The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
.CLAYTON'S FRIENDS
MUCH GRATIFIED
Has Shown Great Talent on
Subcommittee
MONEY FOR THE WARRIOR
Continuing Contract Appropriations
VIII Give 100000 to Alabama
Rivers-Many Kicks on
Service Pension Law.
MONEY FOR THE WARRIOR

Washington, March H.-(Special) -Rep-
resentative Clayton of Alabama, who as
a member of the house judiciary commit
tee, was selected a member of the sub
committee of three on the Swayne i'm
parchment, gave close attention to the
case and reported with Representative
Palmer of Pennsylvania in favor of the
impeachment.
Mr.. Claytons friends are naturally graf
flied over the action of the full com
mittee In sustaining his decision in the
matter. Mr. Clayton has devoted prac-
tically all of his time In the last six
weeks to this important proceeding and
that his views were adopted by a ma
jority of the committee is good evidence
of his high legal ability and standing in
the house.
Representative Padgett Of Tennessee
has received notice that there are now
unpaid $50 horse claims of Confederate
soldiers whose property was unlawfully
taken from them after the Appamatox
surrender. The claims which amount to
about one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars will go In the general de-
ficiency bill. A number of these claims
are filed by Confederate soldiers living
In North Alabama
Members Of congress, regardless of par
ty, are still kicking over the executive
order of the President virtually creating
a service pension law. The democrats
because 1t is a usurpation of legislative
authority, and the republicans because
the President has robbed them of indi-
vidual campaign thunder.
II is fhOTRhf the fnf,tterinor Inc
the President will cease within a few
days. The discipline in the republican
party will attend to that. AS for the
democrats little political benefit can be
obtained by opposing anything pertaining
to pensions. 1t is humiliatlng truth
that the democrats who represent pen
sionable constituencies are as radical in
their demands upon the treasury as the
republicans.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
which will be reported to the house the
later part of next week, will carry river
and harbor continuing contract appro-
priations for the fiscal year 1905. 1t has
practically been agreed by the sub-com-
mittee now framing the bill to include the
following among their appropriations:
Black Warrior, Warrior and Tomblgbee
(Alabama) 100000.
Tennessee river, Colbert and Bee Tree
shoals, $4,000.
Mississippi river commission, $1,000 000
Senator Dubois of Idaho suggests for
mer Senator George E. Turner of Wash
ington as suitable running mate with
Judge Parker of New York.
Parker and Turner, he says, can carry
the pivotal states and be elected. Dubois
says the Roosevelt irrigation campaign
is what has made the President solid in
the west and II will take just such
popular man as Turner to gain back the
democrats who went over to the repub-
iicans.
In my opinion" said Senator Dubois
today, ut would be the height of wisdom
for the democratic party to lay all pos
sible emphasis upon the slogan of cor
ruption as one Issue in the approaching
campaign We have seen what was un-
earthed In the postoff1ce department.
There may be other instances of SINH
lar character which have not been
brought to light. The whole of the exec
utive departments ought to be placed in
the limelght OF minute publicity and If
there is further rottenness the people
ought to be appraised of the fact"