The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-09-08
R. GUDGER RETTERATR
CHARGE THAT GRANT Is
MISLEADING PEOPLE.
Produces Letters From Treasury
Department to Show That No
Money Has Been Appropriated
for Hendersonville and Way
nesville Postofices.
Ashevine Citizen.

on a stumping tour through the
counties of the tenth district re-
turns to the charge that Congress
man Grant is making unfounded
claims when he takes to himself
credit for having secured apFro-
priations for pOstofice buildins ut
Waynesville and Hendersonville.
Mr.. Gudger has insisted that the
public buildings bill went no fur
Their than provide for an exaprina-
ton of sites, and did not at all
appropriate for the purchase of
land or for the erection of build.
ings- Mr. Grant denied this, and
now Mr.. Gudger reiterates his
statement backed by letters from
the treasury department and
other officials.
Mr.. Gudger's statement fol-
lows.
" Ny attention has been called
to an interview given out by Mr..
Grant through the columns of
your paper, In which he express
es great surprise at my statement
that the public building bill pas
sed by the last congress carries NO
appropriation and that nc money
was appropriated to carry into
effect the provisions os said bill
Ny. position reminS unchanged
I still make. the statement that the
public building act, is simply an
authorization act, and none of the
sites to be purchased, or post
Office buildings to be built men
toned In said bill including Hen
jacksonville and Waynesville can
be carried into effect until con-
gress shall hereafter make the
preparation for that purpose.
Mr.. Grant says that the act
as passed by congress is complete
that the money has been approp-
riated-that no further legisla-
ton is necessary and that 1T is
the duty of the secetary Of the
treasury to carry out the provi-
sions of this act, which inEilved
the letting of coAtracts on the
part of the United States gov
ernment," and he asks the ques-
ton, is it possible that the Unit
ed States would enter into a con-
tract through Unauthorized agents
and then repudiate it,
Secretarys View of it.
"MrlGrant' attention is call
ed to the fact that the secretary
of the treasury has not and viii
not enter into any contract until
after the money has been appHo-
priated as he states In a letter to
Senator Overman of date July 10,
1910, that, IF suitable sites are
offered the department has au-
thOrity, If satisfactory arrange
ments can be made, to accept the
proposal of owners, subject to ap-
preparation to be made by con-
greSS.' Here Is an emphatic
statement made by the secretary
of the treasury himself that even
the sits for postofice buildings
viii be accepted conditionally-
In other words, will not be clos
ed until congress appropriates
the money for that purpose
"This public building act calls
for an expenditure of twentYs-v-
en- million dollars, which Mr.
Grant alleges can be carried into
effect without a single dollar ap-
preparation, and justifes mis-
statement by referring to that
part C the bill that the SecTe-
tacE cf the treasury be and Is
here authorized and directed to
acquire by purchase, etc, sites
and erect postofice buildings, etc.
This language is simply au au-
thorization, and the money must
be appropriated In order to enable
the secretary of the treasury to
carry the authorization into effect
this same language is used (as
thoSen familiar with legislatIO
well known) In every bill where
money is authorized to be paid
out, even to the granting of apen-
sion TO John Smith, which reads,
That the secretary of the treas
ury is authorized and directed;
ETC. but an appropriation bill to
carry authorizations into effect
is passed as a separate act. carry
ing its own money-no money can
be used from one department to
meet the demands of another de
/. partment, each is kept as a separ-
; ate and distinct fund. An exam
ination of the appropriations made
by congress for the year 1910
shows: agriculture, twelve and
odd millions /; army, one hundred
ane one and odd millions; Dis