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from duty and his temporary com­
mission be taken from him. Sum-
marlxed, the recommendation stated
"It is a case of being a fool or a
knave.»’
When the war was over.
officer was still retained as one of
the Army's leading business men.
“To note one of his many transac­
tions," the article states, "we quote
SENIORITY
from a travel order Issued December
8, 1920, directing him to porceed
on a mission 'in connection with the
By CONGRESSMAN GUY U. HARDY
GROSS NEGLIGENCE SHOWN IN sale of 10,000,000 pounds of surplus
canned meat.» ”
HANDLING OF ARMY
Other startling exerpts from the
Copyrlaht. 1»X Wwl«ra N«»apop«r Uaioa
American Legion charges follow:
SUPPLIES
"One of the methods by which
the government has sustained hea­
Seniority or length of service has his work and memory. Here again the
vy losses is through Baes to favored long been a controlling factor in many economical tendency of congress is
firms
without
competition
by thing» In the house of representative». shown, us the day set Is always a Sun­
means of 'negotiated' or ‘informal’ I suppose It baa always been so more day when other business Is not up for
bids. Many such corporations have or less, and it is a little more so now consideration. The speeches deliv­
ered on this occasion are published in
been shoestring affairs in which than formerly, if possible.
Articles Sold At Less Than Cost ex-army officers and ex-employees
A member gets his office room in the the Congressional Record, and a little
of War Department sales branches house office building, his seat at com­ booklet containing them Is made Up,
Later Bought Back At
mittee tables, his rank on his commit­ each member being given a few
have been heavily interested.”
Market Prices
"January 7, 1920, 517,104 yards tee, his chairmanship of committee, copies.
The other day I looked up a copy of
of O. D. waterproof duck which cost bls place a» a conferee on conference
»1.93 a yard was declared surplus, committees of the house and senate, one of these memorials for a gentle­
Washington, Sept, 30.—The gov- and five days later 239,104 yards of and many other little favors and big man in Pueblo. It was the memorial
H. opport unities for Influence through address on the life ami character of
eriiment paid 4 3.8 cents a pound it wan sold by ‘negotiation’ to
Janies N. Burns of Missouri, delivered
for roast beef which was later sold Miller & Co. of New York, a firm seniority.
There was a time when the Bpeaker February 23, 1889. Although this wa»
to Philadelphia broker» for 1.6 prominent in surplus transaction»»,
a had some choice in fixing up coinmit- over 33 yeurs ago, I was surprised to
cents; once in private hands, this whose backers operated under
beef went on the market at 9.1 half dozen different name». Miller tees and chairmanships. You heard note how many gentlemen spoke on
on Uncle Joe Cannon roundly “cussed” that day whose names are well known
cents a pound wholesale; but for the paid «5 1-4 cents a yard, but
to about his exercise of that privilege a to us of this day; and some of the
short time that the army wub in the Feb. 17 the price was reduced
few years -ago. Even then most of addresses are notable examples of elo­
retail store business, it sold this 4 7 >4 cents when Miller contended
the -chairmen were selected because quence. Ex-Speaker Henderson. Iiock-
the
material
was
‘
full
of
oil
and
has
same beef direct to the consumer tor
they had served longest on the com­ ery. Holman, Randall. Breckenridge,
more than 31 cents a pound. Such a bad smell.' Four days later much
mittees, But the »¡leaker had some Butterworth. Stone, Grosvenor. Cock­
was only one minor item in one ot this material was sold by H. Mil-
ler & Co. to Wilson D. Trueblood, latitude and he did make some lnde- rell, Voorhees, Hale. Gorman and
sale.
pendent appolntments In an effort to Vest. Surely an array of brilliant
a yard.
This charge was made public to­ Inc,, Chicago, for »1.41
put the ■ best qualified man In the mimes.
day by American Legiou officials in Trueblood Informed the Department place. , And often such appointment
It Is customary for congress to vote
of
Justice
it
was
in
good
condition
announcing that the American Le­
raised Cain. About twelve years ago a year’s pay to the widow of a de­
anil
he
was
able
to
re-sell
It
for
gion Weekly next Friday, in an ex­
there wns a revolution, Uncle Joe was ceased member.
pose of war and postwar profiteer­ »1.75.
defeated for speaker, new rules were
There are many deaths in congress.
“This is only one of a eerie» of adopted. Committee assignment» are
ing in meat, sugar and mosquito
I am told about eighteen a year, and
extraordinary
transactions
in
army
official
bars, w'll declare that
now made by a large committee on the dug on the house office building
Washington is considering the re­ duck which could be cited.’’
committees and the seniority rule Is tiles at half-mast a good deal of the
"How many soldiers or sailors of Closely adhered to. There has been
placement of incompetent men and
time.
our erstwhile fighting forces dis­ but one notable exception In years.
the punishment of the dishonest.
Ip the present congress there have
covered
taps
a
signal
to
crawl
un
­
The present chairman of appropria­ been twelve deaths and it is only
The article in the legion publi­
cation was written by Marquis der a nice new »4.65 mosquito bar tions was not the high man hut the about half over. They are a» follows:
James following weeks of investiga­ and mt-ke faces at the New Jersey second high man on the list.
Fred L. Blackmon of Alabama. Sam­
nlghtlngalei:?
If you
weren't
Chairmen of committees have much uel M. Tuylor of Arkunsas, John A.
tion and says in part:
the among them it may be because your power and influence In directing leiris- Elston of California, William E. Ma-
"In a transaction between
Quartermaster Corps and Thomas mosquito net was among the 2.313,- lation. They can help write legisla­ son of Illlnols, William II. Frunkhuu-
Robers & Co., brokers of Philadel- 000 such that an astonished Quar­ tion. help push It through the commit­ ser of Mlchlgan, Charles F. Van de
phla, 5,630,466 pounds of roast termaster Corps found to be on hand tee or hold it back. They have charge Water of California, Henry D. Flood
beef which cost 43.8 cents a pound after the Armistice, For these the of it od the floor. Many bills pass the of Virginia, Prince J. Kshlo Kalania-
»10,755,450. house In one form and the senate In naole of Hawaii, Lucian W. Parrish
netting a government had paid
wub Bold for 1.6 cents,
neat profit of a shade under 600 In December the Zone supply officer another. If one house refuses to ac­ of Texas and Samuel M. Brinson of
per cent, the government standing at New York was told to sell 100,-1 cept the amendments of the other, the North Carolina.
bill Is »ent to conference. Conference
a loss which amounted to »2,392,- 000 bar».’’
Two of these members committed
"The Atlantic Export Products committees Include three or five mem­ suicide and two were killed in auto­
948.05.
bers
from
each
house.
Tlie
house
con
­
"The foregoing is only a minor Company offered him 50 cents a bar
mobile accidents.
feree» now usually consist of two
item in one sule to this fortunate for 500.000 bars and sent in u cer- j
Over in the senate when a death oc-
tifled check for »25,000 to bind the | Republicans and one Democrat or
Philadelphia firm.
curs the governor of the state appoints
three
Republicans
and
two
Democrat»
"The War Department, praising agreement, and a few days later no­
who have served longest on the com­ a senator to fill the vacancy until the
the superior sagacity of its former tified the government it had dispos­
mittee. These conferees get together next regular state election. A consti­
Directir of Sales. K. C. Morse, twice ed of the burs to a Philadelphia »nd agree tn anything they cun nnd tutional auMudiueut has been suggest­ i
The government promptly,
indicted, culls Ills disposal ot sur­ firm.
report their findings back. The*- re­ ed to provide thut vacancies in the
A. H.
East-|
plus meat 'a feat believed impoHsl - cancelled the sale.
ports are usually accepted by both house should be tilled In like manner.
nioiid, vice -president of the Atlantic
Such on arrangement would save the
hl».'
>
houses.
“Why the iloberts trunHiiction, company, protested to Secretary Ba­
The seniority rule has been much states much money which special elec­
which took place shortly ufter Mr. ker, claiming unjust discrimination criticized, and then- Is room for crltl- tions necessarily cost.
Morse's retirement from govern­ and that the War Department offi­ clsm. But there Is something to be
ment service, and in which Mr. cials were out 'gunning for our »aid for It. Chairmen have the ad
Home Problem of Members.
Mor. -Cs private business associates treasurer'.’’
One of a congresman’s little troubles
vantage of long experience on their
"Eventually." the article shows, committee», If they nre not dubs they Is the home problem, getting a house
participated, was not altogether im­
possible Is something thut It is hard an offer from Cliuiles Cohen, of must have learned much about the to live in. Washington 1» the highest
New York, to buy all bars nt 17*4 business In hand, nnd usually dubs do priced city in the country. Property
to understand.
"When the Armistice came, men cents for new und 10 cents fol' re­ not renii.ln long in congress. Any and rents are high. If n man Is there
began to sift buck to the proper lev­ claimed, was snapped up the day other method of selection would start alone he can live at a hotel If he has
els whore normal standards obtain
the offer was made and the trans- log-rolling, build up machinery and a family' he must have a house or an
apartment. The hotels are high priced.
factions and breed strife and trouble.
ed. In the sale of our tirmy suiplus action concluded without competi
The old members are for the senior­ The houses and flat» are out of sight.
tlve blds.
property, n colossal business undei
What members pay for houses of
".Major W O Watts, executive of-> ity Hilo, and while the now members
' tuking Involving billions of dollars
no such reaction to normal Is noted. fleer, surplus property division, pro-, may be critical. I rather fancy we will course depends upon what they get
and want to pay. Several members
tested In n memorandum to hi.-, never get far awn.v from It.
There was no war.
pay $7..'X)0 a year rent, and quite a
However,
lifter
all
Is
said.
It
does
chief
against
the
nature
of
the
mo»-j
had passed.
number ¡my from $3,<300 to $5,000 Of
"There 1» Earnest C. Morse, dur- quito bur mid other sales, which sometimes appear that seniority ami
course they do not live on their
ing whose tenure us Assistant Direc
brought un investigation mol critl- long service have more Influence and
salaries. They get something from
tor of Sales the Government dispos­ cisin by Limit. Col. W. C. Jones, power In the house >f representatives
back home
The n embers who try
than brilliancy and ability.
ed of nearly a billion and threequur cunlldentiul officer ot the Quarter
to live,on their salaries, or nearly so,
ter dollar»' worth of material»,, ano muster General.
pay from $150 to $250 a month for
we nre Informed by the War Depart­
“8o fust did the army get rid of WHEN A CONGRESSMAN DIES a furnished house. And you don't
ment that the bulk ot these soles Camel clguret tes, 9,000.000 packs
get ns much In Washington for $300
When a congressman dies the house a month as you can get In Colorado
were made under the direct »upor- being sold to the R J. Reynolds lo-
vision of Mr
Morse, What other bacco Coinpaiiy, which made them. sidemnly passe- a resolution of ae- cities for $50.
merchant is there who iti a year has for 6 1-3 cents each, (which did know lodgment un<! then adjourns. But
Within the moderate prices, houses
usually by common consent the reso- are very hard to get and usually un­
done u billion dollar business?
t he com
not Include the 6 ceuti
"When the government lffi.l
a pany had to pay later as u stump lutton Is held on the speaker's desk desirable Most residence property In
billion dollar business to do did it tux) that in less than a year the until the business ot the day has been Washington Is built In rows—houses
select a commercial figure of ade­ army com in Imai les were culling for completed, and at about 5 or 5 :#n In solid blocks like store buildings.
read, passed They are usually 17 to 20 feet wide,
quate magnitude?
Did it offer Caiuals. The army bought them o'clock the resolution
$50.000 <>r »500."00 as the wage of buck at 14 13 cents a puck, losing and the hou«e stands adjourned.
three stories high with three rooms on
The resolution always runs the each floor, windows only in front and
that figure, which any private firm »201,268 on the deal, thougl
same. It reads:
back a front yard 10 or 12 feet deep
would have been ghi.l to offei . The tui.ately, 66 per cent ot the lot
"Resolved, That the house hue
glverument «lid not.
cciered by tux dues collected I
heard with profound sorrow of the
First Con.jresa Met In 1789.
."It offered »12.00« »nd
It got Liei artiuent of Inteluul Recent
death of lb>n Mr. Blank, a represt ■titu-
The c .tigress tn session nt this
K. C. Morse. He worked for the
"On July 26, 1919. when sugai
•
time Is the Sixty-seventh congress
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac- wa.« highest und scarcest, and small tlve from the state of -
"Resolve^ that the clerk communi­ rhe first congr — under the t'onstitu-
$1,300
before
turlng company for
dealer» weie going to Juii tor mak cate these resolutions to the senate
tlon met In 1789 It should have met
tho war, and his »aluiy with that ing too much profit, the War 1 ».
and transmit a copy thereof to the oil March 4, but a quorum did not
dl
firm,'at the pinnacle of high wag.
part went found n surplus ot 51 ,000.- family of the deceased.
show up so it adjourned from day to
the 0"0 pounds which lind been pur-
ill 1018. wbh »3600- Thus
"Resolved. That ns n further mark • lay until April 1. when It opened for
a
giverntneut sought i<> obtain
chased tor S % cents u pound, rhe of rv«i>e<-t this house do now adjourn." business. On April <1 of that year
normalcy by welkin« backward.
public was paying from 2U lo 30
Few thin.-' nre permitted to inter­ both houses met in joint session and
"How long coul 1 the Chicago etuis a pound at the corner grocery, fere with the business of the house .unvalued the electoral vote for Presi­
<s
If
they
w
<
re
packers stay in bustn.i
The government sold 4< ooo.ouo The work goes grinding on through dent mid vice president, George Wash­
guilty of such-meat deal* As the p< iiuda at s und 3 1 cents, and ou the weeks and months. The house ington wa» found t" be elected Presi­
one we glanced nt in th” opening the next day E. U Mor-«', dliecloi passes laws setting apart holidays dent and John Adam*, vice president
paragraph? ’ How long could they ot sules, recommended that the ar­ that ’thers may rest, and celebrate,
tolerate n man like the one whose my s active sugar leaerve be cut itnd reven- the memory of notable
CongrsM Lasts Two Years.
OougreM consists of a two-yenr
record we shall now review, begin- ti<.u n. six to a three mouths' sup­ men, but the house goes on with the
dated ply. The Department of Justice nation's business without resting or term. There are two regular session»
nlng with i a communication
and occasionally a special session or
March 6. 1918. from J. J. Jusssr- bus evidence that Mime ot this -Jgui celebrating.
The house evidently thtnksdhat the two. Members of the house of repre
mid. French Ambassador to the wits resold at 29 Mi cents. In the
United Blates, to the Secretary of Mime fiscal year the army's supply best ’•aspect It inn pay to the memory sentatlves are elected for two years
State.’'
gme out and the army went back of »he country's notables and Its own and senators for a term of six years
The letter Is then quoted In full, to the sligar men nnd bought 35.- dead Is to go <>n with Its Important The congress elected In November does
not convene in regulhr session until
accusing mi American major of un­ 500.900 pounds at 14.4 anil 15 OS work And so It does, usually
Occasionally. If business Is not fix» the first Monday in Deceuitwr of the
duly favoring a company which line c< ts, most ot it being raw und the
been »elllng to the public for a year pile» did not include the cost to pressing and If the deceased member following year. But for several years
and more truck- <>f three American the nriny of refining it. The public was more or less prominent, the rv»o- a special session has Iwen called soon
makes under another brand, in vio­ lo»: »2.162.929, not including extra lutlon Is passe.1 «o«>n after the house after the 4th of March following the
meets at noon And when that hap­ election.
lation of French .lt.ie’ - prohibiting rv'.ming coats.*'
pen» I dare say that most of the
Import».
Hearing th* Other Sid».
members feel a good deni a» the
An Investigation »«« begun, the
"You have decided to May on the
schoolboy feel« when a teacher or a
records of which would fill a locker
Pendleton Is making an effort to ft-llow pupil .lie» nnd school is di»- ntrniy
trunk. On September IT. 1919. the
"Ye».“ »eld Mr. Cobble». “I gvt
|
<11»
g<
the tracks off business streets missed: they enjoy getting s day off.
day of th» attack at St. Mihiel.
a
Seventeen members are usually ap­ cvumgvd durin' th' week. hut 1 I cheer
ai. 1 to get a new union depot.
letter which i» quoted, was written
pointed to attend the funeral and up conaidernbly <>n Sunday»."
*
“
by Major General * James
G. Har-
“How 1» that?"
when a member dies tn office he 1»
of
board, commanding the Service»
“I listen to people who cotue out
a notable fathering at
Itkely
to
have
re-
Construction of the main gravity
Supply, to General Pershin«,
' ere ttvui town tn their aut<>mobt:««.
his graveside.
commending that thia officer, who canal of Urani» Paw* li t igai ton dis­
A day Is set apart when th<'*e who \fter I hear them tell their trouble» I
I
by thU time had been promoted to trict Is td start at one» and Is to knew him beat pay eloquent tribute to forget that I have any of my own."
a lieutenant colonel, be relieved cost »<3.500
Looking In on Congress From
the House Gallery
fiäida /cW tbsb
Need A New Range?
ONE SAID, “ I CANT
let eeoRöE do
IT" GEOR6E DID,
AND GOT THE
CREDIT
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Farming Implements
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for their many kindnesses during
the illness and at the death of our
mother; also for the many flcral of­
ferings.
FRANK BERNS AND
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capitalists.
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