The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-06-15
WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE.
Public Servants With Prohigate
Hands Squander the Peoples
Money!.


Congress, as always, got through a
good deal of work in its closing
hours. The most striking feature OF
the session has been the enormous
total of the expenditures, which
were ever 500, 100000, and exceeded
those of the fiscal year 1898 by nearly
l8O,000,000. 1t Is estimated that
over $l31 ,OOO,000 of this omount are
due to the war with Spain. After
this has been deducted and similar
estimated expenditures fortha same
purpose in the last three years have
also been deducted, it appears that
the ordinary civil expenditures of
the Government still break all
records. excee ling those of 1899 by
about SAC 100000 and those of 1898 by
about $50,000,000.
Governmental aid to the st. Louis
exposition to the amount of $50,000,-
600 got through the House at almost
the last moment "a rider tackled on
the sundry civil appropriation bill,
where it did not belong, hut where
it had been placed by the Senate.
Speaker Henderson tried to prevent
q vote on the subject as he believed
If the House was given an oppor-
tunity 10 vote on it, it would be
agreed to. When the question was
taken up the leaders continued their
fight, and appealed to their asso-
ciates to stand by the rules OF the
House, which provide against put
ting new legislation in appropriation
bills, For a time it looked squally
for the exposition, but the Missouri
delegation appealed TO the Illinois
members to help them and they did
SO. How successful they were Is
shown by the vote, which was 127 to
rs in favor of the exposition.
Major General Miles and Adj. Gen
eral Corbin were promoted in sim.
liar way by the Senate which tack ed
an amendment to the Military Acad'
emy bill providing that the com
have the rank and pay of a Lieute n
ant General and that the rank OF AID
jutant General. shall be that of {
Major General, instead OF Brigadiel
as at present. The House agreed tt
these amendments, and immediate
ly after the President affiXes his sig
nature to the bill, General Miles anC
Corbin will be promoted, which, o
course, will mean a promotion of 1
number or two for every officer il
the army, and raise of salary fol
lows promotion. la u
One good thing accomplished b!
the Senate towards the end was tn
rejection of Mr.. Bynum's nominatioI
for Democratic member of the Boart
of Appraisers of New York. Mr.. By
mum, it will be remembered, left tn
Democratic party and worked hare
for Mckinley in the campaign o
1896. But the law provides that th
vacancy to which he was appointed
shall be filled by Democrat, and TO
this reason the Senate turned hin
down. Senator Fairbanks made
most strenuous fight for Bynum dur
ing the whole session, and almos
single-handed fought the Democrat
of the Senate, who were solid an
bitter against his friend.
The injunction bill of the Fedora
ton of Labor has been favorably re
ported by the House Judiciary Com
n.ittee and may be passed next fall
Although it has provoked niue
criticism. Ii is really only a measur
of Justice. 1t provides that n
agreement, between two or NOR
persons to do any act in contempt
ton of any dispute between EN-
ployers and employees shall b
deemed criminal, nor shall those Ell
gagged therein be indictable or pur
ishable for the crime OF consplrac,
IL such act committed by one perso
would not be punishable as a Grim
nor shall any restraining order {
injunction be issued In relatio
thereto.
Representative Dalzell has intr
duced a bill to suppress quaker.
It authorizes the President to al
point a commission 10 report upo
the matter. This commission,