Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1910 — EXTRAVAGANCE ALSO REBUKED. [ARTICLE]

EXTRAVAGANCE ALSO REBUKED.

Congressman Cu I lop Believes People of Maine Knew the Truth. Representative W. A. Cullop, of Vincennes. regards the outcome of the Maine elect km with unusual satisfaction, for one of the issues involved In the overwhelming defeat of the Republican party in that State was national extravagance, which is one of Representative Cullop’s favorite themes: Commenting on the Democratic victory in Maine, he said: “One of the issues of the campaign In Maine which has just closed with victory for the Democrats was the extravagance of the Republican party!. This issue is a prominent one and la siding the Democrats everywhere In their campaign against the Republican “Doubtless, the people of Maine knew of an Ham of egpenee found in the annual report of the secretary of the Senate of the Uhited States, on page 234, connected with the trip to Senator Allison's funeral, from Washington City to Chicago. This Item reads: ‘For incidental expenses, including postage, ,333*60.’ in the language of the late lamented Ches Faulkner, of Ripley county, T wonder what them incidentals is!’ "It will be seen by the above Item that the Republican party, through its

Ugh officials, is paying Ups on parlor and sleeping cars and In hotels out of the public treasury^- This is but a small item, but it shows the recklessness with which the Republican party treats the people's money. What right has a public official to pay tor incidental expenses and Ups out of the public treasury? And yet, by this item, it will be seen the Republican party is doing so. “Again, under items of waste, evidently the people of Maine do not approve of the appropriation of SB,OOO made at the last session of Congress for the maintenance of four horses and two rigs for the secretary of state’s office for one year. It is also evident that the voters of Maine do not approve of paying $75.00 per month for winding four clocks Ixi the House of Representatives and the United States Senate. It is also evident that the voters of Maine -do not indorse the policy of extravagance practiced by the Repnbllcan party in paying out of the public treasury money for cab hire to haul United States Senators home from sessions of the Senate It is also plainly evident that the voters of Maine do not approve of the Republican party in paying out of the public treasury $14,000 for lemonade for the Senators to drink during the consideration of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. U is also manifest that the voters of Maine do not approve of the extravagance of the Republican party in paying $2,861 out of, the public treasury for a stand at the national capitol for the United States Senators to stand on to witness the inaugural ceremonies of President Taft.”