Saint Mary's beacon., 1900-05-31

ing TO have another for Porto Rico,
where there has been great sxtrav-
agance in the payment Of double
and in some cases triple salaries TO
postal employees, il no actual steal
ing. Il is also generally believed
that affairs are quite % bad, il not
worse, in civil branch Of oar gov
ernment in the Philippines, and
there are scandals even in the Wash
ington City Post Office.
The anxiety Of the republican
leaders 10 HURRY adjournment is
amusing. Although they have .
good big majority in both branches,
they act as though they we're afraid
that Congress would 10 something
they didn't want it TO do, il ad-
journment wasn't rushed. It 10
hardly likely that adjournment will
take place June s, the date set BY
the House resolution, but it will
IS soon thereafter as the republican
leaders in the Senate can get the
appropriation bills ont Of the way.
To appeal ffs= Caesar Mckinley
to the American people is now the
programme Of the Boer ENJOYS.
They have not abandoned their idea
OF making tonr Of the country,
and arousing public sentiment.
They will begin this week in Balti-
more, and from there will &C to
other cities where they have accept
ed invitations to attend public
meetings.
Representative Talbert, of s. c.,
has been making another warm
speech on the Pension question, his
text being the case OF the Michigan
man who draws $500 q year as q
clerk in the Interior Department,
and $1,000 year as private Secetary
to Representative s. w. Smith, Of
Michigan, and who has been voted
by Congress q pension Of s72
month for total disability. Rep
resentative FL. q. Smith, cited the
case Of Justice Long, Of the Su-
preme Court of Michigan, who
draws pension of s140 month as
an excuse for this case, and Mr..
Talbert said in reply: Two wrongs
do not make one right. The gen.
tleman asks now because one man
is robbing and plundering the gov.
ernment unjustly and unmerito-
rlouslY, that another man may be
placed on the pension roll and re-
ceive high pension. That is the
trouble about this indiscriminate
grabbing Of pensions. One man
gets ia and another man wants to
get in. Members have their friends
and they will not vote against each
other. They will not have the re-
ports read because they sit here like
dummies saying, 'Oh, they will
reach my case next That is what
is the matter. You want to do
q dozen wrongs to make one right
and you want to continue to do
wrong in order that your own cases
may be favorably acted upon. /
want to see justice done by the old
soldiers and ! will help to do it
eyerytime il I can, but / do not
want to give any soldier what he
does not deserve.
Senator Morgan jumped on the
opposition to the Nicaragua Canal,
which has apparently succeeded in
hanging mp the bill, in q speech in
which he did not mince words. lie
began with the six syndicates, or
ganized under New Jersey laws for
the purpose OF controlling Canal
routes On Isthmus of Darien of
which he said "I think the as
sumption, arrogance, and brszen
faced audacity of these people have
reached a climax" He charged
that this government was submit
ting to the outing and badgering
of the new Panama Canal Com pany,
which in conjunction with the
trans-continontal railroad, inspired
the opposition to the Canal bill. be-
canse q Presidential election is
pending and that il is afraid to
tackle any corporation that has or
processes to have some great power,
and he asked: els il to be said
here that the President is a party
to this ambidextrous and cross
eyed political rascality ?" Mr.. Nor
gan concluded with these words !: |
"The President. who is a candidate
for reelection, is in the hands Of
his friends, and his friends are the |
enemies Of the Nicaragua Canal.