Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-25
Lively Controversy Over Item
in the Sundry Civil
Bill.
DEMOCRATIC CRITICISM
LIMITS USE OF CARS
Representative Howard Of Georgia
Leads Opposition to Motors
for Public Officials.

If there is any virtue in the old saying
that your ears burn when some one is
talking about you, Public Printer Ford
must have felt a fairly warm ting}ing
yesterday when the anti-motor car asso-
citation of the House of Representatives
held one of it's regular sessions to criti-
else Mr.. Ford for having the audacity. as
a democrat. to ride in an automobile at
public expense.
Representatives Howard of Georgia,
Quin of Mississippi and Fowler OF ILL
nois. all regular members OF the asso-
ciation used up considerable time In tell
ing the rest of the democrats how Public
Printer Ford's electric coupe with
G. P o. coat of arms las big as soda
biscuit would rise like Banquo's ghost
at election time to plague the democra-
cy'' and with solemnity the House voted
to amend the sundry civil bill so as to
limit the public printers electric pas
senger car to the carriage of freight only
Two at His Disposal.
Representative Howard started the dis
cussion by calling attention to the 1act
that Public Printer Ford has at his dis
posal two magnificent $4,000 eleculc
passenger coupes'' Representative How
ard regularly criticises government Of
fetal who rides in an automobile, ana
Mr.. Ford received the attention OF MIR.
Howard yesterday. Mr.. Howard was
perfectly consistent in his denunclatlon
Under republican administration Rep
resentative Howard blamed republicanism
for the increase in motor vehicles among
public officials, but he frankly confessed
he was at a loss to understand why a
mere public printer should have two auto
mobiles when cabinet members have only
one-even then under the protest OF the
anti-motor vehicle association OF the
House of Representatives.
Representative Howard said that the
most fragrant abuse of the motor VENICE
is to be found in the War Department,
and, returning to the public printer ma
chine, he exclaimed.
What has made the public printer so
great that he has to have two si,ooo
machines at his beck and call day ana
night. and two chauffeurs at his COM
mand? He has the coat of arms OF the
government printing Office on these auto
mobiles as big as soda biscuit
Little Fellows May Ask Next.
After a while not only the higher Of
ficials, but the little fellows as well. will
want automobiles. The veterinary sur
geons win want 5000 car to go see
a sick COW at the Soldiers Home. II
you were to kill off all Washington by
automobiles, so per cent would probably
be killed by government officials driving
cars paid for with the peoples money.
1t was explained by member that one
of these cars. at least. was used for
taking money for the pay roll to the
printing office, which moved Representa-
tive Sims of Tennessee to inquire whether
the employees would strike if their pay
was brought to them in buggy or
taxicab. and he ended up his vociferous
speech by an appeal for democratic SIM
plicity which knows no automobiles
At this point Representative Mondell of
Wyoming interjected the remark that he
was surprised to hear democrats criticise
Public Printer Ford. as he claimed that
Mr.. Ford is SO good democrat that ne
believes in Diminishing all the republicans
to give democrats jobs. This sarcasm
had its effect as the comparison brought
a round of applause from several demo-
Gratis who believe that the victors should
have all the spoils. 4aa. q