The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-02-09

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Is, l. the cutting Ia every case being
directed wiselyi
| Something like $1,000. ~ has just
been cut from the estimates Of the
Treasury department for the support
uf the municipal and other activities
| If the District of Columbia, which
means the city Of Washington. for the
next fiscal year. Economy, like charity.
therefore in this case seems to begin
NJ home, for while Washington perhaps
cannot be called the home of senators
and representatives, II is the home Of
! the United States government.
II Is urged here that II Is u dubi-
proper activities OF the capital of the
United States which just now In n
large way is the capital Of the world.
However. the decrease in the estimates
probably will be- indorsed by both
houses Df congress, and police, fire and
general Improvement matters Ia the
capital may have to get along as well
as they can on an amount about one
third less than that proposed by the
Treasury department after an eco
homie minded budget director had re-
duced the estimates to what he con
sidercd To be the limit.
Record Offers Chance for Economy.
II may seem strange for men who
write for print to suggest that the
printing bills Of congress might be
cut down with advantage to the treas
ury and to the public. and perhaps
bers themselves. for II is uncomfortable
that more than few of the congress
men gain anything by having their
speeches extended In the Record"
The United States pays large sum
of money each year to print and to
circulate speeches of members of con-
gress which were never made A mem
Der rises to speak AS many words as
he can in the few minutes allotted To
him, and then asks permission to ex-
tend his remarks In the Record. lie
always gets permission. and frequently
page after page OF printed matter up
pears with the enlightening- informa-
tion that II is the speech of Hon. SO
and So delivered In the senate or the
house OF representatives ON the great
subject OF this or that.
Some OF these never delivered
speeches which appear in printed form
In the Record are interesting because
they are amusing.
War With Spain Not Forgotten.
As wars are viewed, the con
flict between the United States and
Spain looks like minor engage
ment when compared with the titanic
hattlings Of the recent great struggle
between the nations of the earth. but
nevertheless the soldiers and sailors
who took part In the struggles Of lSls
are not forgotten In the capital Of
the country
twenty-fOurth anniversary OF the sink
ipg of the battleship Maine In the hur-
Dor of Iiavana. Cuba. Preparations ar"
being made in this city to commemorate
the disaster and To pay tribute to the
memory Of the men who los; their
lives on that stanch new ship when II
went to destruction on dark Febru.
AIRY night IN the year 1898.
II was in 1910 that congress mad"
provision for the raising of the wreck
Of the Maine. There always has been
some dispute as to whether or not the
vessel was destroyed by an Internal
explosion, or by one from without, al
though board of investigation de-
cided that the ship was destroyed ma
liclously by torpedo launched either
by enemies of this country or by men
who desired to see the United States
enter the war In behalf Of cuba and
believed that such horrible act of
destruction would bring about the end
they sought. When the Maine was
rasied evidences were found To prove
that the finding Of the first board OF
Investigation had been correct In every
detail
Main Mast In Arlington.
II was determined to bring TO the
United States for erection In Airing
ton cemetery for memorial purposes
llt steer Hldll HluSt W iht Siuihts ih'
Collier Leonidas was assigned to the
duty Of bringing the mast to Wash.
ington. II was just ten years ago that
the Leonidas tied up at the Washing
ton navy yard dock after a hard tight
with the ice In Chesapeake bay and
the Potomac river.
Il was found that the main mast
was In good condition and that what
is know as the fighting top" used for
the accommodation Of six gunners US
ing rapid fire guns. was intact. The
weight of the main mast with its APP
purtenances is something over four
tons. This relic OF the Maine was
taken to Arlington cemetery where II
was erected over the graves of the men
who lost their lives ON the ship and
whose bones, taken from the hold of