The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-07
BUDGET
|grsss)Winds Up Its Busi-
ness ay Hook or Crook.
B RING BACKING SAMPSON
: a Set Back Minister COnger Re-
called 8 lt His Own Request"

*1 dsiiI'E4yOHS hdlCh - IOOl---
bgre>s I rs cleared up It's business
hook anh crO"k and an extra ses-
is no longer thought possible.
he, the resident and the million
cnrpOrktionS that control him are
pLointeb 3 by the adoption of the
ar amen ement to the Philippine
Dyiso, VII ch will prevent the fran
Sc hunt Prs from loOting these
,ds as they are looting Porto
10, but ii is in itself is hardly suffi-
BIT to eau be an extra session. OF
ire the 1 sual flund of bad legiSla-
81 slippedf through in the closing
Us, having b, Ell purposely held
Tx until II f. tM o houses were wear
out and Eht ir vigilance relaxed 50
! 10 rermiE its passage without he
rOriccd.k This has always char
eIiz,d Il b Wind-up of Congress
81 always will. but there has not
been Iinir to analvze them.
Dne Of d,e worst breaks of the
*ny made by the Republicans at
session I as contained In the re-
ort on pei Itv scandals in ths House
bmiited on ! thursday by commit
appoint,Il only ON saturday to
estigate khem. Naturally, no.
Rough search could be made and
committse merely admits the
h. wIlhouesuggeSti g any remedy.
5 found tfat 4 he employees of the
use numbsr 357 and their aggre-
( pay is ali put S4nO,OON per amnum.
{ cOmmitlke CLASHES the abuses
Ter theeel heads: Transfers of
plOS es frOSl the duties of the po-
en tn uhi4ll they were appointed
btber duiit' k,unju>tifable payments
Compensation TO employees while
ent from seir post of duty, and
slon OF Saf4rles Many details of
E abuses are given, but they are
implicated and amazing that it is
attic understand how they could
grown sup except under the
ing extr$vagant rule that has
med at the Capitol since the ad-
of the ''hng combine" when the
publicanS ri gained control OF the
nSe six years ago.
Fhe ring tBat has been backing
npson andIdiscrediring Schley i
eatly incenssd over the publication
she former' Endorsement OH Gun
Morgan's application for promo
10. While the sentiments ex-
essed therein represent with great
eurary the ideas of nine-tenths of
officers of the Navy, most of
ese have taken care not to put
emselves on record as holding
em. 1t is amazing that cadets at
ih Annapolis and West Point,
Rwn as they are from all walks of
f from the Lighest 10 the lowest,
Ould almost Immediately develop
aristocratic spirit and look down
the class TO which their own
hhers belong. Yet this is univer-
ply the case. Admiral Sampson
'mself is the ron of an hish. laborer,
ditch digger: and worked with hi,
|lher when a boy. For him to OBJ
ct to the promotion of a gunner on
.e ground that the latter lacked So
aI standing would be almost incred-
He if it were not absolutely true,
be result of the letter has been tn
.tpel all prnsp pect of SampSon's pro-
'OtiOn TO ViceiAdmiral and has ex-
FED his navy partfSans to frenzy
|dmiral owrIinshield, for instance,
kad of the Bureau Of Navigation
ID known fam liliarly by the endear-
p title of the IsPirate" is now seek
9 for some p3etext on which Gun
r Morgan cab be court.martialed
a charge of having made the en-
Rrsement public.
Minister Con Eer has been recalled
It his own r,buest" from China.
bme time ago, attention was called
this correspondence to the
ethods that have been begun by
rtain interested parties to force
q. Conger to request his recall.
be old game IF anonymous COM
nnications from the State Depart
ent to the prdss was then being
Eyed. Hints THAT Mr.. Conger's
brk was unsatisfactory, that his
alth was breaking down, that he
nted to come shome and recuper-
and all the long list of ''insinu-
does" (as tho darkey preacher
Jed .them) wete being tried. Ap-
emily, they h4ve succeeded. Mr..
nger has given up the unequal
ht, and is coming home. Whether
Is wholly because Of the pub
led attacks on him, or whether be