The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-04
THE GOLDEN ERA.
In WhicRa f svI1I He Proved That Re-
PabIIcs-Are Not UnsrafefnI.
tFToHa fhe New York Herald,


President Mckinley is arranging a pro-
gramme fer Congress under conditions
that are tIliexampied in the history of the
United Statess More power 10 influences
legislation no President ever had since
Lincoln
The opebinspof this session of Congress,
which @ilh eEd With the first term of Mr.
Mckinley, has much about II to suggest the
actual beginning cf the second term with
out waiting foi- the Inauguration on March
T. The FIRST President to directly succeed
himself since Grant, in 1872 Mr.. MeI6in-
ley and bis party associates intend TO
take the verdict at the polls last Novem-
Der as an endorsement and q mandate, :"
ana they are preparing 10 obey the man
date at home and abroad. MeKinley's
second term, to all intents and purposes,
has begun. He Is stronger than ever and
yet IS preceding with great care and
much diplomacy
President Mckinley has taken the cum
try through the door OF expansion He
stands Bow ready to lead it into what his
friends are so fond OF calling the golden
era" Is is likely TO be golden era in
more respects than 0ne-a golden era for
the goats as yell as the sheeD-aad Wash
ihgt0R IS ideally oyeTrun with lobbyists,
attorneys, secret agents and outspoken
, capitalists-li intriguing for share Of
the wealth that the President is preparing
10 pour ont of his cornucopia OF plenty.
They call it by different translates Of
pork and pieces OF pie are the fsFeTite
expressions.
light Rip Van WinkIa sleeper who
dczed Ell en- January /, 1898. and awakened
say. last week. could hardly realize what
had happened. so complete has been the
transformation He would and the coun-
try at peace. just as it was when he went
TO sleep He would discover that the ex-
Denses Of the Government, which were
| $3.50, I7f.t59 in 1887. the last year before the
war, had leaped 70 S4S7. rs. 791 in 1880 He
would observe that the total revenues,
which in 1897 were $247. 721 705. had sI,;ung.
under increased customs receipts and a
war tax still in force. TO $751;. 240, Sol.
Other thizgs which would attract his at
tenIfon would be the expansion OF every
thing at home and abroad where the
American flag floats. The army IN 1897.
which consisted of p. 600 men. has grown
to 100000. Its expenses have swollen from
S2S, 400 to $50. 000. eco, the amount of
the estimates for next year The navy has
more than doubled in size. and It's cost has
advanced from $50. 800. 600 TO $S7, 900 coo.
These are only a few things in this
golden era TO excite remark as Congress
reassembles- The plans that are going
forward to further qualify the United
States for holding the place 1t has taken
among the great world Powers-naturaIIy
presenting opportunities for those who
like slices Of pork and pieces OF pie
challenge the Imagination.
The whole membership rs Congress.
from Senator Frye and Senator Hanna
down to the youngest member Of the Sen
ate. and all the Representative, from Hr.
Payne Of New York. down 10 short term
members. are excited over a Ship Subsidy
bill The motive IS that American freight
hall h. ri.
prize IS a matter of s9a zoe. CSC. or S5.G0o.-
coo for ten years. Such descent OF ship
owners has there been that the prime
object, the encouraging Of american ship
building. has been lost sight Of ard for
eign built ships purchased IN anticipation
OF the passage OF the bill are to particle
pate IN the cutting OF the pie