Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-02
POSTOFFICE BUILDING
Sims Secr'es Passage Ia House
nc Bill


retained in the Omnibus Bill, which
was passed by the house, Jan
uary 10.
The proceedings with reference
to this item, taken from the Con-
gressional Record, as published be-
low, will be of interest to our
readers:
The clerk read as follows:
United States postoffice at
Huntingdon, Tenn, $685. 900.
"Mr. Frear. Mr.. Chairman, /
move to strike out the item.
The Chairman, The clerk will
report the amendment.
THE clerk read as follows:
Amend, on page IL, by striking
out lines 8 and 10.
Mr.. Frear. move to strik Q
out the paragraph. Mr.. Chairman,
the only data that / shall submit
on that item are that which has
been furnished 10 regard to these
and all other items which are sub
ject to the same objection. Before
do that | wish to make one sug.
gestion that weare emitted to make,
and that is that there is no dispo-
sition to obstruct ordinary legisIa-
ton or sake up unnecessary time.
This item refers to Hunting
don, Tenn. The population in 1910,
according to statistics before me,
was Zip. The postal receipts for
10 Is were $4,427. The estimated
cost to the government for carry
ing on or maintaining the building
is $500 per annum.
Mr.. Sims. Mr.. Chairman,
do not ask any gentlemen to vote
for this bill on my account. | have
been serving in this house 20 years
Oh the 4th of next March. There
has never been but one public
building built in my district within
that time.and that cost $4,000.
Now, the town of Huntingdon
is in Carroll County, Tennessee. |
Carroll county is one of the most
reliable Republican counties in my |
state, and even this city of Hunt
ingdon is a Republican city. Seven
nominees of the opposition parties
that have run against me in the 20
years that / have been in congress
we're from Carroll county; both
the first and last one we're from
Carroll county. | succeeded the
Hon. John e. Mccall, who was
d Republican member of the fifty
fourth congress. He was a citizen
and native of this town. He is
now an honored and distinguished
district Judge of the United States
court for the western district of
Tennessee.
but there is matter of senti-
ment in this matter. Before COM
ing to that will state about the
receipts. The receipts for the last
quarter of last year as reported by
the chairman of the committee
we're 1850. If that rate of in
crease continues the receipts will
soon amount to $4,000.
"A site had been acquired and it
took two bills to do it. The first
amount appropriated was $1,000,
but for that price we could not get
a corner site. And then there was
an additional bill authorizing it to
be built in the middle of the square
and not on the corner of the pub
lie square.
THE town was the home town
OF my beloved and deceased friend,
James q. Courts, clerk of the COM
mittee on appropriations. who
came into the public service OF
this house 80 years ago. did not
introduce the bill on my own sug-
gestion, because there are other
towns in my district there are
Democratic towns-where build
I;ngs are needed. Mr.. Courts
brother-in-Iaw, who was then and
now IS mayor OF the city, a staunch
Republican. asked and begged me
to do this. and I did it; and ! will
stand by it to the last. Mr.. Courts
has saved to this government, by
,vav IF an economic and efficient
service. a sum far greater than any
Sndividual member in this house
- II the other end OF this Capitol
has ever saved it. This Is a me
mortal to a man who advised the
syreat committee on appropriations
ss its clerk and who assisted that
r =, committee in its conferences
ssith the senate. / appeal TO you
u waive YOUR arbitrary, technical
= as to the question OF
nee - :nts and construct the building,
! nads what was in the nature OF
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