The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
SENATE VOTES FOR MORE PAY
Corcurs in the Action of the House OF
Representatives.


ate Wednesday accepted the propo-
sition of the House of Representa-
tives to increase the salaries of sena-
tors, members and territorial dele
gates to $500 annually, and those
of the Vice President, the Speaker
of the House and members of the
Presidents Cabinet to $4,000. This
action was taken by vote of 53 to
81, and followed a discussion Of
nearly three hours. An amendment
confining the increase to Cabinet Of
ficers and the presiding officers of
the Senate and House was voted
down, as was also a proposition to
postpone the increase until 1913.
The Increase becomes effective March
4, 1909.
The House provision was carried
by vote of SO to 21, the details of
the vote being as follows:
Yeas - Aldrich, Alice, Ankeny,
Benson, Beveridge, Brandegee, Balk-
ley, Burnham, Burrows, Carter, Clark
(Mont), Clark (WyoD, Clarke
tArk), Crane, Cullom, Daniel, Dick,
Dillingham;, Dubois Du Pont, Flint,
Foraker, Foster, Frye, Fulton, Gal
linger, Hale, Hepburn, Hopkins, Kit
tredge, Knox, Latimer, Lodge, Long,
McCumber, McEnery, Millard, Money,
Newlands, Nixon, Overman, Penrose,
Pettus, Piles, Scott, Simmons, Smoot,
Spooner, Sutherland, Teller, Tillman,
Warner and Warren-53
Nays - Bacon, Berry, Blackburn,
Burkett, Carmack, Clapp, Clay, Cul-
berson, Frazier, Hansbrough, Hemen-
way, Lafolette, McCreary, Mallory,
Nelson, Patterson, Perkins, Rayner,
Stone, Taliaferro and Whyte-21.
A conference committee was ap-
pointed as to the other matters of
disagreement between the House and
Senate on the Legislative Bill.
In the debate which preceded the
adoption of the salary increase pro-
position, Mr.. Berry contended that
$4,000 was not a grossly inadequate
salary for senators and members of
Congress. He denied that they could
not live on that amount. There is
not one-half of them" he declared,
who ever could or did make $4,000
| year engaged in any other busi-
ness"
Senator Nelson offered an amend
ment confining the increase to the
vice president, speaker and cabinet
officers, and spoke in support of It,.
He said: I'VE as legislators are paid
higher than Legislators of any other
country" Mr.. Nelson then gave fig
ures showing the salaries paid to
legislators in European countries,
and, continuing his argument, spoke
with resentment of the idea that
legislators were here as laborers for
salary. Theirs was a post of
honor, and pay enough to live mod
estly was sufficient. I'VE do not
want to enter the social world" he
asserted. He then expressed salts
bers have ambition in that line, and
have the means to mingle socially
with diplomats, etc.
Mr. Gallinger supported the pro-
! posed increase. He said be believed
public opinion was in favor of the
increase. I'VE have been increasing
salaries all along the line except our
own" Each member must make
political contributions. This was
just. he said, and so were many 9TH
er demands which could not be evad-
ed. He said the entire extra expense
to the government would be only
about $1,000,000 annually.
Mr.. Lodge, in favoring the in
crease, said that members of the
English Parliament received no sal
aries; that the Irish members, who
were poor, received contributions
from the people of their districts
and from this country; that the labor
members were paid by their labor
unions. This, he asserted, was a
bad system, and he believed Great
Britain was coming to recognize it.