The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-26
DR. ADDS
NIIln LETTER
The Senat y. trr.L,,!s.I

Inc Senat trrss
Washingto d. Jam Ia. 4g2s
The y. s. Senate Il as lyp u, On. il. t,,5st
The case may be led q Afspbayn,v
WI. the Senate III ,a rjrifra statsss
ind the Senate lost ts c.sa ~ 4 'y.Its
Of AS to 41. Havm ? 4etiied 10 lns,a
It's case and to Sci NJ. NsWbeyr,,.
4 the Senate majority .ttachea The fct-
lowing confession: a.&
That whether tue aa,o,,nS
expended III thit pr4rnaly y33s
$1a5, 900, as was frl7y repertes
OF openly aclmow &c 4&d, or WIZ
ther there were IS f1,e few Ehous
and dollars in exc,,ss, the aneu1<
expended was IN eitlsar case to-
largo, much larger H., ought +o
have been expendad The d.:
2 pend ditrre Oh such exc s4vs ~s,r1>
il behAlf 0f q c;,nt.- date eithcr
with or without lis knowledge
and consent, beint contrary. Il.
sound public polity, }41rnfuI t.
the honor and dign " 3l tbs Sen.
ate, and dangerors 4, the .ner
petuity of d free b. ,s,o.osr4t@ $;ucf
excessive expenditaa &5 are here
0 by severely condea n"3 md dis
approved. "a
;4 Will that soothe Il puhlir wrath
! Unfortunately the enti S moi, yet reach
ed Tor the final Verde - ts4 5e passed
by the voters who haye also been sit
ting as jurors on this easa What ts
the American voters ser? Wsll 1hcy
indOrse Or condemn sssle nins RepaJ-1
lican Senator'S who refused b. vote
with the party leaders, but TODD
squarely on the issue ot honest elec-
tions I The nine VIII stood ou' and
were joined by . sod Denoe atieI
vote were: E
Borah, Capper, 3. .nes, kenvon,
Ladd, LaFollette, Nor eck. Morn and
Sutherland.
Extravagance at BanEiRg He'd
zszzs. .s-s. 5si quarter
It is now charged that tine Fe1srni
Reserve Bank being i@raetet. la New
York is estimated to- cost $25. + 5000
or 60 per cent more titan H. ii, pstcl
Of the United States at Was. xro1. I
II is further charged that r; aIaf-
les OF its aofficers Ii aht%: i. per
cent more than the aIaount '~ ~srged
which already seems inc. Table. !
Senator Overman, discusSin" On the
Senate hoor the extravasa lse 81 !
money, had the followine to ~ with
regard TO the Federal Ra$e}vA Sys~ !
tenn and the manner i w}ic,. it's af- /
fairs are being conducted:
"Mr. President, thin tse ssreat~
est piece of construct. - slatio,
passed in hundred bear 5asa stlaa !;
Federal Reserve Act. It 'ias pro- .
badly avoided many pal,ics it helped .
us to- carry on the wa. That bill
was passed in the nterast5 Of the peo- 4,
pie. On account of certain charges !
made on the floor Of e. Geolate and
in the press throughoJt ne country
of an amazing waste f money and
extravaganza on the part of certain :
Federal reserve banks, introduce &
resolution asking the Fedsr&. Reserve
board whether those ,hargez gee
true OF not. Their report in reply &C.,
that resolution has come ia, and /
wish Senators would read il There
are some of the most amazing state-
ments contained in it n One statement
is that they have spent moro than
.$17, ,O00, 900 for q bank building in
New York, the finest, most extraya-
giant bank building in the world, cost
ing more than any public building in
Washington; more than the Capitol
IN which we sit here, which cost $15,-
900, 900. They paid the arachitect and
engineer more than $1,0O0, 900. They
appropriated $500, 900 for furniture.
In the last few years they have spent
$36, 600, 600 for public buildings in
various places. in the country. Be-
sides that they have increased salar-
les since 1919 when everybody else
was reducing salaries. Ia an amaz-t /
ing manner they have increased the
salaries Ia tho several districts III an i
amount IN excess of $1,000, 900. =
They have been making SO much pro-
fit after getting the law amended SO
they could retain 100 per cent surplus,
that they did not know what to do
with II, 50 they are wasting il BY In
creasing salaries over $7 ,OOO, 900 since
1919, and by erecting these extravag-l
ant,ma gnifcent buildings .one Of which
cost more than any public building inl
Washington, more than the Capitol it-
self. =