The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-28
Less, Says Republican;
More, Is Democratic
Claim.
ONE COMPLIMENTS
OTHER CENSURES
Tawney Points to Many Millions
Saved, While Livingstone De-
nounces High-Handcd Ex-
travagance and Reckless
Expenditures for Army
and Navy.

Washington, d. G., June 27.-Demo-
cratic claim-Congrcss at the session
900 high water nlnrk.
Republican clnim-ActunI probabsc
fixed chnrEc agninst the revenues dur
ing the fiscal year 1911, sSD3,l20,7s1.
Both parties agr-e-Approprfatio
for expenses of the government during
the pnst scssion aggregate xI,O27 1885,
i4s.
These contentious epitomize the an
nual review of national appropria tions
and expenditures, made public to day
by Chairman Tawney, of the Appropri-
ations Committee Of the House, and
Representative Livingstone. OF Georgia,
ranking Democratic member of that
committee
Mr.. Tawney's fixed charge statement
is based on deducting from the asgre-
gate the authorizations which carry no
appropriations. Panama Canal cost
which bond sales Will pay for; 2O.001,-
900 for reclamation projects. which an
issue of Indebtedness certificates will
cover. and deficiency appropriations and
miscellaneous acts for payment of
claims and other special matters ex-
pendable the present fiscal year. in
stead of the next
Mr.. Tawney asserted that summary
OF the constructive Legislation of the
nrst regular session of the Sixty first
congress constitutes record of accom-
pilshment surprising in Importance
any previous session in the history of
Congress Mr.. Livingstone denounced
what he called large increase on ac.
count of public expenditures, an In
crease OF the public debt. $500. 600, 900
spent for militarism and the treasury
drained Tor army and navy"
Millions Saved, Says Tawney.
MIR. Tawney credited the eyecutiye
acEiinistration.H by careful prcpaYaf ion
Iof its estimates 10 Congress, with
saving great many million dollars
ana declared that continuance of such
less expenditures and show that the
legislative branch Is not wholly re-
sponsible for extravaganza.
81, Mr; Ma, Iawnsy s declared there was a
penses. while Mr.. Livingstone asserted
mat under the reclamation issue and
naHai appropriations, I'VE have a pol
ICY ICY 4 that s1s, stands for interest bearing
OF the settlers and the lavish handing
out OF millions upon tens of millions
81 dollars raised by onerous taxa
ers e,oh 20 o. saasfy the greed of shipbuild-
70 maintain a national policy of pomp
and splendor.'
Mr Tawney figured that the total
session are less by s7,5S7,s54 than han
those OF the previous session. and Sill
S25.1s9 less than the average annual
qde;nciencies en- since the Spanish War. Mr.
~ nlsRtnRstone, Rn. compaHng the four years
Oh Roosevelts term with the last four
years OF CHeveland's administration.
SAID there was nearly $4,000. BOO, 900
Tor -FOUR years of Republicanism, as
COMPARED to,. with less than half that sum
President" w
Congress- E1onerated.
=, w Washington, 5s June 27.-After three
mittee to investigate charges reflect
ing on members of Congress in con-
nection with ship subsidy legislation
closed Gloss Its washington sessions to-day
counsel that 1t had found. no corrup-
ton on the part Of any member Of
Congress-
Tge S;s,.yn Western newspaper editors-J.
a. shaw. editor OF the Texas Farmer
was lobby here. but neither produced
any sny thlt denite tie, details al Mr. oMahoney
understood that one Don NJ Smith and
"a man named Gaddes," by whom coun-
sci thought he, meant the late Dr..
lobbied" here for the foreign lines.
He told Of '.Csaddes" submitting a story
to Philadelphia correspondent. long
since dead. which the latter told the
use. He had heard that ten men We're
on the pay roll OF what he called the
steamship combine" but he could sug-
gest only these two names. and when
sidized newspapers" said newspapers
We're subsidized by their advertise.
ments.
The committee rebuked Editor Shaw
for his allegations that there We're
steamship representatives in Congress.
inasmuch as such Islander" was, they
said. unsupported by any details what
ever.