The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-13
HAZING A TEXAS STATES
MAN.
He Sought 10 Reduce Salaries and In
crease Texas Appropriations.

He sought to Reduce salaries and In
crease Texas Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, May 12.--It Is doubtful
II Or. Jacob n. G%allinger. senior Sena-
tor from New Hampshire, In all Of his
forty-four years in public life. GER
tainly not In his quarter Of a century
In the Senate, ever had a more enjoy
able time than when the other day he
got the notion into his amiable mind
to have a bit Of fun at the expense OF
Senator Sheppard OF Texas.
Senator Kenyon had just begun his
extended remarks intended not to ex-
pedite the passage OF the river and
harbor bill. when Senator Sherman,
in order to give him a running start.
30 to say, gravely asked him. In view
Of the $42. 000.0 900 the bill proposed to
spill chiefly into babbling brooks. II he
would refer to some Of the methods
OF thumbscrew taxation that must be
resorted to In order to supply this de-
%fciency." which Senator Kenyon had
spoken OF as affecting the Treasury.
or curse the grave Senators had
not rehearsed. had not planted any
thing. but Senator Kenyon responded
briskly:
In such . preoarious condition IL the
Federal Treasury that my good friend
from Texas tMr. shsp-ardl on the iith
day Of January, 1916. stimulated by this
spirit OF economy. introd uced q bill pro
vidins for temporarily reducing the
salaries Of persons In the Federal service.
In which he recited-and that was very
apropos to the present condition Of the
Treasury
And Senator Kenyon was &c sur
prisingly well prepared for Rotations
that he proceeded to recite Senator
Sheppard's bill providing for docking
the pay Of every man and woman In
Government employment. from Presi-
dent down to the 81. 200 a year clerks.
from 2 to IL per cent. Of salary. army
navy. judiciary. civil employees. the
whole three or four hundred thousand
Of them.
Then DR.. Gallinger jumped into the
discussion. THAT BILL he said. refer
ring TO Senator S%heppard's all around
salary docking bill:
That bill was introduced on the nth
day Of January. a. l recall. on the 18th
day Of January the Senator from Texas
who was COINS to sAve something TO the
Treasury. introduced a bill approrriatlng
$3.50. 900 for q Federal building a; Browns.
! willie. Tex; STS. 900 for one at Chidress.
Tex: $4,000 for one at Huntsville. Tex
$4,000 for one 81 Memphis. Tex and
S 5000 for one At Canadian. tex
Mr.. Kcnyon-Has tho Senator over
looked the one At Huntsville. Tex. whcrs
an appropriation OF o'b. 900 was proposed
Huntsville having . population OF so72
people1
Mr.. o~a,inser-I stated ,has. Mr.. P-e.,.
dent.
Then they let Senator Sheppard ex-
plain a little. These towns might be
actually not Of nationwide Importance.
but their relative Importance was as
great as Cities Of 10000 IN the North
and East"
But Or. Gailinger was out for .
romp and would not be stopped.
Relative Importance was too vague
a term upon which to let h Discus
sion rest. He also was we'll pre-
pared:
Mr.. oaiiinge@rhs town Of Canadian.
In the state OF TEXAS. has i.sN people.
and there 10 IN appropriation OF $500
proposed for a public building The city
OF Memphis Texas, OF counsel. calls for
an Appropriation of s7S. 900. and they have
sN peopl. In that town. ami Hln'syill.
which calls for $4,000. has actually :.O7c
people. They ar. doing pretty well. The
only place that has a population rurrc'-nt,
AZ I think, to warrant a public building Is
Brownsville. where they have o 1000 peo-
pie. [~Brownsvilie calls Tor" $3.50. 600. J
But what attracted my attention-and I
thought Il was !nadver.encs probably,
on the part o: my genial friend from
Texas-was that he offered the very ex-
traordina-y and. as I think. indefensihls
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