Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-13
WASTEFULNESS EXlRAVACANCE
 UNMATCHED
Sums of Money Expended By Congress Unprecedented Except in Case of War-To- tai is Enormous

WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. I2- Win tao Republican party be able to hold Us majority in the siAty-seeond congress?
 More thcn few experts on nation al politics arc answering this question in the negative. Some that held afr iercnt views few months ago now oonceEe there Is good ground for the groEiHg bee cl among the bemo- cFats taat they will dominate tic con gress to follow the one which goes into existence March 15. After that date the house o2 representatives will contain 2i9 RepubUcans and fT2 Dem ocrxs. which gives the Republicans g majority of a. This. however. ls a Democratic gain ol 10
 Because of the unduplicated waste fitness ana eNtraragance of the six t'Ctf congress coupled with its utter disregard Of Cart. premises and itS gideratlon Q leg station that was rec ommondod either by President Roose- Fclt or the Coplo, many believe the Republican majority in the house or representatives will soon be a thing of the past.
 This belief is strengthened by the probability that the sixty-first con gress will make 10 better record than the one that has just passed on. The same leaders-Spsaker Cannon. Dal zell. Aldrjcb and Hale-win remain in charge eI the national Iawmsking ma cline
 comes in with Air. Taft will go the siNt etl 'coHgress one better in the spending of public money. The first session of tbe sixtieth congress spent $t.00S. .S04S97.57, and the seccnd ses- sion oyerspent that figure by about s30. 900 000, in spite Of a deiiclt for the present fiscai year Of more thau SI20. .00o.000. The men in charge of the national finances say the deficit for tae coming fiscal year is certain to be iu excess of $50, ,0G0. COG. .Un- dgunted, however. it is planned that the congress which comes into exist cucc March l5 shall make appropria- ti5ns exceeding by S1O0,Ce0,00o those of the cXtTavagaut siXtieth congress.
 Tho money campaign for tle siNty-first congress has been worked out already iu mere or less detaTi Here are few items that wlll give a general idea Of how iJ will be a physical possibility for the incoming congress tO spend $lGs,Jupt- 600 more than the last one.
 There was no general" rivers and harbors bili in the siXt-sth congress, althoueh there vas @ special biil car rving less than Sl0G90.00O. Next con gress' riyefsEnd Harbors bin will car Try not lees than S5o.e0e.OeG or sfos J00.9op
 lne navy bill a- the last session .sarTsed about S137 Ue9.0oo. Senator Hale says next year it VIII run to .about sI50.Gg0. coo After that it will go still higher Senator Bacon pre- diets it wll go to. s200, 100000.
 At the session, just closed there was no public building bill Al the nex' | session this bin will be necessary and wII cary s2,0o0,o00 at the low est estimate it might easily carry from S5,oe000o 10 sIoOe0,0oO Then money must be appropriated for the taking of the census. The | Panama canal win have to be giver a further financial lift. The army will need an Increase in appropriation | to taat of ithc navy. 'Coing up vii | ne the watchwoTd of the sixtyiirsi ! congress, particularly ut .he first ses sion. It must be borne in mind tha at the first session of every congress Tea .sas1f g sLsong. and the leaders have stTonl ldenlarsds for appropriations for lvariety of purposes.
 The house passed a hin providing for uniform safety appliances on cars
 but it was anti railroad in characte iand died in the senate. Tho ssnab tpassed a bill recurring ocean passeu ger steamships tc be equipped witl wireless telegraph apparatus. whicl was anti-steamship in character aRt it died in the house. Lack Ofs spac
 forbids further mention Of inc man
 good oils that didn't pass. Theri were SS,o00 bills introduced, ont o which about one and a quarter pc Icent became laws. This small per lcentage includes q number of bill
 that were not public in charactel
 suca as pension bills and osIIer macs
 ures. that were for the benefit 0 iiI slvIdunis. particularly lsi, all
 able to render political assistance [ Icongressmen.
 The eongrersman's salary is Ss5O
 a year. $6z5 q month. S20.S3 a da.
 FUTURE GREATNESS FOR SLsS
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