The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-03
''TOO MUCH SPENT"
MIR. SHIRLEY DENOUNCES VULGAR
 DISPLAY" OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Wants More Southern Men-Mr. Burleson Declares South is Discrfninated Against in Diplomatic and Consu-
 Jar Service.

Washington Special-During consider ation of the diplomatic and consular bill in the House today. Mir. Longworth's amend ment to appropriate s1, ,0oo 900 for the pur- chase in foreign capitols of sites and build ings for embassies and legations and for residences of American Ambassadors and Ministers. went out on a point of order.
 MT. Shirley of Kentucky. discussed the "wasteful extravagance, the outrageous and un-American method of living of some of our representatives abroad" He spoke of the representatives of America to the Court of St. James paying s40,0o0 a year for house rent In London. and declared. "he was not representing. but misrepresenting the coun- try that honored him"
 There is a dignity that demands a proper dwelling place" said Mir. Shirley. that de- mands decent living. an oportunity Co en- certain properly the representatives of other governments and American citizens who may be abroad. but that dignity is violated the moment you step across the line and ge into display and ostentation. No worse example of 1t can be given to the people of America than this display of wealth which has resulted in 6 man having to be a multimillionaire. or some member of his family being one. in order for him to accept the post at London. at Paris. at Berlin. or St. Petersburg.
 'I would like to some man who vui- garly. snobishly is Haunting his money in the face of the world called home be- cause of that fact. and because it is Democratic and not In keeping with the spirit of our people,"
 Mfr Sibley of Pennsylvania. said he had been converted to the necessity of the Eov- ernment owning it's own buildings in for eign capitols by reading the autobiography of Andrew D. White for many years a dis tinRuished representative abroad
 Mir. Sibley cited the of Clifton Breckenridge, who had almost impoverished himself while minister to Russia in order to keep up the traditions of the position. He ka ,,4,tfA gixA ka fhot faKa eliminated
 Mir. Burleson of Texas pointed out that in the eleven Southern States of Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Alabama. Louisiana Mississippi. Arkansas. Tennessee and Texas there were only three diplomatic officers. against the Central East with thirty-three: New Eng land. fourteen; Middle West twenty-two; Pacific Slope eight; and the District of Columbia. four.
 MT Burleson added that from fifteen Southern States. with a membership in the House of one hundred and thirty-two there only twenty-four consular officers. Kentucky, Maryland. Missouri and Delaware having seven of these The Middle States with eighty-four members. have seventy four consular officers: New England fifty six; Middle Western States. ninety Pa clfic Slope. eleven: and the District of Co lumbia. eighteen.
 The District of Columbia. MT. Burleson remarked. reserved for the "man who cuts the pie" and he insisted the discrim- | nation against the South to diplomatic and consular officers marked the President | as one of the bitterest of partisans