The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-04

1t was a curious but necessary thing,
he said, to make this comparison more in
detail than by a mere statement of aggre-
gates. The first and most important item
included in this statement for the pres
ent congress is an appropriation of $50
100000 for the Panama, canal, which, he
said, accounts for nearly one-half of the
increase.
There is Also he said, an aggregate
appropriation for the postoffice depart
ment Of $153, 431 ,S49 for the next fiscal year
as compared with s13s, 100000 for the cur
rent year, making a difference of more
| than 100000 in excess of the appro-
priations for the last congress for the
postal service. This, he explained, arises
from the enormous increase in .expendi-
lures caused by increased postal business.
Then, too, he said, the rural free delivery
service required large sums. There was,
he said, a smaller deficiency than there
had been il, many years-in the postal re-
ceipts as compared with the expenditures
He called attention to the fact that the
| last congress passed over the river and
harbor bill. In the first session OF this
| congress-, he said, s27,O00,000 had to be
appropriated for rivers and harbors IN
| addition to which $20000,O00 was appro-
priated in the sundry civil bill for carry
| ing out contracts. He said that while
| it appears that the appropriations OF this
| congress have been largely in excess OF
| those of the last congress, the increase IS
chiefly made up Of three items, namely,
the $50, 900, 900 for the Panama canal, the
increased appropriation Of $50,O00,000 for
| the postal service and the river and mar
| Dor appropriations =, I: = r..
He concluded by saying that the people
of the country Endorsed these items OF
| increase and that the opposite political
| party concurred in them. &c., =.
Philippine Tariff Bill Displaced. r.
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amending the rivers and harbors act so
! as to provide that the $125,000 heretofore
| appropriated for certain river and harbor
! improvements in Texas shall be used Tor
the construction of a channel In SABINE
lake, Texas. ; -~.
On a yea and nay vote demanded by
! Mr.. Mason the senate agreed to take the
bill up, Al 8. The effect of the vote was
to displace the Philippine tariff bill.
| 1t was then temporarily laid aside and
Mr. Hoar spoke on the Philippines bill
The bill had been talked to death, he said
The point he made. was that the senate maze
the executive, the house of representatives
and the public are not fit to govern the
destinies Of a people 5000 miles away
who have no voice in the government
= ut is the first great object lesson sale
, he, this Wretchedness is, of the lniqu1t9
Of what the American people did two
years ago in regard to these people
Mr.. Lodge, referring to the Philippine
tariff bill, said that it's defeat was no
r through any fault of the committee no
1 of the house of representatives. From
= the beginning Of the session down to thu
present time he said he had tried con
:. stantly to find an opportunity to pas
this bill He then made a vigorous repl.
r to Mr. Hoar in which he said he believed
al that the american people are thorough,
! able to deal with the great problems il
o the east as they dealt with greater an
+ mightier problems before" :