Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-23
CONGRESS SLABS
At ROOSEVELT.
KEEPS BAN ON USE OF SECRET
SERVICE.
HIS MESSAGE IGNORED
Committee Incorporates In sundry
Civil Bill, Same Limitations as
Those Complained of by the
President,

Washington, Feb. 20.-Two more
disputes between the president and
congress were revived yesterday
when the house committee on. appro-
priations reported the sund1y civil ap-
preparation bill.
Ore was in regard to the limitation
of the use of the secret service of the |
treasury department The other was
the appropriation for the examination
of accounts of railroads, under section
20 of the Hepburn rate law. The bill.
the largest of all the general supply
bills, carries an appropriation of $137,-
022,O07, or $26,000,OO0 less than the
estimates.
The committee incorporated in the
bill the same limitation on the use of
the secret service operatives as was
included in the bill which became
law last winter. 1t was this limitation
that drew forth the severe criticism
of the president in his annual message
last December.
Defends Its Recommendation.
The committee defended it's recon-
mendation a year ago Of $4,000 for
the enforcement of section 20 of the
Hepburn rate law but reappropriating
$225,000 Of the $350,000 appropriated
in the current sundry civil bill for this
purpose.
The sum of 1925 900 was added. The
sum of $350.00O was voted year ago
only after the president had written
to the speaker and had called several
members to the White House to con-
suit on the subject. Testimony taken
by the committee showed that during
the seven months of the present year
only $1,000 of the fund had been ex-
pended, and in this amount was in
cluded the salary of IL examiners, for
whom maintenance was suggested by
the committee year ago from an
other fund
The bill carries authority for the
construction of building in Washing.
ton at cost of $2,500.O0O to accommo
date the geological survey, the recla
nation service, the general land of
flee and the Indian bureau. 1t is to be
erected under the supervision of the
superintendent Of the capitol and tc
of the interior.
Illinois direct share In the appro
priation fixed by the sundry civil bill
approximates 100000 The Soldiers
home at Danville gets $374,500 anG
the Rock Island arsenal $178,000 Fol
the work to be done during the mex
year on post Office buildings the fol
lowing sums go to illinois,: Alton
$4,000; Belleville. $4,000; Belvi
dere, $4,000; Centralia, $4,000; Chi
cago Heights, $4,000; Danville, $780,
900; Dixon, $4,000; East st. Louis
$125,OOO; Elgin, $4,000; Greenville
$4,000; Kewanee, $4,000; Lincoln
$4,000; Iitchfield, $4,000; Moline
$4,000; Murphysboro. $25,O00; Pana
$54 1000; Paris. $4,000; Peoria
$4,000; Quincy, $4,000; Rock Island
$4,000.
For Canal: $33,63s,000
The largest item in the bill is 70
continuation of work on the Panam
canal For this purpose $33, 63S, 0O
is appropriated.
This is $4,OOO,OOO more than is cal
ried in the current sundry civil al
preparation bill for that expenditure
There will be deficiency this yeal
however, of about $5,O00,00O. TIL
second largest item is $19,5T4.514 fo
rivers and harbors construction wor
authorized by law. Another larg
item is $1S,618,646 for the constru'
ton of public buildings. For the cos
of maintaining public buildings a
ready erected there is appropriate
$1,9O2,OO0 for custodians and jantoI:
Thirty-five minutes was all the tim
required for the passing by the SCI
ate yesterday of the bill carrying al
preparations of $16O,OO0,cO0 for tn
payment of pensions for the next fsca
year.