The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-02-22
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. 10, '01.
The administrator is determined
that there shall be an extra session
of the next congress. That is now
as plain as the nose on your face.
MIR. Mckinley is talking up a set
tlement OF the Cuban question as
the reason, but if the Ship Subsidy
Job had been allowed to 90 through
he would have probably discovered
that an extra session would not be
necessary to deal with Cuba. But
there are other strings to the extra
session bow, and it would not be
surprising if the republican leaders
i'm congress so manipulated things
that one or more of the big appro-
priation bills failed to get through at
this session, and then tried to raise
a howl that it was the democrats
who were to blame for the extra
session that the failure would make
necessary. Neither would it be sur
prising if the River and Harbor bill,
which is to be reported to the SEN
ate this week, also failed to get
through. That would reduce the
total of the appropriations made by
this congress- total that has thor
oughly alarmed the republican lead
ers since the press of the country,
regardless of politics, have opened
up on it. Then there is the bill for
the reduction of war taxes, which is
Ideadlocked in conference and in a
fair way to fail, because the House
conierees encouraged by Secretary
Gage and other members OF the ad-
ministration, refuse to accept the
cut in beer and tobacco taxes made
by the Senate. The Senate is now
considering the oleomargerine bill,
but whether that measure is to be
voted on OF merely be used as club
to kill time is not vet clear. One
thing is very certain, and that is that
the intelligent 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 in dis
; posing OF the appropriation bills, as
: fast as they were ready, and have
t repeatedly warned the republicans
, 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 had congress appro-
priated an amount equal to what
would be received from the sale OF
; tickets to the Inaugural ball, toward
! the expenses Of Mr.. McKinley's
second Inauguration, as the receipts
from the sale Of those tickets will be
very much less than $50, 900, which
. represents the cost to the govern
! ment of allowing the pension build
ing to be used for the inaugural
ball, not 10 mention the delay in the
Z work OF the bureau that will be
caused by the holiday Of all its en-
a ployes from Feb. 9th, until March
eth.
Senator Teller destroyed the las,
hope Of the looters in their ability &c
push the Ship Subsidy bill through
at this session, when he said: "lr
: the interests Of public business,
} desire to give notice that this SHY
: Subsidy bill cannot pass" Sen
3 ator Aldrich pretended to be much
; surprised, and said that he had moi
( before any positive notice that nc
: vote would be allowed on the bill
Senator Teller spoke Of three repub
) ,lican senator's who had gone to him
and expressed hope that the bill
E would not be voted upon, and then
said: "There is strong sentiment
: among the republican senators,
2 shared by probably half Of them,
! hat this bill ought not to pass.
am not surprised, for no bill ever
presented to the Senate, carried up
elon its face such evidences OF jobbery
as the Shipping BILL" Senator
3 Hanna got terribly worked up while
Mr.. Teller and other senators were
saying things showing the impossi.
-lbility OF passing the Ship Subsidy
, bill, and made speech in which he
g virtually took the ground that the
re election of Mr.. Mckinley was
e verdict Of the people in favor Of the
Ship Subsidy bill, and any other
measures he might favor, in plain
words, that he alone had right tc
4 say what appropriations Of public
! money should be made. Instead
/ lIof showing that the subsidy bill was
not looting scheme, Mr.. Hanna
r declared that the River and Harbol
: -bill contained propositions "tha'
J would make the Shipping bill look