The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-01-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Washington Correspond
ent of The Times.

:. Special Washington Correspond
e emit of The Times.
n Washington, Jan. 9.-Some of tn,
! reasons why the cost of running til,
q government is increasing so fast, ant
q why it should really be possible fo
l. Senator Aldrich to save the people ;
lot of money if he would run tn.
l. government as business man woulc
: run it, are revealed in the report o.
4 Secretary of the State Bennett for the
r fiscal year 1910.
j Vice President James S. Sherman
g drew on the people for $1,000 to
: maintain a touring car. He KEEP,
? track of every puncture during the
, year, and saw to it that the people
, stood the damage. 1t might be pre-
sumed that after the government had
presented the vice president with a
handsome car, the man of the sunny
disposition would at least insist upon
providing the driver. Mr.. Sherman,
however, not only charged the
chaffeurs salary up to the people, but
permitted the taxpayers to reimburse
him for the auto drivers railroad fare
back and forth between Washington
and Utica, N. Y, Mr.. Sherman's
home town. But this isn't all. The
Vice President made the people even
pay for his chaffeur's Goat and
pants" See page 7O2 Of report.)
Guggenheim Needs the Money.
Senator Simon Guggenheim Of Col
orado, one hundred times millionaire
and then some, has his daily news
papers and all the kilograms for the
year charged up to the government
Senator William Lorimer of Illinois
apparently had urgent business with
a man named Browne of Ottawa, ILL.,,
and charged the kilograms up to the
people. Lee O. O'Neill Brown, who
was charged with having hand in
bribing legislators to vote for Lorimer,
lives at Ottowa, ILL.,, and it is more
than barely possible that the two
Brownies are one and the same. Oh,
you Illinois statesmen! Senator Lori
mer also did considerable telegraph
ing to the Chicago beef barons-at
the expense of the people. The
nature of the business is not revealed.
Tom Carter Good Spender.
The report intimates that when Sen
ator Tom Carter of Montana escorted
the members of the irrigation COM
mittee on trip to the west to investi-
gate irrigation projects, the party
Travelled like kings, using private
diners, drawing rooms, and tipping
the porters and attendants every
where with lavish hand-always, of
course, with the peoples money.
For a two days side trip in three
automobiles from Casper, Wyo., to
Pathfinder Dam on Sept. 7, 1910, the
Montana senator spent $3.50 for trans
portation alone. Although no one
knows Of any irrigation projects at
Seattle, Wash, three senators and at
PENDANTS managed to spend $l25. 80
for "board and lodging" at Seattle in
two days. In the meantime their
luxurious private cars sat on siding
unused. Senator Carter must have
been a good spender. "Fees and
porterage" and "incidentals" for
which no vouchers were obtained,
ran into the hundreds Of dollars.
Some Of the things the senators
in Washington made the people pay
for were: eight dozen lady scissors
and one dozen manicure scissors. {
With the entire country looking on,
each individual member of the United
States senate will soon have to 90 on
record either for or against Lorimer- ,
ism. T
Every senator who votes for Lori
merism will have that vote charged ,
up to his record. When he comes up S
for reelection to the senate, or If he {
ever runs for any other elective posi- l
ton, his opponent will be sure to q
point to the vote for Lorimer and to ,
urge it as good reason why the peo- T
pie should retire him to private life. l
Every senator knows this as well l
as does the writer. Those members d
who are against Lorimerism and all e
that it stands for are glad to have the h
to 90 on record. But g