The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-12
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thorlscd and could no, therefore be Included
In a regular supply hill under the rules ~
the Ho,lee. IN. point was we'll taken and
the item was ruled out by the chair.
II Ia now planned to have Congress pass
q bill authorizing the expenditure and
aftsrward have the item inserted In the
Sundry Civil bill, This would obviats o
repetition ~ the successful objection made
by Representative williams, The first
step In this direction was taken to-day. when
Representative Watson Of Indiana intro
duCed such a bin Mr.. Watson was In the
chair when Mfr. Williams mad his point Of
order and was p~erforce required TO sustain
the point. u will be necessary for the Conn
mittee on Rules TO bring in a special rule
for the passa 60 Of the bill In the House,
and. this accomplished. the senate will
acuuiesce before the end Of the session.
The necessity for this legislation lie well
understood among people In Washington
vino have some idea Of the expense to the
Presidents private purse through the
demands for his presence at places remote
rom the capital. When the railroads
were paying the greater part of the Ok
pense Of Presidential trips, and glad enough
to do it, a tour taken by one Of Mr.. Roose-
velt's predecessors cost more than his
I'd larry as President for an entire year.
This included the expenses Of all those
who we're members of the Presidential
party.
An intimate friend of the Presidents
said to-day:
while $50, 900 a year IL a large income.
it is entirely too small for the President
when the expense to which he Is put by
his official position Is considered. Tho
public seems to have the idea that the Presi-
dents salary is clear gain. As a matter
of fact he has to pay practically all the
living expenses Of himself and his family,
and in addition is subjected to heavy
expense for entertaining. When foreign
notables come here it Ia the duty as
we'll as the pleasure of the President
to entertain them, and these functions
cost a great deal Of money. He has to pay
for every item Of the cost Of a dinner party
except the decorations and the music.
IL there is a rush Of royalty and nobility
to the United States. a big hole is made
in the Presidents $50 900. I'll venture
to say that one big dinner costs him
more than the schooling Of any one Of his
children for a year.
-Of course. the President doesn't have
to pay railway fare, but he much prefers to
do 80. and it will be a heavy drain on his
private purse il Congress does not appro-
pirate money for his travelling expenses.
1t would be much better il. instead of author
izing appropriations for this purpose through
the passage OF a law each year, a permanent
statute be enacted, SO that not only Mr..
Roosevelt but his SUCCESSORS would have
the benefit of it. Next year Mr.. Roosevelt
intends to visit the University of Tennessee,
the University Of Missouri, the Carnegie
Institute at Pittsburg and some other
places as widely separated, He is going
to these places to crafty the desire there
to see, not Theodore Roosevelt, but the
President Of the United States. To COM
pei him to pay his travelling expenses on
these trips would cost him q very large