By Mr. LANDIS: A bill (H. R. 22251) to correct the military record of Benjamin F. Davis-to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. LANGLEY: A bill (H. R. 22252) granting an increase of pension to Peter Reed-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. McCALL: A bill (H. R. 22253) granting a pension to John Good-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. RICHARDSON: A bill (H. R. 22254) for the relief of R. D. Crosthwaite, administrator-to the Committee on War Claims.

By Mr. SCOTT: A bill (H. R. 22255) granting an increase of pension to Hyrcanus Highley-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

PETITIONS, ETC.

Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, the following petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: By Mr. BRODHEAD: Petition of Union Council, Knights of Columbus, for H. R. 7559, making October 12 a legal holidayto the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. BURKE: Petition of Allegheny Council, No. 285, Knights of Columbus, favoring H. R. 7559, making October 12 a legal holiday-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. CARTER: Papers to accompany bills for relief of Charles A. Davidson and Charles M. Campbell-to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. DUREY. Petition of citizens of Glens Falls, N. Y., for amendment to the Sherman antitrust law (H. R. 20584), for the Pearre bill (H. R. 94), for a just and clearly defined general employers' liability law, and for an eight-hour law-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. ESCH: Petition of Trades and Labor Council of La Crosse, Wis., favoring amendments to the Constitution providing for election of United States Senators by direct vote and to legalize an income tax, etc.-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. FLOYD: Paper to accompany bill for relief of John W. Lay-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. GRAHAM: Petition of Allegheny Council, Knights of Columbus, for H. R. 7559, making October 12 a legal holiday-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, petition of Society of Survivors of the Mississippi Ram Fleet and Marine Brigade, for restoration to their pensionable

status under the act of June 27, 1890-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

Also, petitions of Germania Savings Bank and Pittsburg Clearing-House Association, advocating one-third of currency commission to be selected outside of Congressmen-to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. HAYES: Paper to accompany bill for relief of Jasper J. Henry-to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Also, petition of citizens of San Francisco, Cal., for the amendment to the Sherman antitrust law known as the "Wilson bill" (H. R. 20584), for the Pearre bill (H. R. 94), the employers' liability bill, and the eight-hour bill-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. KAHN: Petition of San Francisco Lodge, No. 68, International Association of Machinists, for the passage of the Wilson bill (H. R. 205S4), Pearre bill (H. R. 94), employers' liability bill, and labor's eight-hour bill-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. LENAHAN: Petition of Local Union No. 488, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paper Hangers of America, for H. R. 20584, amendment to Sherman antitrust law; for the Pearre bill (H. R. 94), employers' liability bill, and the eighthour bill-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Also, petition of Polish citizens of Luzerne County, Pa., against expatriation of Polish citizens of Prussia-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. NEEDHAM: Petition of citizens of San Francisco, Cal., for the enactment of the bills H. R. 94 and H. R. 20584, a general employers' liability law, and bill limiting a day's labor to eight hours upon work done for the Government-to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. RICHARDSON: Paper to accompany bill for relief of Reuben Copeland-to the Committee on War Claims.

SENATE.

FRIDAY, May 29, 1908.

The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m. Prayer by Rev. ULYSSES G. B. PIERCE, of the city of Washington.

The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's proceedings, when, on request of Mr. KEAN, and by unanimous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Journal stands approved.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had passed the bill (S. 642) to establish an assay office at Salt Lake City, State of Utah.

The message also announced that the House had passed the following bills, in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate:

H. R. 13465. An act to amend the laws concerning transportation between the ports of the Territory of Hawaii and other ports of the United States; H. R. 16757. An act for the incorporation of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew; and

H. R. 22029. An act to incorporate the Congressional Club.

ENROLLED BILL SIGNED.

The message further announced that the Speaker of the House had signed the following enrolled bill, and it was thereupon signed by the Vice-President:

H. R. 11778. An act to amend an act approved June 11, 1906, entitled "An act to provide for the entry of agricultural lands within forest reserves."

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.

The VICE-PRESIDENT presented a memorial of Local Union No. 32, International Brotherhood of Paper Makers, remonstrating against the repeal of the duty on white paper, Pulp, Suphite, and Paper Mill Workers, of Glens Falls, N. Y., wood pulp, and the materials used in the manufacture thereof, which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

organizations of Alliance, Lincoln, and Omaha, all in the State Mr. BROWN presented petitions of sundry citizens and labor of Nebraska, praying for the adoption of certain amendments to the so-called organizations, which were referred to the Committee on the 'Sherman antitrust law" relating to labor Judiciary.

Mr. BAILEY presented petitions of sundry citizens of Port Arthur, El Paso, Laredo, Dallas, and Ennis, all in the State of Texas, praying for the adoption of certain amendments to the so-called " Sherman antitrust law" relating to labor organizations, which were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

BILLS INTRODUCED.

Mr. OWEN introduced a bill (S. 7267) to amend section 2139 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which was read twice by its title and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. WARNER introduced a bill (S. 7268) authorizing the Secretary of War and the Auditor for the War Department to Army, retired, for personal property destroyed in the earthconsider and settle the claim of Col. John D. Hall, United States quake at San Francisco, Cal., which was read twice by its title and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. DICK introduced a bill (S. 7269) authorizing the appointment of a commission to collate information concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic and to consider and recommend any needful legislation in relation thereto, which was read twice by its title and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

PHILIPPINE TARIFF.

Mr. DICK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill (H. R. 21449) to amend an act entitled "An act to revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1905, which was referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed.

HOUSE BILL REFERRED.

ferred to the Committee on Commerce.

BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON TRANSIT COMPANY.

The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 3405) to amend an act to authorize the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company, of Maryland, to enter the District of Columbia, approved June 8, 1896, which were, on page 2, line 2, to strike out "Madison" and insert Kennedy; on page 2, line 3, to strike out "Madison" and insert "Kennedy."

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ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED.

The motion was agreed to.

IMMIGRATION STATION AT BOSTON, MASS.

The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the action of the House of Representatives agreeing to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 13851) providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a new immigration station thereon at the city of Boston, Mass., with an amendment.

Mr. DILLINGHAM. I move that the Senate disagree to the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Scnate to the bill, and request a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that the conferees be appointed by the Chair.

The motion was agreed to, and the Vice-President appointed Mr. DILLINGHAM, Mr. LODGE, and Mr. McLAURIN as the conferees on the part of the Senate.

PRINTING OF FINANCIAL STATISTICS.

Mr. CULBERSON. I desire to ask leave to have printed as a Senate document a paper which I have entitled "Expenditures of the United States Government from 1791-1907," being a table compiled by the Director of the Census for the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. I ask that it be printed as a Senate document.

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Texas asks unanimous consent that the document presented by him may be printed as a Senate document.

Mr. GALLINGER. I will not object if there is no objection to my having printed as a Senate document some official statistics showing the excess of revenues over expenditures for a period of years, the interest-bearing debt of the United States, and so forth, and so forth, being figures compiled from official records.

Mr. CULBERSON. I do not desire to accept the leave to print on a condition.

Mr. GALLINGER. Well, I will not object to the Senator's request.

The VICE-PRESIDENT. If there is no objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. GALLINGER. Now, I ask that the paper I alluded to may be printed as a document.

The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the request of the Senator from New Hampshire? The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. W. J. BROWNING, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the following bills: H. R. 19795. An act concerning locomotive ash pans; and H. R. 22029. An act to incorporate the Congressional Club. The message also announced that the House had agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 13851) providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a new immigration station thereon at the city of Boston, Mass., with an amendment, in which it requested the concurrence of the Sate.

S. 6200. An act granting certain rights of way and providing for certain exchanges of the same.

AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL BANKING LAWS.

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The morning business is closed. Mr. ALDRICH. I move that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the conference report on House bill 21871. Mr. DEPEW. Mr. President

The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Rhode Island yield to the Senator from New York?

Mr. ALDRICH. After the conference report is taken up I will yield. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the motion of the Senator from Rhode Island.

The motion was agreed to, and the Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (H. R. 21871) to amend the national banking laws.

Mr. ALDRICH. I will yield to the Senator from New York for the disposition of the bill which the Senator has in charge, if it does not lead to debate.

Mr. DEPEW. I ask the Senate to proceed to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 21844) granting to certain employees of the United States the right to receive from it compensation for injuries sustained in the course of their employment. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from New York asks unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill indicated by him.

Mr. ALDRICH. Not to displace the other business. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Not to displace the consideration of the conference report.

Mr. DEPEW. Not to displace it.

Mr. McLAURIN. I see that the Senator from Georgia [Mr. BACON] is now in the Chamber. The Senator from Georgia wanted to offer an amendment, I. understand, to the bill, and I have two amendments that I myself desire to offer to the bill. It will take a considerable amount of time to dispose of the

bill.

Mr. ALDRICH. If it does, I shall have to ask that it be laid aside.

The VICE-PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the request of the Senator from New York?

Mr. McLAURIN. I did not hear the suggestion made by the Senator from Rhode Island.

Mr. ALDRICH. If the bill leads to prolonged discussion I shall be obliged to ask that it be laid aside, but I trust the Senator from Mississippi will not be obliged to discuss his amendment at any length.

Mr. McLAURIN. There are several amendments that will be offered. I have some amendments myself to offer, and the Senator from Georgia has an amendment that I understand he intends to offer. I suggest to the Senator from New York that we had better proceed with the consideration of the conference report that was under consideration yesterday and after the disposition of that report there will be an abundance of time to take up the bill to which he refers. I think that is the better

course.

Mr. DEPEW. That means simply that the bill is to be killed. Everybody knows that the moment the conference report is disposed of there will be no other business done by the Congress. Mr. McLAURIN. I shall have to object to the consideration of the bill until after the consideration of the conference report. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Objection is made to the present consideration of the bill. The question is on agreeing to the conference report.

Mr. BEVERIDGE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that immediately after the conclusion of the conference report now before the Senate the Senate shall proceed to the consideration of what is known as the "campaign-publicity bill," and shall dispose of it by voting upon it on the day following.

In making this request, I wish to say to Senators upon the other side of the Chamber that if they have any fear of the representation feature being in the bill, they can of course offer a substitute, which must be voted on first, without that provision in it.

Mr. CLAY. Mr. President

Mr. BURROWS. I did not understand the request of the Senator from Indiana.

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Mr. BEVERIDGE. I made the request that immediately after the conclusion of the conference report the Senate shall proceed to the consideration of the campaign-publicity bill. said to Senators on the other side if they had any fear about the representation feature they could offer a substitute.

Mr. BURROWS. Mr. President, as chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and as the Senator from Indiana has not been present at meetings of the committee where an understanding has been reached, I rather think the request ought to have come from the chairman of the committee.

Mr. BEVERIDGE. That is true, and I will state this fact to the Senator in explanation and in such apology as may be due therefrom: That first, yesterday when this matter was in the thick of debate I made this request and said that later I should renew the request; and this request this morning is keeping my word.

Now, as to being present at the meetings of the committee, I think I have been present at every meeting I have been notified about. I made this request merely because I made it yesterday, as the Senator may remember if he was here in the thick of the debate, and I said at that time that I should renew it. That is the reason for making it this morning. I am in earnest about this bill.

Mr. BURROWS. If any understanding or arrangement is to be made in relation to this matter now pending before the Committee on Privileges and Elections, I think the suggestion ought to emanate from some other source than from the Senator from Indiana. As chairman of the committee, I think we will be able to arrange it to the satisfaction of the Senator from Indiana. therefore suggest the propriety of his allowing the chairman of the committee to make such suggestion as he thinks best in relation to it.

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Mr. BEVERIDGE. As I said once before, this request was to carry out what I said yesterday. When I first made the request in the thick of the debate I said that it would be made again.

The Senator is probably right in what he said about it being better for him as chairman to have made the request. I have said that. I hope that is satisfactory to the Senator.

Mr. BURROWS. I think the mistake was made when the Senator made the suggestion yesterday.

Mr. BEVERIDGE. I shall take the responsibility for making it yesterday. It was quite appropriate-quite necessarythat the request should have been made yesterday just when I made it. And I am next to the Senator as a member of the committee. Mr. CULBERSON. I wish to inquire of the Senator from Michigan if the measure alluded to by the Senator from Indiana is now in the Senate? My information is that it is not in the Senate now, but in committee.

Mr. BURROWS. I would say to the Senator that the bill is now before the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. CULBERSON. I suggest therefore that a request for unanimous consent for its consideration by the Senate is out of order.

Mr. BEVERIDGE. Oh, no. One can make a request for unanimous consent at any time, and unanimous request takes up anything.

Mr. CULBERSON.

The bill is not before the Senate.

Mr. BEVERIDGE. My unanimous-consent request was called out by the remarks of the Senator from Texas yesterday, and that is the only reason why it was made at that moment. I said then that I meant to press it, and I say now that I mean to press it. The bill is before the Senate. The committee is only the agent of the Senate. Unanimous consent can take it from the committee and bring it to a vote.

Mr. BURROWS. Mr. President, I call for the regular order. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Michigan demands the regular order. The question is on agreeing to the conference report.

Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. President, the Congress has been in session for six months. It is controlled in both branches by the Republican party, in the Senate by nearly two-thirds and in the House by a willing and substantial majority.

Before the Congress convened in its present session there was a financial panic, originating in October of last year, and since that time and since the convening of the Congress in December the question of the causes of that panic and the remedy to be provided has been considered by the public and by the Congress of the United States.

The House of Representatives passed a measure purporting to remedy that situation and providing for the issue of an asset emergency currency. The Senate, on the contrary, passed a measure providing for an emergency currency based upon bonds of States and municipalities. That matter, I repeat, has been pending here for six months, and notwithstanding the fact that the Republicans control both Houses of Congress they dié. not agree upon a measure of finance until a few days before it was understood that this Congress would adjourn.

The measures which were passed separately by the to Houses were antagonistic, conflicting, and absolutely irreconcilable upon any sound policy of finance. During the last few days the Republicans have agreed upon a measure which substantially combines both the House and the Senate measures; that is to say, upon an emergency-currency bill authorizing; the issue of $500,000,000 based upon bonds and upon the assets of national banks, aside from bonds.

Mr. LA FOLLETTE. Mr. President

The VICE-PRESIDENT. Does the Senator from Texas yield to the Senator from Wisconsin?

Mr. CULBERSON. Certainly.

Mr. LA FOLLETTE. It seems to me, Mr. President, that when so great a measure as the currency bill is before the Senate there ought to be a quorum present. As I run my eye over this body I think it is far short of a quorum. Therefore I suggest the absence of a quorum.

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Wisconsin suggests the absence of a quorum. The Secretary will call the roll. The Secretary called the roll, and the following Senators answered to their names: Clay Culberson Cullom

Aldrich

Bacon

Bankhead

Guggenheim Hale Heyburn Hopkins Johnston

Kean

La Follette

Long

McLaurin

Milton

Nelson

Owen Overman

Piles

Platt

Scott

Simmons Smoot Stephenson Sutherland

Warner

Warren

Wetmore

The VICE-PRESIDENT. Forty-nine Senators have answered to their names. A quorum is present. The Senator from Texas will proceed.

Mr. CULBERSON. On this side of the Chamber, Mr. President, the opposition to the adoption of the conference report now pending was stated by a member of the committee of conference on yesterday, the Senator from Colorado [Mr. TELLER], by the Senator from Nevada [Mr. NEWLANDS], and by the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. OWEN]. A political exigency has apparently decreed that this bill shall pass and become a law, but it is not surprising to me that it has not so far found a defender in this Chamber. That at least is a tribute to the intellectual integrity of this body which is most gratifying.

The bill as reported by the conference committee is not only antagonistic, conflicting, and irreconcilable in its provisions, but it violates the fundamental principle that government and not private interests should issue money. Even the basis of the corporation currency which it authorizes is unsound. It provides both for immediate inflation and for immediate and dangerous contraction of the currency. It is, finally, so manifestly in the interest of the great gambling banks of the country, such as can afford to pay the high tax imposed, that the usual subterfuge and hypocrisy of the general welfare has not been suggested.

As a citizen, as a Senator from one of the States of the Union, and as a Democrat who believes in equal rights to all and special privileges to none, my earnest and unqualified protest is entered against the passage of such a measure.

It is opportune, Mr. President, to invite attention to another phase of our fiscal affairs, which opportunity I purpose taking advantage of at this time. As the administration of Federal affairs by President Roosevelt is fortunately approaching its end, it is instructive to count its cost to the American people in mere governmental expenditures and to compare that cost with the nearest preceding six years with which a comparison is legitimate and logical.

Mr. LA FOLLETTE. Mr. President, it becomes my painful duty to call the attention of the presiding officer to the fact that there is no quorum present.

Mr. CULBERSON. I trust the Senator will not raise the question.

Mr. LA FOLLETTE. I regret that I must do so.

The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Senator from Wisconsin suggests the absence of a quorum. The Secretary will call the roll.

Mr. GALLINGER. Will the Senator from Texas permit me to ask that a message from the House of Representatives may be laid before the Senate?

Mr. CULBERSON. I yield the floor for that purpose. The VICE-PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate a bill from the House of Representatives.

The bill (H. R. 22029) to incorporate the Congressional Club was read twice by its title.

Mr. GALLINGER. I think every Senator knows what this bill is. It is to incorporate the Congressional Club in the city of Washington. I think the wives of thirty-two Senators are named in the bill and the wives of probably more than a hundred Representatives. I ask unanimous consent that it may be now considered without reference to a committee.

The VICE-PRESIDENT. Without objection, the bill will be read for the information of the Senate.

The Secretary read the bill, and there being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to its consideration.

Mr. GALLINGER. On page 2, line 10, I move to strike out the word "and" before the name "Mrs. Pleasant T. Chapman," and after this name to insert and Mrs. Frank Vrooman." That is the only amendment.

The amendment was agreed to.

The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendment was concurred in.

The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time.

The bill was read the third time and passed.

Mr. LA FOLLETTE. In view of the fact that I had insisted upon the presence of a quorum while the Senator was addressing the Senate, I apprehend that his observation is addressed especially to me.

Mr. CULBERSON. Not specially; but the observation was addressed to the Senator from Wisconsin in connection with other Senators who interrupted me.

Mr. LA FOLLETTE. Oh, certainly; but as desirable as I know it must be for the Senator to make his statement in a consecutive way, it seems to me that the importance of the closing hours of this session are sufficient to warrant the presence of a quorum at all times. While I am always glad to defer to the wishes of any Senator here, I trust that we may have the presence of a quorum and avoid the necessity of a

roll call.

Mr. CULBERSON. On the 14th of September, 1901, as I recall, Vice-President Roosevelt assumed the duties of the Presidency, and consequently the first year in which he is fully responsible for the expenditures of the Government as the incumbent of that office is 1903. Beginning with that year, I desire to present at this point a statement of the total revenues and expenditures of the Federal Government yearly as reported or estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Total revenues and expenditures for the years named, as shown by the reports of the Secretary of the Treasury.

BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW.

The bill (H. R. 16757) for the incorporation of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew was read twice by its title.

Mr. HALE. That is only a measure incorporating another association. It passed the House unanimously. The witty and brilliant leader of the Democratic party in the House did not call the yeas and nays upon it, but it was passed by unanimous consent. I ask that it may be passed now.

The VICE-PRESIDENT. Without objection, the bill will be read for the information of the Senate.

The Secretary read the bill, and there being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to its consideration.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Mr. HALE. I am obliged to the Senator from Texas.

AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL BANKING LAWS.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (H. R. 21871) to amend the national banking laws.

Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. President, it is not improper, I think, for me to say that I have a statement of receipts and expenditures of the Government for the last six years and a comparison of those expenditures and receipts with the preceding six years, with which they may be legitimately compared, and I would be glad if I may be permitted to present it consecutively without any interruption for any purpose. It would be gratifying to me for obvious reasons if my associates on this floor would accommodate me in that respect. Mr. LA FOLLETTE. Mr. President

Expenditures

Surplus

1906.

$762, 386, 904, 62 736, 717, 582. 01 25, 669, 322. 61

The sum of $19,379,373.71 was paid this year on the Panama Canal. Omitting all expenditures for the canal, it will be seen that expenditures for all other purposes for 1906 were $1,151,529.58 greater than Including the Canal expenditures, it is found that the total expenditures for 1906 are for 1905, and about $77,000,000 greater than for 1903. more than $16,000,000 greater than for 1905, about $9,000,000 greater than for 1904, the year when the extraordinary expenditure of $50,000,000 was made for the canal, and more than $96,000,000 larger than in 1903.

Twenty-seven million one hundred and ninety-eight thousand six hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-one cents was spent this year on the Panama Canal. Omitting the canal expenditures, it is found that total expenditures for all other purposes for 1907 were $17,951,926.31 greater than for 1906, and $94,966,684.33 more than for 1903. Including the canal expenditures, the total for 1907 was $25,771,171.31 more than for 1906, $42,383.254.77 more than for 1905, $36,503,807.67 more than for 1904, and $122,165,303.04 more than for 1903, or an aggregate increase of total expenditures for the four years over 1903 of $226,823,536.79, and, omitting total canal expenditures of $100,661,312.25, an aggregate increase of $126,162,224.54 over 1903.

This is $110,923,707.86 greater than the estimated total expenditures

to the Senator from Wisconsin?

Mr. CULBERSON. Certainly.

1903, or an increase of 43.5 per cent in expenditures, while the increase in population during this six-year period, based on a liberal estimate, will not exceed 12 per cent.