Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-29
SENATOR sTIRs COLLEAGUES
WHO SEEK TO TAP PUBLIC
CASH BOX.
MAKES SENATOR WARREN
sQUlRM UNDER eRlLL,Nc
Kenyon DepIores Extravaganza in
Public Buildings While WithhoIdina
Needful Aid to Veterans Of Civil War
Sun Dance, Sand Hill Village,
Wants an Appropriation.

"asLllSt Ton, Marcn Ex-senator
Kenyon stirred things up in the senate
yesterday afternoon when he warmly
! advocated the passage of the Sherwood
pension bill and denounced the cry of
economy in connection with pensions
when there was extravaganza in so
many other directions. This led him
TO assa1l the gross waste of public
| money involved in expenditures for
public buildings provided for in Ger
tain bills that Wyoming and Utah
| crowded thru the senate recently by
senator Warren Of Wyoming and
Smoot and Sutherland of Utah.
Senator Kenyon emphasized partic-
ularly the $4,000 public building bill
for Sun Dance. Wyo. a town of PSI in
habitants and declining population.
He ridiculed such bill for which a
motion for reconsideration has been
filed. He declared that before tn
building was erected the population
would have sunk to a point where ell
the folks could be assembled i'll one Of
the offices or one of the magnificent:
elevators. He also scored like bills for
the little towns of Thermopois and
New Castle. Wyo. and ST. George,
Utah.
Senator Warren Squirmed.
Senator Warren squirmed under the
raillery of Kenyon and Senator Lea of
Tennessee. Warren insisted the popu-
lation of Sun Dance was wrongly rep
resented and that PSI represented but
one precinct. Whereupon Kenyon
pressed Warren again and again with
the question What is the population
of the town Of Sun Dance?" Warren
would not SAP, but re-insisted that
numerous Iowa towns had got public
buildings when no bigge.. than the
Wyoming town.
Senator Kenyon said he would pro-
test against such public buildings APP
preparations as those for Sun Dance
whether in Iowa or elsewhere. lie said
he had refused to put iii public
building for one locality of 1000 people
in Iowa because he did not believe the
building essention at this place. IF
Iowa towns as small as Sun Dance got
public buildings said he. II am sorry
for it,
Senator Sutherland tried to get SEN
ator Kenyon TO say what Iowa town ne
had refused to present building bill
| for. why do YOU want to know y
asked Kenyon.
II am curious" said Sutherland,
"And am curious to know the popu-
. lation of Sun Dance" said Kenyon.
On Loss Of People.
Sutherland twitted the Iowa senator
with the decline in Iowa's population
and wanted to know if he feared the
population of the town referred to
would not dwinde. Senator Kenyon
replied that no concern need be felt
over Iowa's decline in population ard
that Whatever decline there was was
due to the fact Iowa was sending such
large numbers of people to popuicte
other western states.
The discussion over SUN Dance stir
red much interest on the floor and in
the galleries some excitement was
caused when Warren denounced the
figures on the Sun Dance population as
a lie and bad blood was stirred be-
tween Kenyon and Lea. Senator Ken
Won referred to the baths and CHER
extravagances about the senate offices
as indicating little purpose Of economy.
General Sherwood Of Ohio sat beside.
Senator Kenyon while the latter spoke.
At one time Senator Kenyon referred
feelingly to Captain Yeoman of Fort
Dodge. with whom he read law, and
who, he said was one Of the most GAL
liant soldiers that ever lived.