Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-11-26

the debate At the same time, as hap
peneo in the case of Walsh and Ander-
son, they became so interested in their
own conversation that they almost
drowned out what might be termed the
regular debate between New and VIII
liams.
In these times, when there is a great
demand for man power, it is rather
surprising to people about the capitol
to see the number of able-bodied men
that are called out at various times to
repel the militant suffragists. Day
after day these women make an as
sault on the capitol and attempt to
violate the rules of the senate by
marching in In a body and waving
their banners. 1t takes quite corps
of policemen to prevent them from en-
tering the senate and doing minor
damage to the building. And this at
time when able-bodied men are needed
everywhere to win the war.
The problem of feeding people
in the District of Columbia, espe-
cially the many thousands of new
clerks who have been gathering here
for the year past and are continuing
to come. is one that is getting rather
serious. The demand for workers Of
all kinds has crippled the domestic
service in Washington Women who
were cooks and maids in private fam
lilies are now running elevator or do
ing other kinds of work at good wages
in government departments and bust
ness houses. The restaurants are
overcrowded and are without sufficient
help to do the necessary work to pre-
pare and serve food to all the Gus
toners.
1t may become an actual necessity TO
carry out what many people have rec
commended, that is, the transfer of seT-
eral bureaus from Washington 10 9TH
,er cities. During the influenza cpl
demic Il came TO point where an or
der was issued by an official Of the
war industries board to automobile
owners that they must carry the war
workers to and from their places Of
employment in order to relieve the
only are the war workers greatly in
convenienced by this congestion, but 1t
has become a serious situation for the
regular residents, who suffer not only
on account of the greatly increased
prices of supplies which they pur-
chase, but because they cannot get
help to do the work about their houses.
Everybody wants the budget syS-
TEN except congress-" remarked Con-
gresham Kitchin in discussing the adj
vantages of that system as a restraint
upon extravaganza. As a matter OF
fact very few people care anything
about a budget system and still fewer
know what it means. The fact is that
our appropriations go in the most hap
hazard manner. Every division. every
bureau, every department of the gov
eminent, tries to-get all the money it
can and makes extravagant estimates.
A few men in congress try to cut these
estimates down and then congressman
from various states and districts do
all they can to increase the apnrOpria-
lions, especially if sums are to be spent
I'm their sections. Then the senate
still further increases the appropria-
lions. That has been going on for
more than quarter of century.
There may be q few people who
recollect how astounded everybody
was when billion dollar congress de-
veloped. In a few years nobody SEEM
ed to care because the billion dol
lars came every year instead OF
every two years. The increases have
been going on steadily. AS to the
budget system, it is doubtful whether
if would have any effect. 1t is more
than probable that if all the appro-
priatfons were put in one bill 1t would
become a very vast "log-rolling" meas
ire and contain SO much that nobody
could tell what was meritoriOus and
what was pure extravaganza The 1
only thing that will call a halt upon
these extravagant appropriations is in
ability of the people to pay the taxes.
When they revolt congress will revolt
with them.