The Washington herald., 1911-03-26

and would fail in a profession where
talking was an important part of busi-
ness l was admitted to the bar when
l was twenty-one years old, neverthe
less. and soon afterward the regents
of the State of New York gave me the
degree of bachelor Of laws, cum laude."
Railroad Ticket His Capital.
What was your cash capital at that
time?'
Il had just enough money TO buy a
return ticket from New York to Pough-
keepsie. where the bar examination
was held. 1 kept on working for SO
a week. but within a year Thomas F.
Grady, the State senator, took me into
his office and paid me $40 month. In
a little while l formed a partnership
with a college friend. | got into pol
itiCS and was active in several socie-
ties connected with the Catholic
Church. My young friends went to
Hugh Mclaughlin and told him they
wanted to send me to Congress. He
remembered my father and gave his
consent. The Boss as we all called
him. ruled the politics of Brooklyn
for many years. He was a reticent
man. and when delegations came TO
speak for n candidate he would listen
and then tell a story. If the delegation
knew his ways, they would interpret
the story and get his answer. Like all
the old leaders in New York and
Brooklyn, he had worked his way up
by a good use of his physical strength.
When he was an old man a group of
minor politicians tramped into the auc-
ton room where he had his desk and
demanded the nomination of a certain
candidate. He stood on his feet, ex-
panded his chest, threw back his head,
doubled up his fists and said: If you had
come around here ten years ago demand
ing that l do anything. 1 would have
knocked all of you down and then
thrown you into the street I never met
him until after l was nominated. When
called to pay my respects ne quietly
remarked that he had expected to see a
little boy in short pants -
Have the appropriations OF Congress,
I asked. become so large as to be
dangerous
well, they are more than 81, 900, ,00o,O 900
a year-that is. putting the figures in
another way. they are more than one
thousand million dollars annually. The
wheat crop of 1910 was valued at s621,-
$4,000 and the oats crop at sSS4, 200, 0OO
The expenditures of the national gov
ernment, therefore, are equal to the sum
OF the money obtained for all the oats
and wheat grown in the United States.
The cost of governing the separate
States and of cities, an enormous out
lay in itself, is not included. The equiv
alent of our wheat and oats is being
spent from Washington for national pur-
poses ANY man with business head
on his shoulders can tell IL our national
expenses have grown so large as to be
dangerous.
Make the States Spend Money.
"One of two things must be done, in
my opinion. We must cut down the
appropriations of Congress and have
the States do some of the work now
performed by the national government,
or we must find new ways Of taxation
As for myself, believe in taxing in
comes. A tax on inheritances has also
been suggested. 1t is the habit now
adays 20 come to Washington for al
most everything. Moreover. we are
constantly expanding in new directions.
We are legislating against impure food
and bad meat The inspection of meat
costs $3.000.0oo year. We are spend
ing s5.0oo.ooo annually to protect our
forests.
TN my State the taxpayers are en-
larging the Erie Canal and are spend
ing s110.ooo.000 of Stheir own money
on the work They are to spend more
than s5o.ooo.o0o to improve their wagon
roads. There is serious suggestion
that Congress shah set aside great