The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-07-23
$4,000 DONATED BY
CONGRESS TO TAFT
THAT HE MAY TRAVEL
NATIONS MONEY LAVlSHED UP
ON THE PRESIDENT FOR
PLEASURE TRIP.
SALARY HAD BES ADVANCED
And in Addition Funds Were Left
over From The Roosevelt Junket.
But This Wasn't Enough to Pro-
mote The Scheme.


, preparation of $4,000 for the trave
S ing expenses of the President va
+ voted by the House of Representative
& Thursday. When the salary of tn
e President was raised last year frol
y $4,000 to $4,000 the $4,000 whic
l. Mr.. Roosevelt had received to defra
|, the cost OF his journeys was not prt
4 vidsd for Mr.. Taft's benefit. Thurs
days action of the house was Intend
3 ed as a permanent resolution of tn
Presidential allowance.
, President Taft's desire to visit tn
i Pacific coast and other sections of tn
, country to which he has been inviteC
!, was made the subject of bitter discus
, sion in the house by democratic ora
: tors while the allowance was under
consideration. "Wunderlust," show
performances" and other terms of rid
icule were applied to the President s
peregrinations, while Representative
Rainey of Illinois boldly charged that
the Presidents proposed trip to the
west this fall was intended solely as
political mission and he quoted
statements made in newspaper re-
ports in an effort to sustain his con-
tention. These were to the effect
that John Hays Hammond, of the
league of republican clubs, was to ac-
company the President and would take
advantage Of the opportunity to boost
the republican club movement"
The item was opposed by all the
democratic speakers, including Minor
ity Leader Clark of Missouri, Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald of New York,
Bowers of Mississippi, Macon OF Ar
kansas, and Livingston of Georgia.
The burden of the democratic com
plant was that Chairman Tawney was
guilty of bad faith" in asking the
hoSse to make an appropriation for
the Presidents travelling expenses in
the face Of promises alleged to have
been made at the last session, when |
the Presidents salary was increased |
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year
Mr. Rainey directed attention to the
fact that a few weeks before Mr.. Taft
entered the white house the sum OF
S25, 900 was made available for the
of the Presidents sta
Dies. In addition he said $4,000 had I
leen appropriated to purchase new
for the new President
Then congress increased the new
Presidents salary. Furthermore. Mr..
tainey alleged there was on hand
rom the previous administration $12,-
90 to $4,000 that President Roose-
cit had failed to spend on his trav-
Is, as he was authorized to do by
Ongress. Now" said the man from /
linois, I'VE are asked to appropriate
25,000 more to enable Mr.. Taft to
love from place to place about the
ountry."
Before Mr.. Taft became President, n
r. Rainey said, he showed a DISPOSE
on TO travel. "A navy vessel was
said Mr.. Rainey, and =
r. Taft sailed in luxurious style over
sy tropical seas to distant Isthmus
Panama, all at the expense of the
vernment." -
Scott of Kansas
ked Mr.. Rainey if it were not true
at democrats were crowding the
lite house these days asking the
esident to visit their states or dis
cts =.
oh, yes, that's So" returned Mr..
iney. The President is a welcome '
itor everywhere. He is usually ac- -,
npanied by star speaker like John
VS. Hammond, for example. Be-
G his coach, attired in high hats,
fling and steaming with the heat at
les, run secret service agents who
qpently get more applause than ~,
head Of the nation on such oc. =
tens the demand for soft drinks is
ang and in communities where y
" stand for it, stronger beverages
ao'a IN great quantities.. I pre-
{ that ii this proposed tour goes NJ
ough the demand for red lemonade
| peanuts win be Unprecedented.
al Seattle they have had nearly
from Washington but the
sident He is headliner and they !
At him no
lr. Rainey read a letter written by 10
,mas Jefferson 100 years ago in one
~ to an invitation to visit New MAJ
,land in which he said: Il am not ing
1nciled to chief magistrate parad. OF