The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-08
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MRS. NOR RS NATTER


OF the approx riations committee TAX.
Ing the items for the reiurnishinr OF
the white house, the care OF the
grounds and the travelling expenses Of
the president as his text. Mr. Prundj0e
compared the expenses OF the last
Cleveland, the Mckinley and Roose.
welt administrations.
Under the Cleveland. administration
ne SAID, there was expended for the
executive department, including the
salary OF the president, $137,200, I'm
Ger the Mckinley administration there
was expended $144.50o, while the bill
under consideration carries for the
executive department, including the
care OF the white house green houses
etc, $253,300 In addition to this Mr.
brnndige said, there were forty no.
ncemen detailed to the care Of the
white house and grounds. and this was
an additional $4,000 added. bringing
the total to nearly $500 600. which he
oenominated as extravaKance run
mad He said he did not know whetb
er forty policemen were too few or
TOO many, but he thought a section OF
the army ought to be detailed for the
protection OF the person of the presi-
dent and care Of the grounds and tbese
policemen to 90 into the sparsely set
ued sections of Washington. where
thugs and marauders were proving
upon defenseless women and children
ne criticised the appropriating of
*25,oo0 for the travelling expenses of
the president, and incident thereto
said 1t was probably made for the pur-
pose Of providing for repetition of
the muck rake speech"
AS for myself" he said, land be-
heve also for large proportion of
the people Of this government, we
have heard enough of this muck rake
| nonsense and tom foolery, and we are
| Disguised with it.
No wonder, in view Of the political
| appropriations and political 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 criticise
| Il entertain the hope and belief that
the time will never come in the his
tory OF politics Of this government,
When any man occupying a position
OF pubic trust and public office will
rise so high and become so grea
that the humblest citizen and the hum
blest newspaper to the largest ma,
not Justly and properly criticise hi.
official conduct and actions"
He spoke of the pres dents stable
and enlarged on the number OF horses
contained therein, and then spoke of
the arrest of Mrs. Minor Morris and
| the appointment of the assistant sec
! rotary to the president as postmaster
! of Washington as showing the high
/ handed way he conducted his office
During his speech Mr.. Brundige was
/ frequently applauded by the Demo
| Gratis, the Republican side of the
( chamber being almost deserted
In referring to the policemen detail
ed for duty in and about the white
/ house grounds, Mr.. Brundige said he
| recalled tie fact that recently the
1 policemen made one very important
and brave and gallant arrest" Con
! unuing along these lines. he said.
BY the aid of a burly negro these
gentlemen succeeded IN ejecting from
the white house an inoffeusive quiet
pcaceable American woman They
carried her out. IL is true, with force.
they carried her out in manner that
has ever been and ever viii remain an
insult to the American people, TO the
American manhood and the the Amer.
lean vomanhood. applause on the
Democratic sidel
But. Mr. Chairman. that may have
been necessary. In my candid iudg
Tnent it was diNgracoful iu The ex-
trems Al lnuocsrt. iuuffenNiys Wom.
an. whose only act rad been the de-
sire 20 sc. tho great chief ip the eN.
ecutive mansion ~ This soytrnmcrt.
but Mr. Chairman. when thrss Egi
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succeeded With danger ru tlriF ret
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fsusslsss character from this maEul{
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