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Show v y". . THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH KplicopAt School fof OirU. ROWLAND HALL Looking In on Congress From the House Gallery ABOUT THE MEMBERS All Denominations. Writ tor CatRlogus. Salt Lake City COLLEGES BUSINESS L. D. S. BUSINESS COLLEGE. School of Efficiency. All oommereial branehsa. Catalog (ret. 0 N. Main St.. Salt Lake City. OLDSMOBILE a. Utah. Idaho, DEALERS WANTED-r-I- n Wyoming. Libel 1 eommisoion - sriU tend representative on reqneeL A. E. TOURSSEN Dtotrlbotor. - By CONGRESSMAN GUY U. HARDY BUTTONS BLEATING Copyright, lggg, We.tern .Newspaper Unions A gentleman has raised the question serving his "tenth term, and for 18 years of a quorum and the roll of the house he was a unique member of the house of representatives in that, during all of that time, he , is being called. never let one of his speeches appear In Most members try the Congressional Record. Since as- Aecordian, Side. Box Pleating, Hemstitching, Kid Corset PorlMV. Battons, Buttonholes. 4t E. Broadway, Salt Lake City. SEE TOUE FUBUBHXB . to answer all roll calls; In order to maintain a quorum and vote on all measures possible. Now the house Is filling iip, so we will look over the personnel of the body. The house, If all were pres- ent, would be com-- . posed of 435 members, with delegates from Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippine Islands and Porto Bico. These delegates do not vote. I once heard Clark In praising the house say it was the most democratic parliamentary body in tjhc He didnt allude to politics. world. As I have met the members and have looked over the body of men I have often thought of that remark. As you now look down Into the house with me I think you will realize, as I do, that this is a democratic body of men, representing, as it does, the whole of the great American republic the greatest republic in the history of the world. Almost every type and phase of American citizenship is represented there. It is a sort of high-clas- s melting pot. Laborer and manufacturer; rich and poor; big brains and mediocre;, wise, earnest men and all have seats. All classes of business and professions and all shades of political and religious beliefs are represented. The government can not only be run as economically as a private business, but also can be run more economically than a private buslnesa Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes. ' By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN 0 SAYS Gen. H 11 and mJLb Marla Dawes after year of budget-makin- g jI II for Uncle Sam. Now he II has turned over his desk U to Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord, who leaves the position ,r of chief of finance of the War department to become 7 director of the budget. General Dawes quit In ao cordance with his understanding with President Harding that he would guide the budget bureau only through Its first year: General Dawes has a bank to manage In Chicago. General Lord has been In close touch with the work of the budget bureau for some time. Hes slxty-on- e years old, a congressman, and began life as n a newspaper man. The war made him a major of volunteers. In 1901 he entered the regular He was awarded army as captain. D. S. M. for service as assistant to the quartermaster general and as dl rector of finance. Uncle Sam has the wealthiest nation in the world back of him, or be would have gone broke long ago. For up to and Justly a year ago the celebrated drunken sailor had nothing at all on Uncle Sap when it came to getting rid of the cash. In fact. Uncle had the Inebriated tar beat to a frazzle. The Illuminated seaman had to quit when his money was gone, but uncle kept right on spending. But all that is changed. Uncle now has a perfectly good budget system and has to live up to It He has to tell In advance how much he Is going to spend and quit when its gone and strike a balance at the end of the . year. There Is much confusion in the public mind as to the amount of the savings effected by the budget bureau. That is because of politics. But that will all be changed, too. The truth is that there isnt any politics about a budget. Its business. The budget bureau is not concerned with any political party. Its got to be efficient and honest and to the dickens with J ' politics! The big thing about the budget and the budget system, and the budget bureau, Is the fact that for the first time in the history of the United States of America the President has assumed the responsibility for the spending of the executive departments. General Dawes undoubtedly did a good job. General Lord will be just as So will succeeding budget efficient. directors provided the President of the United States whoever he may be keeps his eye on this responsibility. Here's the situation In a nutshell, as General Dawes put it up to congress: It cannot be too often reiterated that this most Important reformation In the governmental business system Is dependent upon the President of the United States himself, and upon his continued assumption of his responsibility as Its business head. The minute he relaxes his attitude of attention to this duty there will be felt the natural pull of the departments and establishments toward the old system of complete independence and deThis Is because of centralization. laws firmly embedded In human nature which have existed since man began. Budget laws or other legislative enactments cannot change human nature, and while compelling the letter of cooperation cannot compel Its spirit which Is above all things essential In business organization.''' The President, and the President aiofie, can do this, for his attltudertoftard the heads of the departments and'the independent establishments Is a matter constfintl in their minds. What he desires It becomes their interest as' well as their duty to do, where consistent with rigid principles and In accordance with the law. . In the absence of his expressed desire, what . becomes their selfish Interest In action Is inevitably along the lines of decentralization and the of the old condition of "things, "with'- everything running ' haphazard. Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois, chairman fiP'the appropriations committee of the house, has this to say,' in part, concerning the budget of appropriasystem and the making "v' ; partments and bureau chiefs are called in and required to testify In great de- Under the budget act, the director of- - the budget Is required, on behalf of the .President, to call upon the heads of .departmentgi-anindependent establishments Of .the government for detailed statements of the activities upon; which .they re ,about to enter for the coming fiscal year, with a detailed estimate sof., the cost of such " activities.-- ' These statements tare made by the bureau chiefs to the head of the department op Independent establishment, and referred by him to the budget officer of this department, who, on behalf of the department head, revises the .estimates upward or downward, as the case .mabe, and later they are reviewed, and revised by the head of the department before submission to of the budget. The- - director of-thbudget all parties interested In the figures submitted and makes a further detailed investigation o the needs of the activities proposed, and goes carefully into the question of cost. He has the power to revise, to eliminate or to add to the figures submitted, and after he. hqs compfeted his examination, .tabulation and revision he submits the report to 'the President , la required to rewho, under port to congress the full v'details of all government activities and the financial needs for the ensuing year, and If the aggregate of hTs recommendations exceeds the anticipated revenues the law requires hlm.Jo indicate how the proposed excess of expendto be met. itures over the reveriuS After the submission, of ihe Presidents recommendations to .congress the whole subject Is referred , to ...the committee on appropriations. The committee divides the Presidents recommendations up into departments, and for each department prepnres a bill. Each bill Is prepared In detail, showing the amount requested for each activity within a department. The committee then holds hearings to ascertain the necessity for the amount requested In each case. Heads of de- - tail as to what the activity means, why It Is necessary, and whether It can be conducted for less than the amount requested. The hearings on each bill are comprehensive. When the committee completes Its hearings the bill is revised to bring it In harmony with the facts and reported to the house. It Is referred then by the speaker of the house Bs the committee of the whole house on the state of the Union and considered for amendment, and when this process Is completed It Is referred back to the house for final action. When the house completes the bill It is sent to the senate and referred to' the committee on appropriations there. This committee goes over the details of the bill as passed by the house and frequently amends it upward, rarely ever downward. When it comes back with senate amendments each house appoints a committee of conference to reconcile the differences between the two houses. The conference committee generally consists of three members of each house. A majority from each house In conference Is necessary to the adoption of a final adjustment of the Items in difference. The conferees of the house report the conclusions of the conference to the house and those of the senate report to the senate, and when the bills are finally adopted by both houses they are signed by the President and thus become law. The responsibility for the recommendations under the budget act are placed upon the President, but thd final responsibility for the amount appropriated rests with the congress. The President, on the one hand, states the case of the government needs as he understands them. He outlines the activities In which he thinks the government should engage, and the cost thereof. The congress decides which of the activities recommended shall be conducted, and whether the amounts recommended shall be allowed ; so that here we have under the budget act two forces, each charged with separate responsibility, the executive with the responsibility of outlining his program, and the congress with the responsibility of limiting the cost of the program. Prior to the enactment of the budget act the estimates were submitted to the head of each department by the bureau chiefs. They were never revised before being submitted to the head of the department; and rarely ever after they, came to him. Each department head submitted the recommendations of his department to the secretary of the treasury, who, in turn, assembled them without revision and sent them to congress. This system necessarily engendered extravagance, and In many Instances great waste. and Jumped up and down on the platform, and still it didnt move. It's a swindle. It took the penny all right, didnt it? Well, thats Certainly. Say, complained a stranger, stepthe for. what Theres its nothing "this weigha store, inside drug ping matter with the machine, sir." ing machine in front of your place Is Ive got nothing to do out of order. Victor Hugos Historic Funeral. with that machine, said the sleepy The largest funeral ever, held In looking young man behind the counter. "Well, somebody ought to have." France, and probably the largest In Whats the matter with it, anyway? the history of the world, was that of It wont work. I dropped a penny Victor Hugo, the great poet, author into It Just now, and the indicator and dramatist, who died in May, 1885, didn't fly round. I shook the machine and was buried lu the Pantheon the first of the following June. At the head of the funeral procession were three enormous wagons filled with floral tributes, among them a huge diadem of Irish lilies with the Inscription To the World's, Greatest Poet," sent by Lord Tennysfin, of England. Telegrams were receded from virtually all the prominent men alive, and the number of spectators was estimated at 1,000,000, of all classes and kinds, all striving to do homage to the memory of the dead writer Spanish-Ameri-ca- ' nenr-chump- s, well-know- n Object of the Machine ' tions : the-direct- e the-iav- poet-laureat- o , and have occupied' seats. The blind and the halt are well represented. Only the deaf and dumb seem to be missing, though I am of the private opinion that it wouldnt jar the feelings of the house much If some members were so stricken. After some years of observation from the inside, I can assure you that congress is made up of a fine lot of f. patriotic men. ' Uncle Joe and Jim Mann. Here Is a good chance to look at some of the men as they walk In. You will recognize some of them from the pictures you have seen. Uncle Joe Cannon saunters In with the cocky air of youth, chewing the cigar cartoonists have made famous. If it Is a cool day he may have his hat on. He was elected to congress first In 1872 and is now serving his twenty-thir- d term. Only twice in all these years has he been defeated and he told the house on& day that the years he was out were the longest years of his life. He Is 86 years old and Is young for that age. I have seen him dance at a dinner party, and I have heard that he plays a little poker now and then but never gets in over a dollar or two at a time. He takes a keen Interest In Important legislation, has a sane view of public affairs and makes a vigorous speech occasionally. Uncle Joe, as he is affectionately called, has declined to stand for and will close his official career with the ending of this congress, after serving in the house of representatives longer than any other man. I think I have already mentioned James R. Mann. There he is by the table. The two tables in the center of each side of the house are used by the leaders, by tjie chnirinnn of the committee in charge of a bill and by pthers especially interested In the proceedings of the day. Mr. Mann be--! longs at the table on the. Republican side. This is his thirteenth term in the house and he was long the Republican leader. (He is not the Fourth of July style of orator but a most convincing speaker and the best posted man on pending legislation in the house. He is a terror to those who have private .bills up on unanimous consent day. A bill must be innocent, indeed, or properly amended, before it gets through when he is present. I fancy that he has saved the government literally millions f dollars by his industry. In some ways he is the most valuable man in the house. Two Party Leaders. The other gentlemen by the table is Frank Mondell, the Republican leader at this time. He Is serving his thirteenth term in the house nearly 20 years of service and he has been absent only four days, an unqqualed record, I think. Mr. Mondell is not a lawyer, but is an able and fearless leader, a keen thinker and strong debater. He was once, a laborer and later1 o railroad pontractor in Colorado, afterward going to Wyoming. g He has a hard, Job, but does It very well. When he makes a motion it usually carries. Mr. Mondell will not. be in the house in the next congress, as he is a candidate for the United Btates sennte. The leader of the Democratic side is Claude Kitchin, but I cannot point him out to you, as he has been ill at home for about a year. He is a likable chop and was a man of great force in the house. His place is being fill 3d by John N. Garner of Texas, and a worthy substitute he makes. He is nerve-wreckin- suming leadership and speaking for the party he lets his speeches go In. The gentleman by his side Is Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee, who acts as assistant minority leader. Mr. Garrett 1 in his ninth term. He is a keen cutter, and can roast the Republicans and their measures In a more polished, clever and entertaining way than any other member on his side of the house. Only Lady Representative. Yes, the lady on the floor is a member. That Is Miss Alice M. Robertson of Oklahoma, the only lady member and the second woman to be elected to congress. She was born in Oklahoma 66 years ago. Her father was a missionary to the Cherokees. Miss Alice has been teacher, a postmaster s of a office at Muskogee, and In recent years has conducted very successfully the largest cafeteria In Oklahoma. She is not what some are pleased to term themselves, a new woman. She is a little in a way, for she stands by her convictions and is not easily influenced by organizations outside of her state. She was never a suffragist, and It may seem an irony of fate that the only woman in congress did not favor votes for women. Miss Alice Is a popular member. She accepts thihgs as they are, asks no favors on account of her sex and has more good horse sense and is less afraid to stand by her convictions than are most of her fellow members. ' That old boy up In the press gallery is General Sherwood of Ohio. He was a member of the Sixty-sixt- h congress, but was retired by the landslide. General Sherwood was elected to congress as a Republican in 1872, the year Uncle Joe Cannon first came In. Then he came back In the Sixtieth congress as a Democrat and served 1,4 years. The general Is eighty-seve- n years of age. When retired from congress he took up newspaper work, his former profession. When asked the other day if he would rUn again, he said: No, I cant afford It. I have got to work now and lay up something for old age. But late newspaper reports Indicate that he may have changed his mind. Not the Place for Oratory. Who are the orators of the house? Well, that is hard tp say. You hear many speeches in the house, but little oratory. I know several gentlemen who are noted orators in their home states whom I have never heard make a speech in the house.. Those who have been used to swaying the multitude with their oratory dont get very far with it In the house and soon become disappointed In their audience. I must say the house is not a very attentive listener. The members get fed up on speeches. They dont care What they want are for eloquence. facts. Order is not very good. Members come in and go out; they talk and read; they listen If something of interest is being said, but they are not sitting there for entertainment and flowery speeches do not draw large audiences here. A speaker Is often Interrupted by questions. Any membei may rise at any time and ask If the gentleman will yield for a question. The gentleman usually does yield, and he often gets his set speech badly punctured and comes out with a flat tire. Many memPresident bers read their speeches. Wilson and President Harding, when appearing before congress, have always read their speeches, and Secretary Hughes read his great speech at the opening of the limitation of arms conference, so It 4s not necessarily a sign of lack of ability for a man to read a speech, as it is often done to guarantee accuracy. However, we have plenty of orators for all occasions and can furnish the country with a good supply for the campaign. Do the men in congress today rank up to those of the congresses of years ago? Well,, yes; I think so. If you name your Ideals of other days your list covers a hundred years. You are endeavoring to compare this one congress with fifty others. Of course, I do not care to back this congress against the whole of American history. The congress is not made up of experts or highbrows or bosses or supermen. We have no breed of ruling men in this country. It is made up of a pretty good average of the citizenship it represents men who meet their folks back home on common ground and do not tower too high above them. first-clas- Superfluous,. Walter Camp, the famous athlete and trainer, was talking about rough football. One of the roughest players Yale ever turned out, he said, went West to work on a ranch. The cowboys, having heard of his fame, asked him to teach them football. So the Yale man made up two husky elevens, explained the rules, and wound up with: Mind, men, if tfou ennt kick the ball kick an opponent. Now lets get busy. Wheres the ball? Oh, drat the bail, said a cowboy; ' lets get on with the game. kind to ivgr ls Take yeur Book Bindlng-a- ny eal printer. Leiths Trad Bindery, Salt Uka UTAH METAL WORKS, Salt Lake City. MTgs Type MsSala. r Ruskln Nevertheless, though the future may prefer to read Buskin in seleo tlqns, it is not conceivable that thw present affectation to despise so great a writer and so fine a spirit will persist This generation may b tired of Ruskln, but the next will return to his noblest things with a new pleasure. He had un ear, paswonsion, exquisite sensibilities, a and tha minutest the derful eyq for grandest colored forms of nature; and he made some of the most magnificent things in - English prose, passages like the lament over St. Marks unsurpassed descriptions of pictures, landscapes, trees, flowers. Solomon ' Eagle. Bad Rick in Windows. Nearly every business contribute bits of specialized knowledge to tha common fund. It will strike many persons as a curious piece of InformaInsurance comtion that plate-glas- s panies class windows with black lettering on them as extra hazardous' risks. The explanation given is that a black surface absorbs the suns rays. By this means, it Is stated, an unequal expansion is produced throughout the plate; and under the influence of a sudden gust of cold or any other quick change of temperature a strain is developed which may break the glass. Wife for you. Put One Over. I threw over Tom Smartley He was a clever, sensible fel- Saved. When labor-savin- g machinery was first introduced, most people opposed it, on the ground that It would throw e many out of jobs. Many an sewing machine salesman still carries buckshot In his legs, fired there by practical gents who objected to the devilish device that took work from seamstresses. Today we realize devices merely shift that labor-savin- g workers into new industries and raise the standard of living. You see this illustrated In the American telephone system that does the work of 6,000,600 messenger boys. old-tim- British Have Butterfly Ferme In England there are several farms devoted entirely to the cultivation of butterflies and moths. Didn't Enjoy It. Hartley was home for a few days from a cruise with the merchant marine. Weil, said the man from the home town genially, how have you been enjoying maritime life, I hayent been enjoying it at all, sir, Young answered the youngster blushing, she broke the engagement. Pioneer Enterprise. Daily Thought. Some people are so fond of . Ill-lu- that they run half way to meet it. Douglas Jerrold. Dry Land Farming , There is in Utah 400,000 meres of dryland farms. Half of this acreage is now under The balance is available on cultivation. This sagebrush land is in a easy terms. climate of an enjoyable nature. Families thrive there wi nen delight in their fine schools, ne:ghbors, churches and all the other things that make home life happy in a new country. I will send this interesting to booklet you FREE, all you need do is sign youf name and address plainly below, enclose 2c stamp and the booklet will bo in your hands at once. 6 HELEN BROOKif DEPARTMENT Box 1545, Sat Lak. City, Utah I enclose two cents In stamps for re- -' turn postage on a free copy of "400,000 Acres of Virg!n Wheat Land in Northern Utah" Name Street City State ,, .I. . Will Never Grow Old woman cant help thinking that she will never grow old, because long before the time comes for that there will be a change in the laws of nature. A 'young Acorn3 for Luck. From ancient times the acorn has been held a. protection against lightning, as the tops of many of our flag-staffthe ends of our cornice poles, our umbrella tasac-land our bind cords still attest. s, s |
