Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-01
any consequence in the United States
he said
Attacks the Newspapers.

any III the 1hitN0 StoNNN'
he said.
Attacks the Newspapers.
1.-THE papers here attempt to blind peo-
pie to the real facts he continued. add
ing that in other cities. state and county
assessments. etc. added together make
taxes greater than the tax here
The tax here is greater on the little
homes than il should be- The tax on the
rich homes is too small. Forty thousand
homes here are overtaXed. During the
investigation into the tax system here
only one man had the courage to walk
up and say he was undertaXed and that
was Clifford Pinchot and l give him great
credit.
Mr.. Johnson said that less than a dozen
men had been responsible for getting the
half-and half principle enacted into law.
he again referred to Rock Creek Park
and said that there was no law to con-
done the fact that no assessments for
Dement'S had been made against the prop
erty surrounding Rock Creek Park. THE
assessment asst. commission never made re-
port he said.
The system of parks here We're con-
ceited by the real estate operators he
declared
Compliments Mr.. Borland.
He said that the federal government
was getting the little end of the bargain
In many Of the items in the District of
Columbia appropriation bill He congrat-
ulated Representative Borland on bring
ing in an amendment to ''equalize taxes -
III this bill reduces the expenses of
me government from one-half to one
tnlrd. then | say the man who got it be
lore the House is to be CONGRATULATED
from one end of the land to another
lie said the real estate men are respon-
siDle for the half-and-half plan. and
mat the people in the middle walks of
lie are not battling for the half-and-
half plan.
lie was applauded generally when he
TOOK his seat at the end of a forty-fiye-
minute speech.
Progress of the PAIRING.
lie amendment to prevent the District
commissioners from employing outside
architects in designing school buildings
etc, was voted down after The Stars
report of yesterday had closed Repre-
sentative Cox made a point of order
against the installation of telephones at
the Districts expense in the residences
or the superintendent of sewers the SUI
perintendent Of the water department., the
chief of the fire department. the super
intendent of police, the health department
ana the secretary of the board of chart
tles. Representative Lobeck of Nebra ska
told the committee that no up-to-date
city required its officials of emergency
departments to pay for their telephone
service, but the point of order was sus-
tanned.
Representative Johnson knocked out on
point of order the proposition in the
bill reading:
The part of Goth street northwest in
the District of Columbia beginning at
Park road and extending north along the
VEST SIDE OF square 2617 to the north end
or said square shall hereafter be desig-
mated Park road; and the part of said
10Th street beginning at Park road and
extending south along square o604 to
Adams, Mill road shall hereafter be desig-
mated Walbridge place"
neRresentatiye Taylor of Ohio,
member OF the subcommittee which
made up the bill, explained that an
error had been made in naming streets.
which this paragraph would correct
However, the point of order was sus-
tanned.
Asphalt Plant Knocked Out
The new asphalt plant went out of
the bill in jiffy as soon as Representa-
tive Gregg of Pennsylvania and Repre-
sentative Johnson of Kentucky could
arise and make points of order Repre-
sentative Burleson Immediately substi-
tuted a paragraph providing for a
Seven-thousa nd five-hundred- dollar porta-
bic asphalt plant to do resurfacine. Mr.
Johnson made an objection to this also
saying that it was but the entering of the
camels head and that the whole beast
itself would soon leap into the District S
tent.
Representative Redfield told him that
if it was q camel's head. it was the head
of a very good camel. Mr. Redfield said
he had done as much as any man in driv
ing the asphalt trust from Brooklyn,
where he had been commissioner Of pub
lie works. and said he knew from expert
ence that municipal asphalt plants are
good things. This item was passed by
temporarily. Representative Johnson
tried to knock out the new S16i,GN bridge
across Rock creek on the lines of Penn
sylvania avenue, but his point was over
ruled after the parliamentary law cover
ing the case had been interpreted by
Chairman Roddenbery of Georgia.
Representative Redfield caused the COM
mittee of the whole House to go back TO
the item for an increase in the salary of
a clerk in the purchasing division of the
District government. The proposed in
crease from s., 200 to S1.4.D had been
knocked out. Representative Redfield
said he had personal knowledge that this
man deserved every dollar of the increase
and the committee rescindfd its former
action. The increase stayed in the bill.
Representative Johnson made d point of
order against the paragraph which would
transfer some of the governments land
to the commissioners to be used in MAX
ing approaches to the proposed Rock
Creek bridge. Representative Johnson
termed it an attempt to give away the
public domain and his point sus-
tanned.