The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-03-19

which Senator T1liuan. Of Soath Car
olina. and Senator gexersdgr ot EnAa
ana, ~ers the chief participants To
Senate considered The eonf~rencs re
pors GA the Indian appropriation haa
and after some criticism Of tie a..
iien Of the eouferses oa minor pro
saSlon the repor, was disagreed "a
and another conference asked
The House bill appropriaiing s401..
ESQ 10 pay the archbishop of Manlls
as representative Of the Roman Cath
Ole church for damage 10 church
property during the Spanish war also
was passed.
Tho Pendulum g Extremes.
Mr.. TillmAu traced shat lie termed
Swinging of the pendulum !"
from the regime of Andrew johnson
| when Congress assumed control al
most 10 the exclusion Of the Presi-
dent from legislative influence 10 the
administrations that followed. which
he declared witnessed a growth of
presidential power The dominating
influence and control of the executive
branch. he said, over the legislative
, aud in a less degree over the judicial
branches of the government were the
most marked features Of American
politics at this time
alt has TAKEN said Nj Tlllman.
just forty-one years for the pendu-
lum 10 swing from one extreme to
the other
Now" he said, "the House of
Representatives has degenerated into
little more than a recording machine
TO do the will of the Speaker and
his tenants. - Freedom of debate
in the old and true sense has disap-
peared from that end of the Capitol,
he added In the Senate servlity
and cowardice are the order Of the
day he declared and 1.-The shadow
IF the Executive hands over all, aud
the Presidents s wishes are almost the
only law
RoastS Wall Street.
Mr. Tillman reviewed the events
Of the recent currency crisis and
charged Wall Street with many mis-
1emeanors.
1.-THE profits of this nefarious
stock monger have he sad.
found their way into the pockets
Of the very men who with the evil
results of their fraud manifest pose
as 'saviours' and 'uncrowned kings.
and are lauded to the skies when they
were really trying to save themselves
from the disasters which threatened
to overwhelm them along with their
deluded victims. One Of these 'sa-
viours' had done more than any 9TH
er Of the money kings to deluge the
stock market with watered stock"
Millions for Protection.
The House subcommittee on forti-
fcations has reported 10 the commit
tee on appropriations the fortifica-
tions appropriation hill with the es-
Inmates for the War Department
slashed from $3S, S,443,945, to $S,210,-
GIL on account of the desire of the
committee to avoid giving ground for
the impression that the United States
is preparing for war with Japan.
Most Of the appropriations is for
Hawaii and the Philippines. The
bill was at once reported TO the
House with recommendation that il
pass.
This years bill, as revised by the
committee, covers among various
projects the following:
For range finding fire controD in
continental United States S270,000;
for guns and implacements at Decep-
tion Pass, $4,000; repairing storm
damage at Charleston, S. c., $4,000;
at Pensacola, $4,000, and at Mon
bile, $5S9,000; for Notifications at
Honolulu, including placing in a few
additional mortars at Pearl Harbor,
$l100,000; for Notifications in the
Philippines, $1,949,000.
Brownsville Case Again.
Reports from the committee on
military affairs were presented to the
Senate in regard to the investigation
of the affray at Brownsville, Tex
which resulted in the discharge with |
out honor Of three companies of negro |
soldiers of the Tewenty-ffth Infan- |
try. At the same time a message |
was received from the President call |
ing attention to the fact that the tes-
timony taken by the committee sus-
tains his position in diseharging III: |
negro soldiers He recommends ex-
tension of the time for re-enlistment
of the discharged men who might be
found not to fall within the terms OF
the order. There were four reports
from the committee, the majority be-
ing signed by Senators Warren,
Lodge, Warner, Dupont, Taliaferro,
Foster, Overman, Frazier and Mel
Creary A minority report was sign
ed by Senators Foraker, Scott, Bulke-
ley and Hemenway. !
In his special message covering the
matter the President says:
"Applieations to re-enlist from
former members of Companies b {
and D., Twenty-ffth Infantry, who
were discharged under the provisions
of special order No. 266, War Depart
ment, November 9th, 1906, must be
made in writing and be accompanied
by such evidence, also IN writing, as
the applicant may desire to submit,
to show that he was neither imp. |
Gated In the raid on BrownsVile,
Tex, on the night of August 18th,
7oae 49, xr;fbbold any evidence that