Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-05
INSURGENTS ARE
INDIGNANT
Hear With Amazement That
Taft Proposes to Punish
Them
DECLARE THEY ARE LOYAL
But That 1t Is Aldrich and
Cannon Who Oppose
President.

Washington, Jan. 5.-Wlth amaze
ment and anger, the lnsurgent Repub-
lican members of the House today
read the published reports that they
are to be singled out by the admins
tration for punishment for their re
bellious conduct"
Several of them are unsparing in
the denunciation of a policy which
is sought to punish man for lnde-
pendence Of thought and action, as
they expressed it. Not few were
loath to believe that President Taft
would lend his aid in an effort to ad-
minister castigatiOn to them for sup
porting the very principle and poll
cies for which they claimed the party
itself stood pledged. I'VE insurgents
are not against Taft or his policies,
said Representative Madison of Kan
sas I'VE unanimously are in favor
of every leading reform to which the
President and the Republican party
is committed 1t is not the insurgents
of the House, but men like Aldrich
and Cannon whom the President will
have to induce to support his policies.
The insurgents are for them already
and have been all the time"
Attacked Government Extravaganza.
Washington, Jan. 5.-Had the Pres
ident's daughter and son, Miss Helen
and Robert Taft, remained in the
house gallery a few minutes longer
yesterday they would have heard their
father roundly criticised by Represen-
tative Adair of Indiana for alleged eX-
travagance of the executive depart
ment. Ets%
Mr.. Adair said the Presidents sal
ary should not be increased to S75,00O
a year, adding that president, with
practically no expense, who could not
save from an income of $4,000 a year
a sufficient sum to live in ease the
balance of his life, in his judgment
had not sufficient business capacity to
guide the affairs of this great nation.
Attacking the Presidents allowance
of $35, 900 for vehicles, stables, ETC.,
Mr.. Adair argued that this was $780,
600 too much. He also asserted that
one-third of the $4,000 allowance for
care of the White House green houses
would furnish the President with all
the flowers he could possibly USE"
Without depriving the President OF
any of the comforts or luxuries that
properly belong to the White House
Mr. Adair said the appropriations OF
the executive department, S329, ,42C
last year, could be reduced at least
$4,000 a year.
/ Mr.. Adair declared that appropria
tons for all purposes could be reduced
at least $1OO,OOO,O00 without impairins
any part of the government service.
Characterizing the government de
tective service as "the dumping
ground for those who had rendered
politic2l service" Mr.. Adair said tina
outside of the benefits derived from
the work of the meat and pure foot
inspectors the $7,126,000 appropria
ted for the service last year, had beer
wasted.
There is more extravaganza in thu
army and navy than in any other de
partment of our government, salt
Mr. Adair. 'It is enough to bankrup
any government in the world to spent
1898, 80 ,699 each year for the main
tenance of it's army and navy and tha
too in time Of peace.
Expert Farmers Wanted.
! Washington, Jan. 5.-"Expert farm
ers wanted, salary $1,000 per annum.
The Indian service is making this OF
fer to agricultural students. The ar
pointments will be extended to grad
yates of agricultural colleges. Th
successful applicants will be desig
mated by Indian Commissioner Valen
tine, to manage agricultural demon
stration farms on Indian reservations
in arid and semi-arid regions of tn
west.
Will Fight Back.
Washington, D. c., Jan. 5.-lt is eA
pected that the insurgent Republica
, members of the House will call
meeting at an early date to give carr
est consideration to the situation aris
, ing from the announcement that tn
!, administration would no longe
countenance "insurging' in Congress
and would withhold patronage fror
recalcitrant members. Most of tn
. radical insurgent leaders feel tina
, with the election only a few month
, distant it is life or death struggl
with them, and they probably wi
: make no choice of weapons in defend
ing themselves. 1t was expected tina
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