The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-17

THE HOUSE VOTES NOT TO ALLOW
EACH MEMBER ONE.

Mr.. Perkins, of Kansas, Endeavored to
Carry the Point, But Failed-A Favor
able Vote on the Original PROPOSE
ton to Allow Each Committee One
Man
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16-In the House to-
day Mr.. Shaw, of Maryland, Chairman of
the Committee on Accounts, reported the
resolution assigning clerks to all the COM
mittees of the House.
Mr.. Perkins, of Kansas, offered an
amendment providing that every commit
tee of the House shall have as many clerks
as there are members on the committee,
one to be selected by each member; that
the clerk selected by the chairman
shall be the chief clerk, and that the other
clerks shall receive $75 per month"; and that
when a member is on more than one COM
mittee he shall only have the right to ap-
point one clerk. The amendment, which is
designed to give every member clerk, is
drawn in this form so as to make it germane
to the resolution, and not subject to point
Of order.
HOW THE MEMBERS STOOD.
In the debate which followed the resolu-
ton was opposed by MeSsrs. Morse of Mas
sachusetts Biggs, Of California; Blount, of
Georgia; Tillman, South Carolina; Rogers,
of Arkansas; and was favored by MeSsrs
Symes, of Colorado; Howard, of Indiana;
Boothman, of Ohio; Peters, of Kansas
Laird of Nebraska; Grosvenor, of Ohio;
Bingham, of Pennsylvania; and Lawler,
of Illinois,
Mr.. Biggs called the proposition another
salary grab"
Mr. Blount warned the House that there
was an audience which would take notice of
what was said and done here to-day, and
would hold the members to a strict account
ability for their votes and speeches, That
audience-the people-he respected as fair,
just and intelligent.
ARDUOUs DUTIES.
Mr.. Laird, in announcing his intention to
vote for the amendment, pictured the ardu-
GUS duties devOlving on a member in attend
| idg to bis correspondence at night and to
department work in the morning. Then he
came to the capitol to consider the affairs
of the nation and digest fiscal bills! No;
! but to carry out the dictatiOn of the Com
mittee on Appropriations the committee
| itself acting probably under the dctatiOn
of man who had come to rule the COM
| mittee and country.
/ Mr. Grosvenor placed his support of the
amendment on the practical ground that it
vice, and he for one was willing to take the
responsibility for his vote.
FARMER TILLMAN's VIEWS.
| Mr.. Tillman said that he would vote
against the amendment, because it was an
! indecent way of increasing his salary. He
admitted that clerks would relieve the mem
bers of much drudgery, especially in the
distribution of seeds, which they were called
upon to perform, but he would not support
the pending proposition. What the
country wanted was twice as many
| Representatives and six times as many
Senators. The Congressional clerical labors
would be efficiently done; and the lobby
would have hard job, where now, un-
! fortunately, it had an easy one.
Mr.. Perkins amendment was rejected by
vote of "a yeas to 181 nays, and the vote
recurred upon the resolution reported by
| the Committee on Accounts. This was an
tagonized by the Republicans because
it provides clerks for the committees on ex-
penditures in the various departments, al
though, in response to a question from Mr.
| Randall, Mr. Shaw stated that it would only
increase by two the number of clerks Gu-
thorized by the Forty ninth Congress. The
resolution was agreed to by l24 yeas to 80
rays, and the House at sos o'clock ad-
! journed.