The Washington herald., 1913-02-02

ton. Ny people pay for their own schooi-
ing and policing and then we come down
here and throw into the laps OF people
who are Weather than my people a GER
tain portion for the purpose of providing
water. light, and everything else.
What 1 want to say Is. I'm conclusion,
that there is no city Of the size in the
group between 900. 900 and 100000 where the
per capita wealth is as great as in wash
ington. That being true, what excuse
can any one give for taking money from
the people of some other city to defray
the expenses of the fellows in this cityY'
Representative Taylor OF Ohio. a MEM
Der OF the subcommittee of the Appro-
priations Committee, answered Judge
Prouty briefly. He said he was opposed
to vital legislation being tossed bodily
upon the floor of the House to be re-
1ected or passed on little or no informa-
tfun or on misinformation.
Mr.. Taylor waxed decidedly wroth over
the unfairness of part Of the attack
against the District. and, shaking his fist
at the Democrats, shouted. THE only
way to get rid of paying anything to the
District is by paying nothing on the Fed
eral taxes II you don't want to support
the District of Columbia, you must give up
smoking. drinking. chewing, and import
ing
st. Louis Willing to Take burden.
Representative Sisson clinched his
argument against the present system Of
taxation by announcing that ST. Louis
would be glad to have the National Cap
ftal there to help out her breweries. No
one charged that the wish was father to
the thought In Mr.. Sisson's case Cullop
of Indiana, Who recently introduced an
amendment to the legislative bill to
knock the civil service gally west and re-
turn to the spoils system in the post-of-
fee establishment. spoke in much the
same vein, Mr.. Cullop being one of our
leading Democratic reactionaries. He
calls II getting back to the soil.
Representative Sims of Tennessee, who
naturally does not feel particularly friend
ly toward the inhabitants of the District
since Charles c. Glover nailed him to the
mast a few days ago. asserted that there
was a dollar and cents morality here.
When they gave up their VOTE he
said. they exchanged II for reduced tax
ation," Mr.. Sims sense of justice. un-
suIlied from contrast with filthy wealth,
seemed, however. to justify the breaking
Of this bargain by the United States. alb
rogating the reduced taxation. and keep
ing what. according to him. the people Of
the District gave in exchange for 1.-THE
right OF suffrage.
Representative Redfeld of New York
said: "One of the most shocking things
I have ever seen Is the way improve
ments are made to streets, giving prop
erty owners the immediate benefit and
yet not paid for"
Representative Burleson brought the
committee back to the amendment on
which they were talking. There is
nothing new in this plan" he said the
only thing is whether or not II is unfair.
Mr.. Borland proposes that abutting
property shall pay fraction OF the cost
of street paving. In some places the
property owner pays all. i don't want
To abandon completely the half and half
plan. but / do want to correct the in
equalities. ! am a friend OF Washington
and don't want the half and half plan
abandoned, but I do want to eliminate
certain injustices SO that the plan will be
maintained. II We correct the inequali-
ties tbis half and half plan will continue
until Washington becomes the greatest
and grandest of cities"
KNOCK Out Bathing Beach.
Consideration OF the appropriation bill
itself was taken up late in the afternoon
and only fifteen pages were read. Rep
resentative Fowler of Illinois, continuing
his objections of Friday. made point
OF order against the item of $4,000 for
investigating the collection and disposal
Carlin OF Virginia is understood to be
interested in this item. which was passed
over until he could be present
Representative johnson knocked the
bathing beach entirely out of the bill
He said the appropriation was not in
accordance with existing law. Represent
ative Saunders of virginia reminded him
that it was an appropriation for a pub
lie work, and Mr.. Johnson retorted that
it was public graft. referring to the
practice of receiving fees for swimming
lessons.
Fowler knocked out the item to erect
a storehouse on Square So, on the old
B. & o. right of way. He also OBJ
jected to the item of 81, ZOO for an engi-
neer in the Armstrong Manual Training
School He said II should be 1.3oo. be-
cause the engineer at the Mckinley Man
ual Training School had been raised
slightly. In order to thwart Mr.. Fowler,
the committee rose at that point.