The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-03-10

From our regular correspondent.

from our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, March 6.--The extravaganza
appropriations more than II billion and IL half
-maGe by the Fifty Fifth Cong ess, now hap
pity dead, would few Years ago have been
sufficient to- drive any political party from
| power. Only ten years ago billion dollar
| Congress drove the Republicans out and put
| the Democrats in. But IT is easy TO educate
men into not only condoning public eXtrava.
| gnnce, hut into cCmmcndirg il, especially If
| some OF the money be spent in II way to give
| them some personal profit. The war is the en-
| cu.c for the large total Of the appropriation,
| out it is not Il valid one, and it should be the
| duty Of every man Oppu-Cd TO public extraya-
gance to appoint himself Il committee of one,
! 10 see that no man with whom he comes III con-
| tact shall accept that excuse Tor lack Of the
actual facts. With every appropriation coll
| nected with the war deducted, the appropria-
| tions made by the Fiity-Fifth Congress would
| still be largely in exec of those made by any
Congress in our history. Keep this fact in your
own mind and in the minds OF Others and
Congress and President may be elected next
| year to check the era CT extravaganza into
which we have dri.tef.
There has been more or less talk in certain
| quarter about the anxiety of Secretary Long
cease now. His acceptance CT the humiliation
MIR. Mckinley placed upon him when he COM
PEELED him TO do justice to Schey by preparing
an entirely new s5 OF Naval promotions, which
! made Schley a Rear Admiral, two numbers
ahead of Sampson, instead OF two numbers
behind him, as the original nominations had
been, was poof enough thar he will not willing
Iy relinquish the Naval portfolio. Mr.. McKin-
lnf antn
was catching il in ali directions for it; attempt
to jump Sampson over Schley's head, and that
the Senate had baked on the nominations.
The new Vaccinations were confirmed by tie
Senate, as soon as received, just as WIS that of
Dewey to he a admiral.
In refusing to take up the resolution unani-
mously reported from the Judiciary Commit
tee, declaring that the four members of the
House who accepted ARMY commissions there.
by forfeited their seats in Congress, the House
merely accepted an opportunity to pay Gen.
Joseph Wheeler a high compliment, by lodging
a vote that must have ben i'll favor of the
resolution had it been taHen. Representative
and formally announced that as the Democrats
had declined 10 follow his leadership in enfor-
cling plain clause of the Constitution, he
would not be q candidate for that leadership in
the next Congress.
Senator Platt, Of Conn struck the bulls-eye
Of truth when he told the Senate, Il few hours
before final adjournment, that the session of
Congress just then closing would go on record
as The most extra"GSant ever held, but he
started too late, if he really expected to stop
any OF the extravaganza. y careful consider
alton Of Il number of the appropriation bills
will show that concerted grab game wi
played from start to finish. in the wind-up
when the bills were ill conference. and some
things had to be thrown overheard TO reach an
agreement, the appropriations of those having
the weakest 'pulI'' had TO go. Senators War
rem, of Wyo.; Wilson, OF Washington; Carter,
OF Mont, and several others, who had been adj
mitted to the game in its early stages, publicly
protested when they found themselves buncoed
by The Conference report. but that didn't do
them any good, in the Senate, and will probably
not do them any god at homo.
Senator Mrrgau's attack upon Car Reed
from the floor of the Senate was unpreceden-
ted, but many think it was deserved. He
started by saying that the action Of the ruler
of the House i'll working through what hes
several tunes referred 10 On the floor of the
House as the Hog Combine" for public build
ing legislation was ~ fraud and an outrage"
and concluded by saying: II want to protest
against that sort OF legislation. ! know where
the incentive of this performance comes from.
l know the origin Of that wrong. | know the
man who inspired it. His will and pleasure
WAS to make fair weather for a particular Sc;
OF men who are favorites OF the particular
ruler of the House,
AIger and Algerism received a slap in the
face when Senator Foraker's amendment was
added to the Army bill, declaring that no prop
erty franchises should be granted during our
military occupancy of Cuba. Alger recently
created Il ROard, which it was officially an
nounc'd, was created fer the express purpose
of passing upon applications for such fran
chises, and VIII CHI it was publicly charged was
really created TO sea that everything of value
was given to Alger's 'rienGs. y large number
of Republicans who voted for this amendment
was another hint TO Dir. Mckinley that promi-
nent members of his party would like him to
get rid of AgeI, but there are no signs that the
hint will be taken. Hanna didn't vote for it,
and Hanna il still King, and is preparing to
take Mr.. Mckinley TO Tncmasviile, Ga, where
lie owns Il house, for rest.
The Military Court OF Inquiry is going West
to take testimony at the big meat-packing
este blishments, although it would be difficult
to say why.