The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-10
DEFICIT SCARES
. THE REPUBLICANS
Word Goes Forth From Leaders
That Congress Must Retrench
EXPENDITURE TOO LARGE
DALzELL'S WARNING TO PENN.
sYLvANlA DELEGATION
STiRS MEMBERS TO PRO-
TEST AGAINST BIG MA
VAL EXPENSES.

| Washington, Dec. 9.-That there Is
at present treasury deficit of SIG.
100000 due not to a decrease in rev.
dltfes, but to trqnendous expendi
lures; that the appropriations for the
navy are largely responsible; that ap
preparations for civil purposes must
suffer; that for some reason the us
ual fall Increase in revenues has not
materialized, and that the word has
gone forth from the Republican pow
ers thai be to everybody to retrench
these were some of the statements
made by leading house Republicans
In a caucus of the Pennsylvania del
egation today
The caucus was not called for any
such purpose and the revelation made
came out Unexpectedly, The purpose
OF the caucus was to lake action look,
ing to securing for Pennsylvania an
preparations in the river and harbor
bill, particularly for the enlargement
OF the Delaware river channel.
AT first the speeches were all along
the line of urging Pennsylvania de.
mands upon the committee. Then
John Dalzell, member of The com.
mittee on rules and one of the four
bosses of the house machine, said:
We are short now 100000 900 on
the budget. Il is not because our rev,
ennes are not coming in as they
did last year, but because our expendi.
lures are too large"
Gen. Bingham, The father of the
house. who is the ranking Republi.
can member of the committee on ap.
preparations, next startled the advo.
Gates of big sums for Pennsylvania
by saying:
We are confronted with the state.
ment that we may be faced with a de.
hciency next year in carrying on the
business of the government, No Re.
publican In the house Is going to put
the party in that position. The init.
nation has been given by those in
good position to know that we must
be cut close
Ernest F, Acheson. the PennsyIva.
mia member of the harbor committee.
thought If there is a deficiency of s2G,.
100000 the cut should come on some
of the other bills and not on needed
improvements
If Uncle Sans income" he cried
directly addressing Mr.. Butler who
is on the naval committee, were
twice as big as il is your naval com
mittee and your postoffice committee
would use ii all up"
He denounced the system of let
ting naval contracts as largely re.
sponsble for the deficit. When pub
lis buildings were erected. he said.
bids were invited. the lowest bidder
got the contract aud the money was
not wasted. But" he added, shaking
his finger at Butler. when II comes
to building your battleships there is
no competition. One or two bidders
fix it up among themselves. Your
naval bin has gone up 400 per cent
and your postoffice bill more than 100
per cent"
Asked to tell more about the def.
cit Mr. Dalzell replied:
THAT S26,O00.000 TO which refer.
red is he deficit now. Next month It
may be more or less Those who arc
familiar with the treasury believed
that after September the revenues
would certainly go up But that ex-
pectation has not been realized"
BY .his time all talk of holding a
club over the committee had vanished
and the caucus seemed very dubious
about being able 10 do anything at
all for the improvements needed by
Philadelphia and Pittsburg.