Evening star., 1909-06-09
TAWNEY PRAISES TAFT
Presidents Pairing of Esti-
mates May Prevent Deficit.
FIRST TO OBSERVE LAW
Material Reduction of Appropria-
tions Predicted by Chairman.
INVITATIONS POURING IN
INVITATIONS POURING IN
R. S. Person Not to Be Ousted as
Auditor-Representative Richard
son Sees Hope for Democracy.

Representative Tawney. chairman of the
House committee on appropriations, be-
lieves the regular session OF Congress,
next winter will be able to materially re-
duce appropriations under the require
ments of section Z. sundry civil act, signed
March 4. 1909.
president Taft is cooperating to the
best of his ability to make this section of
force. The Instructions he has given to
his cabinet will greatly reduce the esti-
mates for the fiscal year 1911." said Mr..
Tawney.
For the first time in the history of the
government the executive branch of the
government is required to keep the esti-
mated expenditures within the estimated
income during each fiscal year. This i'm
portant provision of the sundry civil bill
seems to have been overlooked
Mr.. Tawney called at the White
House with Representative Gardner of
Michigan. His remarks were made in
answer to questions as to the possibility
of holding down the appropriations so
as to avoid a deficit.
Section Z, to which Mr.. Tawney re-
ferred, is as follows:
upon lHe receipt Ol tHe
regular annual estimates of appropria :
tions needed for the various branches
of the government, it shall be the dut y
of the Secretary of the Treasury to es-
innate as nearly as may be the reve-
nues of the government for the ensuing
fiscal year; and if the estimates for
appropriations, including the estima ed
amount necessary to meet all continu-
ing and permanent appropriations, shall
exceed the estimated revenues the Sec
retary of the Treasury shall transmit
the estimates to Congress as hereto
fore required by law. and at once
transmit a detailed statement of
all of said estimates to the
President, to the end that he may, in
giving Congress information of the state
of the Union and in recommending to its
consideration such measures as he may
judge necessary, advise the Congress
how. in his judgment, the estimated ap-
propriations could, with least injury to
the public service, be reduced as to
bring the appropriations within the esti-
mated revenues, or, if such reduction be
not in his judgment, practicable without
undue injury to the public service, that
he may recommend to Congress sucil
loans or new taxes as may be necessary
to cover the deficiency"
President Taft has given much thought
to future reductions of department ex-
penditures. BY his directions the Secre-
tary of the Navy and the Secretary of
War have each reduced the estimates for
their respective departments about So
100000 below the sums appropriated for
the next fiscal year. Similar reductions
are taking place in other departments, by
order of the President.
Says Law Will Be Unsatisfactory.
Representative Richardson of Alabama
who called upon the President today,
declares the republicans will not be able
| to turn out tariff bill that will satisfy
the country.
The people have demanded downward
revision of the tariff" said Mr.. Ricra rd-
son. 'and they are going to get just tht
opposite. They are pretty we'll informed
too. and trouble will follow.
What the democrats want to do in
the next campaign for Congress is to
go before the country on the true demo-
cratic doctrine of a tariff for revenue.
with unavoidable protection.
President Getting Invitations.
Massachusetts people are inviting Presi-
dent Taft to all sorts of functions during
the summer. when he is supposed to be
resting at the seashore near Beverly. He
has already accepted an invitation to at
tend a picnic of the East Boston Bethel
Church and Sunday school. at Point
Pines. the pastor of the church being
the father of Gov. Bates of Massachu-
setts.
Representative Roberts today invited
the President to attend the laying of the
corner stone of the new Y. NJ. G. a.
| building at Chelsea some time in JULY
| and the annual outing of the ESSEX
| County Board of Trade early in Aubust
| The President did not accept either OF
these invitations, and will probably not
| do so.
The big fire at Chelsea destroyed the
Y. M. c. A. building there. A new one is
| to be erected.
| Representative Hull asked the Presi
dent to visit Des Moines when the tour
| nament Of the regular army takes place
| in September. The President said hi
would like to go if he could arrange hi:
| itinerary when he goes west.
Person Is Not to Be Dismissed.
| Robert s. Person, auditor for the In
terror Department. will probably retair
his position for some time to come, If no
permanently.
| Senator's Gamble and Crawford asked
for the place for another South Dakota
man. Representatives Martin and Burke
| took the matter up and asked that Mr.
Person be retained. showing he has al
| unusually fine record.
The two representatives talked with the
| President today.
| The President does not wish to encour
| age factionalism in South Dakota by re-
moving a leader of one faction now hold
| ing office and putting in one of another
faction. The only way he would act would
| be to consider the appointment of a mar
| having the united Endorsement of the
! leaders of both factions in the state.
| Pending the unlikely possibility of the
| two factions getting together, Mr.. Person
| will probably hold on his job.
President Receives Visitors.
Frank A. Eanderlip, president of the
| National City Bank of New York, called
| on President Taft today with John Bar
| rett director of the bureau of American
republics.
The members of the Chicago American
| League base ball team, now In this city
| shook hands with the President, and
| were cordially received by him.
| A large number Of lifesavers of the
Atlantic coast were received at 2:3(
| O'Clock this afternoon.
Denies She Is Engaged to Wed.
BERLIN, June 9.-Geraldine Farrar,