New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
DEMOCRATS ASK MONEY
Have wiped
Ont House Emergency Fund.
From The Tribune Bureau }

washington. June 26-With its contingent
fund exhausted, largely because OIL ,he
nense OF the various Democratic
oo,,ora" the House to-day, AFTER iu'"e
rro,osts nv Representative Mann. voted -"
.r,o~o.rcv apnroprIation Of 81 $50 10 toe
over until the beginning Of the hscal year
The House will meet again on nun
but a virtual agreement was reache'
tween the leaders this afternoon 'hat "o
business Of importance shall he trahsac'e'
until after July L. The session to-oaS wan
held only to replenish the III.
Mr. Mann was unable TO ORA" ir"'n
Chairman Fitzgerald Of the Appropriations
C,omrittee a satisfactory explanation OIL
Tho various expenditures to be covered ny
the l6jO deficiency appropriation. ''
Fitzgerald said that some OF IT was oes'i.u
for the payment OF witness ices by "o
several special committees OF the HOUSE,
II also developed that the House owes
so telephone and telegraph bill, s'o ior
ice 1880 for expenses Of special commit
tees and $500 for clerk hire for these cum
n,ttees. A furniture bill Of sls'so' con-
corning which Democratic explanations
were rather vague. also stares the House
T., tho face. All OF which led Mr.. Maii'i
to say: t.
iva bave q lot OF investigating commit
tees going on at great expense. we n',e ~
investigate some OF these thihsS'
chairman Of the Appropriations Coii'i'''''
is not able to say how much OF '''''
nense Is for the special committees.
zone committee here. the Committee vi
rxnenditures In the Interior Department.
sent for witnesses n long distance roi
u.hat7 About expenses in the Interior De-
partment? Not at all. About the poHo'
of our country toward the Indians MAJ
ter that Is within the jurisdiction OF 'he
Committee on Indian Affairs.
But this other committee. without any
warrant under the rules, without any
jurisdiction to report bill on the subject
Of Indian Affairs, Is discussing what policy
the government should pursue toward the
Indians of the country, and we are appro-
priating Nancy to pay those witnesses
which seems to me extravaganza.
This bill simply shows that the talk
about economy was mainly in the index.
I hope that when we come to real ex-
penditures in the government we VIII
be able to economize. I hope that gentle
men on the Democratic side who so far
have shown no disposition to effect real
economy. but only to talk about it, VIII
accept the aid of us on this side, even II 1t
be belated. 10 effect real economy in the
government
The debate incidentally developed an
amusing cooquy between Mr.. Mann and
Representative Fowler, a new Democratic
member from Illinois. Mr.. Mann had OBJ
tanned the original manuscript Of Mr. Fow-
ler's recent speech on the tariff. lllustrat-
ing his point that the idle rich never be-
came great, Mr.. Fowler had said: Jesus
was born in manger and John the Bap-
fist ate locusts and honey" Then Mr..
Fowler had inserted Loud applause" after
telling" conclusion. Mr.. Fowler had re-
corded on the imperishable Congressional
Record prolonged applause" and General
handshakng"
Mr.. Mann used the Fowler speech TO in
dicate the abuse of leave to revise and
print in The Record and also as illus
trative Of the Democratic method OF tariff
argument. Mr.. Fower's only rejoinder was
that he was satisfied the applause had &C.
Cured as noted, and he launched another
attack upon the infamous Payne bill"
In return Mr.. Mann declared 1t signif-
cant and 9acrilegious that the applause
had been inserted in tho Fowler manu-
script before he had ever read it 10 the
House.
The House also passed a resolution from
tho Committee on Territories calling upon
the Secretary Of War for any information
he may have as TO n combination Of coal
dealers I'm Alaska. said TO have been called
to the attention Of the department in the
affidavit OF one II. J. Douglass. in May,
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