The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
WHITE HOUSE. EXPENSES
Thrown Into Limelisht by Represen.
tative Brundiae-Extravacance on
Part Of President Alleged.


Part of President Alleged.
The house Thursday listened to .
bitter arraignment of the president at
the hands Of Mr. Brundige Of Arkan-
sas. a member of the appropriations
committee.
Taking the items for the refurnish-
ing Of the white house, the care Of the
grounds and the travelling expenses
of tie president as his text, Mr.. Brun-
dige compared the expenses OF the last
Cleveland, the Mckinley and the
Roosevelt administrations. Il,
Under the Cleveland administration,
he said there was expended for the
executive department, including the
salary of the president, $137,200. I'm
der the Mckinley administration there
was expended s144,5oo, while the bill
under consideration carries fer the
executive department, including the
care of the white house, green houses,
etc., $253,340.
IN addition to this, Mr.. Brundige
said that there were forty policemen
detailed to the care OF the white
house and the grounds, and this was
an additional $4,000 added, bringing
the total to nearly 100000, which ne
denominated as extravaganza. He SAID
he did not know whether forty po-;
licemen were too few or too many
but he thought a section Of the army
ought to be detailed for the protec-
ton the president and care OF the.
grounds, and these policemen permit
ted to go into the sparsely settled
sections of Washington, where thugs
and narauders were preying upon
defenseless women and children.
He criticized the item appropriating
$4,000 for the travelling expenses OF
the president and incident theretos
and said it was probably made for
the purpose Of providing for repe-.
tition Of the muck rake" speech.
"No wonder, in view OF the pres
ent appropriations and present ex-i
penditures, no wonder the president
should hold up to public ridicule mag
azines and newspapers Of this ,coun-
try and public men and private citi-:
zens who dare to criticise.
1 entertained the hope and belief
that the time will never come In;
the history Of politics Of this gov:
ernment when any man occupying q
position Of public trust and public
Office will rise so high and become so
great that the humblest citizen and
the humblest newspaper or the larg-
est may not justly and properly crit
icize his official conduct and ac-
tions."
He spoke of the presidents stable
and enlarged on the number OF the
horses contained therein and finally
| spoke Of the arrest Of Mrs. Minor
Morris and the appointment OF the
secretary to the president, Mr. Barnes,
as postmaster of washington, as show
ing the high-handed way the presi-
dent conducts his Office. During the
speech Mr.. Brundige was frequently
applauded by the democrats, the re-
publican side of the chamber being
almost deserted.
In referring to the policemen De-
tailed for duty in and about the white
house grounds, Mr.. Brundige satiri-
| cally said he recalled the fact that
recently the policemen made one very
important Grave and gallant arrest !"
Continuing along these lines. ne.
said: "By the aid Of burly negro.
those gentlemen succeeded in ejecting
from the white house an inofenstve,
quiet, peaceable American woman
They carried her out, It Is true, with
force; they carried her out In man
ner that has ever been and ever Will
remain an insult to the American
people, to the American manhood and
to the American womanhood." Zap