The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

WAsmNGroN, May IS 1900.
Republican Senators consented TO a
Congressional investigation ofali Cuban
accounts. as proposed by Senator
hacon's resolution, not because they
wanted an investigation, but because
they feared TO defy practically uni
ver-a' public demand for one They
are uow trying 90 devise schemes that
will enable them 90 keep the investiga-
ton n ih.ir own hand-. but Demo-
cratic Senators are wide.awake and
intend to participate in that investiga-
ton. and il possible. they are going TO
have another for Porto Rico. where
there bias been great extravaganza in
the payment of double and i'm some
cases triple salaries 90 postal employees.
IF no actual stealing. lti. also general
Iy believed that affairs are quite a. bad.
f not worse, lu the civil branch of our
government in the Philippines, and
there are scandals even la The Wash
ingion City Post Office.
The anxiety of the Republican lead
ers to hurry adjournment is amusing.
Although they have a good big majority
in both branches, they act as though
they We're afraid that Congress would
do something they didn't want 1t to
do, If Adjournment wasn't rushed. II
is hardly likely that adjournment will
take place June g. the date set bv the
House resolution, but il will as soon
thereafter as the Republican leaders in
The Senate can get the appropriation
bills out of the way TO appeal from
Gar Mckinley 10 the American peo- |
pie is now the programme Of the Boer
ENJOYS. They have not abandoned |
their idea Of making a tour Of the
country and alousing public send-
ment They Will begin this week in
Baltimore, and from there will 20 TO
other cities where they have accepted
invitations 20 attend public meetings.
Representative Talbert, Of ;. C.. has
been making another warm speech on
the Pension question, his text being
The case of the Michigan man who
draws 81 500 year a. clerk in the
Interior Department, and 81 200 year
rs private Secretary TO Representative
S. w. Smith, Of Michigan, and who
has been voted by Congress a pension
)l ,l2 a month for total disability.
Representative "A. g. Smith. cited the
Ease of Justice Long, of the Supreme
Court Of Michigan, who draws pen.
sion of sllOa month as am excuse for
his case and AIR. Talbert said in
ep'y' "lw0 wrongs do not make one
light The gentleman asks now be-
ause one man is robbng and plunder
ng the government uuiustly and I'M
neutorlously, that another man NAV
be placed on The pension roll and re-
Give high pension That is the
roubie ab1u This indiscriminate grab
ing Of pensions. one man gets in
nd another man wants 10 yet i'm.
iemner- have their friends and they
illi NOT vote against each other They
'ili not have The reports read because
hey 80 here like dummies saving
)h, they viii reach nay case next,
hat J. what is the matter You want
D DO dozen wrongs 10 make one
CHIT and you want 90 continue to do
rong in order that your own cases
lay De iavorably acted upon. want
b see Justice done by The old soldiers
ld ] will help do it every time if |
.n. but ] do not want to give any
Idier what be does not Deserve
Senator Morgan jumped ON the CD
'sition To- die Nicaragua Canal, which
rs apparently succeeded ia hanging
b the bin, in a speech i'm which he
d NOT miuce words. He began with
e six syndicales, organized under q
aw Jersey laws for the purpose Of
Canal routes ON the Istbmus
Daueu of which DE said: 81 think
assumption, arrogance, and brazen
'ed audacity of these people have
'ched climax" He charged that
Is government was submitting to the