Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-20
Proposed to Create Another
Senate Committee.
SUGGESTED BY CORTELY0U
loser Scrutiny Of Congressional
Appropriations.
IN INTERESTS OF ECONOMY
Contemplated Board Of Controllers
Will Be Made Up Principally
Of Chairmen.

A new and highly important commit
tee win be added TO the roster of the
Senate committees at the present ses-
sion of Congress II the present plans OF
the republican committee on committees
are carried out. This has become known
since the executive meeting Of the COM
mittee on committees late yesterday
afternoon.
Personnel of New Committee.
The new COMMITTEES is TO he In reality
q board Of controllers and will have gen
eral supervision over all expenditures
contained In measures considered by the
Senate. It's principal members. il is un-
derstood are to be the chairmen Of the
present committees which handle the big
appropriation bills.
These chairmen are Senators Aldrich OF
Rhode Island, finance committee. Frye
OF Maine. committee on commerce, Doili-
yer OF Iowa. agriculture committee; Cal
linger of New Hampshire. District OF Co
lum ola committee; Cullom OF Illinois. for
eign relations committee; Clapp of MIME
SOFA, committee on Indian AFFAIRS: War
rem OF Wyoming, committee on military
affairs: Perkins of California committee
on naval affairs; McCumber OF North Da-
kota. committee on pensions: Penrose OF
Pennsylvania. post office committee. and
Scott Of West Virginia. committee on pub
In addition the committee will be aug
mented by several regular members. In
Guiding Senators Bourne OF Oregon. kean
Of New Jersey and Crane OF Massachu-
sets. Senator Bourne will be chairman
OF a substitute committee which will have
charge Of the committees detail work and
its general business.
1t Is expected that some of the more
prominent democratic senators Will be
given places on the committee.
~
The purpose OF creating the new COM
mitteeis to enable the Senate to scrutinize
more closely the expenditures OF the
government, which have increased at an
alarming rate in recent years 1t will
correspond with the budget committees
OF the European national legislative
bodies.
Much credit for the new plan Is being
given to Former Secretary OF the Treas
ury Cortelyou. who urged such action
while he was in Office. The wiser senator's
have long had such an idea In mind, how
ever
How the Plan Will Work.
Here il the way the new plan is sx-
pected to work:
A bill on being reported TO the Senate
after its passage by the House will be
referred to the committee of controllers.
which will examine il carefully with re-
gard particularly as TO whether the con-
dition OF the Treasury Mill permit appro-
priations az large ~ those carried by the
bill, and with regard also to tee pro-
spective receipts and expenditures OF rhs
government This done. the committee
will decide what reduction shall be me- de
In the aggregate amount carried by the
bill, and the chairman of the committee
which has reported the bill. an ex-officio
member Of the committee Of controllers.
will be instructed to present the bill 10
his committee with directions TO rscast
1t in such a way as to bring down the
total to the limit fixed by the super
visory committee.
Heretofore the Senate has been rega I'd
ed as the extravagant branch of the gov
eminent. This plan Is sad to he the be-
bkinninE OF the end of. this policy.