Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-21

turned to his o%n DallIwlck crestfaIen,
chapfallen. sick at heart and sore all
over"
Now, unless this Republican con-
gresham was fibbing-a by no means
improbable thing what must have
been the state of mind Of Thomas c.
Platt, senator and easy boss" when
he heard of it | leave to the imagina-
ton of others to determine, for Platt
only tolerated Teddy in 1898 because
of his fresh military laureIs, and his
feverish dream ever since has been to
shunt him out Of the way of a second
nomination for governor by showing
him on to the presidential ticket as
tailpiece, but now comes Mark and in
his cold business way disappoints both
Tom and Teddy. Too bad! Too badl
A Contagious Disease.
1t is also said that Mark poked some
very savage jokes at certain of the
cabinet members at political dinner
by saying: This vice presidential dis
ease is more contagious than the small
pox or black plague and is about to
break up the cabinet. They've nearly
all got it and got it bad. Now, there's
Hay. He wants it, but everybody
knows he's an Englishman and was
never naturalized and therefore is not
eligible. Postmaster General Smith is
hot after 1t, but those postal scan
dals and thefts take him out of consid-
Grafton. True, nobody believes that
Smith was cognizant of the stealing GO
ing on down there, but 1t was In his
department. and people would shake
their heads. AS for Secretary Long,
we are certain to carry Massachusetts
that is, if we are certain of carrying
anything and his treatment of Admi-
raj Schley in that Sampson controversy
has rendered him persona non grata,
as the diplomats call it, to the public.
He won't begin to do" BY the time
Mark got through with the cabinet
ministers he had bowled them all out
in his jocular way.
Republican Appropriations.
According to the statement of Hon.
Leonidas f. Livingston of Georgia, the
ranking Democrat ON the committee on
appropriations, the grand total of ap-
preparations for the session of con-
gress just closed is the enormous sum
of $515. 5.S45, ,194.5T technically and &c.,
729, ,476.S9 really. Colonel Livingston
Is capable and exceedingly conserva-
tive man. His statement can be i'm
plicitly relied upon. AS 1t will be of
service to editors and campaign speak
ers I give 1t entire Here 1t is verbatim:
"Mr. Speaker, In submitting a state
ment of the appropriations made at
this session of the Fifty sixth congress
l beg to call to the attention of the
house and the country the fact that
notwithstanding the enormous appro-
priations for 1900 on account of the
Spanish-Cuban war the army and ma
w appropriations for this session are
$50,000,000 in excess of those of the
last session.
''The statement l submit shows also
that in every department of the gov
ernment, beginning with the agricultu-
raj and ending with the permanent ap-
propriations, we have increased at this
session the amounts authorized at the
last session. And when to the aggre-
gate we add the amounts that should
have been appropriated at this session,
but which have been deferred for no
good reason or at least for reasons that
need explanation on the part of those
in control amounts which must be
appropriated at the second session of
this congress, such as that necessary
to complete the Nicaragua canal, the
bill having passed the house carrying
authorization of an expenditure Of
$141 ,000.0 600, and also that usually ap-
propriated for rivers and harbors, $780,
OOu,O00, and for public buildings and
grounds, $1,000 900, and for outstand-
ing claims estimated at $4,000, ,OO0-if,
say, we add $1T0OOO.000 to the sum
stated in the table, $709. 729. 1859. we
would have a grand total of 1879, ,729,-
476.S9 for this session alone. And thus
the total shown in the exhibit Is not
quite complete or fair considering that
such large amounts that must be met
are withheld for the next session.
81 submit that to be fair we should
let each fiscal year take care of all
necessary appropriations and not un-
load this year on the fiscal year 1902
things that should be provided for and
included in the fiscal year 1901.
"And 1 call attention also to the con-
slant and gradual increase in the ap-
preparations for pensions and likewise
to the legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriations These items could
not have been affected to any great ex-
tent by the Spanish-Cuban war. 1t
shows indeed an increase, as before
stated, all along the line despite the
fact that the committee ON public
buildings and grounds have held back
all matters before them and the com
mittee on rivers and harbors all mat
ters before them with two or three ex-
ceptions. and all accounts and claims
have been practically barred from con-
sideration at this session.
The exhibit when carefully studied
will show the exact situation. Here 1t
Is: