The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26
SIGNS RIVER and HGUDOU BILL
PRESIDENT GIVES IT ms Az
PROVAL RELUCTlNTLH.
says Ne IIsd Nads ~ IIh Mind 81 Ons
Time 10 Veto It-ser1es Notice on
CsRgress mat u Needn't ENpeet 10
Get Hls signature % Another Like u.

W he served notice on Congress that u
need never expect b get his approval
o. another river and harbOr measure
drawn along the old familiar lines The
President made the shivers run up and
down the backs Of some Representatives
when they learned from he message
how close they had come 20 losing this
big pork barrel measure. The President
said that he had made up his mind at one
time 60 veto the bill IN the hope % eGtab-
fishing a reform In such appropriations
hut he had concluded that such action
would result IN too great damage "
projects that are already under way
What the President objects 10 chiefly Is
the piecemeal method of apprOpr Atiou
/ for river and harb9r improvements. and
he informs Congress that In the future
he will expect them ~ proceed along
/ more systematic lines fret determining
what UNDERTAKINGS ara feasible and the
most urgent and then making sufficient
| appropriations for these comparatively
/ few pro ieCts n insure their completion In
a reascnably short time.
/ To fhs S'nah and HoHss Of RearsseHtahrcs.
I have approved the hll " r. 9ocse. en-
titled an act making appropriations Tor
/ the construction. repair and pres.rVA t,on
OF certain public works on rivers ana haF-
bors and for other purposes and while
I have signed the bill ! venture 70 submit
a memorandum Of explanation and COM
menr.
The President then recitss the improve
ments called for by the bill and continues:
The chief defect In the bill IL the large
! number Of projects appropriated for and
| the uneronomical method Of carrying on
| thess projects nv the appropriation Of
sums small In comparison 70 the amounts
required to effect completion.
I The figures convincinsly establish the
/ fact that this bill makes inadequate pro-
/ vision Tor too many projects. The total
/ Of Ihe bill. g.. on. 600 10 not really large.
I but the policy 81 small appropriations.
, with a great many different enterprises.
without provision Tor their completion, h
unNi-e Il tends 10 waste. thus coust ructsd
the protests are likely 70 cost more than II
they we're leu 70 contractors who we're
authorized % complets tho whole work
/ within reasonably short time.
/ The appropriation Of a small sum Iessens
'he sense Of responsibility o. those who
ate 20 adopt the project and WhO do not
/ therefore give TO their decision the ears
that thcy would givsif the appropriation
or contra q involved the full amount needed
for comnlation Moreover the appropria-
tim of a ronoarativel, small ann, for a
do,iltfl e,tarprise }. thereafter used bv
I ia advo.at.s "a force further pcoviaion for
u from ConEress on the ground that the
Z invs.tpent nada \. a conclusive re,os-
nition Of the Wi.dom Of tho project. and its
continuance beeomes A necessity 20 ave
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