The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-26
DONOVAN CALLED nBATTLE SCARREDu
 VETERAN IN HOUSE
Special to The Farmer.)


 Washington, Aug 25-Representa- tive Donovan of Connecticut scored in 1 the House today when it was decided l by a vote of 214 to P to deduct mem- beTs, pay for each day they were ab- | sent. MT. Donovan, who has been the | leader in the fight, made a, two-ninute 1 speech in which he complimented Re publican Leader Mann for his own l steady attendance. but declared that l he was negligent in allowing his col i leagues of the minority ito remain l away from Washington and draw their pay. Leader Oscar Underwood introduced 1 the resolution to deduct for the days that members are away There were 194 ahsentees when the vote was talk en. The 214 who voted yes are prinei- 1 pa11y the members who have stayed on the job with the President in all kinds of weather during the past year, The House leaders have hoped all along that the speeches made by. MT. Donovan, with whom they were in accord upon the question, vvould bring those who persisted in remaining away to their senses. and the attendance has been getting larger right along uptil the past few weeks when there has been 3. dropping off.
 MT. Donovan in his two minute speech said: ''I hope the speaker will not put his eye on the watch too soon. I am going to read what should be under the hair of every member of this House:
 1t is not right as see it for a man to take the Government money for the discharge of Ntne duties of an of flee, and then neglect the duties of that office. do not propose to neglect the duties of that office and go on the lecture platform and lecture for money
 "That is the language used by a re- rspected member Of this House, one of the greatest presiding officers Speaker C1arkl a democratic form of govern ment has ever had. CApp1ause3, and each and every member here ought to remember those plain, wholesome words.
 ''Mr. Speaker, this is a most pecu- liar spectacle which we have wit nessed here, one after another mem. mer getting up and using the personal pronoun. There is none to be used. You took the oath to perform the du- ties pertaining to the office, not. to evade them. And the gentleman from Illinois tA1r. Mann) has been many time wrong, most influential as he is. If he had insisted upon his associates being as faithful in the performance Of the duties as he, himself has been, most of them would have been here, and let kme say right here, and it is. not hattery, because it is a fact, it is
 
 man attends to his duty like the gen tleman from Illinois (applause1 and no man has the knowledge of the duties of his office compared to him, and still he is criminal when he winks his eye and allows his associates to evade the law (applau use.1 He allowed his. lieutenant to go home for four months at a time to become a governor Of a great state. and he is criminal when he allows his lieutenant to take a trip to Europe, with his Knowledge and consent. and without objection, and then he picks out an unsophisticated member from some other state and holds him up a picture to be scold- ed, as a. picture to be scorned, as a picture to be the subject of this reso-s lution..
 Our. friends on the other side of the chamber tell us that they have the brains, they tell us that they have the ability, they tell us that they should have the care of all the finance, all of the commerce, and all of the virtue there is in this country, and they set an example for us by neglect ing their duties.
 They tell us that it is, necessary, The gentleman from Massaehusetts' CAfr. Gi1lette) is the person who told US that the presence of a minority. prevented abuses. Where is he? What a pfcturel The gentleman from H.
 
 for two weeks, and the first voice from him this morning was the point of no quorum, Iaughter.) Well, he could not have made many times in the last nine weeks, when he has been here only fourteen days, and those days afforded the only chance he has had9of making it.
 .tHe announced his presence here to- day with, MT. Spea aker.9 no quorum But the gentleman from Illinois, the leader, is to blame for this condition, for he acquiesced to his colleagues 3ab- sence. (Applause)
 Last Oetobef attention was called to absenteeism in this body by myself, nearly a year ago.
 The speaker here announced that 1 the time of the gentleman from Con- necticut had expired and MT. Donovan took his seat.
 For once I agree with the battle scared veteran from Connecticut 2 said Representative Johnson of Wash ington, who followed in a, speech. 1 W 0EEKnQN pnVc