Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-05-30
How Graft Bills Are Voted.-Vew of Legislative Bodies.
Multiplicity of Measures Make the System of
Government More Complex.
(By Judge Parish b. Ladd.)

(By Judge Parish H. ladd)
The substance of the following copy from member of the
press gallery, a reliable
At the close of the Congressional day. Friday, February l6
1906 there had been introduced in the House of Representatives
5066 bills. OF these nearly 10000 what called pr
bills their purpose being take money out of the treasury
and give it to private persons and corporations OF the $500
of them PENSIONS which had been rejected fraudulen
1000 OF them grew out OF the Civil war; and 2OO more asking
Congress amend the records open up rejected claims
In PLAIN English, says this writer the whole $4,000 graft
bills In the Senate the date, there had been III
oduced 4iS4 bills of which 22O0 deal graft directly
in the pensions Besides these 44S4 provided relief
for those claimants whose graft had been rejected
Thus says this writer about $500 of the 44S4 Senate bills
the of the session. propositions to
money constituents of Senators for their work in getting the
Senators elected by their legislatures This says the
writer vesxhs the business of the House.
than ouffths of the business of the Senate pi
legislation, all aimed the purchase of votes for the
and Representatives with public ibis in nut
SHE'LL says he is the meaning Of the private bgra that is
going in Washington every pension bill votes to
the who it, | might quote much more of this
9th of February, 1906 the House put through 1919 OF
these graft bills in y minutes On the first pension day in that
body 1s5 bills went through the Committee of the Whole at
the rate of less than minute to bill On the second
pension day. 263 such bills went through that committee and
passed by the House in just two hours leaving $4,000
such fraudulent claims hand By reading only the heading
bills the House succeeded in passing 30 fraudulent
bills i'll less than minute Sucl 1t will be SEEM is the
way people being robbed but why waste time in writing
up nevercesing graft of Congress- for is going every
where Congressman and other OF our Legislative
bodies TO laws these must be signed by the President
who of course, help out the Congressman.
Cleveland, in his first term, signed S. Harrison i'll his first
years signed 1888 In his second years 27 Cleve
land signed 1915 Mckinley the pous signed
2OS5; Roosevelt first 2l7 second term $500; total for
Roosevelt. 1920 The ftyninh Congress passed little less
4O0 with under consideration Here let me
turn critics, what should constitute a
correct government
In his 'Iberty and Liberalism, Bruce Smith "With
the parties in England the battle has always been fought for
civil and religious liberty against the dynastes and despots III
politics. sacedoa and mysterious religion " GoV
eminent exists, says Mr. ecky not to abolish STRAIN but
to preserve and enlarge freedom The liberty OF each,
saws he 'houd be limited only by the like liberty to all
Humboldt SAYS "Reason demands that each should be left
free restricted only the limits of his powers for good and
b;e sbouId he tbe basis of every political system John