Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-08
Pork BarreI''
 Disbursements
CONNECTICUT NOT GETTING A
 SQUARE DEAL
DONOVAN's COMPLAINT
Congressman Declares that Washing ton, a State of Equal Population, Gets s5o0,ooo for Four Towns.
Especial to The Bulletin.)

Washington, Sept. 7.-Whil the house was discussing the deficiency appro- priation bill the other day and Repre- sentative Gillett of Massachusetts was berating the democratic majority for increasing the salary of the president S secretary. while they had opposed a like increase for the sa4ary of President Taft, Representative Jeremiah Dono- van asked if he would yield for 8 mo- ment. MT. Gillett replied that the gen. tieman from Connecticut could get time from his own side when MT Don- oyan said: Perhaps I am on the gen. tleman's side" MT. Donovan said he only wanted about eight seconds or a minute, and MT. GiLiett yielded the floor to him for that length of time, and MT. Donovan said:
 Present Sscretary's Large Family.
 eff the gentleman will stop to think he will see that the occasion of it was to reward virtue; that in giving the in creased salary the gentleman mentions they were following the dictates of na- ture, because the present secretary has six or seven children and the other one none. It was really an honorable act to do-to reward nature, to reward virtue, to reward humanity-and l am surprised that the distinguished gentle man from Massachusetts should find error in it."
 
 fault with the increase of salary, but was only calling attention to the fact that the party now in the majority op- posed similar increase a few months back.
 Want Our Share of Fork Barrel"
 While the provision of the bill that provides for an increase in the office of the supervising architect was un- der consideration and Representative e If hi, TlIo ing for an increased amount for a city In his district Mn Donovan said that he wished to call the attention of the gentleman from Washington to the fact that some of the members of the house were very careless when they one state In the Union that has had it's share out of the pork barrel it is the state of Washington The state of Washington and the state of ConnecH- cut, from which I hail. are about equal in population and wealth, according to the books. The last congress gave the state of Washington $S,83G, 900, and it gave the state of Connecticut beg gaFfy S40o, 900 The people of the north west were very eager whenN they put their hands on the public treasury, get ting nearly half million dollars for public buildings in four towns with population of less than 10,09o. Now they are growing because they did net get more"
 Washington Gets it All.
 MT. Hunphries asked how much the state of Connecticut had received be- fore the state of Washington was ad- Izlftted into the Union. Mr. Donovan said he did not know, neither did he know how many cities there were in Connecticut having a population Of more than 10, coo, but he did know that "the menent your people got into the trough the question of the pork barrel was over, for you took it all Again I repeat that in that part of the United States early half million dollars was contributed to four towns for public k1lIeiings wikh & total population of lass than 10000 peopfe''
 The incease for the force in the arch itect's office was allowed.