Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-04-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Senator Hale Cautions Congress
Sprinting to Meet Roll-Catl,

Sprinting to Meet Roll-CaH.
WARRINGTON, d. e., April 10 (special) =
The Maine folks around Washington and
many others here have been delighted re-
Gently to see Senator Hale ''give it to 'emn
little in the Senate. He is one Of the
leaders now engaged iu the unwelcome
task OF convincing Congress and the coun-
try that there are breakers ahead, and that
the government has not money enough to
keep on living at the pace it has been
going.
Everybody else, except the very wealthy,
has had to curtail expenses, live more
moderately and keep within the income.
The government has been doing nothing
OF the kind. SO many people have been
IN the habit of reaching into the treasury
for large sums every year that they cannot
get it into their heads that that sort OF
thing cannot be kept up without bank
rupting the government, or rather of fore
ing the treasury department to sell bonds
to keep money enough in the till to pay
expenses
There never was winter when Con-
"StS SihS Win So
many schemes, all calling for money, some
of them calling for millions. And few
people have been putting pencil to paper
to figure how the continued falling off OF
receipts was going to affect the govern
ment's paying power.
And so Senator Hale in the Senate has
been crying shalt, halt" and the Con-
gressmen have begun to take notice. At
first they were inclined to say that the
senator was s'scoldingn, but he has been
putting the case up so there can be no
doubt, and as he continued to be virtually
the acting chairman Of appropriations,
there is no one who can speak with more
authority on the subject than he. The
other day Mr.. Hale went after the war
department like thousand of brick for
planning to reorganize and enlarge the
army, at the time when internal improve
ments of Importance had to be held up for
want Of funds.
Tha Maine members Of the House, like
all OF their colleagues, have been very
busy the last week answering roll-calis.
Since the democratic filbuster came on,
there has been no telling what hour Of the
day the House would have to vote, or how
late into the night it might sit. Most of
the Maine men have offices in the new
building one block south OF the capitol,
and occasionally they nave had to s'streak
| it" to get into the House on time. Repre-
| sentatives Allen and Burleigh are some-
what unfortunate in that particular be-
| cause their names begin with letters from
the front part OF the alphabet.
The other day Gov. Burleigh had gone
| over to his Office, which, being on the
south side of the Office building, is quite
two blocks distant from the hall of the
House-two long blocks that one is quite
five minutes in walking. Beils ring in
| every one OF the offices for roll-call. Gov.
Burleigh had no more than settled dow n
to his afternoon mail, when the call
sounded. He thought he would wait till
the second call, ~ the list of names of
members are read out twice to afford all
every possible opportunity of voting.
Finally as he started up the long corridor
toward the capitol, the bells rang for the
second call and Burleigh is only a short
way down.
The governor started at double quick.
He ran into the nearest elevator, emerged
into the tunnel, which curves its way up
to the House elevator. He made time
along that underground way which would
do credit to many younger man back in
the old third district. 1t was touch and
| go as to whether the governor would make
it. Some other members, whose names
come farther down the alphabet, were
running. with him. They got off the
elevator at the House floor and were max
ing through the House lobby.
| "Mr. Burleigh," the reading clerk called,
| and there was no response.
"Mr. Burleigh," he read again. The
swinging glass doors opened and Gov
Burleigh stuck his head inside.
"Yes," he responded and the tally clerk
put it down.
Among the minor matters which Con-
gresham Burleigh has recently had under
way is that of the establishment of a
postoffice at Eagle island, Hancock
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