Show OPENS THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC Congressman Murdock M of Kansas Makes Somewhat Sensational Speech Jan 6 Under te t e con control control control of the tito speaker of the house hO and the enormous power with which he hc is III i armed ann can the individual member properly dis discharge discharge discharge charge his duties dUles to the nation This query was propounded today toda by Representative Victor Murdock of or Kan Kansas Kansas sas ass In a speech In the house Mr Murdock made four concrete propositions In one he cited a case in which he said a secret service agent t under a congressional commission had bad been paid over ocr SK sS 28 a day which he said was vas an outrageous sum and the second In which for tor or twentythree years Tears the president of ot the Michigan Central railroad had bad been blen paid 1000 a year ear as a mall messenger to make up pay for transportation of malls maUs on railroads which Ir Murdock said could not be done under Uie th aws ws As a third Instance be lie charged that an excess of payment of a year had been made to the Eads bridge at St StLouis StLouis StLouis Louis for tor mall mail charges The was the payment by the house o 0 Of representatives itself of OO a year for a trivial clerical duty And now he said I 1 challenge any an member of this body bod who is I not a chair chairman chairman man of on nn appropriation committee to secure a 8 correction through congressional congre actions in tn these four items I have hae cited over oer the of the speaker or without his consent or that of or any of the chairmen I 4 o S i |