The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-24
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House Votes, After 81. Fight, to Pay
an Extra Months Salary.

House Votes, After 81 Fight. to Pay
an Extra Months Salary.
WASHINGTON, Feb 23.--The feature of
to-day's proceedings in the House was the
fight the proposition to pay an extra
months salary to all the employees of the
House and Senate 1t carried in commit
tee of the whole by vote of 90 to 81,
with an amendment to include an extra
months compensation for the individual
clerks to members. Notice has been given
that record making vote will be de-
clared when this amendment is reported to
the House. The reading of the deficiency bill
was completed, with the exception OF a few
amendments temporarily passed over, the
principal one of which is the appropriation
of s425,oOO to pay the Boring sea awards
Edwin J. Jordan, elected to succeed Myron
p. Wright. late representative from the
Fifteenth district. was sworn in as mem
Der of the House at the opening of the
session.
After some brief routine morning business,
the House went into committee of the whole
and resumed consideration of the deficiency
bill While series of amendments to give
extra compensation to various employees Of
the House was being adopted. Mr.. Dingley
protested mildly against the prodigal liberal
ity which was being SHOWN o1 IN the matter of
1.-THE number of infants Herod killed."
smilingly replied Mr.. Breckinridge, of Ken
deal larger than those who have peen
allowed to escape.
the employees of the House and Senate an
extra months pay.
Mr.. Sayers attempted to amend this prop
osition by excluding from the benefits of the
amendment those employees who had been
voted extra compensation, but his motion
Mr. Livingston offered another amendment
to that of Mr. Tracey to give an extra
months pay to the individual clerks to
Mr.. Sayers, chairman of the committee
on appropriations. vehemently protested
for extra clerk hire. .tThere are members,
said he. who do not pay out s25 month
who are they? Name thern.' shouted a
chorus of members.
There are are. quite a number of them."
both Mr.. Turner and Mr. Black, of
Georgia, / understand, do not pay more
than s25 a month for clerk hire
Mr.. Dockery, in the same vein. declared
that IT was an appropriation to give mem
Mr. williams believed the amendment was
just and declared his intention of supporting
Mr. Tracey appealed to MEMBERS to vote
the. amendment down. IF it is carried
roll cali WIN be demanded and We all ap-
preciate the difficulty of obtaining ma
Jority for such large appropriation where
members have to go record Laughter)
The Livingston amendment carried
and, as amended, the Tracey amendment
was also carried Mr.. Dockery gave notice
that he would demand yea and nay vote
in the House. In brief speech he warned
the Democrats of the House that appro-
prfations were mounting up to dangerously
nearly the billion mark, and unless halt
were called they would exceed those of
the Fifty-first Congress.
Mr.. Grosvenor, in reply tainted the DEM
ocrats with being obliged to sell bonds at
a ruinous rate of interest to pay current
expenses of the government
Ibid not Secretary Sherman sell 4 per
cent. bonds at par which were afterward
worth 1922 asked Mr.. Springer.
Twelve wears after great war re-
piled Mr. Grosvenor. Secretary Sherman
sold bonds payable in coin to resume specie
payments. But the contract he made with
the syndicate provided that before the bonds
should be taken they should be open to
popular subscription for thirty days. cloud
Republican applause) The credit of the
government subsequently became high
that those bonds afterwards commanded a
ton we critlcse and see the contrast. Now,
thirty years after the war, without giving
the public. an opportunity to subscribe. bonds
are sold bearing per cent. interest by a
secret contract, which netted the syndicate
$40, 600 twenty-four hours after the bonds
were placed on the market" Republican
applause.)
Mr.. Bailey offered an amendment 20 APP
propriate 100000 for the payment of GER
tain Indian depreciation claims allowed by
the Court of Claims. which was agreed to.
These claims included the following: John
A. Banning. $500, James b, Clayton $l.001;
John l.. Burns, $500; Henderson C. Leach,
81 30; David r. Clancy SE4o. Nicholas
DowIings. $780, w. +. Holt S1.a75. Franz