Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-03-04
$780, 100000 WASTE.
Sen. AIdrich Says He Gould Run
Government at Great SAVING.


Government at Great Saving.
Washington, Feb 21.-"If | were
business man and were given permission
to manage the affairs of the Government
l would run them for $500, 900, 600 year
less than it is now costing" declared
Mr.. Aldrch in Senate Debate this after
noon, creating CONSERVATION among his
party associates and giving the Dem
ocrates a timely piece of campaign or
dinance.
"By the employment of proper business
Methods" Senator Aldrich continued,
the ordinary expenditures of the Gov
eminent can be reduced at least 10 per
cent. or 500, 600, 600 a year. At pre-
sent the executive departments are
being managed on obsolete business
methods, or none at all. The American
people are never ruffied by reform or
disturbed by the truth. The cost of
arranging a system of modern business
methods would be but trifle compared
with the great saving made possible by
their adoption. -
That is terrific arrangement of the
party in power" said Senator Money,
the minority leader. Il think the Sen
ators party will demand from him an
explanation of such remarkable state
ment.
And later in the afternoon Senator
Hale took Mr.. Aldrich off in a remote
corner and told him he had made the
most stupendous blunder of his public
career; that his words would be hurled
from the stump with tellieg effect dur
ing the campaign; that he had made it
seem that the republican party had
squandered billions of dollars since it
has been in power.
Senator Dolliver started the trouble
when the bill to create government
business methods commission came up
at the request of Mr.. Aldrch. Mr..
Doliver said he desired to give his re-
publican colleagues little curtain lee
ture which would be of interest to the
Democrats. He said that countless in
vestigations were having bad political
effect. The people were reaching the
conclusion that every public official is
either incompetent or rogue. Even
foreigners were beginning to think
Americans cannot manage their own af-
fairs. 1t was a disparagement that
should be stopped. Twenty special
committees and commissions were now
at work investigating different subjects.
The aggregate expense of. these.inquiries
was incredible. The lowest estimate
regarding the expense of the business
methods investigated was $780, 900.
The people considered all these things
as reflection on the honesty and in
tegrity and competency of public Off
Gals. They would soon reach the con-
clusion that change in administration
would be good thing.
Senator Dolliver threw a bomb at the
deluge of Administration bills by saying
that the numerous inquiries looked to
him like an effort to have reciprocity
between the legislative and executive
branches of the Government. The ex-
ecutive would write the bills and the
Legislative would manage the Govern
ment's business affairs.
Senator Aldrich replied to Mr.. Dolli-
yer, and lively all-around debate fol-
lowed.
Senator Aldrich finally said that in
Difference to the various opinions ex-
pressed he would eliminate the provision
for the appointment of three members
of the commission by the President and
provide for joint commission of five
Senators and five Representatives.
At the request of Senator Beverage,
who desires to discuss the bill, action
was postponed. New York World