Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-10

bonds drawing per cent interest, on the
theory that this canal Is to be perma-
nent in its construction. and to bring per
manent benefit to the country, our posterity
may well be called upon to pay part of
its cost.
Then there was the extraordinary ex-
pense of S10,00O,0O0 made necessary in
the proper appropriations to set the new
states of Oklahoma and Indian Territory,
and possibly of Arizona and New Mexico,
on their way rejoicing. l do not know
why this should be criticised Then there
was expenditure of $1,000. 600 made nee
essary by the San Francisco disaster. We
heard no objection from democrats on this
score at the time the appropriation was
made. Twenty million dollars were appro-
priated for public buildings through the
country. These were badly needed, and
we heard no democratic objections to
the bill when it went through, and no
complaint that democratic districts were
not visited with the same degree of liber-
ability as the republican districts. I shall
not go on with the other items, the mere
statement Of which justify them. In spite
of s40.OO0,O00 in the treasury after all the
expenditures have been made. We have
the money with which to pay for the gov
eminent which the people are enjoying;
the country is growing rapidly, and the
expenses of it's government naturally ex-
pand-
Rigor Against Undue Expenditure.
lie tTulu lS Cifdt the greatest TlSOr was
exercised by the appropriation committees,
especially Of the House of Representa-
tives. to prevent undue and extravagant
expenditure. and comparisons with previous
administrations are wholly unjust un-
less the critics take up item by
item the increases and consider the reasons
for the additional appropriations made
necessary either by peculiar emergencies
or by the general expansion of the country,
presenting a reasonable ground for great
err governmental expenditure.
Another criticism that has been made is
that the laws passed have greatly extend
ed the national power as compared with
the state power. and have promoted the
Capitalization OF government at Washing
ton. In a sense this Is true It is not
true that the expansion Of power is un-
constitutional, but it Is only true that the
national government has taken upon it
self the exercise OF greater powers, hereto
fore unused, but all within the constitution
al grant. in order to curb certain evils
which were 30 widely extended across state
lines as to make 1t impossible for the states
to suppress them. This has been done
through the fundamentally of regulations
OF interstate commerce. 1t Is merely the
adaptation OF proper constitutional means
to the necessities and evils presented by
the immense development Of Interstate com
merce, and the organization OF great COR
porations to carry 1t on. 1t Is evidence of
the wonderful adaptabilfty to new condi
tons, not at all to be foreseen when the
Constitution was adopted of the provisions
OF that instrument to meet the enormous
changes In business and material deyel-
opment that have taken place in the now
neary 100 years since Its adoption The en-
pansion OF this power within Iesitfmat e
and constitutional lines cannot and ought
not to be avoided any more than we should
restrain or prevent the growth Of business
enterprises beyond state lines or the great
er ease, rapidity and cheapness OF commune
icatton between the different states and be-