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Senate Amendment Creating New
State Department Officials Upon
Hiah Salaries Also Stricken Out Of
legislative and Executive Measure
Session Was An Exciting One.
CIV Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON. ID. G.. Feb. "a
With it's war pain! on. the House OF
Representative today by sweeping
ma jori,ics many times deficd the Sen
ate by rejecting its amendments to
the leg: slative. executive and jndlclal
appropriation hill providing for salary
incre asses .or the President. the vic"
president, the speaker The judiciary
and the creation OF the cffic"s Of
under-secretarv and fourth assistant
secretary of state. Party lines were
cbliierated completely.
/, was a regular field day in the
lower body where oratory and CON
fusion We'd with each other for
honors. Mt during the present
Congress has the speaker been COM
PEELED to WELD his gavel with such
force to bring about order as today.
Many Parliamentary Tans'es.
OF parliamentary tangles there were
many, the veteran presiding officer
emerged from all with his decision
undisputed. The battle was for
more than six hours. at the end II
which the bill was sent to confer
ence. 50 much time was consumed
I'm consideration of the conference re-
rort on that m easure. that a night
session was made imperative in order
that further discussion of the sundry
civil appropriation bill. which had
dragged along for several days,
might be had.
Nj Clark. in particular. was en-
phatic in his objections to what he
said were the continual imposi;ions
of the Senate in the matter of apprO-
priation bills
Messrs. Bingham. Pennsylvania;
Gillett. Massachusetts. and Livings-
ton. Georgia. the House confcrees.
strenucusly defended ther report.
which in so far as there was no disa-
greement. was adopted.
Presidential Income Underestimated.
When the discussion turned on the
increase in the salaries of the Presi-
dent. vice president. speaker Of the
House and judges. about which the
conferees could not agree. Mr.. Clark
declared there was much misinforma-
ton about the amount the President
receives and said that instead of ITS
being $4,000 it actually is 1921 900.
per annum.
BY a vote of - to IL the House re-
fused to accept the Senate amend
ment increasing the salary Of the
speaker.
The increase proposed in the Presi-
dents salary from $4,000 to 100000
a year. was rejected. the vote being:
yeas 141. nays 16S.
Cannon Recorded IN Affirmative.
Before the announcement was made
speaker Cannon directed tina: his
name be recorded in the affirmative.
An unusual scene followed.
Members were on their feet in a
general scramble for recognition for
motions Of one sort OF another.
The speaker. unruffed by his be-
sjegers. held that a molten by Mr..
Watson. Indiana. to receda from the
amendment. and amend it 50 as to
make the salary s75"00 was prefer
eRtial
The effect C the Amendment will
be 20 leave where Il now is the presi
dents salary. added T. which will be
the 81. 0oG heretofore appropriated
for travelling expenses. but which
the bill strikes out as a Specific item
Of transportation. etc.
Title Of New Secretary 0erided.
4 long debate was p-ecicitascd by
Mr.. Binshams offering an amend
ment TO the amendment Of the Senate
designating the proposed new ofhc!ai
q the state department as vice"
secretary instead Of under" secre-
tary. ard reducing the salary from
$40. 00o TO $3.50. Strenuous objec-
ton and even ridicHle came fTcm all
sides to both the titles.
The charge having been made in
several quarters tina; the United
States was trying to APE" foreign
powers. Mr.. DENLY. Michigan. dis
claimed such suggestion. The
idea. he said. was to make the state
department conform to the diplomatic
usage of all the world
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