The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-19
TOO HIGH NOW.
Senator Bailey Opposes Amy In
crease of Salaries
As Applied to the Heads of the
Government.
HE SCORES SOCIETY.
Says Men Dress as Head Walters
and Women Hardly at All.
Advocates Letting Vice-Presi-
dent Do Entertaining.

Washington, Jan. 19-When the
provisions for an increase of the sal
airy of the president to 100000 and
of the salaries of the vice president
and speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives to $4,000 each. contained
in senate amendments to the legisla-
tive, executive and judiciary appro-
priation bill, were taken up in the
senate the point of order made against
them by Senator Borah was further
considered resulting in the adoption
of another amendment fixing the
speakers salary at $4,000.
Senators Depew, Elkins, Bourne and
Owen favored the increase proposed
in the senate amendments, while SEN
ator Bailey opposed them.
Mr.. Bailey declared every position
in the gift of the government should
be sought for the honor and not the
emolument, and that the salaries
should be only sufficient to provide
proper living and education of chill
dren.
"But we are told here that salaries
are inadequate to provide entertain
ment which high officials are expected
to give" said Mr.. Bailey. 81 am in
clined to think it would be for
tunate thing to reduce the salaries if
to reduce them would reduce the
amount of entertaining. I have found
that men who entertain most are not
the men who do the public work best
time in entertainment they should not
spend the peoples money.
Different in New York.
If a private citizen of New York
wants to give a feast to monkeys he
merely wants to entertain his ancestors
and he has a right to do it, If the
president is not rich enough to give a
great banquet let him give a modest
one and invite men for what they are
worth instead of for what they pos
Sess-"
Mr. Bale said very few of the work
ing men in congress waste much of
their time" at these great entertain
ments.
charge of the appropriation bill how
the president spent the $4,000 allowed
him for travelling expenses, Mr.. War
rem replied that he had never made in
quiries on that subject. When con-
gress voted $4,000 for his travelling ex-
penses I suppose we are to leave it to
his conscience" he added
II would rather trust his conscience
than his judgment" retorted the Texas
senator. Mr.. Bailey further declared
that in his Judgment the payment of
that $4,000 for travelling expenses was
violation of the provision of the con-
Stitution forbidding an increase of the
presidents salary or emoluments dur
ing his term of office.
He took what things we gave him
freely suggested Mr.. Warren I'm
fortunately" replied Bailey, the con-
stitution does not require the president
to take our judgment but rather com
mandS him to exercise his independent
judgment and to veto what we do if he
thinks we ought not to have done it.
This is a trust fund we should give it
only grudgingly. According to a state
ment sent to me $4,000 is given the
president over and above his salary for
the maintenance of the White House.
for repairs, horses and vehicles $4,000
is allowed him; $4,000 is given for fuel
and stable; $4,000 for the care and
maintenance of green houses
Washington Entertainments.
Speaking of entertainments in
Washington Mr.. Bailey characterized
them as places where the men dress
up like headwaiters and the women
hardly dress at all"
He opposed increased salaries of
Judges and said it would be better to
cut down their work than to increase
their salaries. 1.-THE judges he declar-
ed are amply paid considering their
right of retirement and the salaries
that most of them earned prior to re-
ceiving their appointments.
ssThere are many people in this
country said Mr.. Bailey with what
some regarded as a reference to his