The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-15
GORMAN IS FOR PARKER
 AND SHIVELY OF INDIANA
an executive session slisaasnais at I:ss
 adjourned.
THE HOUSE.

Washington. Jan. 1.-The House to- day passed the legislative. executive and judicial appropriation bill. carrying an aggregate of $29.711. zoo. This Is the sec ond of the big supply measures to pass.
 The House today by vote of ss to S72 refused to sustain the action of the com mittee of the whole which yesterday adopted m amendment striking out the paragraph providing for the salaries and expenses of the civil service commission. the House restoring the item to the bill. An amendment to the bill was also adopt ed restricting the use of government horses and carriages to the President, his Secretary and cabinet officers.
 At the opening of the session the Sen- ate joint resolution authorizing the erec-' ton of a monument in memory of the late President Benjamin Harrison on land, owned by the United States in the city of Indianapolis was passed.
 The House then went into committee of the whole with MT. Tawney (Minn.) in tho chair and resumed consideration of the legislative. executive and judicial lp- propriation bill
 Mr. Cowherd CMo.) moved to reduce the salary of the Director of the Census from 5000 to 5000. After discussion the amend ment was adopted. s7 to H.
 Mir. c. B. Landis proposed the follow ing amendment:
 Provided that no part of any money appropriated by this act shall be avail able for paying the expenses of horses and carriages or drivers therefor for the personal use of any officer, provided for herein, other than tho President of the United States and the Secretary to The President"
 Mr. Landis said if the horses and car riages now used by government oficEaEi were lined upon Pennsylvania Avenue ( they would reach from the Peace morn d. ment to the White House. He said tn ht unless Congress fixed some limitation il would become a scandal. He added Il iat 1t would be only a question of time ui ltil all those on the government pay roll ex- cept Senators and Representatives we Rld be riding in carriages at the gov srn- ments expense
 MT. Hemenway supported the am end- ment.
 Mr.. Grosvenor called attention to the fact that the Speaker of the House. who. he said, occupied an office second only in importance to any in the United States was not provided a carriage. He said he knew the present Speaker would rot ap- prove a measure providing him vi tn one and for that reason he would not propose such an amendment at this time.
 MT. Landis's amendment was adopted without division
 At $50 p. m. the legislative, executive and judicial bill was reported by the conl- mittee with amendments to the House.
 Separate votes were demanded on amendments striking out provision Cor the expense of the civil service comnaission, increasing the salaries of the goveFnors and secretaries of New MezieO and tAFi- zona and reducing the salary of thtl Da- rector of Census.
 All three amendments were deftjated. although Delegates Rosey CN. M). and Wilson (Ariz) made appeals for the in- crease of salaries for the territorial off, cials while MT. Hemenway stated that the committee had brought In a blll free from increase and he hoped none. would be made.
 The legislative, executive and Judicial bill then passed without division.
 At p. m. the House adjourned until Monday.