Show Y Oratory in the louse House C Comes es High ligh OF IT ITus IT- IT n Haug us THIS i L 6 AitS FOR io 30 C s T S r N j T 1 J 5 5 Q J-A J Y L tY HJ 11 ROBBERY UT W The The cra craze e for for statistics sta VT fishes has haB Invaded the most Sacred cred of ot precincts It has has attacked assaulted Indicted and Convinced the most parlous parlous' of sta statisticians ans th themselves them them- ni selves the selves the members of congress Proof by statistics furnished d right righton on th the floor of the house t that at the speeches there cost more more than th the total amounts of many of the items under discussion n h has s left left- the entire aggregation in terror that when their most fio flowery cry orations ar ark are being speeded ou on th then their lr way to the morgue of the Congressional Record some treacherous antagonist may lUay arise reverse his cuffs and read oft off evidence that the honorable gentleman's gentleman's gentleman's gentle gentle- mans man's silence would be bo golden Like the famous discovery of dry farming In the west because of ot the of a mule muc the economy of ot words In congress was precipitated by horseshoes The state department had an item o or of for for- for hor for esho Missouri representatives declared they were Vere from the show mo state The secretary secretary secretary sec sec- of state couldn't show Dhow the shoes which had been worn worn out There was a quarter of an hour of oratory oratory oratory or or- atory when up rose a representative from nia nia Gentlemen ho he raid Eald it coats costs an ho hour r to tun fun this hou hou-e hou o and we ie hr vc already spent 2 2400 t orth rth e f U f words orde trying ying to skin n na a 37 item Stem Lets Let's' it The total of or the the they y ars ar's appropriation tion for the upkeep of th the the house house was Actual working working days number 90 and the average time of a adas aday's aday's days day's work Is five h hours urs The normal 2160 hours In DO 30 90 days would make the house ouse expense e run into per hour on a hour 21 basis But allowing allowing al aI- al- al lowing only five hours of honest work per flay day ay the tho expense amounts to 10 10 per hour The salary roll 1011 of of the members amounts to 2 O. O Their mileage is The clerks cost for those thorn who are credited to members members members mem mem- bers and for clerks of com com- There are a number of ot minor items among them the salary of U 1200 OO that goes to the c chaplain who prays for congress's wisdom He Heis Heis Heis is about the poorest paid of all cons considering con con- s r de-r ng the size of his job |