Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-20
A TRIUMPHANT BUZZ.
The Democrats in the House Clinch
Their Victory.
AMENDED JOURNAL APPROVED.
Senators Stewart and Reagan
Deny the Story of a Conflict.
THEY SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T FIGHT.
SENATE.


The post Office appropriation bill and the
consular and diplomatic appropriation bill
were reported and placed on the calendar
AN IMAGINARY CONFLICT IN THE MARBLE ROOM
Mr.. Stewart, rising to a question of personal
privilege sent to the clerks desk and had read
special Washington dispatch TO the Phiadel-
phla Ecentng Bulletin describing an imaginary
connect IN the marble room between himself
and Mr. Reagan and said that that paragraph
mad been going the rounds of the newspapers
ior the last two or three weeks and that there
was not one word OF truth in it, He was en-
lirely unable to say who invented such a story.
senator Reagan and himself were friends and
there was no truth whatever in the story
MR. PLATT ON WASHINGTON SPECIALS.
MIR. Platt said he doubted very much the pro-
priety of taking notice of such special dis
patches from Washington. He thought that 1T
was within the experience of every Senator
that very seldom if ever were special dis
patches relating to Senators and Representa-
uves sent out from Washington without more
or less inaccuracies.
He thought that the people of the United
States were coming to understand that such
dispatches were to be taken with certainly
many grains OF allowance. The dignity OF the
Senate and of Senators would be much better
preserved by treating such matters with
silence.
Mr. Stewart gave as his reason for noticing
1t the fact that he had received letters from
dlherent parts OF the country expressing regret
at the occurrence.
Mr.. REAGAN's DENIAL.
Mr. Reagan said that when the publication
first made its appearance Mr. Stewart and HIM
self had seen it and talked about it and had
thought it best to let it go unnoticed. 1t
seemed, however, to have been circulated
pretty extensively and opinions had been ex-
pressed that the occurrence was discreditable
not only to the two Senators but to the Senate
OF the United States He could not conceive
what could have originated the story. There
never had been any controversy or ill fee ling
between Mr.. Stewart and himself and they had
never said harsh words of each other or felt
unkindly toward each other The dispatch was
evidently the work of
GENIUS IN LYING,
who ought to be pensioned for his achieve
ments in manufacturing lie that had no
earthly foundation.
statement as to the ages of the Senators (Mr.
Stewards being placed at 20 and Mr. Reagan s
at 75) was accurate.
Mr.. Reagan-I will deliberate on that ques-
tion. lLaughterl.
THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The consideration of the legislative appro-
priation bill was resumed-the question being
on the point of order made by Mr.. Allison
against the amendment to increase the salary
OF the commissioner of the land Office from
"a 600 to $1,000. and of the assistant commits
sioner from 5000 to So, 500.
The Vice President submitted the question
to the Senate and the amendment was de-
clared to be in order-yeas, 49, nays. H.
1he amendment was then agreed to-yeas,
%; nays, 16.
CHIEF CLERKS PAY RAISED.
Mr.. Edmunds moved to increase the salary
OF the chief clerk in the Department of Justice
from $4,000 to S2,50O. Agreed to-yeas, 2S;
nays, IS.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SENATE STABLES"
Mr.. Harris moved to insert an item of 81, ,44O
for superintendent Of the Senate stables.
discussion took place on this item, in the
course of which it was stated by Mr.. Allison
that there were more employees than
horses III the stable; and by Mr. Hale
that II the establishment belonged to
a private individual there would be
but one man to attend it. Mr. Hale went on to
the proposition, and said that it was a
reductio ad absurdam to dignity the stable for
the mail wagon horses of the Senate into an
affair requiring a superintendent. There ought
to be Che said, irOnlcally) two or three
men to each horse, a superintendent
to every three men. supervisor of the estab-
a commissioner of stables, a grand
master of stables and horses, a chief clerk. a
for each of those officials, private
secretary and telephone. Then ;he saidD
the Senate would have really respectable es
tablshment and a good many persons would
get places
The amendment was ruled to be out of
order.
PROTEST AGAINST INCREASING Salaries
motion by Mr.. Dolph to increase the COM
pensation of the surveyor general of Oregon
from Sl.SOO to S2,5OO was made the text of a
speech by Mr.. Allison against the general
to increase salaries He smoke
of the complaints (whether lust or
against the extravaganza of the
Scnate-at time, too, when there was pre-
vailing over the country belief that those
who were engaged in industrial pursuits we're
not receiving a fair compensation, and when a
great many people were suffering from the low
prices and little employment.
He appealed to Senators on both sides not
to so on increasing salary after salary.
MR.. BERRYs COMMENT
Mr.. Berry commented on the inconsist-
ency of the two Senators from Oregon
in contending that the statute which fixed
the salary of the surveyor general of
Oregon at So, 500 should not be departed
from in an appropriation bill, after having lust
voted to depart from the statute in the case of
the commissioner of the general land office.
1t appeared that it was all right 70 do SO when
it concerned an increase OF salary, but all wrong
when it concerned reduction.
HOUSE.