Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-02-27
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Wachinrton IL q Eoh 81 1901

allow the American troops to partici-
pate in new military movement
against the Chinese, whether that
movement be merely bluff, as it now
looks to be, or actually one of military
aggression. He believes it to be
wrong in either case. and that the
country will sustain his belief
The senate is showing, as it has
often done before. that it can work
very rapidly, in the disposition Of the
appropriations, and senators are very
confident that they will all get
through, but that will not prevent an
extra session of the next congress. AS
the situation now is, nothing can pre-
vent an extra session but delay on the
part of the Cubans in completing and
forwarding their constitution. The
present expectation is that the cOnsti-
tuition will be in Washington inside of
two weeks
An examination shows that Presi-
dent Grant came within one member
of starting his second administration
with the same cabinet he had at the
close of his first, just as President Nc
Kinley Will do; also that President
Grant was the first reelected president
who reappointed the holdover mem
bers of his cabinet at the beginning of
his second administration. Why he
did SO nobody seems to know, IS he
and his advisors must have known
that members of the cabinets of Madi--
son. Monroe, jackson and Lincoln
served in two administrations under
their original appointments and that
sending the nominations of those WHO
retained the same portfolios to the
senate the second time was not neces-
sary. 1t. is probable that the only
cabinet nomination that President
Mckinley will send to the executive
session of the senate, to be held i'm
mediately after his Inauguration, will
be that of successor to Attorney
General Griggs. although there is
nothing to prevent his following Cen
eral Grants example and sending in
new nominations for the holdovers if
he sees fit.
voiced the sentiments of many Re-
publicans when he said: II don't
. want to come back to Washington for
an extra session of congress, but
think the president will be right in
calling one to consider the Cuban con-
stitution. He will be right in asking
congress to share responsibility for
what is done in the island. What
ever the policy pursued there will
necessarily be more or less criticism.
Republicans in the senate and house,
to my mind. should stand together on
whatever legislation may seem wise
at an extra session, if one is called. J"
Representative Cannon sometimes
takes hard fall out of members of
the house who are always ready to
talk but seldom say anything of i'm
portance. Just after Representative
the characteristic speeches which
cause his name to figure so frequently
in the congressional record, b1r.
Cannon dryly remarked: My fri8ad
from Tennessee reminds me q the
roaring of water as it goes over . dam
It makes great deal Of noise, bat il
turns no machinery at all. y
Chairman Cannon, of the house ap-
preparation committee, made a state
ment concerning the wild.exaggerationa
of the increase of appropriations by
this session of congress that deserves
al LOT 10 toe hof
the total appropriations of this session,
including the river and harbor bill,
will be $694, O0O,0 900, while estimates
of the money needed for all branches
of the government including the
sinking fund, was 1888, 900, 900. In
cidentally he mentioned that g consider
able amount OF this was made necessary
by the war with Spain and that we
would be spending money on that &C
count long after he was dead, and con-
Guided by saying: There is wide
difference between 1904, 900, 600 and
$500, 900, 600 or 5000, 000,0 900 or q
round billion. Six hundred and ninety
four millions is a pretty large sum. [
wish it were less. Now the amount
appropriated for the same purpose last
year was 1857, 900, 900 in round num-
bers. Sabstract $57 100000 from
1874, 600, 900 and you have q difference
of $37, 900, 600; in that by this state
ment the appropriations will exceed
for the coming fiscal year the appro-
priations fol the current year.
A bill has been favorably reported
to the senate providing for the revival
of the grade of vice-admiral in the
navy and authorizing the president to
appoint two. officers thereto. The
bill is intended to put an end to the
disagreeable Sampson-Schley contro-
versy by having them both made vice
admirals.
President Mckinley this week NOM
mated General Shafter to be a major
general in the regular army, and
there is no doubt Of the confirmation
of the nomination, as most Of the
senators believe that General Shafter
has earned the promotion.
-s'After suffering for two months
from a severe attack of grip [ found