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Bitter Arrangement
OF The President
MIR. BRUDIGE, OF ARKANSAS,
LAUNCHES INTO SEVERE
ATTACK.

Democratic Member of Appropriations
Committee Contrasts Certain Expen-
ses at White House With Those
Under the Cleveland and Mckinley
Administrations - Criticises Article
Allowing $4,000 Travelling Expenses
For Head of the Nation.
Washington, June 1.-The house to-
day listened to a bitter arraignment OIL
the president at the hands OF MI.
Brundige. Arkansas, q member OF the
appropriations committee.
Taking the items for the re-furnish-
ing of the White house, the care Of the
grounds and the travelling expenses of
the president as his text, Mr.. Brundige
contrasted the expenses Of the last
Cleveland administration, the Mckin-
ley administration and the adm1nistra-
tion Of Roosevelt.
Under the Cleveland administration
there was expended for the executive
department, including the salary Of the
president, 1900. Under the Mckin-
ley administration there was expended
$144,500, while the bill under considera-
tfon carries for the executive $253,54O'
In addition to this Mr.. Brundige said
that there were forty policemen detail
ed to the care of the White house and
grounds and this was an additional
$4,000, bringing the total to nearly
100000, which he denounced as an ex-
travagance run mad.
He criticised the item appropriatdng
$685. 900 for the travelling expenses of the
president, and incident thereto said 1t
was probably made for the purpose OF
providing for repetition of the "muck
rake speech.
"As for myself" he said, II believe
for a large proportion of the people of
this government, we have heard
enough of this muck rake nonsense and
tomfoolery and we are disguised with
it.
'tNo wonder, in view Of the present
appropriations and present expendi-
lures, no wonder the president should
hold up to public ridicule magazines
and newspapers of this country and
public men and private citizens who
dare to crlticise.
st entertain the hope and belief that
the time win never come in the history
of politics of this government when
any man occupying a position of pub
lie trust and public office will rise SO
high and become so great that the
humblest citizen and the hurniblest
newspaper to the largest may NOT
justly and properly criticize his official
conduct and actions
He spoke Of the presidents stable,
and enlarged on the number of horses
contained therein. He finally spoke of
the arrest of Mrs. Minor Morris, and
the appointment of the assistant secre-
tary to the president Mr.. Barnes as
postmaster of Washington, as showing
the high handed way the president con-
ducts his office. During the course of
his speech Mr.. Brundige was frequent
ly applauded by the democrats, the re-
publican side being almost deserted. He
declared the Barnes appointment an in
suit, referring to Mr.. Barnes as the one
who ordered Mrs. Morris election,
which he termed "repulsive Ito decency
and honor"
General Grosvenor Of Ohio character
ized the attack on the president as a
relic of antiquity. He said it could have
no effect on the American people. He
said if he would attempt by an illus
trated lecture to impress upon the peo-
pie of the old world, the best of them,
il he were attempting to impress upon
them the absolute domination of plain,
every day, democratic living and plain
democratic administration of a great
government, he would take them to the
White House, the home of the presi-
dent, and show them the every day
life Of the present occupant.
Speaking of the appropriation of $685.
900 for the presidents travelling ex-
penses, he characterized the criticisms
made as "unjustifable and unfortun-
ate" He said that he had to find the
man who was opposed to the appropri-
alton.