Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-02-07
wAsHfNeqea LETTER.
(Regular Correspondents

ian, john Marshall, Wy attending
the joint session of Congress held
in the hall of the House, and taking
part in the interesting exercises of
tt&Ge6tennial celebration of the
appointment of John Marshall to
be Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
The republicans will this week
try to hold night sessions of the
Senate to force the Subsidy bill
through. The opponents of the
bill are not particularly opposed to
night sessions, but they insist that
at all sessions when this bill is be-
ing considered quorum should be
present.
Mr.. Mckinley signed the Army
bill Saturday, and the hunt for the
thirteen hundred odd commissions
it places at his disposal, is now in
full cry, and he is already finding
it several times worse than the grip.
Gen. Miles has been promised the
Lieutenant. Generalship.
Senator Jones, of Ark, doesn't
allow his regret for the failure Of
the democratic Senators to act 20 a
unit in programme Of opposition
to republican legislation, and cs.
pecially to the Snip Subsidy bill,
which the whole power Of the re-
Publican machine is nov trying to
force through the Senate, to pre-.
vent his expressing his own opinion.
In reply to an appeal from Senator
Frye, for a vote on the bill, Scna-
tor Jones said alt is a remarka-
BILE fact that this ship subsidy bill
should be pressed upon Congress
during the closing days OF the seq
sion, when IA appropriation bills,
the bill which looks to a decrease
Of the burdens OF taxation, the Me
aragua Canal bill, and other meas.
ures Of far reaching importance, re-
main Enacted upon. There must
be no limitation Of debate, and an
I'll the minority has had ample OPP
portuuity to consider this subsidy
bill in all IT'S phases, / will not give
nv assent TO any agreement. for a
vote" Senator Tcllerindorsed the
remarks Of Senator Jones, and
added few sarcastic words for
those inclined 10 raise a fuss be-
cause the right Of debate still exist
ed in the U s Senate. This does
not indicate au early vote on the
bill, even If the republicans have
nerve enough to keep 1t before the
Senate at the expense Of oil other
legislation, az its steering commit
tee has decided to do.
Senator Gallinger made come ug-
~ charges n support Of his rcsolu
ton for Joint Congressional Com.
mittee to investigate special Pension
legislation. He said that under the
present practice a pension bureau
had been established under the dome
Of the Capitol, aud pension attor-
neys, he believed for pay, advised
clients that it was easier TO get pen
sions through Congressional action
than through the pension bureau.
He called attention to the fact that
one Senator had introduced 1872
private Prssion Bills, and another
l4j; that the total Of these bills ia
this Congress, bad almost reached
3 600, and be predicted that they
would be doubled 10 the next Con-
gross If something were not done
to head of present practices
No speech made by q democrat
at this session has attracted more
attention than the appeal Of Repre-
sentative Lanham, of Texas, for
harmony in the democratic party.
BY way Of emphasizing his willing
ness to receive with open arms
those democrats who left the regu-
lar organization during the last two
national campaigns, he inserted
this verse in his speech
Return. o wanderer return,
And seek an injured partys grace;
Forsake the fins that made you mourn,
And drove you from its fond en-
brace
Come home Come home
0 prodigal child, come home %
Senator Tlllman, in calling at