The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-02-28


the half-and-half plan, because If the
American congress repeats 1t the
president will veto it." The COM
mittee on the affairs of the District
OF Columbia has sought to arrive at
the condition Of the accounts between
the District of Columbia and the
United States. Are facilities being
given to the accountant and to that
committee? Let us see. Twice has
the secretary of the treasury refused
even to answer polite letter from
the chairman Of the committee on the
District of Columbia asking that the
man who has been In charge of these
accounts for nearly 25 years be per-
mitted to go with this accountant and
show him the accounts upon the
hooks. Where are those books?
Members Of congress know that at
the north of the treasury building
there is long fight of granite steps.
No Answer to Letters.
Back under those steps, covered
with the dirt of a third of a century,
are the old accounts between the
United States government and the
District of Columbia. This account
ant, most competent man-they all
admit that he is-has been compelled
and is now driven to the necessity
of taking off his clothes down to his
undershirt and going back under
/ these nasty, dirty steps, and there
taking out books upon which a hand
has not been laid for a quarter of a
| century to seek what he finds. Have
the great officers of this country
given to the American congress the
right which the American people
have, especially when that right is
asked in the most polite and dignified
terms? If it is denied by any one.
lie should simply deny it, but not re-
fuse to answer a polite letter. as two
OF my letters have not been answered
by the secretary of the treasury. But
these accounts will be found. This
house has conferred authority upon
| the committee on the District of Co.
| lumbia to go into them. That COM
mittee has done so to the fullest ex-
! tent it could up to the present time !;
tut the power of this house will
say, be called upon, If necessary, to
force the production of those books.
If these high officials who have them
in charge will not lend a helping
hand to see whether or not the Unit.
ed States government, whom they
represent, has had and is to have a
fair settlement of it's accounts be
tween the government of the United
States and the District of Columbia
/ then l say God help this country. A
change Is impending. The infant
manufactures have been protected
by tariff wall so long that the peo
pie In the last congressional election
arose from ocean to ocean and from
the gulf to the lakes, and because oil
that uprising there is a majority
upon this side of the house today
which wishes and which intends to
see that the accounts between the
government of the United States and
the District of Columbia have been
properly kept. (Applause)
Activity of the "t0o."
This is but the beginning of an
other question. This select 100. be
lieve they call 1t here. hang around
the Capitol doors and beseech and
plead with every man. For Gods
cake take care of the National City
IN which you own part" Mr.. Chair
man, since have been In congress
and every other man who has been
In congress have paid enough in ex
crbitant charges to buy himself a
home here which he might call his
own, but no matter how much he has
paid they will ever call II theirs. Let
one of you whose city they say this
is offer to take one item of anything
without paying two prices for 1t. and
then see whether II is your city OIL
theirs. say, Mr.. Chairman, that is
the same condition which arose and
caused a public uprising in this land
against the trusts. which are but the
outgrowth and the offspring of this
high protective tariff. Now. there
comes and is rising from day to day
ant in tina halls of CONGRESS alone