The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-18
CITY COMMITTEE
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the resolution that the committee take
the trip to Washington on the oc-
casion of President Wilson's Inaugural
ton, the expense to be borne by the
committee
brought Captain Myers to his feet in
a jiffy. The committee. he declared,
was the custodian of trust fund
and had no right to use it for a pleas
ure trip. You will bring down a
flood of criticism on your heads If you
use that money for any such pur-
pose. You have no more right to ex-
pend that money for a iunket to
Washington than you have to 80 out
here in the streets and pick some
body's pocket. A junket to Wash
ington is not furthering the interests
of the Democratic party of Rich
mond.
Committeeman Hodges. who was
enthusiastically In favor of the
junket, voiced the belief that the trip
would be a mighty fine thing for the
committee to take in body, repre-
senting the Democracy of the city of
Richmond. ut will certainly add a
little something to us. and I don't
think we are doing anything criminal
to take the money out of the treas
ury to pay for the trip. The money
was put here for selfish purposes. 1t
belongs tC this committee and we
have right 70 spend IL for the up
building and PRONUNCIATION of the
Democratic party. j claim we are
wholly within our rights. That torch
light procession certainly added to
our dignity, 1t was a great thing.
see no reason why we should not
spend the money of the people who
expected TO get something osst of the
Democratic party-it wasn't our fault
they didn't get 1t, and see no oc-
casion for prayers"
DIR. Darlington declared very en-
phatically his opinion that the COM
mittee had no right to use the money
in it's treasury, deposited by eandi-
dates for the administrative board
primary. for junketing trip to
Washington. I'VE might as well, and
with just as much reason" he said,
''go out and buy new spring suits
with it,
DIR. Darlington was interrupted by
Mr.. Jennings, who wanted to know
If the doctor had made any protest
when the committee paid his ex-
penses to Trenton to invite Woodrow
Wilson to Richmond
DR.. Darlington replied quickly that
he didn't, but that was a different
thing altogether--he- had been sent
NY tftS (OIiliifbktG LO invite tHe next
president to attend. the Richmond
celebration in person.
Mn Jennings. sitting, observed that.
the mission might have been accom-
pIished with a telegram. and DIR, Car
rington answered that telegram
would not have sufficed, and added
soto voice, something about the in
terrogatories being all dam rot"
Chairman Martin reiinquished the
chair n a
this point In order to speak his mind
to the committee. He said that he did
not believe there was any question of
morals involved in the matter at all.
lie thought the committee had a per-
feet right to spend whatever amount
was necessary for the Washington
trip If 1t wanted to go to Washington
as the representative OF Richmond
Democracy. He expressed the belief,
however, that the expense should be
limited to the cost OF a Pullman car
and the railroad fares--he didn't be-
iieve the committee would be justified
in throwing the money away on a lot
ofunnameable extravagances.
Secretary Duke expressed the be-
lief that the proposed jdnket would
be a fooihardy trip. Even II the COM
mittee mustered Its full membership
on the trip, which numbers forty, 1t
would be lost in the great crowd
which will take part In the parade,
and the trip would fail altogether OF
any benefit to Richmond Demo-
cracy."
Committeeman Jimmy Allen.
What I want to know is. what good
Is money II you can't spend it?''
Committeeman Myers took the floor
again in opposition to the trip, re-
iterating some previous arguments,
and introducing some new reasons
for the committee not going to Wash
ington at the expense of the commit
tee, and was interrupted in the course
of his statement by Committeeman
Jimmy Allen, who wanted to know
il Captain Myers didn't think 1t was
wrong for the committee to appro-
pirate money for the suppers which
they enjoy enthusiastically. MIR.
Myers did not think so---the suppers
expedited the~ work Of, the commit