New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
Sponsors Complain House
Rebels at Parting with
Privileges.
COMMITTEE OF 80,
CARRIERS SCHEME
Sherley Predicts Congress VIII
Work Out Some System-Dca
feat in Senate Feared.

nthlhEton. nov. Nv, ne Vu'Ntl"H
Of whether Congress Is TO continue OPP
Grating ON the present hit or miss plan
Of providing revenue aud making ap-
rrcpriations. the ono having almost no
connection with tho other. 81 whether y
hus,rcss like budget sistem shalt 10
introduced. viii 10 put aauarcly NJ TO
President Wlrcn hy delegation Of tho
ilousc budget Committee at an inter
view esLed tq."te'irf by uep,essr,e.
','' sNe,s1.A'f Neo'SHSs,t1'S'n Of
che .s,,'S,,,sc ~
@yi,ls'Sr VI ghs,le, TO the white
Wise followed two meetings 81 tha
1rW3g'l Committee. AZ Witch 80 riae
tesH was made. oo ing % rne msmh 81,
90 he ,emmiilee rut a.. tu ,he Tact
hat "s,eN time 40 staiisi anywhere
Ne tsN ur against atvne wall ' uue
- these steve walt. vac The vtls.,iur
- tNs House 60 aat,snds,ins Ne rf,i.
'vSe,
The esfmsi fetm 90 nudge, system.
a. applied in msrs sI,s ss"menia
4, fef ths heads - he departments
-etkinG together With The ,hisf 'esssn.
Eve. Go ftsms thsif rtestan''as, ,siiins
fev certain appropriation, Then he
legislative bsiS msS cat sut 81, isiu,e
say tsr'. but mas uot adi TO any item.
~ inssft peN itsms
This. no Vas poletcd uut. the members
- enc House and ihs Senate would
tsssr asfre Co. shines IL would involve
thslr surrender of the right 90 pto.
pose urN policies. Nhsn che earn ~
eet et suyh policies rrquiged appfopfla
..sns.
W latescst ia senate.
Another stone wall is that nothing
which fhe Budget Committee would do,
even providing she fun House should
rstty 10 end amend Dos rules 20 cOE-
form a.tl che committees ideas. uolld
have any eject on the Senate. which,
according to ,onie OF those interested.
kas Il spiAyed no interest whatever boz
gre EFFORT 20 continue a plan when
would establish some relation between
expenditures end reecip q.
After his conference with the Presl-
dent. however. Repre- eutatite Sherley
expressed the belief that Congress
would. cariy iu the session, beginning
neat month. adoot some budget plan.
II scheme can b. worked Out by the
Committee 10 .imc +. Will be submitted
70 ,he Democratic caucus. where il viii
be nece sary. friends Of the plan think.
20 have the assistance of President
Wilson. IL is also thought tina; the
Presidea. should use his influence IN
urging the Senate 20 come into line.
Representative John y. Garner. OF
Texas. one Of The members o. the
Budget Committee. outlined tonight
for The Tribune his plan for a budget
system. involving less change Of exist
ing rights and methods than almost
any other method proposed.
There should be big budget com
mittee," said Mr.. Garner. consisting
Of about thirty members. This would
include the members Of the present
Appropriations Committee. with the
chairman and a few other members of
the other committees which handle ap-
preparation committees on mill
tary affairs, naval affair. postOfiice
ard Dostroads, agriculture. Indian sf-
fairs and foreign affairs.
Bills Would Lack Details.
1T would be the duty o. this commit
tee. within five days after Congress
met. Mr.. Garner said. "to bring out
into the House budget bill, which
should state the amount OF money to
be appropriated for every department.
for the year, and nothing else. No de.
tails should be gone into about the
various bills, but it should merely state
that so many millions should be spent
Tor the army, so many for the navy, so
many for the Department of Commerce.
and so on. Then the House should
pass OIL this bill. changing 1t to suit
the majority.
Then. with this programme out
lined, the House could begin the order
{ j. consideration OF the appropriation
bills as il the budget bill had not been
passed, with this exception. that when
ever an amendment was proposed to an
appropriation bill which would increase
the total above the amount specified in
the budget bill point of order made BIZ
any member of The House would knocl:
out the amendment. Changes could
be made, of course, but after the maxi
mum amount mad been reached for that
bill the only way anything else could
be added would be by striking out
something already in.
Then the Ways and Means Commit
tee would know. as soon as the budget
bill had been passed. just how much
revenue would have 20 be raised. and
there would be no danger OF revenues
falling short. or of the imposition OF
taxes which would bear down harder
on the people than necessary"
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