The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-21

i Illinois, which, in turn, drew the fire of MI
| pated were Mr.. Richardson OF Tennessee.
York. Mr.. Grow of Pennsylvania, Mr. Villa
The Republic Bureau
18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington. Jan. 2O.-During the consid
Grafton Of the urgent deficiency bill in ths
House a warm debate grew out Of the item
to appropriate $4,000 for a permanen,
army barracks at Manila. Representative,
Champ Clark and De Almond spoke briefly
upon the proposition, their remarks receiving
close attention by the House and exciting
heated responses from Republican leaders
The Missouri members were applauded
warmly. Mr.. Clark said:
III 1t is true. as the gentleman from
Georgia QAr. Lvington) asserts. that Gen
eral Chanee is supreme in the Philippines
supreme over Congress, supreme over US
ali-it IS high time that General Chaffee
was taken down peg Or two and per-
emptorily ordered back to this country, for
one OF the tenets OF the Democratic party Is
that the military shall be subordinate to the
civil authority.
THE gentleman from Illinois, chairman
OF the Appropriations Committee Odr Can
nom, has not been as candid to-day in an
trary. he was decidedly tender-footed and
queamish. I asked him a fair question on
which he lodged. 1t was this: Who is to
pay the expenses Of the HonorableWhiteIaw
Reid. General Wilson. Captain Clark, young
MT Morgan. young Mr.. wetmore, and
young Mr.. Battles in dancing attendance at
the coronation Of King Edward WIZ
WILL NEVER VOTE CENT
TO HELP GROWN A KING.
'The gentleman ducked on that and said
that he did not know-he had not considered
the subject! I suggest that he turn his
luminous mind to that question. know II
he does not. finally. somehow, in some
way. at some time. the bills will be sad
died onto the American people. So far as
I am concerned. viii never vote one cent to
pay any mans expenses to go to England
or elsewhere to help crown King. We
went out Of the coronation business July 4,
1T76
'For q long time I have been looking for
the man who would rather work than eat
have never found that abnormal and in
teresting character, for the all-suf1cient
reason that he does not exist. He is
mere fgment Of the Imagination. He is a
myth-as much SO As Jupiter or Minerva.
1eECuleD tSuuSp u1CAu OF ApQIOQltcs
Cyclops. or the sirens with their dulcet
songs.
'T have long since abandoned my chase
after him. and lately have been diligently
searching for the man who really enjoys
paying taxes-enjoys 1t az he enjoys going
to the circus and other such hilarious per-
formances. haven't found him. He nas
neither a local habitat1cn nor q name. He
In aAAffnO fha vnfro NJ <ha doanYf
a will-o-the-wisp or an ignis fatuus. He
does not exist. II he did he would be Q
monstrosity in the animal kingdom.
MAY BE FORCED TO MODIFY
MOTTO FOR THIS CONGRESS-.
'If We lived up to the golden rule, We
would have little need for Presidents and
congresses, Governors and legislatures,
courts and Sherins, courthouses. peniten-
tiaries and jails. armies and navies and all
the other costly adjuncts Of modern civili-
zation. but because we do not observe the
golden rule We have all these things galore.
ITO support them, the tax satherer-like
the poor-we always have with us, and we
most probably will have him until the dawn
Of the millennium.
'eAn sensible people recognize taxes a Q
necessary evil-the less Of which we have
the better.
Therefore, It should be the constant aim
Of legislators. national, State or municipal,
to secure the maximum Of good government
with the minimum Of taxation.
Every dollar wrung from the brow Of
toll. in the shape Of taxation. in excess Of
what is necessary to conduct q Government
economically administered, is robbery COM
mitted under the forms Of law.
1T is easy to be generous. even prodigal,
with other peoples money.
'swhen the Fifty-flrst Congress was first
dubbed a billion-dollar Congress- it is re-
ported that the Honorable Thomas Bracket
Reed answered the taunt with the bravado
that this is a billion-dollar country If
that brilliant man ever considers the acts
Of the Fifty-sixth Congress he must be COM
PEELED to remodel his famous motto SO as
to read: This is a billion-and-a-ha dollar
country In order to make It harmonic with
the appropriations of that Congress.
NATIONAL EXPENSES ARE
CONSTANTLY GROWING.
TN 1903, the second year of Jefferson's
administration, the per capita Federal ex-
penditures were only 30 cents.
''In 1912, under John Tyler. they had risen
to H-3s.
'In 1850 when James Buchanan was Pres
ident, they had grown to $2o1.
During the Civil War. the totals Of ap-
propriations, as well as the per capita ex-
penditures. took an immense jump.
THE lowest per capita appropriation
since the war was in 1886. during Cleve-
lands first term. when 1t was AZ. the total
being $242, ,4s3, ,1ss.
.'In 1891, the per capita expense was $5n:
in 1885, N.s3: in 1897. $5ol. And the tendency