The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-05
AN Honor to Senator Garter.

al EAoz-SE So senator IEfeT.
We are both amused and gratified by
The neat and effective manner in which
Senator Carter of Montana held up the
River and Harbor bin in the Senate. and
talked against it until the President s
gavel fell, and the business Of the Fifty
sixth Congress was at an end; holding the
floor from twenty minutes past eleven
o clock Sunday night TO the death of the
session
We are amused to think what a smash
ing of hopes and corrupt bargains this
sensational feat Of Senator Carter in
volVed. Among other things it brought
Just punishment upon the heads of Dem
cratic Senator's who had abandoned their
convictions and sense Of the duty of OBJ
structing perniciOus legislation, because
Of Gavors promised their constituents In
the River and Harbor appropriations. The
White House and the few men in the two
Houses VINO fought the Improvements
job 10 the last, are laughing at them to
day They have played catspaw to the
Administration monkey. in retaining
from opposition to its pet measures, and
! they may whistle for their pay. The
checks on the River and HarbOr bank
which they received during the past week
or ten days. and expected to see cashed
yesterday. instead were stopped We are
unable to feel in the least sorry for them
The Hon Thomas II. Carter of Mon
tana deserves the unstinted praise and
thanks of the country for killing a most
monstrous attempt TO raid the Treasury
and to loot it of over fifty million dollars
at one sweep He is especially deserving
of public gratitude for the analytical ex-
| posture of many of its provisions. which
| he did not hesitate to call steals" One
instance cited by him. will serve to illus
| trate the criminal wastefulness of the
! scheme in general He referred to the pro
| posed appropriation for the Improvement
| of Trinity River, Texas. and showed from
the reports Of Government engineers that
| it was proposed to dig out the stumps of
trees in the bed of the riVer during the
! dry season. and then sink artesian wells
at intervals to supply wafer TO make a
stream 4 bin with such contents never
I should be reported, and would not be If
/ there were any abiding sense Of honesty
/ in Congress in relation TO the eXJraVagant
and needless expenditure Of public money.
! II was a hard fight for Senator Carter.
/ While it lasted he was constantly exposed
/ to the pIeadings of colleagues who saw
! all the reward for their complacency to
/ the Republican managers vanishing in
/ thin air But he stood out cOurageOusly
and defantly to the last, and saved the
/ American people fifty million dollars. half
/ of which amount probably represents ap-
preparations for which there was neither
! reason nor excuse That some useful
/ works Of Improvement 70 rivers and har-
bors which deserve TO be 50 called Will
I be delayed as a result of Senator Car
ter-s action is undoubted- SO much the
Z
J ger OF punching appropriations of ex-
( pediency or necessity with thieving de
( vices to milk the Treasury for the pay
ment of provincial campaign debts or for
use in buying votes In any event. the
/ outcome viii be hailed with satisfaction
by all honest people from end 10 end of
the country