The Washington herald., 1907-01-19
lries of National LegiSla-
tors Openly Raised.
= rAUER CONDUCTS SCEREMONY
ate Amendments to the Legis-
i've BIZ Disagreed to Except
,at Raising Speakers and Vice
esident's SaIary-Amendment to
Use All Salaries Adopted.

IeSentatlFeS was stricken out, but left IN
for the Speaker and the Vice President
The aim was TO suggest to the Senate the
crying need Of increasing salaries in the
hope that that body would complete the
half-done work Of the Lower House. But
the Senate was not so easily TO be caught
in such a clumsily set trap. The bill
legislative. executive. and judicial-was
passed without any amendment as to
salaries.
The Appropriations Committee of the
Senate, to which it was referred, did not
put a pencil to the salaries paragraph.
This. Of course, was sore disappoint-
ment to the members Of the House For
several days there has been much discus
sion by the wayside and in cloak rooms
and corridors as TO how the grave defect
In the bill might be remedied.
Mr.. LlttaueT, of the Committee on Ap-
pTOpriatiOns, rose 20 the occasion yesteT-
day and became the Moses that led his
colleagues out OF the wilderness. Calling
up from the Speakers table the legisla-
tive bill. he moved that all the Senate
amendments save one be disagreed to.
That was the provision fixing the salaries
of the Vice President and Speaker at
$1,000. He moved to agree 10 that amend
ment with an amendment including mem
bers of the Cabinet at the salary of S12,-
900. and increasing the salaries OF Sena-
tors, Representatives, Territorial Dele
gates and the Resident Commissioner
from Porto Rico from $500 to $500
Opposition Ineffective.
Messrs. Crumpacker. OF Indiana; Gillett.
of Massachusetts; DriscoIl, of New York
BurlesOn, Of Texas. and Mann, Of Illinois
The friends of the amendment made no
effort to be heard in its support A ris-
ing vote disclosed 1SS years. 90 nays Sew
eral voices were heard demanding the
yeas and nays. but only "a members arose
and sustained the demand.
Not a sufficient number" declared
Speaker Cannon, and no one asked for
the other side The motion 10 concur in
the Senate amendment with an amend
ment Is agreed to," continued the Speaker,
AID the thing was done so far as the
House could do it.
The announcement was greeted with a
loud shout Of exultauon, and for some
minutes so great was the excitement over
the action that 1t was impossible to do
any business.
To many who inquired: When do we
get it?" Mr.. Littauer answered: March
next
Mr.. Littauer was felicitated on his sue
cess in managing his difficult task, for
which ne admitted he was better suited
than his colleagues by reason Of his pros
pect Of retiring to private life after the
4th of March. Many members professed
ia fun 10 be outraged by the action of the
House, and a few did so in earnest, say
ing they should go home and tell their
constituents that they had no hand in it.
and give the increase to some worthy
charity.
When the news reached the Senate a
broad and beatific smile pervaded the
chamber. Some remarked that it would
be difficult TO undo the mischief that the
other House had accomplished, and some
observed that it would be in order to
convert the affair into joke by tacking
on an amendment providing for a hori-
zontaI raise in the salaries of all govern
ment clerks. As the bill originated in the
House, and the Senate made no amend
ment as to salaries, this would of course
Involve a violent disregard Of rules, and
it is now likely that the battle OF the in
crease will have to be fought out in con-
ference.
Mr.. Hull, chairman Of the Committee
on Military Affairs, reported the bill max
ing appropriations for the Military Acad-
emy for the year 1905 and his colleague
Mr. Cousins, from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs reported the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill. Both
measures went to the calendar.
Mr. Littauer presented the second ur-
gent deficiency appropriation bilf for the
session, carrying a total of 1914. $50. OF
this $4,000 was for additional clerical hire
TO the New Mexico legislature, which as
sembles next Monday; S250.O00 for equip
ping battle ships about ready 70 go into
commission; $4,000 for dredging ap-
proaches to the pier at the life-saving ex-
hibit 10 be made at the jamestown Ex-
position; $500 to enable the Mexican
Water-boundary Commission to continue
its labOrs: 5000 to cover the expenses Of
hearings in Investigations of public-land
entries
This was considered in Committee Of
the Whole. In a coIlOquy with Mr.. Bart
lett. of Georgia, over the jamestown Ex-
position pier item. Mr.. Littauer delivered
himself Of the reflection: at only goes to
show that when you go into an exposition.
it's like going 10 war-you never can tell
where you are coming out"
Rebellion Against Watchdog.
The part taken by Representative Mann.
Of Illinois. as lieutenant to the Speaker
and watchdog of the Treasury. is not
always conducive to the comfort Of that
gentleman, and yesterday he was treated
TO I display OF resentment from his coll
leagues that would have driven a less de-
termined man to cover
It was agreed that the calendar should
be called in order and that bills to which
no objection was made, the end OF the
calendar having been reached, should be
considered. It was not long ere Mr.. Mann,
who has achieved notoriety as an "obiec-
tor" to legislation contemplating assaults
upon the Terasury. set the teeth OF a
number of members on edge by his course
of Opjecting to various of the bills. FL
nally. Messrs. Bonynge. Of Illinois. Nc
Carthy, Of Nebraska. and Rucke=, Of Mis-
souri,. believing. as was stated, thar
Mann's objections were not founded upon
an intelligent study of the facts, entered
upon course Of reprisal and objected to
every bin. X soon became apparent that
no progress could be made and the order
of consideration was vacated. and the
committee recurred TO the beginning OF
the calendar.
Mr.. Mann relaxed nothing OF his effort
in behalf of the Treasury. and the wrath
OF members piled UP against him An
outbreak occurred over a bill to reimburse
the postmaster at Findlay, Ohio. for ex-
penditure for clerk hire made necessary
by the rush of business following the