Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-12-13

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Who bossed Dir. McKinley's Cam
paign and Mr.. McKinley's Cabinet.
The men who bossed the cam
paign compelled the republicans on
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, to make 0 reduction OF %
cents net, . barrel. in the beer tax.
although it made the total OF the
Revenue Reduction bill, nov before
the House, exceed $40, 200, 900, in
stead Of keeping Il inside Of $780,
900, 900 % recommended By Dir.
Mckinley. The Cabinet objects
and has been even talking Of fight
ing the bosses in Congress, bat .
word from Mr. Mckinley will prob
ably result in making it plain to
them that the bosses are not doing
more than they were bound to do.
One republican, speaking of the
Cabinet kicks, said "Why instead
Of kicking, these men ought to be
thankful that the brewers are not
demanding the 81 barrel reduc-
ton they were led to believe before
the election, that they would get;
these men in the Cabinet would
know 0 whole heap more about prac-
tical politics il they would work for
O while with men who raise the
money for o national campaign.
OF course, Mac will quiet them; he
knows" Some are predicting that
the bill will be allowed to fail in
the Senate. Representative Richard
SON presented the minority report
on the Revenue Reduction bill. 1t
does not oppose any Of the reduc-
tions made, but favors q more ex-
tensive reduction in war taxes.
The Senate has always been an
extrsvagant body, especially in it's
expenditures for it's own luxury,
and the fact that the Committee on
Finance has just paid o., zoe
for refurnishlng and redecorating
the room in which it meets, shows
that it is growing more so.
1t was an unexpectedly large ma
jority-19S to 92-that the House
gave the Grout Oleomargarine bill.
Political lines we're not drawn at
all. IL any line was drawn. it was
the agricultural against the manu-
featuring.
That everything 10 being done
that can possibly influence votes for
the Ship Subsidy bill. is apparent
to everybody. Even the bidding
for the construction of the six ar
mored cruisers and the five battle
ships authorized at the last session
of Congress, was utilized for that
purpose. In order to create the
impression in Congress that the
shipyards of the country were all
on the hunt for work, which the
Ship Subsidy bill would give them
il enacted into a law, these schem.
ers had q whole lot of small fry es.
adjustments, which would be taxed
to their utmost CT pacity to build Q
light draft gun boat, put IN bids
for cruisers and battleships.
Senators are not showing much
anxiety to rush the Army Reorgan-
ization bill through the Senate.
which was railroaded through the
House last week. To give the SEN
ate republicans o chance to rush it,
the House leaders made the bill q
substitute for one that was passed
by the Senate ct the last session.
The Senate could have sent the bill
to Conference at once, but il
didn't. The bill was referred to
the Military Committee, and Seua.
tor Hawley, Chairman OF that Com
mittee. says the usual routine will
be followed in the consideration Of
the bill which began today. The
anti-canteen amendment, adopted
by the House to please the w. q.
Il. q. 10 already being made the
basis Of much contention. The
chances favor its being struck out
by the Senate.
The story OF Rathbone's extrava-
gance with Cuban funds, which was
quite as disgraceful % Neeley's
stealings, 10 fully told in a PAM
phlet of 2s2 pages, now in the hands
OF the Senate Committe on Rela-
tious with Cuba. Although Rath-
bone paid the money out on vouch-
ers, they weie vouchers which he
knew that no honest auditing off
Ger would pass. In fact. vouchers
amounting to go. 6l9.2l have been
thrown ont hT the andifnra hanansa