Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1840-09-24

euage) rODOlng and cheating the people
III receiving, under an appropriation o
Congress, the use Of furnished house
and the care OF garden, in addition tc
ms salary, let him, at the same time, hon.
eslIy admit, that to his own pay he adds,
at the public charge, perquisites Of con.
siderable value and which a colleague o!
his, Mr.. Petrkin,) on another occasion,
pronounced, although | think by gross ex-
aggeratiOn, equal in amount to the per
diem. Sir, the President is much rather
to be justified in the use of furnished
lodgings than the member in the enjoy.
ment OF his perquisites: for the latter Ina av
be refused: while the former, consistent
y with the existing arrangements Of the
Government, cannot he declined.
regret, MIR. Chairman, that il is neces-
sary for me to pursue this ungrateful sub
ject further. ! fear, in doing it, that |
shall exhaust the patience of the commit
lee. But the member cavils with me
for sustaining the appropriation for the
salary of the gardener at the Presidents
square. In my remarks on former day,
to which he excepts, said that this had
been usual appropriation for many years,
and that | saw no new reason, al this time,
for It's dscontnuanc,. have now in
my hands a certificate from the Commits
soner of the Public Buildings, showing
that the gardener, the very same individ-
ual, with the same charaC ter of service,
and at the same rate of COM pensation, has
been in the employ of the Government
for the continuous period of fifteen years,
having been first engaged in 1925. l
will read the certificate here, as notice
that shall offer il on the trial of the is
sue between the member and myself be-
fore my constituents.
"OGce Of the Commissioners of
Public Buildings.
"It appears from the books ofthis Office
that John Ously was appointed gardener
at the Presidents square on the the lst
of August, 1925, at a regular salary Of
four hundred and fifty dollars per annum
for his services. He has received that
salary quarterly up to the 3lst December,
1889, and is at this time the gardener al
the Presidents square. W.NOLAND."
In respect to the grounds about the
Presidents house, they, in common with
those around the capitol, are at all times
open to the public. They have been
l,,;J ont aud Drnopnantn1 ot tho Y,uhI;o |
charge, and if not now cared for by Con-
gress, will soon become neglected and
unsightly waste. The President has no
motive to the expense of their improve
ment. Like the spacious walks and cul-
tivated BORDERS of the beautiful enclosure
within which we are here situated, they
are for the enjoyment of the people, and
in the frequency of resort 10 them, and
the free dom with which they are used, it
is daily seen how little they are regarded
as private. They are, indeed, accessible
TO all, and would recommend TO the
member himself, at some pleasant even
tide, 10 repair 10 this quiet retreat, and
indulge in the meditation TO which it in
vites.
Again: 1t is made a henious offence in
me that, in addition 10 oil which is now
within and about the House, gave no.
tice that the committee Of which ! am a
member would propose, at the present
session, small appropriation for one of
the rooms most frequently in use, and
which is now entirely destitute Of furni-
ture. The bill which contains that APP
preparation has since been reported from
the committee, and gives few hundred
dollars for the pure base of plain furni-
ture, of American manufacture, for the
anle-room to the Presidents parlOr. The
member objects that this is altogether un-
necessary, and the reason he assigns for
this opinion is as singular as the objec-
ton is extraordinary in itself. 6 In the
ante-rooms of princess" says the member,
"visiters are kept standing until they are
admitted 10 all audience" When adj
dressed this committee, on former day,
described this room IS the apartment
into which visiters, whether for ceremony
or business, were shown previous to their
introduction TO the President. Here
they dispose of their over garments,
in all weather and seasons, and wait, if
need be, the previous engagements of the
President; and in this room there is not
the accommodation of mirror. table, or
a chGr. Whatever may be the forms OBJ
served in the courts in Europe, or the ha-
bit Of princes in the treatment of their sub
iects-of which profess to be but poor.
iy advised--it strikes me as hardly be-
coming that they should be quoted in Re-
publican America as fit rules to be adop-
ted for the regulations of intercourse be-
tween free. independent, enlightened cit
izens, and their elective officers.-The |
courts of Europe, forsooth! And such
IS the authority relied upon by this Wing
from Pennsylvania for denying chair to
hic cnnctituonic ond nina In tko ,,o.,,