The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-05
STILL CONGRESS MUST
EPERCISE CLOSE
ECONOMY
TO PEVENT A DEFICIT
Secretary LOeb's Failure as
Press Agent.

Washington, Jan. Silt may yield
some measure OF consolation TO less
fortunately situated individuals to
know that Uncle Sam has started on
the new year with an available cash
balance Of s14o.O0o,00O In addition
to this available roll. the government
has stored away in sock. so to
speak, an item Of s150.0O0.o00 gold
coin and bullion known as the re
serve fund. and another item OF 81 .012..
592, SEQ held as a trust fund for the
redemption of the same amount Of gold
certificates. silver certificates ana
treasury notes outstanding. Yet. with
all these evidences Of Dlethoric purse
congress- VIII have to trim and save
In every possible direction TO make
ends meet, and congress has already
been called upon to authorize bond
issue 70 reimburse the treasury for
money spent in the Panama canal ven
ture Thus far this fiscal year the
receipts from customs. internal reve-
nue. and miscellaneous sources have
aggregated 1926. 100000, and the ex-
penditures 1903 5000, ,000 leaving de-
felt ofs5. 100000 The expenditures for
the last hscal year up to this time
were s2ss,S61.747. or. approximately
sf.000,oO0 less than this year. The
greatest difference this year over last
lies In the expenditure for public
works. which has aggregated $4,000.
900. against s2s.oo0.oOO last year. on
the other hand. the expenditures by
the war department this year have
been about s5.O0O.00O lees this year
than last. The navy department has
also spent about $4,000.O00 less thus
far this year than last year. to date.
There has been paid out in interest so
far this year about $s.50O.00O more
than last. while the civil and miscella.
'heons. The Ipdian and the pension ac-
counts all show heavier expenditures
thar for the same period of the pre-
yious fiscal year. There are other
heavy expenditures in sight which
have been authorized and must be met,
and only the closest kind of shaving
Of appropriations will avert deficit
that could be provided for only by re-
opening the tariff fight, loud public
asmapd which the stend-patters hope
to stiHe through the autocratlc rules
OF the house.
The ineficiency Of Secretary Loeb
rs presidential press agent, through
whom all blessings flow, has been la.
mentally demonstrated in the past
few weeks. It is perhaps not entirely
AIR Loeb's fault, for the difficulty OF
getting the news out just right for an
administration. or rather for a presi- |
dent. who gets 10 the level OF prac-
tical politics in order TO bring about
the consummatlon Of high political
ideals. must be apparent at first glance.
II there Is one thing about President
Roosevelt that stands forth prominent
", Il is the fact z at he is practical.
IHere IS about l.im flavor OF the
Hg In defunct populism to make
a y t to results. and some OF
the NC things that he has done
would indicate that he viii as readily
play to the weak side OF men as to 1
their higher elements in order to exc
cute some reform. Il is a revival. in
a sense. of the rule Of ethics that the
end justines the means Perhaps II
the president were dependent on no
power save bis own viii. and account
able to no source of power save that
to which Emperor William ackuowl-
edges fcalty. he might give an exhibi.
lion OF governmental administration.
az once 50 immaculate as to dazzle,
and SO guileless that cen a child would
have no occasion to wonder. 1t would
also greatly tighten the job OF the
presidential press agent.
There are two striking Instances in
which the presidents policy is vivldly
demonstrated One Is his efforts to
stop so1e prosecutions In Indian Ter
ritory, and the other is his effort to Sc
cure the conviction and enective pun
ishment Of certain alleged eyil doers
- Nepraska. In the territory case
some indictments were found which
shocked the pfesident's sense OF Jus.
iice They were against men whom
be believes are being persecuted for
somc excellent work which they have
doue n behalf II me Indians and the
soYeFAnent He he'd the department
O Justice make an ex parte invesuea-
lion, which exonesated she meE under
charges and he ordered the indict-
nepia aismlsssa This United states
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