The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-11

WASHINGTON March 1o-Avo,,,nr
,,r,so,f of tho nr,v,,eye accorded hv tho
hor.o =, ronrce.ntot,yns 9nrov,ous IN
.d,ou-r,,ont chairman C,onro, or tho
oorm,t,oo an annronr,ot tions bns nro-
n,rod for tho Congressional Record n
r,o.o ox.,rdod stotoment or tho onnro.
nrI,,,ors ,node Inv tho F,,tv.nr,h Con-
a.o.s th,r bo made tho anv nf,or od-
sonrrr,ont ua n,ocos Tho ,otoI onnro-
r,,o,,o,s for tho ent tire corgross ots,
rss ms ,nd tho onnronr,, t,or. az
,hor;vod for ,rt,,ra co,rros.o. ,,,,d.r
,ho continuing contract svstor, ro,. h,t-
.,a.hin, r,,.or ord hor,o,. fr,nro,.o,no,.,
nna Will, bn,,dlrrs . s7o ono mn
T,o toto, onnronr;o,,ons rodo ~ t,o
,,s, s,ss,on nIr C,rnon n,.oaa a. $500
&c an ,,a,.,r ,,,.,,o,,
y, so,o 20, o,a ha,ou, tho onnronr,,.,o,,
~ ,ho nranod,nr so..,o, ,rr c,nnon
pt,ributes this reduction to the extroor-
dlnary war expenses OF the preceding
session. OF the total appropriations for
the Congress he says that the sum of
siS9,562,Os3 Is directly chargeable to the
war with Spain. He thus shows that
the ordinary expenditures for the two
years covered by the Congress were ST.
oH5SO273, and this sum exceeds the
total appropriation the Fifty-fourth
Congress by s39,74G,65S. This excess is
accounted for as follows:
For payment Of pensions, s3,S75, 200;
for the postal service, to meet increased
demands OF commerce, s16,6l9,5S1; for
river and harbor improvements, 81, 3,4Ol,-
l2S: for constructing new ships sG,0SO,-
S3S; for beginning the work of the
twelfth census, $1,000, 900; for the Paris
exposition, sl,2lOOOO: for new public
buildings, S5,0O0,000; for payment of
judgments against the government un-
der the Bowman act and for the French
spollations, $780, 76S. Total, 4O,2S7,516.
Country to be Congratulated.
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c,,o. ,ha da,oot ., 49, nro,.,.,an Co.. 49,
cors,r,c,ior ~ ,ba r,o,r,n,o o,,.,
which tho eenote ,t+omnted 70 ,ot
tbrorrb in connoct;on rith tha s,ndr,,
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tho nort of tho bouso "1,nbo .,,,s -,
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ura nr,,osad b,d hoan .ro,,o5 ~
1rn,,ed s,,,os would b,r, no,a az ooo mn
for wort,,ovs o,,oo..,on ora ,,.o,,,,
b,ro hoo, oorr,,,tad h.. low, 70 ,ho ~.
s,ruc,io, or n cam, ,Ionr tho N,cor,-
Pill, routa and un1er sucb cond,t;o,, !,
would b.,,o boa,, oo,,,o,,aa hoeo.o ~
tbraw , sn,dof,I, M oor,b or I, ,,,,
MAJ, ho,,n o,ro, orst,ro,,on >. -,
ocorirod bv tre,tv FROM N,co row, ,rd
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co,s,-rc. ,bo cor,, ,,d tho r,rbt % oo,,
w, '''e e"'-' ''e' '"' ts't 70 ~ ~ ooti-
To this remark he adds the following:
Such legislation would have delayed
and embarrassed the construction OF an
lsthmian canal. The United States
cannot afford to enter upon this great
work until 1t has acquired by treaty
zone ofs territory whereOn to construct
the same. Fortunately the house OF
representatives resisted the enactment
OF the proposed legislation and the con-
test between the senate and the house
resulted finally in the only practical
provision possible, viz: The approprla-
lion OF million dollars to enable the
PRESIDENT to make full and complete in
Vestlgntion Of the Isthmus with view
to the future construction of n canal
across the same, particularly the Pana-
ma and Nicaragua routes and to report
10 Congress the result with his recon-
mehdatlops in the premises"
Neferrlng In a general way to the leg-
slat!on of the Congress, Mr.. Cannon
says:
Compared With CIcvcIond,s Tcrm.
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