The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-05
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CHAIRMAN TAWNEY DECLARES
GOVERNMENTS ExPENs
HAVE INCREASED RAPIDLY IN
PAST EIGHT YEARS.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-The SEN
ate met today AT noon 10 consider the
nominations OF President Taft, but the
house will not convene again until
the beginning OF the special session OF
congress To be called on the 18th in
slant. The siXtieth congress ended
at noon yesterday and II glided into
the sixty-frst 50 imperceptibly that
the change was scarcely noticeable.
Vice-President Fairbanks delivered an
address in response to resolutions
thanking him for the conduct OF his
office. After adjournment the proc
lamation of the president calling the
senate in extraordinary session to
consider presidential appointments
was read by the new yice-president.
Mr.. Sherman.
Utterly lacking in all the stirring
incidents usually marking the closing
OF congress. the house at 1859 1-z
o'clock avs declared by Speaker Can
non to be adjourned without day. Hav-
ing reconvened at 10 o'clock In the
morning the two hours were spent In
cleaning up conference reports and
posing few bills OF no great public
interest
Speaker Cannon received unani-
nous vote OF thanks which he ac-
knowledged amid loud applause.
The special committee appointed to
wait upon the president, as Is the
custom, reported that he had no fur
! Their communications To make. The
speaker wished the members peace.
health and prosperity and the house
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to the senate
During the sessions Chairman Taw-
ney OF the appropriations committee
In the house declared that the expendi-
lures OF the government have at no
time except in war increased as rap
idly as during the past eight years, pri-
marily caused by popular and execu-
tive demands upon congress for ap-
preparations for the exercise OF rights
and functions belonging exclusively
TO the states and the abnormal and
unnecessary war expenditures in time
of peace.
Appropriations during the past eight
yyears, including the fiscal year, 1910,
he said. were equal to S7.007 ,S39. lS3.
and he declared that at the end OF the
present fiscal year there will be de-
felt OF $l50.000.000 He severely crit
icized the executive branch for sub
hitting estimates OF expenditures far
in excess OF estimates OF receipts.
| Mr.. Livingston (Georgia). the
ranking minority member OF the COM
mittee, characterized the appropria-
tions as stupendous, saying they ex-
ceeded those OF the last session by
$35.6l6.754 and greater than at any
two sessions prior 10 1898
He declared congress should be
commended for the millions 1t had re-
fused to appropriate, "notwthstand-
ing the pressure brought To- bear by
the executive and the badgering of In
Vulnerable interests on all sides clam
oring To get their hands into the treas
ury."
Senator Culberson submitted a
statement covering the past seven
years. stating that the increase of APP
preparations for 1910 show an increase
over those for 1903 OF over 1925. 600
900. or about 81 per cent and that the
ltreasury's estimated expenditures for
1910 exceed 1902 by over $4,000. ZOO,
an increase of 63 per cent in eight
years.
In the failure al minority leader
Clark TO present the usual resolutions
To the retiring speaker Mr.. Payne.
the majority leader, presented them
and Mr. Cannon in reply alluded TO
Mr. Clark's attitude without mention
ing it specifically. and said
After all is said and done In the
affairs of parties OF men, what IL need
ed i'm the public service is yirile men:
men who favor policies that they he
lieve in and have the courage Of their
convictions. Whether II be the ma
iority or the minority. and a minority
virile and patriotic is as necessary as
lis a majority in a government or the
people. strobg men in public life as
we'll as i'm private life. strike above the
belt and tell the truth.