Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-06-07

Not merely the average employe
of the government. but the highes
officials. are afraid to give newsps
per men information as to what
going on Employees are being mad
to feel that they owe no fidelity t
the public, but that they are mer
personal servants Of the coterie o
men now in charge of the govern
ment.
AS result of the discharge o
Pinchot, CLAWS, Kerby and othe
interior department employees, TIL
average government worker toda.
feels that it is worth his position t
discuss even matters of public rec
ord with a newspaper man.
! The following official order signed
| by George Otis Smith, director OF
the United States Geological survey,
gives an idea of the Russian like
censorship that has been established
over government.
Rule 2. That no interview shall
be granted without securing from
the person soliciting the same a
promise that he will before submit
ting the material to his publication
office, present a copy of his manu-
script to the director George Otis
SMITH for approval"
So far as is known among newspa-
per men in Washington, nothing so
drastic as this in the way of press
Gems orship has ever been attempted
b fore in America.
In 1890, under Cleveland, the total
annual appropriation for the expen.
ses of the national government was
S34 900, 900, or So for every man, wo-
man and child. In 1900 our expen-
se4 had increased to $500, 000, 900, or
So for every man. woman and child.
The last congress appropriated the
colossal sum of 81, 044, 40l, 857, or
nearly $12 for every man, woman
and child. This congress threatens
to spend SIT, 200, 200 in excess of last
years appropriation.
Republicans appear reluctant to
concern themselves much abous goy
eminent expenditures in relation to
the cost of living. But one thing is
certain. Government does not pick
up these hundreds of millions Of dol
!ars in the street. This money comes
out of somebody's pocket. Unlike
city and state governments, the ma
tional government has but one way
of raising revenue to meet expenses,
and that is by taxing things eaten,
worn or used by the people. Hence
it is that increased cost of living is
marching hand in hand with increas-
ed Republican extravaganza.
Il am sorry" said Senator Bris.
tow, Of Kansas, while discussing the
railroad bill, that the senator from
West Virginia (Elkins) has deserted
the chamber, and l am sorry the
senator from Rhode Island (Aldrich)
is not here, and that the senator
from Massachusetts LODGE has also
disappeared"
A survey of the senate showed
that the railroad senators, after
having outlined the kind of legisla-
ton they had decided should be en-
acted, had fed from the chamber
without waiting to hear those who
disagreed from the railroad view
point.
"Those of US who are here might
possibly be instructed" suggested a
Democratic senator, upon noting
Bristow's chagrin, "but if the sena'
tor from Kansas imagines that any.
thing he can say will influence these
senators he is wasting his time and
breath"
II am afraid the senator is right, y
answered Bristow. Then he went
on addressing the Democrats and the
! ~r, ,,t,, goatc If the staudnattprS
Lest we forget, only nine of the
I2l8 Republicans of the national
| House of Representatives are in q
position to stand before their con
stituents and report that they voted
to unseat Cannon as speaker. Page
9490 of the Congressional Record
shows that on March 10 all but nine
Republicans voted against the Bur
Lesson resolution which would have