The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-26

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been erected for one purpose, and al
most before they are completed the
demand grew up for that use to be
discontinued and the buildings ap-
propriated for some other use, or
rather new one.
when I first came here the mem
bers of the House had no place to re-
ceive their visitors or constituents,
while the Senators had the marble
room and overflow Senators who
had no committee rooms were quar-
tered in the Maltby. The House con-
ceived the idea of building palace
for the use of it's members; the Sen
ate Immediately demanded and en-
forced that demand to build one for
their own use. The marble palaces
we now have are the result. I'm
doubtedly they supply a want, but
not necessity, except on the part OF
the House Recently the House has
demanded that the Senate turn the
Maltby building over to it, and I un-
derstand this will be done when the
new Congress meets in March. There
is much lost space in the Senate Of
fee building which could we'll be
| utilized to good advantage for other
purposes if the Senate would agree.
"But why go into all OF these de-
tails? You will find it all out when
you come to Washington. Speaking
with a very intelligent clerk not long
ago he made this significant state
ment: Senator, the only way to re-
duce expenses is to have Senators and
Congressmen who will rise in their
places and inquire to know why ce--
tain items are in the appropriation
| pills when they are not needed, and
say so, and thus call the attention OF
the country to them I know this
to be true. But the rule is rather to
increase than to reduce.
my long service here and the Gus
tom which has obtained almost from
the beginning of the Government en-
titles me to select from among the
committees of which I am a msre Der
a craftsmanship. I am senior Demo-
crat on three important committees
and can select the Craftsmanship Of
either one Of them: Appropriations,
interstate commerce and naval af-
fairs.
"I want you to tell me frankly on
which one of these committees you
think I can best serve your admins
tration and the country, for l will
serve the country best by serving
Wilson's administration best.
sThe committee on appropriations,
as you know, applies the money, or
designates how it shall be spent on
many appropriation bills. The COM
mittee On Indian affairs, the COM
mittee on naval affairs, the commit
tee on military affairs, the committee
on rivers and harbors and the COM
nittee on pensions make up their
own appropriation bills. Thus there
is no coordination and general un-
derstanding by one committee and its
head as to the scope and amount OF
all the appropriations. This was the
way it was done when I first came
to Congress. I remember what bit
y ter fight the change from this system
to the general distribution of the ap-
preparation bills brought about.
There was too much work for any
one committee to do, and it gave one
many too much power. The change
was salutary in that respect, but it
has largely been responsible for the
increased expenses, taken as whole.
"The committee on finance in the
Senate ought to be divided as it is in
the House, one part of it to deal with
the tariff and the taxes to raise mon
ey. while the other deals with bank
ing and currency and the money
problem.
"The committee on interstate COM
merce, while of minor importance at
| first, has come to be one Of the most
important in Congress. 1t deals with
the problem Of transportation in all
OF its ramifcations. This problem
has come to be one Of the greatest OF
the age. The gamblers in New York,
Boston and Chicago who manipulate
the stocks and bonds Of the banks
and railroad securities, have amassed
great fortunes based on water alone.
Multi-millionaires have multiplied
with great rapidity, and the masses
of the people are expected to sustain
these fortunes by paying dividends
on stocks and bonds which never had
any honest or real foundation. Pier
pont Morgan and men Of that type
have been the prime movers and
leaders in amassing wealth of this
kind. Having scrambled the eggs
they boldly stand and ask the COM
mittees Of Congress what they are
going to do about it. Rockefeller,
who has amassed millions by mono
poles which could have been pre-
vented by an honest enforcement OF
The Sherman law, rolls in wealth and
snaps his fingers at the House. COM
mittee. Carnegie, whose hundreds
of millions have been stolen from the
people through Roosevelt's conniv-
ance at his organization Of the Steel
Trust and the absorption of the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Company, tries
to buy immortality by giving back
to the people a modicum Of money
in the shape of libraries, etc.
IF you and I were to go into a
restaurant and there see the cook
mixing rotten eggs to scramble for
us would we eat the dish when the
waiter brought it to US or would we
throw it out of the window? The
temper of the American people is to
throw the eggs out Of the window.
Your greater problem will be how to
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