The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-06
HOUSE LISTENS
TO MUCH POLITICS
Grosvenor Lauds President
Roosevelt tie the Skies
EXT0LS HIS EVERY ACT
DeArmond Is Equally Vigorous In De-
nouncng the Republican Attitude
on Various Public Questions,
Especially p. o. Matter.
EXToLS HIS EVERY ACT

Washington, April 5.-The proceedings in
the house today were enlivened by
speeches by Mr. De Almond and Mr..
Grosvenor, the former attacking the re-
publicans for failure to order an investi-
cation into the postoffice charges and to
revise the tariff, and the latter vigorous
ly defending the republican party and
lauding President Roosevelt for tho part
he played in the postal investigation, the
passage of the Cuban reciprocity law, and
the treaty with Panama for the construc-
ton of an isthmian canal.
Mr.. Grosvenor frequently was inter-
rupted and was applauded by the re-
pubicans when he answered the gibes of
several democratic members
The military academy bill was passed
without amendment.
The house resumed consideration of the
military academy appropriation bill In
the course of his advocacy of the pro-
visions of the bill, Mr.. Prince of Illinois,
diverged to make brief political speech
in which he predicted the election of
President Roosevelt in November. He re-
ferred to the contention that in the past
existed the feeling between the present
general commanding the army and the
secretary of war, which he said were
gentle zephyrs compared to what will
come between the general staff and the
secretary of war. He was confident the
secretary of war would not be a chief
clerk to register the decrease of the
general staff, but will rise above 1t and
be the secretary of war and these men will
be subject to him.
Action of Subordinates.
He stated the action of those subor-
dinate officers in the executive depart
ment has brought to the house the
trouble ii has mad in many ways" He
protested against the practice of sending
bills to heads of departments for their
opinion. I'VE should take suggestions"
he insisted. but not be determined by
any opinion of some subordinate officer
as to what should be done with reference
TO legislation. There should be-" he said,
IA return to the practice of requiring
heads of executive departments to come
to the capital and state their wants.
There was a mutual distrust he de-
clared. between the executive officers of
the government and the legislative Off
GERS. He said the high appropriations of
congress are estimated by subordinates
and they are made sufficiently high on
the theory that congress will cut them to
the amount actually in mind when the es-
Inmates are made He demanded that
the head of departments be made to UNI
derstand that If they go beyond what
they are entitled to, not a dollar shall be
given to them. And then. he said. amid
applause, they will cut their cloth In or
der to make their clothing fit and not
take chances on a deficiency bill. If the
heads of the departments will do their
own thinking and acting. he said in con-
cluson. and let the house do its think
Ing and acting. the result will be to the
good of the public service
Mr. Wade of Iowa. spoke about the
trusts and criticised the attorney gem
eral for beginning only nine suits against
them. Following his speech Mr.. Gaines
of Tennessee. stated that the beef trust
was starving the people.
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