Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-15


votes were demanded, and the minor COM
mittee amendments were accepted. The
hope of the appropriations committee that
the measure would go through the House
without increasing the salary of single
United States official was realized when the
amendment for the benefit of the territorial
governors was voted down.
The civil service question came in for
large share of the talk during the day
though the speeches on the subject were not
SO vehement the day before. When the
time came for taking the vote in the open
House Representative Hepburn called for
the ayes and nays, as to put the mem
berS on record.
To Strike Out Appropriation.
Those who voted for the amendment strik-
ing out the appropriation for the civil ser
vice commission, thus abolish:ng it, We're:
en-, Bartlett, BeidIer, Bingham, Burke.
Burkett, Calder head, Campbell, Gambler,
Clark, Darragh, Davis Q'lorida), Dayton,
Dinsmore. Dougherty, Dresser, Finley,
Flood, Foster Qllinois), Garner, Gibson,
Gooch, Griffith, Griggs, Grosvenor, Ham
lin, Hardwick, Hay Hepburn, NIL Missis-
sippD, Hogg, Hopkins, Howell Mtah).
Hughes CWest Virginia), Humphrey wash
irgtonl, Hunt, James, johnson, kehoe,
Kitchen (Claude). Kitchin CWm. W.,
Kluttz, Landis (Chas. b., Legare, Lindsay.
lager. McAndrews. McCreary Pennsyl-
vania), Macon. Maddox, Mahoney, May
nard. Meyer louisiana Miner, Mondell,
Morrell. Mudd, Murdoch, Nevin. Olmsted,
irson (Arkansas). Rucker, Scarborough.
Shackleford Sherley, Sibley, Smith ken
tucky), Snapp. Stanley. Sterling, Tate.
Vandiver, Van Duzer, Van Voorhis, Wach-
ter Wallace, Warnock Watson, William
son woodward.
Sustain the Commission.
Those who voted to sustain the commits
sion were:
Adams, Pa; Adams. Wis; Allen, Ames,
Bankhead, Bartholdt, Bassett, Bates, Beall,
Tex: Benny, Birdsall. Boutell, Bowers.
Bowie Bradley, Brandegee, Brooks, Brown,
Wis; Brownlow, Brundidge, BurIeson, Bur-
ton. Butler, Pa; Caldwell, Cassingham,
Clayton. Cochran Conner Cooper. Pa.
Cooper, Wis; Cousins, Cowherd. Croft, Cur
rier, Curtis, Cushman, Dalzell, Davidson.
Davis, Mimi; De Almond, Draper. Driscoll,
Dunwell Esch, Fitzgerald Foss. French,
Fuller, Gaines, Tenn; Gaines, w. Va; Gar
Der. Gardner. Mass; Gardner. N. j.; Gil
Gillett. Mass; Glass Goebel, Goulden.
Graft, Granger, Greene, Gregg, Hamilton,
Haskins, Haugen, Hemenway, Henry
Conn; Henry, Tex; Hill, Conn; Hitchcock,
Humphreys, Miss: Jenkins. Jones. Va;
Jones' Wash; Keliher, Kennedy. Ketcham,
Kline, Knapp, knopf. Lacey, Lafean, Lamb,
Lanning Lawrence. Lester, Lever Lewis
l>llley, IllilelleIU, LlNtTHaSfl, lIOyQ,
Longworth, McCleary, Mimi; McLachland,
McNary, Mann, Marsh, Marshall, Martin,
Metcalf, Miller, Moon, Tenn; Norris, Otis,
Often Overstreet. Padsett. Page, Palmer,
Parker, Payne, Perkins Pinckney, Porter
Powers, Mass; Rainey. Reeder, Reid. Rich
ardson Ala: RiXey, Roberts, Robinson,
Ind; Rodenberg, Russell, Ryan, Scott.
Scudder, Shafroth, Sheppard, Shiras, Sho-
Iowa; Smith. Pa. Smith Tex; Shook.
Southland, Southwick, Spalding, Sperry,
Stafford, STEVENSON, Stevens, Mimi; Taw
ney, Thomas. Iowa; Thomas. N. c.; Tirrell,
Underwood Vreeland, Wade, Wadsworth,
Weems, Weisse, Wiley, Ala; Wiley. N. j.;
Williams, Ill.,: Wilson. H.: Young Zenor.
Six members answered present when
their names We're called. The number not
voting was ZIG. A number of pairs were
announced, but as the division had not been
along party lines their effect can only he
considered problematical.
Use Of Government Carriages.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Lands
restricting the appropriations for the vari-
Gus departments In the matter of carriages
and livery was follows:
mo part of any money appropriated by
this act shall be available for paying ex-
penses of horses and carriages or drivers
therefor for any officer provided for herein
other than the President of the United
States and heads of executive departments
Mr.. Lands asked Chairman Hemenw1y
of the appropriate ions committee what spe-
cific provision is made for the numberless
carriages used by government officials
Mr.. Hemenway said no appropriations for
carriages were carried except where used
for strictly official purposes.
That is as / supposed" continued Mr..
Lands. land yet it is fact that If the
horses and carriages, with their coach
men, paid for out of money appropriated by
Congress. were lined up on Pennsylvania
avenue, they would extend possibly from
The expense that is now borne by the gov
erEment in this regard has attracted the
attention of the country. and unless the
Congress- puts some limitation upon The
expenditure it promises to become a ma
tional scandal. l am informed that in the
estimate made by the head of one of the
departments for the coming year, the esti-
mate being made by a gentleman who had
not in that capacity made an estimate be-
fore there was provision for seven coach
men.
Abuses Of Appropriations
Had he been onto the ropes he would
have had the estimate specify seven la
borers,' and after he got them would have
assigned them to do duty as coachmen.
This is the way it has been done by the
heads of the other departments for years
laborers have been metamorphosed into
coachmen,' have been equipped with silk
hats and with boots and placed upon the
box where they have done service In APP