Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-03-25

1913.
couse, you recall the famous mot writ
ten on the door Of Charles bedcham
Der:
Here lies our sovereign lord the king
Whose word no man relies on;
He never says q foolish thing,
Nor ever does a wise one.' ..
President Taft has taken Charles
place.
The Growing Burden.
Since / have been in Washington
have seen the appropriation bills grow
from little over $400,000,000 annuaM!
to over $1,000. 100000. You will recall
the howl about the billion dollar con
gress.' We have witnessed the chang
to a two billion dollar congress with
out much comment. The newspaper,
seem to take II as q matter of cours,
and are always harping on the growth
Of the country as justification. This
growth has been marvellous, but the
expansion in population and wealth has
not kept pace with the growth Of the
taxes or expenditures. I have heard
Senator Aldrich, who surely was an
expert on levying taxes for the pur-
poses Of protection. proclaim on the
floor Of the senate his belief that the
government could be run for $20,000,-
900 less than 1t Is now being appropri-
ated.
Being on the committee on appro-
priations In the senate, know just
how the appropriation bills have grown
so rapidly. It is largely due to per-
sonal influence and importantly Some
clerk or officer under the government
wants an increase In his salary, and
his senator or congressman goes to
some one on the committee on appro-
priations, very often to the chairman,
often done 1t myself to oblige friend
An increase in the salary Of one man
produces a desire or demand to in
crease others, and the result Is that
the figures are moved up all along the
line. This happens in one bureau and
Immediately other bureaus begin to
clamor for increases, and so 1t goes.
Then men have haunted the con-
gress, since have been here, with
schemes for new bureaus. ! have seen
these created, many Of them necessary
and useful, but some of them worth
less and mere vehicles to spend money
and create places for friends.
For "Lams Ducks"
"Then commission after commission
has been appointed for any and every
purpose to make fat
places for friends, very often lame
ducks who have been repudiated by
their constituents. I have seen Re-
publican presidents who have been
glad to take care Of Democratic lame
ducks In Cleveland's time saw DEM
ocrats who had been repudiated, by
their home people on account OF free
silver, rewarded with judgeships and
on commissions.
"I do not want to tire you, so will
stop this enumeration until can have
the pleasure of talking with you. In
person. This do know, Mr. President
that II the Democrats are In earnest
about reducing expenditures, 1t Is an
easy matter to do 1t, and that, too,
without crippling the government. II
will mean the selection Of cabinet Of
ficers who will not be at all complai-
SAINT, but intent only on having the
government machine work smoothly,
accurately and effectively for the peo-
ple's benefit and not for the benefit of
the officeholders. The estimates are
all made up by the cabinet officers, and
arealways based on es-
Inmates, or supposed to be, unless they
come as independent propositions from
the floor Of the senate chamber itself.
I know you understand the Importance
of loyal cabinet In sympathy with
this ideal Of economy. Rr What we need
In the United States Is more attention
to the needs and protection Of the tax
payers than to the wishes and desires
Of the tax eaters. 81 grtrI
There are any number Of buildings
In Washington rented at high prices
from local real estate agents for gov
ernment use. Some Of these are nee
essary, no doubt; but many Of them
are not necessary at all. This city is
q veritable Augean stable and the
daughters Of the horseleech' are
abroad and always crying, give, give
Some of the departments are very
much cramped for lack Of room. These
are clamorous for new buildings. Gov
ernment buildings have been erected
for one purpose, and almost before
they were completed the demand grew
up for that use to be discontinued and
the buildings appropriated for some
other use, or rather new one.
When / first came here the men,
bers of the house had no place to re-
ceive their visitors or constituents
while the senators had the marble
room and overflow senators who had
no committee rooms were quartered In
the Maltby. The house conceived the
idea Of building q palace for the use
Of its members; the senate Immediate
ly demanded and enforced that de-
mand to build one for their own use
The two marble palaces We now have
are the result Undoubtedly they sup
ply a want, but not a necessity, except
on the part Of the house. Recently the
house has demanded that the senate
turn the Maltby building over to 1t,
and 1 understand this will be done
when the new congress meets IN
March. There Is much lost space In
the senate office building which could
we'll be utilized to good advantage for
other purposes If the senate would
agree.
Sure to Do So.
But why go into all these details
You will find 1t all out when you come
to Washington. Speaking with q very
intelligent clerk not long ago, he made
this significant statement: Senator,
the only way to reduce expenses Is to
have senators and congressman who
will rise in their places and Inquire to
know why certain items are In the ap-
propriation bills when they are not
needed, and say so, and thus call the
attention Of the country to them
know this to be true. But the rule Is
rather to increase than to reduce.
my long service here and the Gus
tom which has obtained almost from
the beginning Of the government en-
titles me to select from among the
committees of which I am member
a craftsmanship. I am senior Democrat
on three important committees and
can select the Craftsmanship Of either
one of them: appropriations, inter-
state commerce and naval affairs.
II want you to ten me frankly on
which one Of these committees you
think I can best serve your admins
tration and the country, for / will
serve the country best by serving VIII
sons administration best.
1.-The committee on appropriations,
as you know, applies the money, or de-
signates how 1t shall be spent on
many appropriation bills. The COM
mittee on Indian affairs, the committee
on postoffices and post roads, the COM