Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
CONGRESS CLOSES.
Administration Sharply Criti-
 cised on Expenditures.
ALDRICH ON USURPING OF POWER
Testified to RooseveIt's Noninterfer- ence With Le@is1atfon-Gormam said President Wanted Country
 tO Re Great World Power.

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 WASHINGTON, April 2e, . With brief announcement and a sharp rap of his we'll worked gavel President Pro Tenn. Frye adjourned the senate sine die at o'clock, the hour fixed by resolution for the two houses of con- gress. The work of the session had been concluded before the final word was said, so that neither rush nor con- fusion marked the end.
 The senate began its days work ear. ly, and the greater part of the time was devoted to a political debate, par ticipated in on the Republican side by Messrs. Allison and Aldrich and on the Democratic side by Messrs. Cor man and Culberson. The discussion was based on a statement by MT. AlIi- son of the appropriations for the ses- sion, comparing the figures for this year and for the administration of President Roosevelt with those of oth- CT years and other administrations.
 Speaking generally, Mir. Allison said the appropriations were In the main for the conduct of the government, and he expressed the opinion that they would not be criticised. He also re- ferred to obligations assumed and said those of this year are less than for many years previous.
 Mir. Culberson presented a review of appropriations for the past twelve years, covering the last administration of MT. Cleveland and the Mckinley and Roosevelt administrations. He said the total expenditures under the Roosevelt administration had been $2,- $40, ,oO0,O ,Oo0, or $211, COG, ,000 greater than the four years of the Mckinley admin istration and $sss, ,o0o, ,00o greater than in the four years of the Cleveland ad- ministration.
 Replying to MT. Allison, MT. German placed the total appropriations of this session at $791, ,00O, ,OO0 and the obliga- tions incurred at oyer SPA, ,000,O 1000, or more than $500, ,0oo, GOO all told, not in- cluding the appropriation for the Pan anna canal. He said the figures were amazing and predicted that it would be impossible to continue expenditures at this rate without increasing taxes. He attributed the rapid increase to the ambition of the president to make of the United States "a great world pow err and said that we had reaped no harvest except the loss of life and de- moralization in every branch of the governmental service.
 Discussing the question of presidents usurping the powers of congress which had been raised by MT. German, Mir. Aldrich said:
 'I have been a member of this body for twenty four years, large part of the time with the senator from Mary land. I have served with five or six different presidents, including Demo- cratic president for two terms, and I have never known a president of the United States, not excepting MT. Clave- land, who has interfered less with the legislative business of congress or with the action of the house or the senate than the present incumbent of that of fce
 ''I know of no case where he has undertaken to dictate what our policy or what our legislation should be, and l cannot say that of another president within my recollection. This talk about the usurpations of the president and his attempts to control legislation or  the congress is nonsense, and nobody knows it better than does the senator from Maryland"
 The president and his cabinet occu- pied the presidents capitol office room during a part of the debate, and some of the presidents advisers were among the most interested listeners to the criticism and defense of their chief. Mrs. Roosevelt and other members of the presidents family occupied seats in the gallery toward the close of the session, and they, too, found entertain ment in the proceedings.
 The only important acts of legisla- ton during the day were the presenta- ton and acceptance of conference re- ports on the Panama canal govern ment and emergency river and harbor bills.
 HOUSE ADJOURNED.