The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-05-16
GOVERN MENT EXphN
w. JasU er Talbcrt ENposcG the Reck-
less Extravaganza With Which the
Peoples Money is Voted for Sal
aries.


tGe Naws and Courier says that Con
gv,ssmau T3.b4rl'5 peech, which he
delivered /" f>@ ayS ago, is occasion.
ing L orl-.t asa. g., favorable comment
among his colleagues IN the Hougc.
The House being in committee OF the
whole on Ine state of toe Uujou, aud
having under consideration the bill
making appropriations for the service
Of the pOstCtti 90 department Tor the U.s.
cni year eud.ug Juno 30 1901, Mr.. ISL
bert made Il spec ch ag8iDst raising sui.
aries o! LhU puStOtliCc employees and
thus increasing taxes. He said in part {:
" In COnstGCriDH this appropriation
bill Tor the aupprrL vi the pOstCttice de-
pArInuUt, however large II may be, we
must admit that IL is more geuerHl in
It's application than many others which
have heen made by this Congress, and
| have sat here and listened very pa
ticutly to appeal after appcsI IN the in
forests oi those who urs employed by
the government OF the United States
not Only in this department, bat L.. all
the olhers. The gentleman from Hi
uois (Mr. MANN maize an earnest up.
peal, almost with tears in his eyes, "a
While ago 20 raise the salaries OF the
| lettcr-carriers IN the large cities aud
| towns, and be says Ghat tits pity th8t
| they sEOu 1 bs ia LnC employ OF the
government for twenty years ana then
ut the end OF the lwonIy years draw the
same salary Lhey diG al the start, yet
you rarely ever near Of one OF them re-
EsigninG, nor X it often the case in any
OF the departments OF the government.
They hold on cJernaliY, still crying for
more pay, navcr satisfied, like unto the
| forae leach.
why, ny friena, here are Congress
men, some OF whom have been here for
| f0rly years, liGu my friend from Mi
nOis, MIR. Caunou, ond is it q pity that
he is getting no more than 50 600 year
now or ought his pay to Oe Increased :?
! say no. Nov, my iricnd, | want to say
that these men in the employ OF the
leovGrEiTl - i, I'll ui tnt.C from tt q Pre-
! sidcnt Of the United States dOwn TO the
nuu b!ls1 eInp!oye9 Ut the government,
are the best paid people ia the world,
and yet they are ali crying ont for an
increase OF salary, with but few cXcep.
tiCus. Way, it seems 10 me there is no.
body upon the hoor here except the rep
reSentativcs OF the tax consumers, and
they Uush their claims earnestly.
want 10 al tbs question in all candor.
Has nobody u representative upon this
tiGur except the uiliUe holder and gov.
Crnmeut employee Have We all been
elected Eere 10 advocate the claims OF
the saaricd class? Important query
ard more !upUr!ah, the answer. Let
us see il we caunUt find some Repre- sen.
tativc here WHO w!Li stand up and rep
resent the taxpayers the men who
have t. pAy rneae enormous sums am
To stand alone in This case a. in pen
siun frauds | hope not.
" want 10 lind some man VINO will
stard UP here and represent the men
wHm follow t"> p.cN2h down in the cot
tun rows add IL, cCru fields Of the
South. (Applausel want to NId
some mhn whJ will stand up here and
represent the men wh0 raise wheat and
corn 10 the West, aud ] want to find
some REPRESENTATIVE, some man on This
floor, VINO VIII represent the black
smith al the forge, the laO0rcrs in the
factory, the men in the coal mines an
iron mines, ana the carpenter Ut the
bench, ao wci. As tnG tGX consumer and
the tax catars-thc Sa'ariGd class-whO
are all getting more tuan they ought
TO now when you consider the ability
OF the taxpayer to meet these enormous
demands. Why, MIR. Chairman, have
never yet known IL warrant TO be is
sued to force Is man into the govern
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