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expended only Is per cent more than VAST
tngtOn.
Extrayagance in Expenditure.

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Extravagance in Expenditure.
These totals for ordinary expenditure
for these seven cities together with the
percentages adduced, indicate extrava-
gance in expenditure for the city OF WASH
ipgton out of all proportion to the benefits
derived. Had the comparison been extend
ed to Cincinnati. Cleveland. Detroit and
Uther cities, the comparison would nave
been still more against the District
Washington. with a population of IA
100 less than Buffalo, eXpendS for the same
kind OF office work ssI.439 more than But
fslo. Baltimore. with $50. 1879 more people
than Washington, expends only $49.003 more
for Office work. Ptttsburg. with 42,SeS more
people. expends sl42. 46S less money. De-
troit and Milwaukee, with about the same
population, expend about one-half- the
morey. The same is practically true or
Cleveland. Cincinnati and San Francisco
These are all well-governed cities. and
there is no satisfactory reason for an ex-
rendture in Washington of nearly twice Is
much for the same services. Because
Washington is the capital of the country
Is no reason for doubling. trebling and even
Quadrupling the aggregate paid in cities as
large or even twice as large for the same
service.
The other municipalities have single
head, for whose services one OF them. Chi
cago, with a population of 1,693,5I5, pays
5000 Nearly all of the others pay from
$4,000 to $1,000 Washington has a triple
head. each part of which draws 5000.
with an allotment of n private secretary
for each third OF the authority.
The entire cost of the executive office in
Washington for 1904 was S4,403; for Bal
timOre, st2 49T: for Boston, S20,2SS; for Buff
falo sll, al: for Newark, So. 900 The execu-
tive Office in Washington is a most expen-
siye luxury.
THE expense of the executive, assessors,
collectors and auditors offices for Wash
ington in 1904 was s1s1. 643; for Baltimore,
S1l.661; for Pittsburg, $4,000; for st.
Louis S127,544; for Boston, $3.50 S2; for
Buffalo, Sl0S, 1886; for Newark. $50, Io9. 1t
will thus be seen that the Commissioner
office which corresponds to the mayors
office in other cities the collectors. the
auditors and the assessors offices, cost
very much more than all the other cities
except Boston and more in proportion than
Boston. The Washington classification has
been so highly differentiated to create
unnecessary provisions. No city of the
same size has half the force and no one
pays the clerks and assistants as high
salaries.
why police protection in Washington is
much as in Milwaukee and Cleveland,
and more than in Buffalo, Pittsburg. New
ark and Cincinnati is hard to understand.
President Roosevelt and John G. Wflkie
complimented the police force in Detroit in
1901 very highly. The police forces in any
one of the cities named will compare in
efficiency with the police force of Washing
ton most favorably. Comparing the num-
her of policemen In each city with its total
nation that there is one policeman or police
official in Washington for every $340. coo
of taxable property; in Baltimore, one for
every 100000; in Buffalo, one for every
S3e7,OoO; Pittsburg, one for every S79i313;
milwaukee. one for 100000; Detroit, one
for $4,000: Clevaldn. one for s4eo, 00o,
and Newark. one for 81 100000.
The expense account of the fire depart
ment In Philadelphia. a city nearly five
times as large and covering an area nearly
twelve times great as Washington
proper. was $9So,S19; Washington expended
$500. 1871"
MIR, Morrell said that he had made up
other tables which show that Washington
expends about twice as much for street
extension and Improvement as st. Louis and
Boston; four times much as Buffalo, and
100000 more than Pittsburg
The destructive fire at Baltimore" he
SAID cost such an amount of extra work
upon that city to make its expenditures
Tor l0o4 or no value for this comparison
IT there was less money spent upon street
extensions and improvements and more
upon garbage and cleaning better equili-
Drum would be obtained. The amount ex-
pended for sewage seems to be very high
when compared with that of st. Louis
Baltimore and Buffalo.
The School System.
Cleveland. with a population of 100 zoo
more than Washington. employed the
same number of teachers in that year
The per capita cost for the education of
child in Philadelphia under the best sys-
tenn Is $3.50 less than in Washington. The
per capita cost OF education in all the cities
named except Cleveland and Boston is far
below that OF Washington. Newark and
Cincinnati have almost as many people
ana educate them at q cost of from SO
to Sl2 less per capita. Buffalo educates 25
per cent more children than Washington
In schools equally as good or better at
50 less per capita The fault of the Wash
ingtoa system lies first in its so-caIIed
board of education The system Is with
out head The principals lack subordina-
tion. as do the teachers
The Whipping Post Bill.
ripple of interest was manifested when
Mr.. Babcock at o'clock called UP the bill
to punish with thirty lsshes wife beaters In
the District of Columbia. Mr. Adams pa J,
in favor of the bill, was yielded thirty min
utes His speech will be found elsewhere
At the close OF Representative Adams
speech. urging the passage of his whipping
post bill, Representative Wachter of Mari
land arose and said he had suggestion 10
make.
We have a whIppIng-post law in Mary
Iand, said Mr.. Wachter, and the vbfp-
ping post as well. We would be very glad
TO sell the whipping post to the District of
Noluihaa' Inc women of Maryland don't
men 'A-e
Mr.. Adams created some amusement by
usHIdhoing 10 know where Mr.. Wachter got
his Information
Ihen Representative James of Kentucky
oHered an amendment to strike out the
words providing for the whipping In public
and have the flashing occur on Pennsyiyania
avenue in front of the Peace Monument
Representative Adams became rather in
dignant at this injection of lev!ty into what
he termed very serious subject, and amid
the laughter of the House Mr. James ga
down. Representative Sims of TENNESSEE
one OF the opponents of the post then
made brief speech on the subject
Mr.. Sims Opposes the Bill.
The gentleman from Peunsvlvania
takes himself very seriously" said Mr.
sims, so l suppose we will have to do
tho same thing. But 1 want TO say that
President Roosevelt, whose alleged recon-
mendation is put forward by the gentle
man from Pennsylvania. is year older
now than when ne made that recommended
uon. And | notice that he did not recon-
mend IL In his last message to Congress-
Let US see what he really did saw before
we charge him up with recommending mis-
thing that is in direct opposition to public
opinion and to the opinion of eyerybod,-
else except the gentleman from Pennsyi-
Nania."
Mr.. Sims then read from the praS;dar,,.