The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-20
Senate Adopts the
 Amendment. SUPREME COURTS CHIEF
 JUSTICE GETS AN INCREASE No More Carriages for Vice Presi-
 dent and Speaker. Senator Money Says 1t Is Ramored that Attorney General Benaparte VIII soon Take Up Study
 of Law in Baltimore.


 Washington. Jan. 19.--The Senate to- day adopted the amendment increas- ing the salary of the President to s100.000. including all traveling ex- penses.
 The Senate fixed the salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at $15,000 and the Associate Justices al $14,500 The amendment increasing the salary of the President was adopt ed by vote of 35 to 80. The Repub- lican Senators who voted against the increase were -Beveridge, Borah, Brown, Burkett, clapp, Deliver Lafol- lette and Piles. No Democratic Sena- tors voted in favor of the increases.
 Senator Warren stated the commit tee had accepted the action oF the Senate in fixing the salary or the Speaker of the House of Representa- lives at $15,o0c as significant to give a similar salary to the Vice-President, but they did not take the view that the committees contention, fayoring salary of $100,O00 for the President was affected by 1t. He expressed, the hope that the allowance or S5,VVV an : nually for carriages or other Vehlcles for the Speaker and Vtce-Presideht would be allowed to stand. Senator BaiIev offered an&amendment to elim- fnate the words "other vehicles, so as to prevent the purchase of automobiles and in this connection he deIivered glowing tribute to the horse as man best friend among the dumb animals.
 Mir. Warren declared that on his ranch in Wyoming. automobiles are used to hunt up and save the horses and sometimes he has sent an auto mobile 200 miles to save sheep that otherwise would have perlshed.
 MT. Hemenway said in reply to a question, that officials In Washington had "a little scheme" by which tney s.short circuit Congress" In the mattef of use of appropriations for uses ar ferent from those for which they were made.
 Mir. Bacon-what does that mean?
 MT. Bailey--It means they cheat the
 Mr. Henenway--It means that they s,se funds for some other purposes than those for which tlie apREoRri Rriasl1iS was made.
 MT. Bacon opposed the appropriation for horses and carriages.
 "A Senator or Representative," he says, "has ten times as much need Tor A carriage as the head of depart ment. I pay 25 cents for six tickets to ride on the street cars. and l pre- sume that Is what most Senators do when theyNgo about on business.
 MT. MoneyAargued that large expen-
  the dignity of office.
 ''There is a gradual change of opin- ion going on," said Mir. Money, and the people now do not regard the President as the servant Of the peo- pie, because in current magazine, statement is made that there were two great rulers of the world. one the Theodore ,and the other William II. Both have been rebuked. William submitted, while the ruler of America, Theodore Roosevelt, failed to submit. This sentiment has gone so Tar that a coup detat by the President of the United States would be welcomed by some Admiral in the navy and some general in the army. as well as I can learn. Now 1t is time we should go back to something like republican sim plicity."
 Referring to the Attorney General, Mir. Money said that a rumor had been going about the Senate some time ago that MT. Bonaparte was going to Bal timore to study law.
 "It is unfortunate that he did not do that some years ago" he said.
 Mir. Borah said he would offer an amendment doing away with all off, cial carriages.
 "There is bread line being fed day by day" said Mir. Borah. fin the shadow of this capitol, while we are using the peoples money III tHiS way.
 Mir. Hale commented on the increase of expenditures on battleships which, he said, was so great that the mere interest on the amount expended on one of them was more than all the fn- creases of salaries provided for in this bill. He called attention to the fact that we face a deficit in the revenues of the Government during the next year of $1S0, 900.
 By 40 to 21, the provision of the $5.000 each annually for carriages and horses for the Speaker and Vice-Pres- ident was stricken from the bill.
 An amendment to reduce the salary allowance of the President from s100,- 900 as proposed by the Committee on Appropriations to $75.0Oo, was defeated 33 to g.
 The question then recurred on the amendment to increase the salary of the President to $1O0,000 which was adopted.