The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-15

The House was occupied yss.r-,sv
chiefly with the general deficiency auur5.
priatiOn bill which was reported dv Cl..s-
man Cannon soon after the y.ar-a. Uas
read. Il carries 8. S3e.o2l He .uu-Ga...-
moved that the bill b. considered. as J..
had already been printed. After some G..
lay, two hours were agreed upon -.r s.a-
erai debate. and the bin was passed with.
out amendment. Chairman Hull. Of tie
Military Committee, reported the br., car
rying appropriations for the Military
Academy. That IS the last OF the aug-.-
priation bills 10 be passed by the H.-sa
at this session. and will BE- taken -p To-
day.
Little OF the general debate on the e.
fcienCy bill was pertinent NIr. B-0-
s!us. of Pennsylvania. made 4 statement
of the progressive operation Of the rsE
financial law, supplementary OF a state.
ment made by him few days ago. From
the figures OF Mr.. BrOsius. il appears that
in the ten days since April % the amounts
refunded Of the several issues were 20
spectiveIy: Threes OF 1S9S SIS $50. Is -
1907. SRI go: IS OF 194, 81 J25. llo, total. S.
Al. 100 This increases the total from
March IL TO May 10, inclusive, 10 E2G,f1-
so OF this amOI Mt $J4lf295o. or a little
over 20 per cent. Of the whole. was pr--
sented by private persons or institutions
other than national banks.
Applications for National Banks.
He also said that during the ten d1vs
named applications for national banks ap-
proved have been: For banks with "a caU'-
tai less than S5G,OO0 %; banks with q Cin.-
tai Of 10000 and over. l3, total approved
applications. q. Banks actually organize:
With a capital Of less than $J0uC0, -. with
a capital Of $50OO and over ), total. 81.
Ii is interesting to note In this CUnnec-
tiOn. said Mr.. Brosius, that on MdrtH II
1870. the date of the approval Of the new
law. the total capital stock Of rational
banks was $5l6. .30S go. and the total bonds
deposited to secure circulation, 81 S,5-h
or about ~ per cert. of the capital, show
ing q less ratio o. bonds to capital sine"
the passage of the law than before. The
bcnd-secured circulation on March IL, lsf.
the date Of the approval OF the Law, WIS
S2l6. .374 794. and on May 10. S252j-5.S'5 an
increase under the new law OF S6 l52.oal.
Mr.. Corliss. of Michigan, had read a
letter from a native Porto RiCan eHthu-
siastically indorsing the action OF Con
gress in passing the Porto Rican tarn
law. Mr.. Griftiths. of Indiana, discussed
the general political situation, and Mr..
Green, Of Pennsylvania, urged higher
taxation of oleomargarlre.
Mr. De Armond Ridicnled the Letter.
lIr. De Armond. of Missouri. ridicu.ed
the letter read by Mr.. COrliss. He de-
scribed the ecstasy with which the native
population must have received the new
that they were o be governed by car
net t-baEgprs. who he said. would take
everything portable. and nail down ever
thing they could not carry away II
would be the sad and shameful story Of
carpet -bagism in the South over again.
What was TO take place in Porto Rico
was. on a smaller scale, what would take
place in the Philippines later on. Amer
lea was to succeed Spain in the role or
tyrant in two hemispheres.
Mr. De Armond eXcoriated the admins
tratiOn for not sticking to the old trali.
tions, and charged IL with Cowardice Tor
allowing no official utterance OF sympathy
to 20 out TO the Beers struggling 10
South Africa to repeat the splendid story
of the American Revolution. He cOnc.ut-
ed by charging that there was either a
| secret understanding with Great Britain,
or an American administration. trucking
| to wealth and power. had overlooked aGi
| forgotten the rights OF humanity.
Mr.. Robinson, of Indiana; MT. King, ot
| Utah: Gen. Shattuc, of Ohio, and NJ.
| Lacey Of Iowa, also addressed the House
on political topics. General debate was
| then closed, and the bill was read for
| amendment under the hye-minute RUE.
Pay OF House Employees.
! Mr.. Underwood. % Alabama, Offered an
amendment TO allow all the employees OF
! the House one months extra pay. on },
| Afr. Cannon raised u point Of order. Nr
| Underwood cited numerous precedsnts FOR
! the payment Of an extra months pay TO
the employees at both sessions Of Con-
! gress.
Mr.. Cannon opposed the amendment
/ which he said would cost 5000 The en-
/ ployes Of the House. he said. were better
/ paid than any other similar class u en-
| plOyes OF the government except those ia
| the Senate. and he thought there was 20
| reason why they should receive tH1
months extra salary in single Congress
Mr.. Hopkins. Of Illinois. who was iU the
chair. sustained the point 0f order where
upon Mr. Underwood appealed from ''s
decision Speaking 10 the appeal Mr
Cannon remarked that 4; vas strange that
| this proposition should come from t.-
/ Democratic side, which was usually --
| uOuncing The Republican side for ms 20. f.
less extravaganza. The Chair was s-.-
| raIUed "a r0 q The bill then Ua-s-G VIM