Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-12-22
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
spicy Discussion Between Two Of the
Members.

WASHINGTON, December 81.
HoUsE-The house was treated to q
spicy little discussion this morning
between Mr.. Holman, of Indiana,
and Mr.. Mills, OF Texas. The discus
sion was precipitated by a statement
from Dir. Carlisle, of Kentucky, to the
effect that, in Offering the resolution
yesterday for the appointment OF j.
r. Hill as assistant sergeant at arms,
he had fixed the salary at $4,000,
believing that was the salary which
had always been received by other
special employees. Mr.. Clancy said
he had learned that this was a mis-
take, and that Clancy's salary had
been $500. He, therefore, moved to
reconsider the vote by which the res
olution was adopted in order that the
house might determine whether it
would reduce Hills salary to 1900 or
increase Clancy's salary to $4,000.
The vote having been rcconsidered,
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, moved to re-
duce Hills salary to 81, 800, and he
urged the necessity OF preserving
economy i'll the expenditure OF public
money.
Mr.. Mills said that that was the
same old speech he had been listening
to for the last sixteen years. Every
session the house was treated to Il
lecture on economy which was to be
applied to the officers of the house and
the smaller offices of the government;
but whenever it came to applying
economy to the expenditure of the
hundreds of thousands or millions Of
dollars, the eloquence of this gentle
man was lost to the country. Could
the American people be protected
from the excessive expenditures only
by cutting down the salary OF some
poor fellow about the house of repre-
sentatives? He has fought against
the reduction of the pay of the officers
of the house and the increase OF the
pay of,the senate, which the gentleman
from Indiana,as a member OF the com
mittee on appropriations, had permit
ted to be done year after year. He
believed in common with all English
speaking people, that the American
house of representatives was the
breath Of the people, and he believed in
maintaining equal dignity and equal
rights (applausel. If he should ever
succeed in getting to the senate, there
would be somebody in the senate
who would still feel that he was kin
to American democracy, and that this
house should be preserved in equal
dignity and right to the senate.
Mr.. Holman said that if the gentle
man intended to practice economy
that he must begin with the details
which came before congress for con-
sideration. The dignity of the house,
had been assailed during the last six
years when Clancy had been receiving
81, 500. Had the gentlemen from Texas
felt it necessary in order to preserve
the dignity of the house during those
six years to increase the salary? If the
house had been more considerate in
the expenditure of the public money
than the senate had been, it was TO
the great honor and dignity of this
body.
Mr. Holman's motion was agreed to
by vote of 9G to 70,and the resolution,
as amended, was adopted.
Mr.. Cummings, of New York, pre-
sented petition of the governor and
citizens of New Jersey for the relief of
Mrs. Della Parnell. Referred.
Mr.. McComas, of Maryland, from
the committee on appropriations, re-
ported the District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill. Printed and recon-
mended.
This is the first time in the history
of the house, when, at the first regu-
lar session, the general appropriation
bill has been reported before the holt
days.