Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.

ID the legislative game today long
enough to participate in doing honor
to the memory Of that grand old Vir-
ginian, John Marshall, by attending
the joint session of Congress held in
the hall of the House. and taking part
in the interesting exercises of the Cen
tennial celebration of the appointment
of John Marshall to be Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the U. 8.
The Republicans will this week try
to hold night sessions of the Senate to
force the Subsidy bill through. The
opponents of the bill are not particular
ly opposed to night sessions, but they
insist that at all sessions when this bill
is being considered quorum should
be present.
Mr.. Mckinley signed the Army bill
Saturday, and the hunt for the thirteen
hundred odd commissions it places at
his disposal, is now in full cry, and he
is already finding it several times worse
than the grip. Gen. Miles has been
promised the Lieutenant Generalship |
Senator Jones, of Arkansas. doesn t |
allow his regret for the failure OF the
Democratic Senators to act as unit
in a programme of opposition to he
publican legislation, and especially to
the Ship Subsidy bill. which the whole
mower of the Republican machine Is
now trying to force through the Senate,
to prevent his expressing his own opln-
ion. In reply to an appeal from Sena-
tor FRYE. for vote ON the bill, Sena.
tor Jones said: sit is a remarkable
fact that this subsidy bill should Do
pressed upon Congress during the
closing DAYS of the session, when IA
appropriation bills, the bill which looks
to a decrease Of the burdens OF taxa
ton. the Nicaragua Canal bill, and
other measures of far reaching import
ance. remain Enacted upon. There
J must be no limitation of debate, and
| until the minority has had ample op-
portunity to consider the subsidy bill
r in all it's phases, will not give my as
sent to any agreement for a vote.
Senator Teller Endorsed the remarks
4 of Senator Jones, and added few
9 sarcastic words-for those inclined to
Iraise fuss because the right OF de
o bate still existed in the .. 5. Senate
n This does not Indicate all early vote OF
: the bill, even if the republicans hay'
10 nerve enough to keep it before tn
g Senate at the expense of all other leg
n islation, as its steering committee hal
d decided to do.
q Senator Gallinger made some ugl.
IS charges in support of his resolution TO
70 a Joint Congressional Committee t
: investigate special Pension Legislation
T, He said that under the present prao..G
pension bureau had been establishe
ID under the dome of the Capitol, an
ne pension attorneys, be believed for pay
n advised clients that it was easier
N get pensions through Congressions
action than through the pension bl
er reau. He called attention to the fat
80 that one Senator had introduced II
ne private pension bills, and another IA
lg that the total of these bills in this Coz
L gress. had almost reached 5000, an
IL he predicted that they would be do
ne blsd in the next Congress II somethlr
40 were not done to head off present pra
IL tices.
IS. No speech made by Democrat
'ss this session has attracted more ate
ne tion than the appeal Of Representa-
Us Lanham, of Texas, for harmony in t
es Democratic party. By way OF empt
'ps sizing his willingness to receive wi
'es open arms those Democrats who Il
ia. the regular organization during t
an last two national campaigns, he
Sc serted this verse in his speech:
va Return, 0 wanderer return.
he And seek an injured party's grace;
=. Forsake the sins that made you mourn
And drove you from its fond embra
of Come home! Come homel
Oprodigal CHI lid, come home
sol Senator Tillman, in calling attenti
NV to the absence of quorum in the 81
inc ate. during the debate on the 81
9TH Subsidy bill. in accordance with
ms Democratic policy OF insisting on
it'll presence of quorum said: II want
give notice that the end of the sess
is less than one month away. and
have done nothing towards passing
GUS appropriation bills. Now. If this
on. mfnistration wants an extra sessl
,a T. and proposes having one, but want
kin say that as long as this debate las
a ne and it will last long time, l am gol
to see that the Republicans will b;
to listen to it,
Senator Turner, whose speech agai
ard the Ship Subsidy bill was alluded
pe by Senator Frye, as very amusir
q and as showing "dense ignoran'
j. gave Mr.. Frye scoring that he
eve not soon forget. He compelled hin
ess admit that there might be errors ,
~, some of his figures as to the work
,ts. of the bill. and then said that Mr.. F
had vicious job on his conscience
oie- and could not afford to laugh at a
llv body, and that he had sho'
nu- that he would laugh in graveyard
75c midnight; that tho man who
Sui charge of crime and was pushing
steal, had no reason to laugh at a
- body. He referred to Mr.. Frye as
gudgeon smelling around in the n
for food and accepting the deca
Il. with the good.n During the lat
. part of the speech Mr.. Frye becam
angry that the left the Senate Cha
"a Der and did no return until Mr.. I
ner finished.
( Van Dyke K Eaton Co.