The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-26

 dollar should be imposed upon the people of that community in order to ascertain what was required in the way of sewer facilities. This item has no business in this bill. The con ferees on the part of the House-tae House itself--has no information that would justify them in acting favorably upon this item. The com mittees of the House that have juris- diction should take it, and if a sewer system is necessary it should be pro- vided by the city of Hot Springs,
 with Government contribution that could be worked out and reported to the House with the information neces- sary to justify the House in acting. We have been contending, MT. Speak CT, during this session and other ses- siols of the House against the impo
 sition of such items as this. II is difficult enough to prevent these ap- propriation bills from being loaded down with other indefensible propo
 sitions, possibly forced through here under stress of circumstances. This
 item can not be justified. It is sim ply naked attempt to let the Feder- al Government spend $237 000 to
 build sewer system for the city of Hot Springs, Ark, and relieve the people of that community of all obl!-
 gatioas-
 MT. Taylor of Arkansas. Will the 
 gentleman yield?
 Mir. Fitzgerald (continuing). To provide sewer facilities and make the
 Federal Government bear burden
 that does not belong to it and far be- yond what any reasonable man would suggest it should bear. l now yield to the gentleman
 MT. Taylor of Arkansas. Does the gentleman realize that this is not a recommendation by the citizens of Hot Springs but by the Secretary oi the Interior, and that he requests an
 expenditure identically the same as that carried in the amendment to this appropriation billi
 MT. Fitzgerald. I know something about the history of this item know that there was an active and efficient young man, who was a clerk
 in the District Department, who wis tied Hot Springs Reservation, a few years ago and had conversations with some of the leading citizens of Hot Springs. They presented to him a number of suggestions as to what
 should be done by the Federal Gov. ernme1t He undertook, as repre- senting the United States Govern ment, to pass upon what the Federal | Government should do, and he recom-
 mended that $237 900 should be ap-
 propriated, as here suggested. | have never known of a Secretary of
 the Interior who had any personal in- formation about it or to make any | recommendation about it. It has ney
 CT been submitted in an estimate to
 Congress, but has been put in this bill | twice by the Senate. The House re- | jected it on a former occasion, and l
 hope it will be rejected on this oc- | casion desire to say to my friends
 on this side of the House that in the
 adjustment of the differences be- tween the two Houses on this bill
 those representing the House en-
 deavored to agree upon those things
 that could be justified before the House and the country. The bill as
 passed by the House carried $110.000- 900. The Senate added $4300, GOO to | it. The House receded from $1 ,600,- 900 of items; the Senate receded from 1 $1 800. GOO of items. There are in dis | pute about $757 900. Of the items on l which the House receded to the eX
 tent of $1,600,000 I believe that at least half were for the acquisition of
 sites for public buildings. It is un-
 fair of the gentleman from Alabama OMr. Underwood, with the little in-
 formation he has ol this subject, to urge the House to agree
 Mir Underwood l think the gen 1 tleman's statement is unfair--
 Tae Speaker. Does the gentleman
 from New York yield to the gentle | man from Alabama?
 | MT. Fitzgerald. I yield.
 MT. Underwood The position | take on the matter, and think it is emnently fair, is that when the com
 mittees of this House have a problenr 1 before them where Government prop
 erty is involved they should look at
 it exactly as it were individual prop erty, because that is fair to the Gov ernment and it is fair to tAe citizens. | If there is a drainage area that ex-
 tends over a very wide area of coun-
 try in my community, and if water 1 shall be on that area, 1t is assessed, and if the Government owns a large portion of that area it should not put all the burden on that people. MT. Fitzgerald. The gentleman has
 said that already. I have not taken
 the position that we should deal diff ferently with this matter than if 1t were a private individual l take the
 position that the people of Hot Springs. Ark. should not be permit