The San Francisco call., 1910-05-27
BOURBONSBALK
AT PAYING FOR
TAFT'S TRAVELS
Presidents Request for Right TO
Use Next Years Fund
ArOuSes Storm
Tawney Taunts congressman
Who Object to Being Named
as Guests

WASHINGTON. May 2s.-President
Tafts travelling expenses and the fact
that he had already overdrawn his all
lowance of s25,O00 a year led to acri-
monious debate in the house today,
and to refusal TO permit him TO use
the next years allowance TO meet the
deficiency.
AS reported from the house commit
tee on appropriations, the item of
$4,000 for the fiscal year beginning
July ] next would have become i'm
medistely available" expect for the
protests Of democratic members. The
words Immediately available" finally
were struck out by the action of Mann
OF Illinois. the occupant of the chair,
in sustaining a point of order made by
Macon Of Arkansas, a democrat
Il was the western and southern trip
made by Taft last fall that exhausted
the White House travelling fund.
ATTACK ON PRESIDENT
Hardwick of Georgia drew from
Tawney, who had charge of the bill, the
admission that Secretary Carpenter had
furnished him a list Of names of dem
ocrats who had accepted the presidents
hospitality In connection wit hthe use
Of the names of such democrats Bartlett
of Georgia charged that the president
has violated both the rules OF hospital
lty and of decent conduct
Speaker Cannon is a speech from the
foOr defended the necessity Of the pres
1dent meeting the whole people and
long trips TO various sections Of the
country.
President Taft. Tawney explained,
made his extended trip through the
west and south at the invitation Of
senators, governors of states and civic
organizations.
"TRIP TO PLEASE PEOPLE
Trip trip" Tawney said. was not
made for his own pleasure. Congress
was in session when delegations from
this house from the senate and from
the different states visited him, urging
him 10 make such a trip.
THE president informed the chair
man of the committee on appropri-
ations that personally he would rather
remain at his summer home after ad-
Journment than TO make that trip and
that the only way he would be able TO
make ii would be through congress
giving him an appropriation, which We
failed TO make at the close Of the six
Ueth congress. Now. after the presi-
dent has accepted the invitation of
members of this house and has visited
their states, after senators and COVER
nors invited him, and while on that trip
he accepted their hospitality, they criti-
else him
BOURBONS BECOME EXCITED
This statement greatly excited the
democrats. several Of whom attempted
TO interrupt.
rs this southern hospitality" Taw-
ney shouted, looking toward the demo-
Gratis. Can there be meaner man
10 IA r1r-ss
his hospitality and then kicks him be-
cause he accepted2"
Bartlett Of Georgia demanded to
know what representatives had ac-
cepted the hospitality of the president
on that trip. Tawney named Bartlett
and his colleague, Hardwick of Geor-
gia.
That is not true. that is false
Bartlett exclaimed The Georgian add
ed that he did ride in the presidents
car. but he paid his own fare
Tawney said that three democratic
senators had been guests Of the presi-
dent on his western trip.
TAFT-s SPEECHES CRITICISED
Fitzgerald said that when the presi-
dent exhausted his appropriation for
travelling expenses he should have had
strength Of character either to decline
some OF these invitations or to pay his
own expenses"
He considered the presidents
speeches on his trip as more harmful
TO the republican than to the demo-
cratic party.
Il am inclined TO believe" Fitzgerald
said, that after the fifth OF last Au-
gust no republican governor desired
the president to make such speeches
as those in which he declared the pres
ent tariff law TO be the best ever
passed.
SUMNER TRIPS OPPOSED
Fitzgerald deprecated what he as
serted TO be the practice of cabinet Of
6cers of leaving Washington in hot
weather and having their official head
quarters in other places. There had
been no official accounting in the case
of these travelling expenses, Fitzgerald
said.
Cullop OF Indiana suggested that it
was clearly understood when the presi-
dents salary was increased from $50
600 to $4,000 that that amount would
cover travelling expenses. This state
ment led TO a controversy between
Cullop and Tawney.
IF gentleman is the guest of the
president must that fact be reflected in
his vote here upon appropriations? -
Hsrdwick OF Georgia inquired.
Garrett Of Tennessee suggested that
the objection 10 the appropriation was
that money had been used by the presi-
dent 10 pay his expense @in making
partisan and political speeches"