Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-19
Senator Hale Urges Importance
of Care in Expenditures.
No Prospect for Maine Public Build
ings at Present Session.
S'naior yc Will Probably Retain Chairman
ship Of Committee on Commerce.

Washington. II. e.. Feb. fS-(SpcC-
iaD.-Thc crusade of economy in fed
eral expenditures is being preached
these days at both ends of the CAPITOL
In the Senate. its apostle is Mr.. Hale
Of Maine. and in the House Uncle
Joe" Cannon of Illinois. 1t is always
an unpopular doctrine to the senators
and members who have projects to get
through for their own districts and it
takes brave and courageous man to
undertake the preaching. But someone
has to do ii and there are no two men
better qualified for the task than those
has had to say unpleasant things to
senator's occasionally in days gone by
and then bear the odum therefor till
time could vindicate him In the light
of some comparatively recent expert
enCeS in that regard they are inclined
TO have Gcep respect for his opinions.
| The prospect for public buildings for
Maine at this session has entirely van
ished. There are scores of members
in the House" said Gov. Burleigh. Il
members of the committee on public
buildings and grounds. today. who
have public building bills they would
like even to get reported faNorably to
the House and placed on the House
calendar. l am sure | would like to
get reuorted several Maine bills. in
Guiding that at Calais. Augusta. Port
land. ana Bar Harbor. But people here
familiar with the procedure in the
House. know that Speaker Henderson
controls that situation absolutely. The
members of the House committee on
public buildings and grounds are pow
erleSs to report these bills to the House,
much less To get them passed, as long
as the Speaker refuses consent"
In some states scheming politicians
make lots of trouble for members in
the House by circulating reports that
members can get favorable action on
public building bills. if they will. 1t is
difficult to make the majority Of pco-
pie away from Washington To comprc-
bend the absolute power of the Speaker
and the contrast is often made strong
by the fact that a senator can get al
most any bill of that nature through the
Senate. if he undertakes it. In the West
ern states where the senators 90 not
as often work in entire accord with
the members. they sometimes attempt
to put the latter in embarrassing posi-
tons by getting public building bills
and the like through the Senate and
then announcing EranlloquentIE /"
their constituents that they have done
their share and that ii is UP 10 the
members to do their duty. The New
England senators. however. do net en-
gage in that kind of buncombc.
The social talk of the Main" colony in
Washington ccnterS in the very sue
cessfuI reception that the Sons an"
Daughters of the Pine Ire" state gave
last week at RauScherS, on connecticut
avenue 4 kennebeC county man, MI.
Thomas S Hopkins. a native OF Mount
Vernon. was the chairman of the an
rangcmcntS. Mr.. Hopkins is n descend
ant of one of the passengers IN the
MaynoWcr ana the president Of tn" O.
cani1;;tinn of such descendants IN
Washington Near him at the Nam"
reccption stood his stalWart son. Mr.
Shcrbourno q. Hopkins, a giant in
stature and a handsou" young fellow.
who is the lieutenant commander OF
the naval battalion of the District OF
Columbia. There We're many natives
Konnebec valley present. the most not
able of course. being Chief justice VI
Ter. who is always very gracious ABOUT
coming out to functions held py Maine
people Representative Loren ietoHci
of Minneapolis. formerly OF Mount W.T.
non. Representative Roberts OF Nd9S"
chusetts, formerly of East Maui9oi'
and several others might be mehtlotieu'
L.. az a
A good story is told here now Key
sentative T.. G. Stevens of =. Paui' q
graduate of Bowdoin and resident i"'
many wears of Rockland, cduscu 'n'
chief Justice to break his silence at the
tRowduin annual dinner. The chlel Jus
Etire ss Rowdoin alumni we'll know. mas
fheen the president of the Washington
I Alumni Association for many years ne
used to be one of the most pieasilS a"
ter dinner speakers in the county
when he assumed the robes on '''''c
Justice he followed the traditiohS
that great office by indulginG IN but -
tie after dinner speaking. Inc Po
dom alumni. who knew OF the ~
iustice's reputation for cioquen'
we're much disappointed that ne
almost nothing at the BoHdolh uiii'
although Speaker Reed. cohSei''ei
scintillatc at length. Finally at o'io
the annual elections of officers ny
sentative Stevens when the hoiiii""
ton for president was in oruel' ,ad
and commented upon hapti ~! ~
in the West Of requiring the !,
! their alumni associations 10 ,;oo
LITTLE and make somewhat &c
speeches at the annual dinners 20.
the president refused to comply
their custom to put rival IN ho'''''''
ton against him. Comma
| The chief justice took the re'el . i
to himself in good part. tie =,
) to make a speech at the annuai III.
and said that he hoped the asso'i.' -
would re-elect him as president ,a
was an honor that he delighted ~ .lD,;
And ever since then when the Do"
! Alumni holds it's meetings Chiei MA
tice Fuller breaks his whclesoiiie 80
against talking in public ana ,ho
INTO an entertaining discussion -
memories of his college days. 80,
senator Frye is said to have oe, -