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A Twe-BlIHon-DolIar Congress.
Senator Allison, republican, says
that the expenditures of the Fifty-seventh
congress which recently ad
journed, amounted to $1,654,103,514.
The totaL appropriations made by the
Fifty-sixth congress amounted to ?1,
440,489,438. Thus it will be seen that
according to Senator Allison's figures,
the appropriations made by the Fifty
seventh congress exceeded those of its
predecessors by more than $118,
000,000. But Congressman Livingston, one of
the democratic members of the house
committee on appropriations, says
that Senator Allison has failed to in
clude appropriations amounting to
more than $500,000,000. Mr. Livings
ton says that his figures show that
the congress- recently adjourned made
appropriations amounting to $2,000,-
000,000.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York World sends to his pa
per an interesting statement under the
head-line of "What Congress Accom
plished and What Was Left Undone."
The World's correspondent says:
The three months' session ending to
day shows a fairly good record in the
number of important bills passed and
general legislation enacted. A major
ity of the republicans regard the anti
trust legislation as the greatest
achievement of the session. A com
prehensive plan for controlling trust3
and corporations was made operative
by the passage of three bills, each
dove-tailing with the other. These
provide for publicity, prevent the giv
ing or receiving of rebates, prohibit
discriminating rates and give suits
against trusts precedence in federal
courts over ordinary cases. Their
value depends on how vigorously the
president enforces them.
The ninth executive department of
the government was created, being
designated as that of commerce and
labor. Efforts to secure this legisla
tion have been made in many previous
congresses without success.
An act was passed creating a gen
eral staff corps for tho army, thereby
placing it on the same footing as the
European organizations. This has
been one of Secretary Root's chief am
bitions. The reorganization of the
army will be made effective after the
retirement of General Miles.
Provision was made for creating a
militia service which will be of great
utility In time of war.
A newimmigration law was passed
which will do much to restrain the in
coming of objectionable aliens. It
will render the contract labor law
more rigid, and puts into execution
stringent regulations for the exclusion
aid control of anarchists.
The bankruptcy act was amended
so as to remove the objections raised
against the existing law and to pre
vent fraudulent transactions by debt
ors. The duty on anthracite coal was re
moved, permitting large importations
of fuel from Nova Scotia and Canada.
This afforded some relief to the bor
der states from the coal famine caused
by the strike in the anthracite re
gions. The sum of $3,000,000 was given to
relieve famine and suffering due to
the recent hostilities.
Provision was made for redeeming
tho Hawaiian silver coin with United
States money and extending the Amer
ican financial system to that territory.
Authorization was given for con
structing a new home for tho depart
ment of agriculture, and $1,500,000 was
appropriated for that purpose.
The efficiency of tho Philippine con
stabulary was increased, thereby re
moving the necessity for maintaining
so many soldiers in the islands.
An act was passed to increase the
pensions of those who have lost
limbs in the military or naval ser
vice of the United States.
The safety of employes and travel
ers on railroads has been increased by
additional legislation requiring the
use of automatic couplers, continuous
brakes and driving-wheel brakes.
The pension laws were amended to
prevent the practice of young women
marrying aged ex-soldiers for the pur
pose of receiving widow s pensions al
ter their deaths.
A union railroad station was au
thorized for Washington which will
cost several million dollars.
Persons accused of crime can here
after be removed to and from tho
Philippine Isjands for trial. This has
heretofore been impossible, and many
criminals escaped punishment for ser
ious offenses.
An additional judge was allowed the
district court for the southern district
of New York, thereby relieving the
congested condition existing in the
metropolis.
A bill was passed establishing a
coinage system for the Philippines.
THINGS THAT WERE NOT DONE?
Included in, the work which failed
of completion' at the short session is
the appropriation of $000,000 neces
sary to secure tne site for a new up
town po8tofilco in New York city.
The bill to protect the president,
vice president and cabinet officials,
after passing both branches of con
gress and being agreed to in confer
ence, failed to become a law.
The bill reducing the tariff on all
importations from the Philippines to
tho United States to 25 per cent of the
Dingley act rates, which passed the
house, was talked to death in tho
senate. This measure was urgently de
sired by the president, who sent his
last special message to congress on
that subject
Tho Fowler currency bill in the
house and the Aldrich financial bill in
the senate failed to pass either body.
The omnibus statehood bill, which
passed tho house last session, provid
ing for the admission of Arizona, Nov
Mexico and Oklahoma as states, was
filibustered against In the senate for
nearly fourteen weeks and its passage
prevented, although a pronounced ma
jority of tho senate favored it.
The Littlefield anti-trust bill, passed
almost unanimously by the house and
favorably reported by the senate judi
ciary committee, failed of action, the
republicans maintaining that adequate
anti-trust legislation had already been
enacted.
Tho Panama canal treaty and the
Cuban reciprocity treaty failed of
ratification, and will be considered at
the special session of the senate.
What Is Needed.
Jacob Miller, a pioneer Cape Nomer
who enjoys tho soubriquet of "Tun
dra Jake," remarked to a friend in
tho corridor of tho Fifth Avenue Ho
tel: "I have just been reading an in
terview with Colonel W. J. Suther
land upon the present needs of Alas
ka. The colonel is well posted in
matters territorial. He touches upon
tho mining laws, tho judiciary, home
stead claims, transportation, etc., but
he omits tho great crying need Alas
ka has at present"
"What is that?" interrogated his
friend.
"Warmer weather." New York
Times.
The Aldrich BUI.
The defeat of the Aldrich bill can
not be regarded as a calamity. The
bill provided that government funds
could be deposited In the banks upon
such deposits being secured by state,
city and railroad bonds. Another fea
ture of the bill was the provision that
the bonds to be issued in the con
struction of the Panama canal should
be used as a basis for the issue of ad
ditional bank currency.
The purpose of this bill is to get
rid of the enormous surplus with
drawn from circulation and piled up
in the treasury as the result of un
necessary and burdensome taxation
Instead of reducing the taxes and al
lowing this money to flow back in tho
channels of trade in a fair and normal
way, the republicans desire to turn it
over to a favored class to be operated
upon by them to their profit. The
Aldrich bill was a mere scheme to
increase the power of the national
banks and further entangle tho gov
ernment with the banking business.
-Memphis News.
A State of Mind.
In the state of Mass.
There lives a lass
I love to go N. C;
No other Miss.
Can e'er I Wis.,
Be half so dear to Me.
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R. I. is blue
And her cheeks the hue
Of shells where waters swash;
On her pink-white phiz
There Nev. Ariz.
The least complexion Wash.
La! could I win
Tho heart of Minn.,
I'd ask for nothing more,
But I only dream
Upon the theme,
And Conn, it o'er and Ore.
Why is It, pray,
I can't Ala.
This love that makes me 111.?
N. Y O., Wy.
Kan. Nev. Ver. I
Propose to her my will?
I shun the task
'Twould be to ask
This gentle maid to wed;
And so, to press
My suit, I guess
Alaska Pa. instead.
Brooklyn Eagle.
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