Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-06-14
ONE BILLION
APPROPRIATED
BY CONGRESS
Record Broken by the 6lSt
Session Which Has Closed
Expenditures Will Exceed
IL Per Capita for Year.
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WASHINGTON, June 13.-Congress
adjourned with an unsurpassed rec
ord OF over one billion appropriations
for one year. Just think. OF the exact
amount-$l,e COS. S04. S9457.
1t is only Few years ago that a
billion dollar congress broke tae
record, but now we have that enOl 81
Gus amount more than doubled for
the appropriations now made are Tor
one year only.
As the population is now estimated
at about "a millions, the expenditures
for the coming fiscal year viii exceed
So per capita. or $50 per family.
That is s. a month FOR each m1a to
pay in taxes to the Federal govern
ment whether he is rich o. poor.
business nan, farmer or a wage
Garner.
The Republican larty certainly is
record breaker fer spending mon2y,
but unfortunately its record Tor
spending win not be equaled by the
receipts. for the estimate of the
chairman OF tho ways and means
committee of the receipts of the gov
ernme-t for the coming fiscal year is
$50 100000 less than. the appropria-
tions. But that did not have any eff
feet on the Republican associates OK
the chairman. although he repeatedly
warned them of the deficit for the
present year of S60,000,O00 and of
the far greater deficit of 1909.
Congress started out to do nothing
but pass the appropriation bills and
to stand pat on everything else, and
as for useful or reform legislation, it
came mighty near carrying out the
designs of its leaders. AT the last
minute it did pass a compromise sur
rency bill. that only seems to satls-
fly the Rockefeller interests in Wall
street, because it viii create a mark
et for their railroad bonds and allow
them to dominate the financial inter
ests of the country.
Thus congress may have caused an
other record to be broken, for the
campaign contributions from the faN-
ored financial interests should GER
tainIy surpass taeir former record in
that direction. Instead of that mails
factor of great wealth. the notorious
Mr. Hartman, raising the large
amount requested by President Roose-
welt. he will be an migrate If he does
not at least double it. Then the tar
III protected trusts should certainly
respond handsomely, for did not con-
gress stand pat and refuse to touch
the sacred TARIFF Also tae railroad
corporations win surely be willing TO
surpass their former contributions to
Republican campaign funds, if they
have a spark of reciprocity In eueir
makeup. for did not Congress refuse
to NEEDLE with railroad legislation?
If you think this is too strong a
Democratic view of our record-break-
ing Congress. ask the representative
of the Business Mems Association, or
the member of the legislative COM
mittee of the National Grange, or
the labor organization. how they
Jared with important legislation they
asked fer. Can you find anyone but
Republican politician, who has to
agree whatever is done. that is salts
fed?
Tie attempt to pass a Force bill
by lacking it on to the bill for Pub
licity of Campaign contributions was
perhaps smart political trick, but
the Republican party cannot evade
its obligations to the people by such
evasion Of its responsibility. The
Republican party is in absolute con-
troll of the government with a large
majority in both houses of congress.
1t could. therefore, legisIate as it
chooses.
There was an almost universal de
mand for law requiring the several
political parties to publish the names
of contributors and the amount con
tributed for campaign funds. and to
make it unlawful to accept money
from corporations.