The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-20

sect1on OF Mexico would be An
nexed to the United States-Ea-
tional Capital Making Preparations
for the Inauguration of the New
President
Especial to The Caucasian.)
Washington, D. c., Feb. Is, 1913.
The National Capital is taking on
the physical appearance of the near
approach of the Inauguration OF the
new President. Every available
space from the White House to the
capitol is being covered with stands
for spectators, and nearly every
building facing the line of march Of
the inaugural parade has been rent
ed, and most of them at very high
price.
The unusually warm weather has
caused many to invest in seats on
stands who would not otherwise have
risked their money.
Yesterday morning the city was
visited by what appeared for awhile
| to be a fierce snow storm, IL not a
blizzard, which made evry one feel
that we were in for another blizzard
inauguration, similar to those of the
past. The threatened snow blizzard
soon passed and was followed by sun
shine and higher temperature. To-
day the weather is almost as balmy
as early spring.
At the same time news comes from
Rome was enveloped in the heaviest
fall of snow seen in the Monumental
City for fifty years, and that Mount
Etna Is covered with snow for the
first time in nearly half century.
The Most Extravagant Congress on
Record.
A few days ago when the public
i buildings bill came up in the House,
a sensation was sprung by Mr.. Fitz-
gerald, of Brooklyn, N. Y, the Chair
man of the Appropriation Commit
tee, calling attention to the enormous
and reckless appropriations being
made by the Democratic House. He
declared that the Public Buildings
mill was twice as large as was nee
essary mad that the committee had
padded it by putting in large appro-
priations for public buildings in the
districts of the leading members of
Congress of the House in order to
elicit their support to secure it's pas
| sage.
Mr.. Fitzgerald pointed out that if
the appropriations bills already pass
ed and those framed and now pend
ing should pass without reduction,
by this Congress would exceed by
over a hundred million dollars those
of any other Congress in the history
of the Government.
Mr.. Mann, the minority Republican
leader, commenting upon this condi-
tion of affairs, charged that the ap-
preparations were not only the largest
ever made, but that they were unnec-
essary. He pointed out the enormous
increase of pensions made by the
Democratic House for which there
was no demand or necessity. In
short, he showed that public money
was being recklessly wasted without
giving to the people of the country
| any adequate and just returns there
for. He closed his speech by charg-
ing that the whole trouble came from
the fact that the legislation of the
House was in the hands of "a disor-
ganized mob"
The Critical Situation In Mexico.
The news from Mexico, giving an
account of the frightful revolutionary
struggle with such great loss Of life
and property, not only to the natives
but also to Americans and other for
eigners, has for the past week grown
worse each hour.
Already a fleet of American bat
tleships have been sent to both the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico
and besides arrangements have been
made for sending on short notice al
least 10000 United States troops tc
| that country. Orders were issued last
night for 1000 American marines tc
J be shipped this morning.
The situation in Mexico is not only
very serious, but it is at the same
, time a most difficult and critical con
dition with which to deal. The prop
= erty and lives of Americans is no
only being sacrificed every day, bu
it is almost impossible for this gov
ernment to prevent the same withou
4 sending a very large army to tha
, country, which might be forced to re
= main for many many years.
: If Mexico was a fiat country /
would be easy for the United State