The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-08
TREASURY REPORT
OUT AHEADOF TINE
Senator Root Acted as PreSid-
ing Officer and the D0Cu-
ment Was Read.
COULD NOT RECTIFY ERROR
CHAIRMAN TAWNEV SAYS EsTl-
MATES ARE GRATIFYING.

Washington Dec. 7.-Senator Root of
New York. presiding in the senate today
I'm the absence Of Vice President Sherman,
created a sensation among newspaper
men, The effects were even information
al. Copies of the annual report of the
secretary Of the treasury were i'm the
hands Of newspapers throughout the
country and Europe, to be held i'm conf
dence for publication The report itself
was still unsigned on the desk Of Score
taTy MaCNeagh i'm the treaAury building
By some means as yet uncertain TWO
printed copies of the report found their
way to the desk of the president OF tne
senate. Mr.. Root is past master III
the art of dlspatchlng routine business
in the senate ana he deity handed the
treasury report over the desk win tie
routine announcement customary IN such
cases.
Reporters Were "On the Job"
Instantly keen-eared reporters on the
senate floor flashed TO the wires the
news that the report had become a puo-
lie document and the release clicked
off TO Chicago, 10 san FRANCISCO 10
New York, to Europe.
1T was two hours before the fact that a
blunder had been made was feall1eu.
UuOn the secretary'S inslstence an etIofC
was made to recall the release, but ne
soon came TO appreciate that the mis-
chief was irTeparable and consented TO
waive the technicallty and the release
An amusing feature of the mixup lies
IN the fact that the report should NOT
have been handed down in tine senate aL
all. since, in accordance with law -J is
addressed to the speaker Of the mouse OF
representative.
Gratifying Figures.
'.The report of the secretary of. the
treasury is a peculiarly gratifying doct-
%
TaWney of Minnesota, chairman or lhe
house committee on appropriations. t9-
day "The exhibit shows reduction ln
the estimated expenditures or the govern
ufeut for the fiscal year 1911 OF e33,t13, -
lql 10 as compared with appropriations
made for 1910 and reuuctloh o. e't'oll'-
492 % under estimates su1lnlia4 10 cui-
gress for shat year. This result VIII Lelll
10 relieve congress ia large measure
the burdcnsOma duty that mas
much of It's time heretofore ln
EXPENDITURES to national FeFeuut
the last eight years the sum loJl
Inmates submitted 10y the eAecuJ
exceeded expenditures authoIl&
propriations made by congress by 8, -- o.
Tawney's Estimates.
"The secretary states the total est-
mates for 1917 as amounting 60 s5l,2>e.-
a. ri. In this sum me does not include
S60g35OlJ that Will be required TO meet
The requirements of the sinking tund DO
The next fiscal year. nor IS Ilerc lhell--' y
in the secretary's figures the amount,
estimated at S283 G5S. 513. 30. that viii ua
pafd i'm 1911 out of postal revenues foI
e 1ducting the postal service
adding both sums to the S51.2sS0l5.2l
stated by the secretary to be the assre-
onto estimated expenditures for 1911, we
have i'm fact $3.50 251 6f7.0S to be COnsid-
cred as total estimates for 1871
..This last sum viii approximate closely
the amount that viii be used &C the Gloss
Nd
bIes will be presented in explanation OF
the total appropriations actually made
for the expense of the government for the
fiscal year