The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1901-12-27
| CANTON, MISS FRI IA \. DECEMBER y. 1901.

OHN. luCkUill AIdl4Gu ny tu0 last
session Of the F'ifty-sixth Con-
gress was not passed and it is
believed that many of its pro-
visions will be Incorporated in
the bill that will be enacted at
this session. Moreover, there
| will be number of new pro-
visions, irrespective of the ir-
rigation legislation which many
members Of Congress have great
hopes Of getting through.
The stories of huge surplus
in the Treasury have lead the
people all over the country to
believe that this isfan suspicious
time to apply fer the new public
buildings which every COM
munity believes that it needs and
they will expect their representa-
tives to secure liberal appropria
tions for the purpose, 90 that
also promises to be large bud.
get which the Committee on Ap-
preparations will have to provide
for. Mr.. Allison says that he
I is thoroughly alive to the Presi-
dents caution against extra
VACANT expenditures Of the public
funds but he appreciates that he
will meet with almost insur-
mountable difficulties in his ef-
forts to keep the appropriations
ttfr0m SURPRISING all previous
frecords.
SENATOR Frye's ship subsidy
bill, if passed, will make another
serious inroad upon the funds in
the Treasury. The Senator
claims That it will become law
and there is talk of d trade be-
tween the friends .ofathe measure
and the friends of the irrigation
movement which, if correct, will
[probabiy verify the Senator's
prediction The question OF
ship subsidies isso intricate that
very few of the members OF Con-
gress can understand how any
measure will work out when it is
put in operation and it seems
probable that a large amount OF
time in the Senate will be devoted
to the consideration of the meas
ure, although it is doubtful if,
after all the discussion is over,
many members will understand
just what they are voting for or
against.
A resolution which was in.
troduced in the Senate by Sena-
tor Vest, providing that the
Com mittee on Judiciary shall
investigate the constitutional
powers of Congress with regard
to the suppression of anarchy,
it's teaching. etc, has been
adopted. Senator Vest argues
that it would be most unwise for
Congress to enact legislation pro-
viding for the punishment OF
anarchists, the suppression OF
anarchistic teachers or the exile
of those who profess anarchy,
only to have the law pronounced
unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court and his colleagues have
supported him in the contention.
There is little doubt that the
department of commerce and in
dustry, recommended by the Pre-
sident and several commercial
bodies, will be established during
this session and the name OF
William r. Merriam. at present
director of the Census and for
merly governor of Minnesota,
is being freely talked OF as the
probable Sc retary. During the
lifetime of Senator Davis OF
Minnesota, Mr.. Merriam had a
powerful and irrevocable foe in
Congress as we'll as in the poll
tical affairs of the Northwest, but
since Senator Davis death he ls
repa, ded as the strongest re-
publican politician in that section
of the country and the rumor
that the President will select him
for this important office seems to
be well founded, although the
selection of q Postmaster General
from Wisconsin may lead Mr..
Roosevelt to believe that it would
be better politics to select the
new cabinet officer from some
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