The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-02-20
Extra Session Evident.

tI9ElOE Is uetSEUiGSQ tGat tuSiS euati pC
sc extra session of the oezs coz gress
That is Dog as paio as the nose op
your face NJ. McHiuiey is talking up
sestemcnt Of tie Ceoan question ts
tie reaaon but If the ship subsidy j'b
bad been allowed TO go sbrcu9h he
would have p7ooacIy discovered shat an
cssra sessioo mouia not De necessary 70
deal with Cu5a. Bn: there are otbo1
strings 20 the extra session bow. and ii
would not be surprising if he republi
can leaders 10 congress so manipulated
that oue or mo,o of the big appropria
too bills failed to get through at this
session. and then tried to raise q howl
that 1t vas TIE democrats wbo we're to
blame for toe ez:ro sessian that the
failure would make necessary Neither
would i, be surprising if the river and
barbor bill. which is to be reported to
the seDate this week. also failed to get
through. That Woald reduce the
total Of she appropriations made BY this
congress- total that has thoroughly
alarmed the republican leaders sioce
The press of the country, regardless Of
politics, have opeaed up on it Then
there is the bill for she reduction of war
taxes, whieb is deadlooked 10 confer
eoce and 10 a fair way TO fail. because
rho bonse eonferees encouraged bv
Secretary Gsge aud other members of
ehe administration. refuse to accept the
ous in beer snd tobacco taxes By the
senate. The senate is nov considering e
toe oleomsrgariDe bill, bat whether that
measure is TO be voted on or merely be
used IS club TO kill tiue is cot ycs
clear Oae thing ia very certain, aud
that is thar the ipte!ligeot people of the
country know that the democrats will
not be responsible for the failure of any
regular appropriation bill. They have
at all times assisted iu disposiog of the
appropriation bills, as fast as they we're
ready, and have repeatedly warned
the ropu blicars that they we're wasting
time on The ship subsidy bill that should
have been devoted to the appropriation
bills
The u. S Government would have
saved money bad Congress appropriat
ed 40 amount equal to what would be
received from the sale Of tickets TO
the Ioaugural bali, toward the ez
peuses of Mr.. McKiuley's second
inauguration. as the receipts frcn the
sale Of those tickets will be very much
loss than $50 900, wbiOh represents
the cost to the government Of alloWiog
the Pension bulldog to be used for the
Inaugursi bali, not to mention the
delay 10 the work Of the bureau that
will bs caused By the holiday of all Of
its employees from Feb. 9th, until
March 7th.\
Ssoator Teller destroyed the last
hope of the hooters 10 their ability to
pasb the Ship Subsidy bill through at
this session. when be said : "In the
iuserests Of public business. desire 20
give notice that this Ship Subsidy bill
caunos pass Senator Aldrich pre-
tended to De much surprised aod said
sbst be had Dot before any positive
notice that 90 vote would be allowed CO
the bill. Senator Teller spoke of three
republican Senator'S wbo had gone to
hin asd express hope that the bill
would not be voted upon, and then
said There is a s,roDg sediment
smoog che republican Senators, shared
By probably half of them, that this bill
ought 20, to pass. I au not surprised.
for no bill, ever presented to the seoa.e,
carried upon Its face sach evidences
Of jobbery as the Shipping bill :"
Senator Hanna got terribly worked up
while Mr.. Teller and other senators
we're saying things showing the im
possibility of passing the sbip subsidy
bill, aud made speech in which be
virsuslIy took the ground thss the rs
election OF mr. GAchlaley vas Ser
dict of che people 10 favor Of the chip
subsidy bill asd sny other measures be
snighs favor in plain vorda. that be
slone hsd r;ghs TO say what appropria
sions of pablic money should be made
Tostesd of showing sbss the subsidy bill
wss noe lootiug scheme. Mr.. Hanna
declared that the River aud Harbor bill
contained propositions '',hat would
make the shipping bill look pale -
Representative Babcock's bill TO re-
peal that section of the Diogley tariff
Law, imposing duties GO suoh articles
as are manufactured By the newly
formed Morgan Steel Trust. is not
likely to 5e allowed to pass By the re
publican bosses, nore's she pity, bus IL
has stirred up the republicans 10 Cen
gress. many of whom are expressing
views worthy of good ao;i trust demo
Gratis, for instance, Representative
Landle. Of indiana. aaid /: 81 an