The Washington times., 1905-12-17
BISHOP DISCARDED,
ECONOMY ORDERED,
FUNDS ARE VOTED
President Saves Canal
Emergency Money
Measure.
AGREES TO REDUCTIONS
Hale Makes Announcement
and Senate Then Passes
Bill.
AGREES TO REDUCTIONS


The press bureau" of the Panams
canal has been abolished
President Roosevelt authorized Sena
tor Hale TO make that announcement
ON the floor Of the Senate yesterday
afternoon. The Senator also intimatec
that there would be move for general
economy in canal affairs all along the
line
With these White House assurances
the Panama canal emergency appropria-
ton bill for s1l.0oo.oOo was passed by the
Senate without a division
Few Present.
The success. however, Is accounted for
IN part by the slim attendance in the
chamber when the bill came up for a
vote. Not more than thirty-tive members
were in their seats when Vice President
Fairbanks announced that the bill had
been passed. OF these, eight were
counted on the minority side.
The Presidents intimation that a move
would be made toward pruning the sal
airy expenditures OF the Canal Commits
sion came surprise to many of the
Senators A few. however, knew that
sigh of relief when the intimation was
conveyed by Senator Hale, that the fight
waged so strongly by both Republicans
ind Democrats alike had borne fruit
Senator Culberson of Texas had Of
f,red an amendment to the emergency
appropriation bill. which. If adopted,
would give the Senate the authority 10
Tearrange the salary list of the "exeeu-
lives OF the Panama Canal Commission
he was explaining his amendment and
outlining wha he contended II would do
in correcting existing. evils when Mr.
Hale. interrupiiug hiIn. made the an
nouneenent for the President.
Whole Outfit Doomed.
senator Hale said he thought the
amendment should be adopted were Il
not for the fact that he had been au-
fhorized TO announce TO the Senate that
the. ''Sle,eo9 press agent" bureau and all
its parapheTnalia and machinery would
be discontinued immediately.
In view OF that said Senator cui-
borson, Il wiz Withdraw my amend
nient.
That the item of rexorbitant. sal
aries in The Canal Commissions budget
wss due for an impartial scathing at
3e-terdays session was evidenced the
moment the Serate convened. Jt had
heen whispered about that Senators
Bacon and Cuiberson had something
up their sleeves and practically every
seat in the chamber was occupied when
Chaplain Hale began his prayer
Bacon Scores Management.
Senator Bacon was the first on the
Goor- He srr3igned in no mild terms
the administration of the canal In gen
erai. Following Mr. Bacon Senator
Culberson took the floor and advanced
bS far the most important arguments
agsinst the reckless and what he
termed the most ridiculous" expendi-
tilre OF the money already appropriated
"r which was asked for in the erner-
gency bill.
The original estimation OF sIS4 900
80. Mr. Cuiberson concluded. would
be but a drop in the bucket comma red
with what the canal would actually
cost when completed II il ever was
completed" This SO. 800, Go already spent
he claims might just as well have been
thrown away far as results are
concerned He itemized the $40 O10. CO..
paid 20 the old Panama Canal company
ipr the purchase OF the Panama rail-
road and other equally worthless
property or holdings.
As Good on Sea Floor.
The $a0.cS0.O0O." he said. by analogy
would have served a better purpose ard
would have accomplished just as much
II = were thrown into the sea -
Taking up the estimate OF SIS. 5Oo. 900
submitted by the Secretary Of War TO
carry on the work at the Isthmus from
December. 1905. to June 90. 1906. Mr..
cuIberson contended that 1t was ridicu-
lous 30 propose the expenditure OF such
a sum before the character OF the
canal had even been determined.
L intend TO support the measure ask
ing for the appropriation he said.
because 4 deem IL necessary to con-
struct canal somewhere across the
Jsthmus' He objected, however. 10
expending any greater sum until such
time as IL had been determined whether
the canal should be RI lock OF sea-level
ditch He said he sympathized with the
american people who have been so de-
ceired In the project. and closed his
by the declaration that tn,
canal would cost many hundreds of
millions OF dollars instead OF the sls5.
10000 as was first estimated
Mild on Salaries.
with r,lerrnce to the ssiaries." saIa
4r. cElbersou, u wish To say while
one OF them seem 10 b. loo large ap-
the sxtrRvagant and the eN-
fhiuant, the conditions at Panama are |
lfferent from what they are here, ana
nay I'm rense Justify larger salaries !
here than under ordinary conditions
erc. At the sanpc time. Il ought % b.
'cras in mind that these salaries arc !
ighcr than are paid or have been paid /
y the Government I'm any other of its |
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