The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-01-13

OuC ne mas already maze much trOu-
ble ior us in the Philippines. He
learned sometime ago, by some leak :
age in official circles, that Gen. Otis
had been instructed not to use force
in dealing with the insurgents, with
out further orders, and at once cabled
the information to Aguinaldo, through
the Junta at Hong Kong; that's why
Aguinaldo has been putting up such a
stiff front towards our troops. Agon-
GILL is also getting encouragement
from the anti-expansionists in Con-
gress. Senator Mason has offered a
resolution, declaring that the United
States will not attempt to govern the
people ofany other country withoutthe
consent of the people themselves, or
subject them by force to our domin-
ion against their will.
Another vote was made for the
ratification of tho treaty of peace
when the California legislature adopt
ed resolution directing the Senators
from that state to vote for ratification,
without amendment, of the treaty.
Senator Perkins had announced his
intension to vote against ratification,
unless the legislature of his state in
structed him to vote for it. If the
legislatures of other states followed
the sentiment of the majority of their
constituents, there would doubtless be
simil;r instructions sent to other
''bucking" Senator'S.
For the twelfth annual time the
House made the Civil Service clause
of the Legislative. Executive and
Judicial appropriation bill the basis
for q ''circus." This time, however,
the performance was carried a little
farther than ever before, and motion
to strike out the appropriation for
the civil service commission was
adopted by vote Of 81 to 81, while
tue House was sitting as committee
of the whole. The total vote being
only little more than one third of
the entire membership, it was not
surprising when tho yea and nay vote
was taken in the House, that the mo-
tion was defeated by small margin,
but there may come a day when it
will not be defeated.
Some good propositions are ruled
out on points or order in the House.
One of them is that offered bv Rep
resentative Hartman, of Mont, that
any member Of the House who re-
tained any portion of the 500 a
month allowed him for clerk hire,
should forfeit his seat. Later mod
iied 50 that any member who at
tempted to retain any portion of this
allowance should forfeit that amount.
Mr.. Hartman was very considerate
toward the feelings of the members
Of the present House; he said he had
information that members of previous
Congresses had made practice of
pocAeting all, or large portion OF
this allowance. lie struck some
of his colleagues hard, however, when
he added: No man who would be
guilty of such an act is fit to hold
seat in the House 1t seems like
little thing, iii itself, but little abuses
invariably lead to larger ones, aud
often to great natioaal scandals. 1t
is notorious in Washins ston that out
side Of a few men, who pay out much
more then the allowance for clerical
assistance, IN ost Of the Congress men
work some sort of a dodge t. keep
all or part ofthis allowance in their
own pockets. Some do it by EN-
ploying some member of their family,
of:ca II boy or gi,l at school and
regularly presenting voucher signed
by them for the entire amount, but
the favoriic method seems to be to
hire some poor devil as clerk, making
him sign vouchers for $lC0 month
and paying him only small portion
of it. MIR. Hartman should trv to
find some way 10 make the members
of the House put themselves on record
for or againts his proposition.
Senntor Caifrcy agrees with Sen
ator Vest, that a colonial policy is
against the Constitution Of the United
States, and slid in II speech, that to
establish one woaid be dcspotism.
The following extract from his speech
sounds good, and, if there were 10
c'ntcltei Engl;sh colonies, might be
convincing: "i'h" history Of the
world Shows that God mas SET the
boun'ls where The different people of
the earth sh ill abide. Wncn | took