The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-12-18
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.

garine bill has gone through the
House with co1ors flying, we fear
very much that the Senate will not
act upon the at its present
session. Tt certainly will not unless
the dairvmen and friends of pure
food bring the same vigorous pres
sure to bear upon the Senate that
was used to such good purpose in the
House.
The friends of temperance r re-
joicing over the passage by the
House of the anti-canteen amend
ment to the army bill by the decisive
vote of 159 to 81. A stubborn fight
will be made upon it when it reaches
the Senate.
One would suppose that the enc
mics of the ship subsidy bill would
also be the enemies of the cleo fraud,
the former being for the purpose OF
taxing the people generally for the
benefit of a special class, which the
oleo-ites wish to detraud the people
generally for the benefit of the small
class of cleo makers. Yet while
nearly all the Democrats oppose the
ship subsidy steal, they uphold the
oleo fraud, a majority of the Repub-
licans taking the opposite view in
both instances. We have already
given our opinion of the ship sub
sidy bill. It is being vigorously sup
ported, however, by Senator Hanna
and other Republican leaders, IN
Guiding Senator Pritchard, of our
own State, and will undoubtedly
pass.
The Nicaraguan bill is being vigOr-
ouSly pressed by its friends. We
hope that Congress will appropriate
all the money needed and let the
work begin. The Nicaraguan Canal
will be of more benefit to cOun
try than all the money that could be
spent on ship subsidies for Il thou
sand years. An important act of
the Senate last week, it may be said
in this connection, was the passage
of an amendment to the Hay-Paunce-
forte treaty declaring that along
the canal we shall have the privi-
lege of adopting measures which we
may find it necessary to take for
securing by our own forces the de-
Tense of the United States and the
maintenance of public order" Other
facts regarding the canal r given
in our General News columns.
Congressman Kitchin, to kill time,
has introduced a resolution to repeal
the Fifteenth Amendment to the
Constitution. While that will not,
of course, create a ripple on the ur-
face, it is probable that it will
amount to quite as much as Repre-
sentative Crumpacker's bill to re
duce the South's representation in
Congress. Both President McKin-
ley and Senator Pritchard are
outspoken against Crumpacker's
measure.
On Wednesday of last week, Con-
greSS cele brated the Tooth anniversary
of the establishment OF the capital at
Washington. One hundred years ago
the transfer of the seat Of govern
ment was made from Philadelphia
and the site previously selected by
President Washington was taken
possession of by the various branches
of government, President and Mrs.
Adams driving over from Philadel-
phia, the Senate and the House hold
ing their sessions in Washington for
the first time.
Congress at this session will ap-
propriate the sum of $I45, $50, 900 for
pensiOns-practically 50 for each
man, woman, and child in the coun-
try, if equally distributed among all.
h bill carrying this appropriation
passed the House on the 18th inst,
without depate or amendment. On
the same day, the bill to reduce the
special war taxes-S35, 900, 900 is the
extent of the reduction, we believe
passed without opposition.
Able as was the late Senator Cush-
man K. Davis, of Minnesota, his i'm
mediate successor, Hon. Charles A.
TOwne, is in no point his inferior.
This is admitted by men of all par
ties. We remember that the New
York Outlook sent two able members
of it's staff-one a Democrat, the
other a Republican-to report the