El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-05
By MONTAGUE GLASS.

: amt got such a cinch like some people
think, understand II the bureau
/ for paying allowances TO the relations
I of soldiers sends over and asks the
secretary Of the treasury TO be SO good
and let EN- have for q few days S.
600, 900, understand me, you would
naturally think that Il is one OF them
dead open and shut why-certatnly
propositions. The impression you
have Is that the secretary grabs ahold
Of the phone, and says to the head Of
stock to look on the third shelf from
! the elevator shaft IS there any more
OF them million dollar bills with the
picture Of Rutherford B. Hays on 'em
! left, and II not, TO send Jake up with
500 Of them SKI inch ten thousand dol
lar bills. and that's all there IS to It
but as a matter OF fact he doesn't do
nothing OF the kind. because nobody
could get any money out OF the secre-
tary OF the treasury except by an act
OF congress.
Beating the Police To IT.
'Well, it's nothing against Mr.. Glass
that he Is such a tightwad, Mawruss.
because that's the kind OF man to
have as secretary OF the treasurer,
Mawruss, which suppOsing they had
one Of them easy-come easy-go fellers
for secretary Of the treasurer, Nav
russ-somebody would fall for every
hard luck story he hears, y'under-
stand, and how long IS Il going to be
before the police is asking him what
did he do with Il allT" Abe said. so,
for my part. Mawruss they could
abuse M Glass all they want to,
understand, but I would be Just as
wen satisfied so far as my income
taxes is concerned, II the only way you
could get money out OF him was by a
miracle instead OF an act Of congress.
An I right OF wrong2
DO me the favor, Abe" Norris said,
I'll L. - ~
a subject about which you don't know
nothing about, because when I say
that nobody could get money out Of
Carter Il. Glass except by an act OF
congress, understand. amt talking
poeticsl in manner OF speaking.
They must actually got to got an act
Of congress before anybody could get
any money out OF the secretary OF the
treasurer, no matter II Mr. Glass
would be the most generous Teller in
existence, which for all I know. he
might be So therefore. Abe. when con-
gress adjourned before passing the acts
which was necessary in order that the
secretary OF the treasurer should pay
the railroads $3.50. 000, 900 TO keep EN-
going understand, not 70 mention
such chicken feed ike 100000 for
this here soldiers relations bureau
and the like, Il leaves the country
practically broke with seven OF eight
billion dollars in the bank Now do
you understand what an driving
intoZ'
Wilson and Congress.
7 think I do Abe said. but ex-
plain Il 10 me just as II I didn't be-
cause what is a mystery to me IS.
why did congress adjourn without
passing them acts Mawruss?"
They did Il to put Mr.. Wilson IN
had on account he went to Europe
without calling an extra session"
Norris said
Z though congress got paid by the
year and not by the session" Abe re-
marked
so they do" Morris continued, hut
they said they wanted to stay IN ses-
sion while Mr.. Wilson was IN Europe
to help him. and Mr. Wilson thought
they wanted to stay In session while
he was IN Europe TO knock him, and
he said: Watch I'll fix them fsilers.'
and they said: Watch Wen fix that