Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-02-08
CONGRESS
MEANS To
ECONOM|zE
Honest Effort Being Made
10 Limit Appropriations.
WHAT THE WAR DEPARTMENT
IS ASKING THIS YEAR
With an Interesting Story Of a Mighty
March Into New Mexico When
the Army Was Hardy

Correspondence Morning Journal.
Washington, Feb. Aft the demand
for economy shall continue during the
entire congress, and the men who are
watching the treasury are as vigilant
as they have set out to be during the
first part of this congress, the appro-
priations ought to be kept within the
revenues.
There is natural disposition to be
liberal with public money among
those who have lived on the public
money. Take all our army and navy
officers and most of the government
employees who have drawn their sus-
tenance from the government, they
are all liberal spenders Of government
funds. There is demand for more
officers in the army and for a very
great increase in the number of artil-
lery soldiers. Plans for more extern
sive fortiicatons are made, and with
an increase of troops there would be
more barracks and quarters needed.
our army friends would add an ad-
ditional forty million dollars to the
army appropriation bill our navy Of
licers are equally liberal and would be
glad to see three battleships provided
each year and officers and sailors pro-
vided to man them. In the civil SER
vice there is a constant demand for
promotion. for more clerks. more
messengers, for additional bureaus
and new equipment, as we'll as new
departments, with all the expensive
machinery they entail. our civil Off
GERS are asking for more money for all
kinds Of service and for Investigations,
scientific and otherwise.
There is a demand for enlarged pos
tai facilities and the pressure for in
creased rural free delivery service IS
irresistible. The men who are draw
ing government pay seem to think the
golden stream is ineXhaustible. But
the congressional economists are go
ing TO try to really save the govern
ment money and if they keep up the
work as they have commenced 1t may
be possible to make good showing.
Meanwhile those who want river and
harbor appropriations have received
only cold encouragement and the men
who must have public buildings are in
n cave Of gloom. II will be interesting
to note whether or not the economic
wave will wear itself out before the
end of the present session.
Cannon Grows Sarcastic.
The representative of this paper
HtesIa. L r "a
be public buildings bill this year. In
putting the question a reference was
made to the senate having already
passed a number of these bills. The
speaker said:
"Oh, the senate will pass anything"
with sarcasm. 'The house is the con-
versative body, the dellberative body
Of congress" Then the speaker said
there would probably be a public
buildings bill Of moderate proportions.
AS to a river and harbor BILL he was
informed by Chairman Burton that
there would be nothing of the sort at
this session. And Mr.. Burton is the
best informed man i'm the United
States on all matters pertaining to the
waterways" said Mr. Cannon.
Mr. Cannon now has n wool hat n
suit Of jeans, pair Of home knit gall
luses and a pair of home-knit socks
But the boots are lacking Who will
send the boots? Real boots. Boots
with legs reaching to the knee. And
they should come creased with tallow
to keep out water and keep the leath-
er supple For Of course no man wor-
thy Of such footwear would think Of
offending by drawing on gums" over
real boots. The boots do the whole
business-keep the feet both warm
and dry, and hold out the trouser legs
In good shapely style, 1t is for the
south, and maybe South Carolina, TO
supply the missing link toward maxi
ing the speakers appearance. which
is now a matter of national interest
complete in every feature of home
spun charm and comfort. Mr.. Cam
mons measure can doubtless be OBJ
tanned on call. II is not dainty, as
those members of the house can tes-
tify who have seen him put down his
foot, and felt the result
Tho Army Appropriations.
Congress will probably appropriate
from $1,OOO,0OO to $4,000, 900 for en-
campments and maneuvers of the ma
tional guard of the country this year
A new plan for the education of the
organized militia will probably be car
rled out by which the guard regiments
and organizations will be sent to reg
ular army brigade camps established
in seven or eight different parts OF the
country
There will be no army maneuvers
on great scale such as the maneuv-
ers at Manassas In 1904, as in the
opinion OF army officers, the expense
is too great for the value received.
Chairman Hull, OF the house milI-
tary affairs committee. thinks con-
gress will make provision for the reg
ular army camps and will set apart
about a million dollars for the awnal,u