The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-10
InSurgent Senators Consider
Proposition Step in Right
Direction.
BACON COMMENTS
ON ECONOMY IDEAS
Says Luxuries of Official Life Are
Increased, While Drudgery
Grows More Irksome.

A vigorous assault upon the tariff
commission feature was expected to
he launched this afternoon, Senator
Clay's amendment. striking from the
bin a $4,000 appropriation being the
issue.
Senators Clay, DoIlivcr, Beveridge,
Rnd others were expected to speak To
the amendment. II is known that the
insurgent Senators will vote for the
tariff commission is a step In the right
direction. They are not wholly salts
fed, however, with the organizations
plan for tariff revision.
Several hours were devoted during the
early part OF the session TO a discussion
of the Public Land Survey appropria-
ton Senator Hepburn tried to force
action on his Idaho amendments by
holding the floor indefinitely
Economy As PTacticed
Senator Bacon Of Georgia submitted
some choice comment during the debate
yesterday afternoon as TO the econO-
mics now practiced in the departments.
He said they amounted to stopping up
the spigot and opening up the bung-
ROle. nothing more.
The Georgian SAID that while the de-
partment officials were dashing around
the CITY in Government automobiles
the departments were turning old clerks
out of office 10 starve. This he said was
the kind of economy now being prac-
ticed.
There are various ways Of econ
omizing." said Senator Bacon. 7 do
rot believe the way 10 economic is to
he too hard upon those who have TO do
the drudgery Of official work. That is
what We are -dOinc-deviSing every pos
a 4 a 2
expense Of those who do the dTudgery,
while those who have the luxurious part
of official life are still further en-
curagd in the expenditure of none
which could better be devoted TO other
purposes.
Saving At SpigOt, Wasting At Bung.
"The departmental economy, this
wasting at the bung while you save
at the spigot produced great hardship
and involves great suffering. We have
had a little illustration Of it, so far
as We could get information Of it from
the public press where in the econ
Omies Of one of the departments a num-
Der Of people have been turned out to
starve after long years of faithful and
efficient service and when they have
no faculty or opportunity Of engaging
IN other occupations l saw IN one paper
the other day where one poor man had
economy that I am after.
Says 1t Reflects on Congress.
Il think that it is a sufficient re-
Election upon us that we have raised
the salaries of all the departments Of
the Government Of those who enjoy
honorable position. but those who are
doing the drudgery, the clerks in the
departments and the employees Of ev-
cry kind are, in the face of prives of
living, held down TO their former
wages and we take no step TO relieve
them"
Another important feature of yester-
days cOnSid Iteration Of the sUndry civil
bill was the adoption Of al amend
ment proposed by Senator Hale, max
ing the appropriation for the Presi-
dents travelling expenses immediate
~ available. He rose during the last
hour Of the session and, without ex-
PLANTATION. proposed that the words
Immediately available" be inserted at
the end Of a clause which he desig-
mated There were probably not ten
Senators who knew what they were
voting for when they assented 10 this
amendment.