The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-09-09
copyright. 1S1lI
CONGRESS PRACTICED ECONOMY
Texans Sat on the Lid-cuIberson,
eurIeson and Garner Kept Down
Extravaganza.

Misunderstanding scored heavily
throughout the special session of the
Sixty-second congress as economists,
it is given out by the clerks of the
house appropriations committee who
have remained in Washington to wind
up the affairs of the committee that
there will be no disposition on the
part Of the house to lake off the
brakes or to open wide Uncle Samuels
purse at the coming regular session.
In this matter of economy at the
recent session. Texans figured to a
decided advantage Representative
Burleson of the appropriations COM
mittee at all times lifted his voice
against any move looking to the whole
sale expenditure of money. Repre-
sentative Garner, member of the COM
mittee on accounts, advocated sys-
TEN Of checking the expenditures Of
the various investigating committees,
which has served to put an end to
useless junkets over the country and
has kept these committees down to
brass tacks and hard work without
the champagne and Pullman car trips.
Over in the senate the resolution in
troduced by Senator Culberson call
ing for the equalization of patronage
accorded the various senators was suf-
ficient to serve notice upon the re-
publican majority that the era of re-
trepchment was at hand, and the re-
suit was that Senator Lodges commit
tee suddenly found that there were
a number of useless employees clutter
ing up the corridors and committee
rooms in the senate end of the capitol.
Chairman Fitzgerald Of the apprO-
priations committee of the house gave
out detailed statement showing what
the democratic majority of the lower
branch of congress had accomplished
in the way of economy.
Chairman Fitzgerald said:
THE special session of congress
lasted something over four months.
During that time congress appro-
priated s3O1.o52.2o. OF this amount
approximately $141,000 was necessary
to meet the expenses incident to the
session. OF the other $160,O00, $780,
900 was to meet contract obligations
for the rebuilding of the army supply
depot at Fort Mason, Cal, which must
be met by October, 1911, and which
should have been appropriated by the
last congress.
"A democratic house distinguished
itself in the beginning by abolishing
sixty-five salaried places in it's own
organization, with consequent re-
duction in it's annual payroll of SILL
1929, and in addition it has ended
the custom heretofore existing OF
granting an extra months pay to the
officers and employees of the two
houses Of congress, resulting in a fur
ther saving of $140,795.59 for each ses-
sion of congress.
"At the beginning of the session
Joint resolution was introduced In a
democratic house and has been en-
acted into law by which errors In ap-
bills, passed at the last
session Of congress, were corrected by
the repeal of certain appropriations |
aggregating the sum of $347,650
."The net result of this is that con-
gress has appropriated $301, 1,052-20- 1t |
has repealed appropriations aggregat-
ing S347,O50, a saving of $46,597-59.
In addition it has declined to appro-
pirate S140,79559 as extra compensa-
ton for employees of congress. and a
house has reduced its pay
-oll in the sum of Sill, ,443.2S, SO that
he total saving in money as result
If the enforcement of democratic poll
lies during the present session OF
congress- is S3OS, ,S3667."