The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-20
WAVE
I STRIKES HOUSE
'ds of Departments CrltI-
'sed for Forcing Deficiency
Measures.
sTRAIT OF Mr.. KNOX
I PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE
posed That Only Absolute
Necessities Shall Go for
Emergencies.

SASHINGTON, Jan. ls.-Reform in the
xtcr OF making deficiency appropria-
X agitated the House today, and the
Are time of the five and a quarter
Srs' session was devoted to its discus
with the exception OF a short speech
free hides by Mr.. Perkins Of New
h
he urgent deficiency blu was being
sidered under the general debate or
!. and Mr. n tnucr OF New York, In
lrge OF the bill, set the pace by point
out the failure OF the legislation OF
year to curb heads of departments
.41oir demands for deficiency supplies.
Portrait of Knox.
he one specific illustration OF the need
reform which was cited was the APP
opriation OF S26lj for portrait of for
u Attorney General Knox. which At
ney- General Moody had paid out OF
contingent fund of the Department of
Nice and Tor which the bill makes pro-
on.
,ader The new limitations this use OF
scontnEent fund Will not be permitted.
X~eral debate on the bill Will proceed
eerrow.
+ Explains the Items.
Littauer CN. " explained the items
NC bill which aggregate Sl5. 215. 5o3 in
ing S5,3i0 7S6 Tor the Panama canal
1crcive appropriations" by the cNccu-
Mdcpartments Of the Government were
q 4 the subject OF criticism by Mr. Lit
czf, lie said tho practice had become
EScstabllshed by long usage when the
" OF a department arbitrarily. forced
nzress 10 meet his demands for money.
most common method OF accomplish
Ghis was To use up any particular ap-
Is1lation In les than the year for
n ], was Intended TO cover and then
nding of Congress n deficiency ap-
Nation
aa Goes a Step Farther.
q effort TO remedy this by the last
s. Tess had been only partially success
, nd the pending bill, he said, went a
ehaarthcr
\. Littauer cited this provision in the
c,nS bill; ITO reimburse the appro-
ron, miscellaneous expenditures of
osoepartmcnt Of Justice for the fiscal
rc1 1906, the amount expended for a por-
ID fof former Attorney General p. G.
/, S2Gi5
p no ordered that plcturc?" demanded
nSalncs OF Tennessee
an Ordered by Moody.
u LittaUer remarked that he under.
w. n. Moody, the present Attor-
Adams asked II 1t had not been the
5m for the portraits OF retiring cab
q officers TO be painted at government
y psc and hung in the offices of the
s1rtmcnt
rs reply WAS that this had been the
2m. but II the provision In the pend
:. Dill was adopted il would not here
s,.1 be the custom
Will Stop the Custom.
Js provision makes 1t unlawful for a
.rtment head 10 ask an emergency
..opriation unless he can show that
Ir,v3thing unusual has occurred since the
rrtionment OF the appropriation 10
.o.e the emergency absolutely neces-
.u,- Brundige of Arkaneas favored
az Hiprovision, and favored reducing the
nses OF collecting the revenues oi
~ government. He stirred up consid.
Efie contention on the Democratic sid,
citing several ports OF entry where nc
en ctions were made from one year's
E9to another.
re- Criticises Canal Work.
BTundige criticised the slownes.
"-ne Panama canal construction WITT
II Expenditure OF SIC, 600 600 which. h,
os would be the amount used whcI
opqpproprlation carried by the bill haC
FlF used, II would only then have beer
rnlned what character OF cana
I'D be built
NJ Short Session Luxury.
Livingston OF Georgia. the senio,
.rJrlty member OF the Approximation
pq|nittee, said the departments wer,
Ar alone TO blame for sending in dc
icles The short session of Congress,
%py other year nc said. was a cans,
slrry on the part OF the committee %
stt,-,srcSs aud In both houses and result
20 much unsatisfactory work "