Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-19
Use OF SECRET SERVICE ONE.
came Limitation Placed on EN-
nlovment OF Operatives as
Was Last Winter.
o,,cr is Appropriation for ESamina-
of Accounts of Railroads Under
section 20 OF Hepburn Law.

,v..bineton. Feb. 1.-Two more dis
.,s betveen the president and Con
we're revived today when the
,., committee on appropriations re-
.,.5 the sundry civil appropriation
Led one was in regard to the limi-
..,,p of the USE of the secret service
.b, treasury department. The other
..s the appropriation for the eNamino-
.., OF accounts Of railroads under
.ti,1 20 of the Hepburn rate law.
rss hill the largest of AN the general
,ol, bills. carries am appropriation
r tlg-o22OO1 or SEQ. 100000 less than the
estimate
The committee Incorporated n inc
tu The same limitation ON the use OF
.be secret service operatives as was lh-
1n5eJ in the bin which became law
..st UfDfcr. 10 WAS this Limitation inat
.,, rorth the severe criticism OF the
r,asident ia his annual message last
narsmher. The committee utleuoct
.,s recommendation "a year ago oi
.-a0w for the enforcement of section
ia the Hepburn rate law. but re-
9rDropriated S225 900 OF the ad1O,ouo ap-
popriated in the current suudry clNil
fU for This purpose. Tho sum OF
l5 900 was added
mo s1m of $3.50 600 was voted a year
AGO. only after the president had writ
ten Co the speaker and cabinet mem
Ions had called several members To- the
White House. Testimony taken bF the
committee shows during the seven
months of the present year only S4l,-
m of this fund had been expended
and i1 This amount was Included the
s.Iafy of IS examiners for whom maiu'
.anauce was suggested by tho COM
nttee O. year ago from another fund.
TO REMOVE MAINE WRECK
In the bill the president is author
lied with the consent OF Cuba 20 in-
y,e proposals FOR removing the wreck
I'D hattloship Maine from Havana hgr-
b0r
The bin carries authority FOR the
construction of a building at WASH
mgt0n al cost OF S2.j0o00o to accom-
u0date the geological survey tho
reclamation service. the general land
Office and the Indian bureau
Tho largest item In the bin Is foI
continuation OF work on the Panama
canal For This purpose S33,63S.OO0 De-
appropriated. or S40O0.0 900 more than is
carried IN the current suudry ciV
appropriation bin for that expenditure
NNNl. VIII bR On hAN.AlA lf Ivy AAiNN ftHN
however Of about $1,000. 00O Tho sec
r8d largest item Is Slg514,5l4 for rivers
and harbors construction work author
.1ed hy law.
Another large item Is $l8,6lS.6i6 foi
tHe construction Of public buildings.
PUBLIC DOMAIN PROTECTION
The bin also recommends at the ur-
gent request of the secretary OF the ina
ierIor the appropriation of Sl0Oo000 foi
fno protection OF the public domain and
do investigation OF entries of publ,
lands with Wow Of determining theu
validity This amount was increased
a' che last session from S250.000 TO $500.
GOO.
During the hearings on the bill an
NNestgatlUn was made OF the cost q
t1e government Of granting holidays
HaIt holidays and leaves Of absence q
government employees in the Dstric
ol columbia. From data which wat
furnished by the public printer 10 b
estimated By tho committee that thi
sum reaches fully s. 500 900 annually
On the recommendation OF the de-
Illtmpnt of commerce and labor th'
permanent appropriation including IN,
bead tax collected on every immigran
is abandoned and a specific appropria
ton for this service is made Durini
ODE present fiscal year the permanen
appropriation has been exhausted any
iHo department is faced with a dehci
Ul O0O0