Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-21
THE HOUSE.


today with a good attendance of members
and an air of attention to business pervaded
the chamber. After the approval of the
journal. Mr.. Paul J. Sorg. recently elected
to succeed the late George W. Houk of the
third congressional district of Ohio, was
sworn in.
Mr. Outhwaite (Ohio) presented the Gre
dentials of the member-elect, which were
read. and In which Gov. Mckinley recited
that Mr.. Sorg had been duly elected at a
special election held on May /, as Repre-
sentative in the Fifty-third Congress as
successor to the late George w. Houk.
Mr.. Sorg's appearance was the signal
for an outburst of applause from the demo-
cratic side of the chamber.
Another burst of applause punctuated the
close of the administering of the oath Of
office, after which an enthusiastic demo-
cratic crowd gathered about the new men,
ber and showered their congratulations
upon him.
A great cluster Of La France roses was on
Representative BANDS desk in recognition
Of his successes at the Missouri convention.
The card attached stated that they were
ito the next President"
The Legislative Appropriation Bill.
Several attempts were made to secure
consideration for minor bills. but objection
.
who has the bill in charge. the House went
into committee of the whole on the legisla-
tive appropriation bill. with Mr.. Richardson
of Tennessee in the chair.
The first amendment was offered by Mr..
DeArmond of Missouri to the paragraph
making appropriations for the officers and
employees of the Senate and proposed a re-
duction from s41I.25S.9O to s25O.UO, and
furnished Mr.. DeArmond with text for a
lao LII IL
provision for 1903 employees to minister
to the official wants of eighty-eight SEN
ators while 800 Representatives had to get
along with only 300 employees. What neces-
stty there could be for 303 employees for
eighty-eight Senators he could not under
stand, unless IL was to bolster up that
anomalous, wOrm-eaten, well-wOrn thing
known as senatorial courtesy.
Making Sport of Democratic Economy
Mr.. Reed of Maine reminded Mr. Dockery
that the democrats had held up their hands
at the extravaganza of the "billion-doliar
Congress" which was the shibboleth Of the
campaign which followed, and in which
great promises had been made for economy
and retrenchment which would be inaugu-
rated when the democrats came into power
He remembered that the next Congress
had democratic majority. yet when the
appropriation OF the Fifty second Congress
came to be footed up. it was found that the
'billion-dollar Congress" had been exceeded
by 500 100000.
Mr.. Boutelle of Maine and Mr. Grosyenor
Of Ohio also took hand In making snort
Of democratic economy, after which a vote
was taken on Mr.. Diamonds amendment
and 1t was defeated.
Against Capt. Bassett.
The venerable Capt Isaac Bassett also
became the target of Mr.. De Almonds 8
eccr omical zeal, and an amendment was
offered striking out the extra appropriation
of $500 for the assistant doorkeeper of the
Serate while the Office was held by Mr.
Bassett. Mr.. De Almond suggested that
the Senators might extend a more cordial
testimonial to Capt. Bassett by subscribing
Sc each for purse for the old dcorkeeper
The amendment was adopted without
much opposition.
The old question of the extravagance of
the Senate was again agitated and in re-
ply to a criticism by Mr. Hepburn Oa),
opinion that the expenditures of the Senate
were without warrant, and riotously ex-
travagant, but IL was a coordinate branch
OF the government and claimed the right of
regulating its own internal affairs.
This was the old cause of the disagree
ment between the House and Senate, and
running back hundred years, and he
knew of no way in which the House could
control the expenses of the Senate.
The Docking" Question.
The question of docking" the salary Of
members on account of absence was brought
up by amendment offered by Mr. Boat
ner of louisiana, of which he gave notice
last Friday.