Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-11

undcr u single committee OF sufficient
SIZE to he representative Of ali Sec
tionS Of the country ana of all
branches al the public service Eight
committees nav consider and report
appropriation hills and Mr. Ta"ney
SAYS no reform is more important.
the comnittc, on appropriations
which report more than half Of til" to-
tai appropriations Of Congress, report
I'd during TIM first regular session of
the last Congress SIG $685. less than
tie estimates while the appropriations
hy all th- other apprapriating commit
tees according to Mr. TaWney. We're
S2sII."%l,taf in excess Of the estimates.
Mir. TaHncy claims that if this con-
Soliddting reform had been effected it
WoIlu have saved So 90 900 at that
session alone. Mr.. TaWnry says one of
the evils incident to this divided APP
preparation jurisdiction is the practice
of making appropriations Immediately
available. large portions of many APP
preparation bills being in fact designed
to cover uD Deficiencies in the pre-
cedinG year. II, points out that the
aggregate tor thu past session, which
includes N.ooh. oou tuf the Appalachian
forest reserve is $2sHo000 less than the
aggregate for the prcce ding session of
Congress and that the aggregate of the
entire last Congress. which exact ag
gIcgate is not given in his statement.
is an increase of 100000 over the pre-
ceding Congress.
Mr.. TaWney says that in the six
years OF his craftsmanship of the APP
#t,r, I..
have amounted to $6,O6l, 20 l32 of
which congress granted all but $l65.
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Declaring that the Democrats want
10 save the people of this country
from the danger which threatens
them because of the rampant cXpcndi |
ture of their money that has been go
ing on for the past twelve Years" |
Mr.. Livingston in his statement |
contends that milittrism is a menace |
and that Democratic accession will |
prevent national bankruptcy. He says |
it is a superhuman task to rcstpr" eN-
penditurc to a normal level because of
the enormous liability Fastened upon
the treasury by the statutory in I
crease IF the enlisted strength Of the
army and the navy four-fold since Mr..
Roosevelt WAS so unhappily called to
the executive office of the republic
Sounding a note of alarm against Il
"threat"ncd cmorous" direct tax with
all its inquisitorial features. Mr.. I.iv-
ingstom says that if that day comes,
the people will rise in their might
with Il cry that will be heard To the
corners of the earth and
shake from themselves and their pos
,crity the manaClcs of purdensome
taxation fostered by the Republican
party. That dav is not distant unless
we stop instanter in this precipitous,
money! .asting race we are now en-
gagged in
Mr.. Livingston SAYS the nations of
the old world would stand against
and wonder over the magni-
udc of appropriations and increased
ederal activity. He compares appro-
riatoES for the fifty third congress.
he last Democratic one, aggregatins
1911 .O13.523. with those Of the last Con
,reSs for the two fiscal years 1911 and
3l2. aggregating 81 .053, 3l9. 29l. and de-
.lares that in twelve years there has
Deen more than 500 per cent increase
n all expenditures. the army and ma
" each increasing more than four
hundred per cent He beSoeaks for
he incoming Democratic House econ
my particularly in those government
relating to the enormous
FOR war purposes.