December 10
run this government according 10 thef
own sweet will and then let IL ne l"l-
lowed by "A session Of Congress in which
the Republicans in both branches nave
am overwhelming majority, and we can
rest assured that Imperialism VIII nave
had long and uninterrupted grown.
and the plain days OF the Republic VIII
be indeed hard TO recall
There are other reasons why the pres
euce ot Congress Ia Washington IS unde-
sirable ar this time Mckinley has not
yet solved the beef problem ana the
scandals growing out Of the War Depart
d
Keynote to McKmley's character IS 70
put of and placate and postpone until
popular anger disspates itself lie ala
not want an acute issue made 10 con-
corning Algor Tie did not want the fiery
prOdding OF the minority and the CON
! tinual p1radng before the public gaze OF
| the mistakes. favoritism. incompetency,
ana shamolessness Of his management or
the recent war The Court of Inquiry,
consisting of army officers, at first caught
the public as an unusually FAIR ana
! honorable body; but, as the DAYS nave
gone along. 10 i5 apparent that the nan"
of Algor is seen likewise even IN TINS
military court. Col. Davis, the Advocate
| General of the court was the man VINO
some years ago wrote report for Con-
gre~s against making Gen. Miles a Lieut.
! General in the army. and IL Is known now
that he has always been hostile 90 Miles.
Then right on top of that, Aiger ana
Mckinley come along. and, under the
new army bill. make Davis a Brig enc
eraI So &c seems that We are again h1'-
ing q pt cked fury 20 try this adminislia-
ton. This military court has been
swingin- around the circle among ths
packing houses of the West. For weeks
ahead their coming has been known ana
advertised. How unnecessary, futile, ami
even disgusting is trip of this KIND SO
far as eucitlng the truth is concerned
But office is a mighty vantage ground,
and Mckinley and Alger are holding their
positions against an the fiery charges OF
public press. and. grieyng fathers and
mothers. The American people are pc
culiar people Their indignation with NC
Kinlev's War Investigation Commission
has never oquliled what IL should be.
Even the great free silver Bryan-Journu
of the South. The Atlanta Constitution
praises the report OF Mckinley Commis-
sion. and agrees with it in that there was
nothing found 70 blame except Miles aud
Breckenridge