The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-28
NO EFFORT TO KEEP
APPROPRIATIONS DOWN
AIdTIeh Plan 10 Investigate
Business Methods Of Govern
nlent Not Favored

washington, D. c., Feb. 2S-The
appropriations SO far made by con
gress at this session exceed those OF
The las. session OF the SiXielh con
press. when the total went beyond
one billion dollars Five Of the gen
eral app opriation BILLS have passed
both houses. A total saving Of ST.
1885 is shown By these ave bills,
out this saving is more than offse
by the rivers and harbors bill, which /
has passed .he house, carrying an ap- I
preparation OF more than S40000,000 \
lhe app oPriati1n for rivers and har- I
bors last year aggregated only $lQ,- !
100000, so that there is an increase OF |
approximately s30,00O,O0O over last
year Ii will thus be seen that the
net increase in appropriations so far
made is in the neighbo hood of S2S,-
100000 The large supply bills are
vet TO come. While some of them
will show reductions others will show
Increases so that the general average
will be about that OF the last year.
Nd Working at Economy.
No one here Is able to discover
Udl lMt itdQF4 , III NtAiANt oNAltAI "
house are making any determined ef-
torts to keep appropriations down.
he senate committee on public ex-
penditlres. created during the last
session OF the Sixteth congress, was
to have accomplished great things,
but it has proved fiat failure.
i some persons are wondering if the
/ leaders ever intended hat his com
7 mittee should be real force in in
PRODUCING an era Of economy.
Senator Ad iah and his associates,
4 realizing that this committee has mol
accomplished anything, are now call
4 ing for a commission which shall
spend $2000O0 or 100000 in investi-
/ gaiing the business methods Of The
government, as well as the methods
pursued by foreign governments.
The more this new scheme Is looked
into by the insurgent senators and
representatives the more they are
Inclined TO believe that Il is only a
plan 10 provide employment for for
mer senators and rep. esentatiyes. Il
is clear now that the plan is TO be
vigorously opposed in certain quar-
ters
Capt. a. for Democra.s.
I'he Democrats a.e preparing 10
make all the political capital they
can ont OF the failure OF the major
ty to make good its promise to re-
duce government expenditures. The
Democratic congressional campaign
commi zee is arranging 10 put before
the people comparative statement
as soon as congress adjourns showing
the appropriations for this year and
for last year and setting out year by
year he figures showing how gov
ernment expenses have increased
since the Republican party las come
In power
OF course the Republican leaders
expect 10 Offset the effect of any cam
paign Of this sort by pointing to theia
commission to Investigate govern
men. expendi iures-provided, Of
course Senator Aldrich can persuade
congress 10 create such a commission.
May open Another Polk Barrel.
( The senate and house leaders are
half willing TO consent that public
0ulding bill shall be brought in. In
dividua bills aggragating SI6,0o0-0OQ
7 have been introduced The authors
, o Aes bills are demanding ha he
pork barrel snail be opened Z cs-
ident TAFT siands In the way Of the
lid being taken off the barrel" lie
has intimated that he will veto such
z bill if II shall ever reach him.
One of the projecs under consider
alton is a Washington home for tho
vice p esidenb TO cost several hun
dred thousands dollars Some Of th,
most influential Of the senators havf
said they favor providing such ;
home.