Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-20
Speaker of House Determined to
Defeat Public Building APP
preparation Measure
HAS POLICY OF ECONOMY
Cannon Tells Members of Congress
That Condition of the Treasury Is
Such That the Annual "Pork Barrel
Should Be Cut out-Roosevet With
Him.

New York, Feb. 20-The New York
Herald's Washington correspondent
telegraphs his paper as follows:
There is a desperate struggle on in
the. house of representatives between
Speaker Cannon and the members who
are interested in the annual grab
known as the public building bill.
involved in the contest is the fate
of the program for the increase of the
navy, and it is probable that today's
session will demonstrate whether the
tempting lure of the pork barrel is;
greater than the combined influence
Of the president and the speaker.
Incidentally the fate of that COM
panion pork" measure, the river and
harbor BILL is mixed up in the out
come The river and harbor bill car
ries the enormous sum of $32.167.590.
1t provides for an appropriation of $14,-
9S2933, to be taken out of the treas
ury during the fiscal year beginning
July l, 1905, and for s17,234,657, to be
taken out in the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1906.
This means of excusing the profli-
gacy of congress has been adopted 50
that the supporters can go on the floor
and say that the immediate appropri-
alton is a little less than S15,0O0000
Speaker Cannon has been compelled
to yield on this bill under threats from
leading supporters of the measure that
they would defeat the provision for in
crease of the navy. He has felt also
that it would be wise policy to allow
the river and harbor bill to come up in
advance of the sundry civil bill.
Not so with the public building bill.
The speaker has told the members of
congress that the treasury is in no
condition to permit an omnibus build
Ing bill this year, and he has refused
roint-bank to give the committee on
public buildings a rule for the consid-
Grafton of the measure.
This has been followed by an at
tempt to stir up a revolt against the
speaker and take the control of the
house away from him. A petition has
been circulated for signatures asking
for the rule. Those circulating the
paper reported Saturday that they had
obtained more than 200 names.
They are accompanying this with
threats to oppose the authorization of
two battle ships in the navy bill when
It comes up for final consideration to-
day., The speaker is not alarmed at
this and he believes that the house to-
day will authorize the construction of
two more ships.
The public building bill is the clear
est example of log rolling that has
been exhibited in congress this winter.
1t appropriates $9,500,O0O distributed
among forty states.
Mr.. Gillett of New York, the chair
man of the committee, has obtained
$465,O00 for cities in the interior of his
state. Mr.. Bartholdt, the second man
on the committee, has inserted items
amounting to $1,252,OOO for Missouri.
The share of Mr.. Burleigh of Maine is
$415,000. Mr.. Conner of Iowa has $672,-
600. Mr.. Rodenburg of Illinois got
$905,000. Mr.. Minor of Wisconsin
comes to the front with $4,000. Mr..
Martin of South Dakota gets $4,000;
North Dakota patS NOTHING