Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-02-28

Canal to the u. s. government.
1t is not surprising that ugly stories
should be in circulation concerning
this canal business. Senator Nor
gan stirred up the republicans by
openly charging them with having
intended from the first to kill the
Nicaragua Canal bill saying of them
and their tactics "These men are
willing to be kicked and cuffed
about by King Edward VII, and
are kneeling to his every whim.
They do not believe the U. s. has
any rights unless Great Britain says
so. know that the Canal b II was
used to influence the election of
Mr.. Mckinley, the republicans
knowing all the time that their in
structiOns were to defeat it in the
Senate"
All the extravaganza of the repub
lican Congress is not connected
with big appropriations, although
they make the most fuss and are
naturally heard the most Of. Dur
ing the debate on the General De-
fcieucy Bill, it was shown that Elm
acures we're thick as peas in rnd.
IL was shown that committee ell, 8.
the moment the 10 any real work,
use their pull " h mem ers to yet
~xtra pay theref q, and that they
have been succeeding IN getting
much money in the shape OF gratu-
ties simply bee use nobody made
IT his business 10 oppose these petty
raids on the public fund. The clerk
~ one committee claimed aud will
&c, 81 900 extra for reading proof
" testimony taken by his commit
zee; clerks Of the Pension Bureau,
detailed to help the Pension com.
mittces, of Congress, are presented
With $500 each in addition TO their
regular salaries, and clerks who
nave compiled a few pages from the
Congressional Record, in regular
flee hours, are given from $500 to
81 900 each for extra work. A lit
'le dialogue between Representative
Cannon. Chairman Of the House
Committee on Appropriations, who
reported the bill, and Representa-.
i've Loud, OF Cal shows how care
essly the items are scrutini2 d be-
fore they are presented to the
House.
Mr. Loud "Who ia William
i. Stiles. who is to receive an ap
preparation as messenger for the
Committee on Accounts p
Mr. Cannon "Well, il God
doesn't know him any better than
! do, be ia lost "
1t has recently become known
that man has for a long time been
drawing salary as clerk Of one Of
the important committees Of the
Senate Foreign Relations--.who
lid not even come TO Washington
during the session of Congress, to
make bluff of doing the work
which was performed by two assist
ants.
Another method ofcItravagance,
which has fnurishcd under this I'D
ministration, :s connected with the
enormous expenses piled up by some
Of the department bureaus. For
instance, when Congress provided
for the Bureau Of Animal Industry
Of the Department OF Agriculture,
u provided for one Chief. Mt 50 900
year, one clerk at $500 aud
twenty inspectors at $40 "a day.
The expenses Of that bureau during
the last fseal year, as shown by the
Off .ial figures, have grown to near.
Iy million dollars, as follows /:
Salaries 1863, 634 81, travelling ex
penees t22,64LS5, mmorllaueous
Sl0l GA as
Senator Tillman NAV have open,
I'd the way for many Southern vet
Grams OF the Mexican war to get oD
the Pension rolls, when he succeed
ed in getting bill pensioning jim
Thomas, Mexican veteran, which
bad passed the Senate, through the
House, by swearing that not an
other private pension bill shou d
60 through the Senate until it was
passed. 1t is claimed that its pas.
SAGE ia practically a rppeaI ~ tha