The Washington herald., 1909-01-14
FAIRGROUNDS WIN IN HOUSE FIGHT

try. and when this question first came
before Us 1 said Il vas absurd 10 buy
Fairgrounds and 70 have supervisors 10
protect the grounds. IN the country.
where IAere is plenty Of room. and where
they know each other better, there IS fair
play, and the boys viii insist upon It,
but 7 have come 10 believe that in
big city. where there are tOughs and
hOOdlums. that il is necessary that the
city provide Fairgrounds for them, and
that in order 20 make those Fairgrounds
effective you have TO have somebody 70
look after the small boys and the big
boys. and, particularly. those who vii
take the small children and protect
them, and. therefore. have changed my
original belief, and ! think that we ought
TO provide Fairgrounds in the city OF
Washington. and If We are going TO pro-
vide Fairgrounds We ought also 70 main
tain them
Nr. sherIey Speaks.
Mr.. Sherley, Of Kentucky, declared that
underlying the amendment offered by
Mr. Parsons was a great proposition OF
government, bigger than the question Of
whether the government shall spend SIS. 90
more OF the peoples money or not.
When am told" said Mr.. Sherley.
that Il is necessary 10 supervise the
play Of children in order TO enable them
10 play. I am told something that is in
direct conflict with my experience as a
child
When I an told that it is necessary 10
prevent the big boys from overrunning
the small boys. I recall how, as a small
boy. I organized enough small boys 70
lick the big boys And L IS that ten
dency. It is that seif-development. that
taking care OF ones self which has been
a marked characteristic OF American
boys and American men, and which has
served TO make the fiber. the moral back
bone Of this great nation I DO not want
10 see Il undermined by a pampering sys-
TEN imported from abroad
Extravaganza, Says BurIesOn.
Mr. Burleson declared the plan 70 give
$1,000 was a step toward extravagan
and one from which the children OF the
District would derive little benefit He
said that his children played in the streets
and the parks Of the city, and that he
saw no reason for spending money to
teach them how to play.
Il have been a member Of this body for
ten years, and never during my expert
ence here have I witnessed as much mis-
apprehension with reference 10 a subject
matter under discussion" said Mr.. Bur
leson. Time and time again here have
We heard that members cxclain. where
shall the children play7" One gentleman
suggests that the town is covered with
signs Of keep of the grass" Another
gentleman says that the public parks
are closed TO the children Another says
that they are driving the children from
all these squares. circles. and tria1gles,
and that they have no place 70 play.
Not Financial Question.
Representative Bede. Of Minnesota,
said so far as the financial side Of the
question was concerned. he did not wish
to discuss it because he thought the COM
mittee much more competent to deal
with that part of the argument.
IF this question referred only to Dem
ocrats and boil weevils and other pro-
ducts Of Texas. I would leave It entirely
to the gentleman from Texas. Mr.. Burle-
SON said Mr. Bede. but as il refers 20
children, and I have some OF those inno-
cent products in my family. I think I
have a right TO speak.
1t depends altogether upon what you
think and what you believe about the
conduct Of children. 7 never have known
a family Of ten or fifteen children like my
own Qaughter) that could be turned out
into the nursery without a governess
II there is any man in this House with
that sort of family that he can turn
out without a governess. he ought 10
vote against this appropriation. but II
he believes in a gOverness for the nur-
sery, he ought to give a governess 20
the Fairgrounds in this Capital city.
i once had a lady friend who had
about twenty children. CLaughter) She