The Washington herald., 1913-03-02

and feed upon the people they have 80
| iculIy precipitated in a war of the sexes
In destruction of home and country.
Awakening at least to realization OF
| the III results of their political power 10
the interests probation. plutocracy. our
legislators, irrespective of party, passed
an Immigration law to stem the tide Of
the hordes of aliens overwhelming us
BUT In the face of IL all, that iumiyra-
tion Dill was vetoed-vetoed by one man.
by and with the advice of another. and
OF nothing that had not been fully con-
sidered In the legislation. And for wha.
was IT vetoed? Simply that IL was nm
American. II was said Yet. IL was a
OIL overwhelmingly passed by the Con-
eress OF hundreds. many OF whom as
Intelligent. and many more as nearly so
as the one man power vetoing and des-
troying it-destroying at one strok. in a,
instant the work of a generation Of
the great majority of the people and
their congressman, while seven-tentbs Of
the people were crying out spajns,
immigration and for its limitation .nS
approved that bill as a fair and fms,
remedy for 1t. and the salvation of orrr
hood ah
But in that veto 4. wba,, s,,,n,,, -,
advancement OF the war Of the .eres 80.
OF the results of the graft of an unn,r.il
eHed immigration influx In Commercial
competition for the benefits of the in
terests interest in the destruction ~ one
Ahgio-Saxon civilization Of free tns.,,u-
ton. "s''u-
r.s-,,- % ,c, PETER rAuL.
a Government building Criticised.
To the Editor: Many clerk. IN .,s
Ninder Building will be glad if MOI. =.
the Efficiency and Economy Co,,.,,.
SION can De placed elsewhere. and let
the regular clerks In the classified s.rv-
ice ger oack into their old rooms on the
socth side Of the building from which
Two years ago. they were summariIy
e1ec'ed' 10 make room for this commits
sion.
In rooms formerly used for STORM.
mes aingy' dark, and dirty, the plaster
ing on In places. our present ouarters
compare ,favorably with tenemsnts T.,
Willow Tree Alley and Foggy Bottom,
MI. Cantrell. of Kentucky, must hav.
mad something of the kind in mind vh.n
ne said upon the floor of the Hons. .I
VIII not vote for more statues 10 ds.d
americans until men and women In the
government employ are housed in com
PORTABLE and sanitary buildings
Ssofcu Ine pa Sement of
this building. where floors are ro,,sd
win oampness, and rats have deserted
me premises Clerks have protested
against being sent down there 10 VOL
ana a Mr.. Floyd. ten years ago. said Z,
tne writer: Il have gotten nv death IN
the basement of the winder Building
ana Tour days later he passed out,
10 get hot water one has to go TO tba
boiler room In the basement; conseouenf-
~ the coolers for drinking water. on the
upper floors. have never been washed
with not water since they came into the
ouiioing. The scum from ice which COL
ect5 on the sides o. coolers is wiped on
with cloths. sometimes nearly black.
Many clerks In the hottest weather pre-
Ter to drink the Potomac water as /,
comes directly from the pipes.
instead OF appropriating money to nav
experts how to save money for the
might II not be well to employ
men to point the way how to conserys
,uhan hves. a more valuable asset to
ne nation than the almighty dollar.
y. RAWLINGS KELLEY,
washington. ID. c.. Feb. es.