Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-12-21
WARRINGTON LETTER.
Washington, d. c.. Dec. FL. 1911
BIZ CLYDE Fl. TAvESNER.

United States become involved In
trouble wish foreign nations by par
ticipatinR IN the celebration Of the
discovery OF Lake Chamberlain
Or by sending delegates 70 the In
ternstional Congress on Collisions
and Salvage? Or by having q re-
preventative at the meeting OF the
International chronological associa-
ton, which has 70 do with earth
quakesf
Congressman Courtney w. Ham
lin. az Missouri. has asked the Re.
publicans o: the House for an ans
wer 10 these queries. He has o
reason.
President Taft and Secretary OF
State Knox, spent large sums Of
money for above mentioned pur-
poses. aud when Mr.. Hamlin, a.
chairman Of tho committee on Ex-
uondituros In tho State Department.
was denied all Information.
We couldn't possibly give you
any Information as 20 these enpen-
diturss." declared Mr.. Taft and Mr..
Knox, Ia chorus. "couldn't possibly
think Of ~ You see, these expen
ditures were made under a statute
which permits US TO withhold all de-
tails on the ground that il might in
yOivs US in trouble with foreign ma
tiOns!'
Mr. Ham!in said he found that the
State Department spent 4l25 900 Sc
cretly every year. and be declared
it vas ridiculous 10 assert that some
Of the things for which this money
Was spent nigh. involve US In
trpuo with foreign nations.
We Of course do not know" said
Mr. H4mIin, "Whether the go, 900
expenditure. authorized by secret
certifi ca,e. Of President Taft, for
participation in the celebration Of
the Discovery o. Lake Champlain
was spent for the purpose appro-
prialed or not, but suspect that in
all human probability this $l0, 900
was spent in paylng railroad fare.
hotel bills. automobile hire, ban
quetings, wine, etc
To permit any man. even though
ne be the president Of the United
States. % spend an average o. t339-
- Of the people rnOLeY each sad
every day u the year. without. CON
pe..ug him 70 account 20 anyoCdy
- - how. ard for what purpose be
eKpf n9ed this money, does not &C
cord with my idea Of proper yRuard-
irR the treasury.
WALL STREET EOT IN Control.
TIE Stanley steel nvestiRsting
committee will continue its probs Of
the ,teel trust. The efforts Of Wall
street 10 bring the investigation 10
a halt have failed
II being obvious that the Hou 20
will not b, ed tho command Of spe-
cial privilege to stop the inquiry, 10
is doubtful now whether the pro-
poNitior o. forcing the investigating
committee to abandon it's inquiry
will even come 40 on the floor OF the
House. But y the attempt is made,
il > certain that tho House will stand
by the committees and order IL TO
proceed with the hearings.
This marks a new order Of things.
Ia the past the steel trust has been
able - have bills side tracked, de
layed, and finally chloro formed in
committees OF the House. All this
is today impossible
LOCKS LIKE BUSINESS.
An entirely unprecedented thing
occurrei in Washington during the
week following the converting OF the
present session Of Congress on Dec.
!. although the country may have
been too busy to have noticed il.
Ths Democratic House met on
every one Of the six days following
the opening day. remainR in ses-
sion throughout each dav evarv
moment consumed in real work, un-
I'll it was time to light the lamps.
This policy is in contrast 10 the
Rcpub lean custom OF meeting on
opening day. and after remaing In
session few moments, adjournipR
to the second day thereafter; an I'd
unOn converting the second day
thereafter. OF adj)urning to the Sc
cond day after that. and so on, until
two full weeks had been wasted,
when adjournment would be taken
for the holidays. la the meantime,
Of course, the congressman pay OF
$50 So per day, 1856 per week and
1926 per month would go merrilly
on, the people paying the bill.
The new policy simply means
this. that the Democrats mean bust
ness.
NOT a do NOTHING" SESSION.