The Madison journal., 1917-01-20
FIGHT PORK BILL
OPPONEMTS OF PUBLIC BUILD
ING MEASURE SAY MANY PRoJ.
ECTS ARE NEEDLESS.
Congress Wants to Make Big Appro-
priations but Has Trouble Getting
Its Courage Screwed Up to the
Sticking Point.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
a>hington.-Cougrc-S darcS one /
day and does not dare the next. TIL" /
majority gets its courage screwed Up |
to the sticking point and .
then something comes to make 1t re- /
cede rapidly. Congress wants to pass /
the omnibus nujidfu., h.I while the .
president. il is said does not want II 4
10 pus>, and one d3y il makes up its /
mind IN r.,ss If and tnr next day it
changes irs mind
Years ar, rLn uargr pork" was Civ
ON tn n,rb nf ru., measures which
come yr.r,v h.rora CONGRESS. the pub
H.. l,,;l,li,..,-.lfu aud ,Ir rivers and
h,rn,r. hin r. j. u,.dIr.s uf course
g., .,,. ,b.,t many or rr.. huirdip.s for
,,.r.,,., ..r.,.,i..,. ,.r,,-f.i,.us have, been
r,,,l. and many ur rhn rivers and hug-
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The charge. however. from both
Democrats ana l''PubH'ahN iii wv
ih" tinted states Is jhaJ proper Viz
'rlWih"tI"n Is not h""e d! '"I-i 'N9
between ihe good ana had rr"I">'"o,'>
| contained IN these measures "'
friends OF such legislation "'""S >
| spring {" IFS defense. Inc TO" H"N
/ been going on for years
II has been pretty wei uh"'rN'""''
! ms year mat lF'>iurht WILSON ""'N
| ho1 want ms party ih congress 10 P'NN
| ~" public buildings hIll aS IL j. III pre-
! "nt written. II calls Tor H''N'"""'V"'
for IN" erection "i federal huLidI"3S III
! different parts OF the country Inc
necessity OF economy Is urE'u .! S"'i'',
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4lI projects IN Sll.
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! yidcd for i'm the measure is AZ with
authorizations amounting TO S3S, ,794, =
| TOO Public buildings and their con
struction are under the control of the
treasury department. the secretary of
which i'm his estimates asks for au-
thorizarions of money for building pur.
noses In the pr.Sent public building
hill the names of 81 towns and vii
lagos appear of which the treasury de
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want FdThs "a0e
\ conference has just closed il
Washington which brought together
surpaSSingly interesting group Of me
and women. Ii WAS the National Park
conference.
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