The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-10
Shaw Gets Back Hard for
Big Drop in Appro-
priationS.
SAVED ON WARDW0RKERS
Dropped JanitorS and Labor
erS and Reduced Others
in States.

Members Of the House of Represents
tives. in the Congress of the United
States. are receiving Just now a beau
tiful object lesson in the nature. quali-
ties. and latent dangers of the boomer
ang. They threw the weapon at the
mark economy-and il has returned 10
smite them.
It all comes Of the efforts of the House
Committee on Appropriations to keep
the expenditures of the Government
down 10 the lowest possible level. When
Secretly Shaws emergency eppropria-
ton b was before the committee. that
collect a of constructive statesmen
Topped of clause giving $4,000 for the
payment Of salaries of the forces OF
custOdians Of public buildings through
out the country. Secretary shaw prompt
~ issued orders 10 the cUstOdlans 10
dismiss and reduce their employees. ac-
cording TO a fixed schedule until the
needed saving had been effected.
Heard Howl From Home.
Then came the howl Fro mtheir home
cities, Representative were advised
that faithful henchmen, welded to their
political interests. were being reduced
in sels.vy or else-which was much
worse--were being peremptorily dis
missed from the public service. The
news has scarce had time TO spread
abroad. but already the Office Of the
Secretary is besieged by Congressmen
seeking light
Even when a shaft Of il is turned IN
their direction and they are made to
/ understand the House is responsible for
conditions as they exist, they 90 not
seem to feel any better.
| Seventy employees have been dropped
and $50 reduced as a direct result of this
| economy. and more dIsmisSais and re-
ductions are coming
The dismissals and reductions are dis
tributed pretty evenly all over the
twenty-seven employees reduced in pay;
Brooklyn follows with seventeen; Cincin-
natl. seven; Boston and Baltimore.
eleven; Louisville. Kansas City. Omaha.
and Buffalo, four each; Philadelphia,
six: New Orleans. five; Pittsburg and
! Chica CO. three each; Albany, two, and
scores of other towns throughout the
/ country, one or two apiece. Washington
/ is not affected.
Nearly ali the dismisssls are in tha
force or janitors, charwomen, and labor
ers and the reductions in the places OF
| engineers, hremen and assistant Custo-
dians.
Elevator Almost Stopped.
To show how sweeping the dsmissals
and reductions have been. it was said
I 4
/ ing that the elevator in the government
building at Savannah. Ga, would have
been stopped and the elevator conductor
| discharged were it not for the fact that
the trial of Greene and Gaynor IS now
/ in progres there. The district court
/ room. where the trial is taking place, IS
on the third floor of the building. and
Iart.a numbers Of court officers, jurors
and witnesses are using the elevator
! cons -antly. ..--
| T1,Ts saved it. Had the present situa-
] ton been otherwise. the elevator Would
have been stopped
1 here does not seem any reasolable
| hone of the discharge and dismissed en-
! uIove5 being reinstated IN their old posi-
( lions within any brief time II was
hoped the Senate would restore the sp-
/ propriation Topped of in the House, but
/ The hone proved vain. The Senate passed
/ the bill yesterday, with the appropriation
/ still out Of the way.