the Sunday- oregoxiax. Portland, may 31, 190s
GONGRESSSPENDS
IE-
Appropriations of Session At
tain Total of $1,008,- '
804,894.
REVENUE IS $878,123,011
Chairman Tawney Blames the Dem
wratic Filibuster tor Causing
Increases by Preventing
Adequate Debate.
WASHINGTON, May ' 29. Repre
nentative Tawney. of Minnesota, chair
man of the committee on approba
tions, today presented to the House
his annual review of fiscal appropria
tions and .expenditures. The keynote
of his speech was sounded In the dec
laration that "the insistent demands
of the people and of the puDlic serii-o
result in an Increased aggregate wheo
nacted into law"; and the "efforts of
fv. ir,ri(- tn maintain a policy of
greater economy were frustrated by
an obstructive and recalcitrant minoi
lty." Tawney, In opening, said:
The annual expenditures of our Govern
ment exceed those ot any government in the
world The work of analyzing the estimates
for them, of Inquiring Into their necessities
together with the needful inquiry into the
method, of the departments in administer
ing and expending previous aPPPJ'"0"
is rapidly becoming the most Important duty
and the most prodigious task to M P?';
formed In connection with the '"-g'slaUve de
partment of the Government; a task whose
magnitude is not appreciated nor is tne
labor necessary In Its performance under
stood. It requires constant application from
the beginning until the close of the '
and the most careful discrimination to pre
vent needless appropriations for the Federal
Government or unauthorized appropriations
for the exercise of governmental f"""'0"!
belonging to the states or for the doing of
that which belongs exclusively to prUate
Interests.
Bad Effect of Filibuster.
Referring " to" the bemocratic fili
buster which has marked the last third
of the present session. Tawney said:
It Is a matter of sincere regret that to
accomplish a political purpose or to i g a n
some partisan advantage .ne minority In
this house deemed itself Justified, in disre
garding Its responsibility by . pursuing tha
Jollcy It ha. .followed for almost two
months under the leadership- of the dis
tinguished gentleman from Mississippi
(Williams). a policy which made It
necessary ' for .he majority In order to
transact any public business to adopt rule,
of procedure under which nonpartisan ques
tlon. In relation to the appropriation of
public money could not be considered with
that freedom of . discussion and c ion that
otherwise would have enabled this H"
to prevent many of the Increase, that were
flnullv agreed to. As to the result of this
increase, the aggregate of appropriation,
made at this .eslon Is larger by many mil
lions that It would otherwise have been.
Appropriations Exceed Revenue.
Tawney said that a review of the de
"m;tmis upon Congress this session
showed that the estimates of the es
tablished public service "d orled
for public works aggregated J1B6.000.
000 in excess of appropriations made
for the same period during the last
session of the Fifty-ninth- Congress
and these demands did not rest!" act
upon the necessities of the public serv
ice but were "supported mainly by of
ficial recommendations to Congress
hacked by the approval of the press of
the country and they consisted largely
of increased compensation to the civil
and military branches of the public
service." ' .
Tawnev stated the total appropria
tions of the session to be S51. 088.670.
He said the total revenues of the Gov
ernment estimated to Congress by the
Secretary of the Treasury are placed
at $S"S,123.on; that in addition to the
authorized expenditure of J851.08S.670
for the operation of the Government
during the next fiscal year, appropria
tions are also made as follows:
ARKreffute Sum Is $1,008,804,894.
In deficiency acts, exclusive of J12.4n6.750
for public buildings authorised at this ses
sion $4 -2:t; for requirements of the
sinking fund. J18.Ocio.000; for redemption of
National bonk notes. $25,000,000; for con
struction of the Panama Canal (bond, to be
lssuedl. J2ll.rS7.WO;. for miscellaneous
and special objects. $1,000,000. Including
'$".-.0 000 for the relief of storm and flood
sufTerer. In the Southern states, and $403.
ooo for the payments of claim, of the
Roman Catholic Church In the Philippine
Islands, making a grand aggregate for th
next fiscal year of $1.008.8l4.8!tl.
Tawney said the estimates submitted
to Congress by the Executive as a
basis for the appropriations made
amounted to $1,079,449,288. or an ex
cess eff J70.440.SS4 over the total of
the appropriations of this session and
nn excess of J15S.651.145 over all the
appropriations made at the last ses
sion. A subtraction of the totals of
estimates and appropriations, he said,
showed that the present House cut
down the estimates for the ordinary
operating expenses" of the Government
JlZ4.34f.KZ.
F.xcceds I.nst Year by $88,000,750.
The grand total of appropriations
made at this session exceeded those of
last session by JSS. 006,750.
Tawney submitted a table of major
appropriations enacted at this session,
which includes: Army. J95,38-,.i47:
fortifications. $9,317,145; Navy. $12;,
662,485; pensions, $163,053,000; postof
flce, $222,962,392. The increases over
last year aggregate $127,393,560. which
includes among others: Agricultural,
$2,224,816; Army. $16,747,664; diplo
matic and consular, J4S5.130; fortltlca-
MI9. hut $38.108. OK 3 of this Is due to
the absence of a river and harbor bill
this year. The net increase this ses
sion over last session is $S8.006.750. In
conclusion Tawney said:
Whatever the unthinking or the superfi
cial critic may now say. the Impartial and
nonpartisan historian will hereafter record
and truthfully state that in the affirmative
work performed and In contending against
and successfully restricting unconstitutional
demands upon the power, and treasury of
the Federal floernmcnt the work of no
previous session I. comparable with the
work of the first session of the 60tn Con
gress A census table subjoined shows that
according to the census of 1890 the
National expenditures were $9.30 per
$1000 of National wealth, but the cen
sus of 1904 shows an increase to $12.80
per $1000.
FROM DEMOCRATIC VIEWPOINT
Fitzgerald Denounces Republicans
as Extravagant.
WASHINGTON. May 30. Fitzgerald
of New York, ranking minority mem
ber of tile appropriations committee,
reviewed the appropriations of the
session from a Democratic standpoint.
Ho arraigned the. Republican party
mercilossiy for what he stigmatized
as a "shameful squandering ot the pub
OVER
BILLION
lic funds." He predicted a staggering
, deficit to be impending and denounced
the President, the executive depart
ment of the Government and tie Ee
publicans in Congress aa its causes.
He said:
The country would have been benefited bail
the recommendation ot the committees
charged with the preparation of the aupply
bills been more generally heeded by the House,
The Importunities ot those outside are suf
ficiently difficult to resist without bavin the
members of the Hos,?e take sides asmlnst its
committee on questions of expenditure. Tne
Congress Is now about to adjourn. This ses
sion has been the most profligate In our his
tory. Extravagance has run riot; the Treas
ury has been -depleted; the public money has
been shamefully auanderecL Every energy
seems to have been concentrated upon the
task of emptying the Treasury and of making
Imperative issuance of bonds by the next ad
ministration In order to defray the ordinary
expedltures of the Government. The dreaded
handwriting has apparently been seen on the
wall and the Republican party Is demoralized
and shaken.
"The appropriations for the next fiscal
year aggregate the enormous sum of $1,-
W8.804,8W, as against aggregate estimates
by departments of Jl,077,449,2$8."
Mr. Fitzgerald quoted the estimated
revenues for the fiscal year 1910 (treasury
figures) as $878,123,011, "and," he declared
"we shall demonstrate later that this esti
mate Is in all probability at least $100,-
000,000 too large and that not more than
r85.O00.0u0 is likely to be realized.
"Never but once in our history," he said.
"did the expenditures of our Government
reach the thousand million mark."
Mr. Fitzgerald had this to say of the
promised tariff revision:
For the present fiscal year the receipts will
fall $61,000,000 below the estimate. t The In
dustrial situation is not improving; ' the ap
proach of a National election will not be a
stimulant to business; the promise of re
vision of the tariff "by its friends" will tend
further to accentuate a constantly growing
industrial depression. An impartial review
of all the facts establishes firmly the convic
tion that the repeated warnings of the gen
tleman from Minnesota (Tawney) that there
will be a deficit of $150,000,000 in the coming
fiscal year Is conservative rather than ex
travagant. In conclusion Fitzgerald said:
"The Republican party is responsible
for the results of this session. Responsi
bility cannot be shifted from the House
to the Senate, nor from the Congress to
the executive."
AGREE ON DEFICIENCY BILL
Both Houses Adopt Keport of Con
ference Committee.
WASHINGTON, May 30. The confer
ence on the general deficiency bill,
the last of the great Government sup
ply measures acted upon by Congress,
was agreed to by both. Houses today.
It carries an appropriation of $30,
708,378, of which $12,476,750 la to be
gin work authorized by the public
buildings bill, the authorizations of
which aggregate over $33,000,000.
FOUR BABIES FOR SALE
Homes Must Be Found for All of
Them This Week.
Who has the homes to accommodate
four of our babies, nearly new and of
most refined and prominent parentage?
One Is a Chickerlng magnificent
cannot be. told from the very latest
gracing heretofore one of Portland's
foremost mansions, whose owner met
with serious reverses. It's worth every
cent of its original value $1200 but
we'll take less, a great deal less. Come
and see. It is truly the most magnifi
cently figured crotch mahogany ever
used in highest grade piano-making.
A beautiful rosewood Stelnway the
kind usually sold for $950 every bit as
fine as new we'll take half-price?
no, but say $565 for it.
A superb Hallet & Davis grand one
of this country's old reliables the reg
ular $900 style can be had now for
$485. We want all of them out of the
way.
The fourth is a most dainty little
Steck quarter grand exactly as new
genuine mahogany regular New York
price $800 one-third off takes It now.
These prices should be spot cash.
But we'll accept any good, used up
right in part payment if needs be. Will
also arrange a monthly or semiannual
payment plan. If required, for the mere
simple interest. See Eilers Piano
House at once, corner of Park (8th)
and" Washington streets.
IT'S TH PLACE
To buy ladies' hats; always the latest
and best, at " moderate prices. Le
Palais Royal, 375 Washington street.
Watches at auction. Metzeer's, 342
Washington street.
EAST
No, that is not all, for whisky means
Destroyed Manhood and Womanhood
. Broken hearts and sad homes
Weepifig and hungry children
Profligacy vice disease and crime
THE SALOON MUST GO
The people of the East Side are in earnest about this matter. The saloon is the
arch enemy of manhood and the destroyer of homes. When you vote tomorrow,
vote for the good of yourself and family, and the bettertnent of the city. '
VOTE FOR PROHIBITION
Mark your Ticket 127 X for Prohibition
Vote "No" on the Reddy Amendment. To vote "Yes" means a vote for a " wide open ' town.
Vote 321 X No
Read article by Samuel Connell on page 9 this section .
SESSION CLOSES
WITH FILIBUSTER
Struggle Continues in Both the
- Senate and House to
the Very End.
LAST BILLS ARE SIGNED
Ten Minutes Before Midnight Con
gress Suspends Work, Democrats
Even Forcing . Rollcall on
Motion to . Adjourn.
WASHINGTON, May 30. The Demo
crats filibustering In the House to the end
and La Follette having led a record fili
buster in the Senate,the Sixtieth Con
gress adjourned for the session at 11:50
o'clock tonight. The last bills were
signed by the President before 11. o'clock
and both houses, which had with dif
ficulty maintained a quorum, scurried to
their homes.
The House leaders were cheered by find
ing on. a roll-call shortly after the House
convened, that 15 more than a quorum
were present. After, adopting a resolu
tion continuing the service of three em
ployee of the Department of Justice en
gaged In defending Indian depredation
claims, the House took a recess until 3
P. M., and then remained In session await
ing Uie final action of the Senate on the
last bills.
Filibuster to the End.
At 10 minutes before 9 o'clock
Payne of New York asked unanimous
consent for the adoption of u. resolu
tion fixing the time for the adjourn
ment of Congress at 11:50 tonight.
Williams of Mississippi objected, and
Payne changed the form of his request
to a motion to adopt the resolution
under suspension of the rules. The
resolution Included the usual clause
for the apointment of a committee of
three members of the House to Join
with a similar committee from the
Senate in notifying the President that
Congress was ready to adjourn and
asking if he had any communication to
make.
Upon Payne's motion. Williams. lead
ing -his filibuster forces toward the
last ditch, demanded the ayes and noes.
The calling of the roll elicited, of
course, a solid support from the Re
publican side, hilt nn th riom..-..
sitfe there were affirmative as well as
negative votes. The resolution was
adopted by the vote of 126 to 76. The
speaker appointed Payne of New Tork,
Hepburn of Iowa and Williams of
Mississippi as the committee to notify
the President.
The Senate meanwhile had annotated
Hale and Teller on the committee.
Nothing More to Say.
The House committee reported at'
9:55 P. M. that the President said he
had no further communication to make.
The Senate committee reported at
10:3D that the President had "at pres
ent :io further communication to
make." The Senate took an hour's re
cess and, after the usual closing
scenes, both houses adjourned ten min
utes before midnight.
ROOSEVELT SIGN'S LAST BILLS
Currency and Liability Among Them.
Pocket-A'etoes One Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 30. The Presi
dent left the White House at 8:50 P. M.
for the Capitol to sign bills passed In
the last moments of Congress. He ar
rived at 9 o'clock. He went immedi
ately to the President's room on the
Senate floor, where he remained in
readiness to sign the bills as passed.
The President, shortly before 10
o'clock, signed the compromise cur
rency bill, and presented the pen he
used in affixing his' signature to Repre
sentative Wilson, of Chicago.
The President applied a "pocket
veto" to the bill to compensate in
ventors for inventions used by the Gov
ernment. Refusal to sign It killed the
DE
WHISKY,
measure upon the adjournment of Con
gress tonight.
Previous to his signing of the cur
rency bill, the President handed it to
Secretary Cortelyou. who carefully read
its provisions. Two other members oU
ine taDinet were present secretaries
Root and Garfield.
The President, in conversing, toid
several members that he was very well
satisfied with the accomplishments of
the session.
An hour after his arrival at the Capi
tol the President had signed all the
Tjllls placed before him. Including the
public building, the general deficiency
and the Government employes' liability
bilfci.
The President left the Capitol for
the White House at II o'clock tonight.
50 minutes before the time xed for
adjournment. One bill in which Mr.
Cortelyou was interested, giving the
Secretary of the Treasury the privi
lege of transferring library books in
3ise in that department to the life sav
ing service ' had been passed by the
Senate and House, but was not enrolled
in time to be signed by the President.
LIABILITY BILL IS PASSED
Senate Also Adopts Report on Public
Building Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 30. Passage of
the Government employes' liability bill
and the adoption of conference reports
on public buildings and the deficiency
appropriation immediately following
final action on the Aldrich-Vreelarxi
compromise currency measure in the
Senate today disposed of most of the
remaining important legislation before
that body.
Wireless From Connecticut.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 30. -A wire
less dispatch has been received here
from the flagship Connecticut which
stated that the flagship, with the bat
tleships Vermont, Louisiana and Kan
sas,' will arrive oft the San Francisco
lightship about 11 o'clock, and will
proceed into the harbor tomorrow
morning.
Print Waterways Report.
WASHINGTON. May 30. A bill was
passed by the House today providing
for the printing of 10.000 copies of the
preliminary report of the Inland Wa
terways Commission, with illustrations.
BUY BOOKS FOR STANFORD
TRUSTEES ESTABLISH A $500,
000 Fl'SD FOR PURPOSE.
Comply With Request Made by Mrs.
Jane L. Stanford Shortly Be
fore Her Tragic Death.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30. (Special.)
The ' board of trustees of Stanford Uni
versity has set aside $500,000 as a per
manent fund to provide books for the
library of that institution. This marks
the culmination of t.he efforts of the trus
tees to meet the request made in Jrs.
Jane L.. Stanford's last communicationto
the board Just before her tragic death at
Honolulu.
At that time the surviving founder of
the University requested that her per
sonal Jewels, the gifts of Senator Stan
ford, be sold to provide books for the
magnificent new library, which was sub
sequently destroyed by the great earth
quake. Before the sale could be con
summated Mrs. Stanford died, and the
Jewels-went into the hands of the execu
tors of her estate. The litigation over
her personal estate has just been settled
and the Jewels turned -over to the Uni
versity trustees. At the sale 'held in New
York the price received or them was
$300,000.
in view of the fact that Mrs. Stanford
sold some of her Jewels at a .great sac
rifice, when the resources of the Uni
versity were tied up by the Government
suit, the trustees felt that the value of
those gems should be. added to the pro
ceeds of the present sale and the whole
made a worthy memorial to her devo
tion. The appropriation will be known
as the "jewel fund," and the income from
it will be used exclusively for the pur
chase of books.
Hand Crushed by Log.
George Paris, an employe of a tim
ber camp near Cathlamet, Wash.,
was painfully injured yesterday morn
ing by a falling log. His right hand
was so badly crushed that the sur
geons at the Good Samaritan Hospital,
where he was taken during the day,
were compelled to amputate all of the
ftneers on that hand.
That';
s
All
YOUNGER
ME 1 RULE
Put Executive Committee in
Control of Church.
SNUB TO NORTHERN PACIFIC
Presbyterians Deprive Paid Agents
. of A"oice In Church Government.
Matthews Plea for Coast
Member Fails.
KANSAS CITY, May 30. In selecting
the executive committee of the church
the executive committee of the church in
the last hour before, final adjournment
the 120th general assembly of the Pres
byterian Church of the United States of
America consummated the most im
portant act of its entire ten days' de-
liberations. This is looked upon as a
triumph of progressive church govern
ment and equal in importance with the
reunion of the church with the Cumber
land Presbyterian Church.
The creation 'of the executive commit
tee wa&opposed by one faction and was
as vigorously supported by another, which
included the younger element of the as
sembly.
Na paid agent or officer or -member of
a church board and no permanent mem
ber of the -assembly may be a member
of tiie executive committee except the
moderator, who is the chairman. The
stated clerk of the assembly was aP'
pointed secretary of the committee, but
is not a member.
A Western Commissioner made an effort
to have the assembly place Dr. Mark A.
Matthews, of Seattle, on the executive
committee, asserting that the Northwest
should have representation on the most
important administrative body of the
church. Dr. Fuller-ton said the Pacific
Coast had one representative in the per
son of Dr. J. Willis Baer of Los An
geles, and it was not ' deemed wise
to give the Far West more on account
of the added expense occasioned. The
assembly supported the moderator's posi
tion. Union of Three Churches.
The moderator decided that the as
sembly could not consider the case of the
union of three churches which was under
discussion at adjournment yesterday
until it converted itself into a church
court and reviewed testimony and then
arrived at a verdict.
The assembly voted against review of
the case, which action left the decision
of the judiciary committee, that union of
the churches was legal and should b:
sustained, as the final Judgment of the
assembly.
Avoid Entangling Alliances.
The assembly decided that synods
should not ally themselves with the Anti-
faaloon Leagues or other non-ecclesiastical
organizations, notwithstanding their
sympathy with the movements such or
ganizations represent.
The assembly exchanged fraternal
greetings with the United Presbyterian
Church.
After hearing several routine reports
the moderator formally dissolved the
General Assembly to meet again at
Denver, May 19. 1909. .
SURPRISE FOR ALFONSO
Spanish Queen Makes Soldier Boy of
Baby Prince.
PARIS May 30. (Special.) On his
first birthday, when he was solemnly
enrolled as a recruit in the King's In
fantry Regiment, the little Prince of
Asturias wore a miniature uniform,
correct in every detail. The tiny regi
mentals had been made by Queen Vic
toria herself, who had also taught her
little son to give the military salute.
The uniform and the salute were the
happy mother's surprise for the birthday
clebration. King Alfonso was pleas
antly astonished when hi;, son and heir
appeared in his mother's arms, wear
ing his uniform and the order of the
Golden Fleece.
And when the infant recruit gravely
saluted his father and the officers pres
ent, the King was "tickled to death,"
embracing his son and praising his
Queen for the clever surprise she had.
planned.
KM
-why
do
we
advertise?
Principally because we
believe that we have the
best assortment of high
grade woolens in Port
land, and that advertis
ing is the cheapest,
quickest and most prof
itable way of letting
the men of Portland
know it. No tailor in
the city spends as much
money in advertising as
we do. No tailor in the
city makes as many
suits of clothes as we
do. These two facts,
placed side by side, con
vince us that advertis
ing is the best way to
get the business. ' But,
if we advertised and
could not deliver the
goods, we would soon be
found out, and our busi
ness would long since
have left us. The fact
that we are constantly
increasing our output of
Aeroplanifst Wins AYager.
GHENT, Belgium, May 30. Henry
Farman, the Knglish aeroplanist, oday
covered 1241 metres, or 4033 feet, in his,
aeroplane, with two men on board. His
companion was M. Archdeacon. The
feat was performed In a dead calm. By
ATTENTION; ROSE'
FESTIVAL VISITORS
Some of our Festival visitors may desire
to purchase pianos. We have some special
values in used pianos that will be of interest
to you. We also have the largest line of
strictly dependable pianos carried by any
house in the West. Read the list Stein
way, A. B. Chase, Everett, Conover, Pack
ard, Kingsbury, Estey, Emerson, Ludwig,
Wellington and Kurtzman. We also have
player pianos, organs and talking machines.
A SPLENDID VALUE
Slightly used Upright Piano, only $238
We invite you to make our store your head
quarters during the Rose Festival. , ' Meet
your friends here. Have your mail sent here.
Sherman Jplay' & Co.
Sixth and Morrison, Opposite Postoffice
fine clothes is evidence
to us that we have
"made good." The best
dressed men in attend
ance at the Advertising
Men's Convention to
morrow morning will be
clad in Columbia Cloth
ing. The best-dressed
men at every public
function in Portland al
ways wear Columbia
Clothes. In society,
business, and in pleas
ure stunts," Columbia
Tailored Clothes are al
ways present.' The rea
son: The material is -right;
the cut and fit
could not be better; the
price is always consid
erably lower than you
would have to pay the
ready-made dealer or
the alleged "high-class"
tailor. The men of Port
land get the kind of a
suit they want at any
price between $20 and
$50.
OOLBA
Grant Phegley, Mgr.
Seventh and Stark Sts.
bet made with M. Charron in March of
this year. He wins $1200.
The three attempts maae dy ftir i nomas
ljipion o capture ine Ainerita b cup,1 in
tntrlTmlo. value of which I' about S250.- tl&va
cost him $.Wo.0oo for yachts alone.