The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-08
HAlE'S WARNING NOTE
 AGAINST EXTRAVAGANCE
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~~~~~~o-~-~~>->~c-~-- -~--~-,>~-------~-~-~-~-- that the country might have "big war"
 MT. Aldrich expressed the hope that the utterances by the senator from Maine would have the careful attention of mem- bers of the majority, who he said were responsible for legislation.
 We have," he said, expenditures this year of 3S,0O0,0OO in excess of receipts. Last year we had receipts in excess of expenditures of $52, ,000.0 .000 a difference of o,OOO,0o0. We are certain to have a large deficiency in the revenues"
 He added that there were pending be- fore the Senate special bills: involving more than $10,O00,00O, Ind referring to MT. Bacon, he said he was. sorry to see an economist in observation advocat- ing a bill to pay $10,000,000 for certain cotton claims, and there were other bills taking money out of the treasury, that, he said would insure the announced deficiency.
 MT. Beveridge having said that an army of s5,0O0 would be useless against 8 single army corps, MT. Hale inquired:
 Where does the senator think this imaginary army corps is.to come from?" asked MT. Hale.
 Conflict Impossible. He added that conflict of this country with another needing a large army was practically impossible. He would have no more soldiers and said the senator from Indiana would never see war. He characterized war talk as sheer nonsense"
 MT. Warren suggested that it was "the unexpected that happened"
 MT. Warren defended the army and said much of it's time was taken up with looking after river and harbor work, and added that there was no country In the world with so small an army as that Of the United States, ecepting Switzerland.
 MT. Aldrich suggested that this country WAS better protected than any other.
 Did not the Secretary of War" asked MT. Gallinger, fin recent speech favor a large increase in the army?'
 MT. Warren said he did not know of such a speech. but hoped that the country would grow fast enough and rich enough to feel like having an army as large as suggested"
 '.I hope not" said MT. Hale.
 Senator Hale having left the cham ber Senator Frye moved in his col leagues behalf to lay on the table the motion of the latter to reconsider.
 Senator Burkett of Nebraska crit.- c.sed this action as an unwarranted method of criticising man now at tracting attention in this country.
 Political Attack.
 .sWe inject into this body" said MT. Burkett. "a political discussion that the senator from Maine had no right to infect in the debate. It is a political attack upon certain political can didate in this country and it has not the element of fairness"
 He charged the Maine senator with failing to exercise good faith in pre- senting his motion to reconsider, which was, he said, shown by. the motion of his colleague to withdraw. "The mo- tion was lacking in that candor which should characterize the proceedings css the Senate" He declared that Congress and not the war department was re- sponsible for increases in the army, and held MT. Hale, d senator of high posi- tfon, responsible in greater degree than the Secretary of the Navy for in- creases of the past. "It comes with poor grace for the senator to tcriticise tke secretary for something for which he