The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-20
AT SALARY FOR
THE PRESIDENT
,,o.te Fixes the Amount at
';iOO.OOO Per Annum-0th-
erS to Get Raise. I
uouSE MAKING PROGRESS
.,.opRlATIoN BILLS GOING
THROUGH SMOOTHLY.

-tf,-tou Jan. 19.-The salary OF
"4-.si5en+ Of the United States was
us ed at 100000 per annum, so
p'o. che senate could fix it, and the
%. ..s of the vice president and the
N''. ~ the house Of representatives
stgsOOO esch. ..--s a..
ln1 c,IIrt of the United States was
slplel-s5 from 81. 600 TO $4,000 per an
nd those Of associate justices
n1l1 90 400 to S14.500. These changes
rom f-sds as amendments to the legis-
Fsls svecutive and judicial appropTia-
iau'V t1I and after an extended debate.
uo- .s5-,ents allowing $1,000 to the vice
--esident and the speaker OF the mouse
L1rses and carriages were stricken
from the Dill ..--,...,-... u,t,;,,.- 1,,,
,bo attorney general Tor information
Vl--..rring the suit he purposes bring
ms against certain newspapers on the
Es-7s of libel iii connection with state
1-snts made in relation to the purchase
~ he United States of the Panama
anal property, was referred TO the
committee on the judiciary
vsrious. pension bills were passed and,
81 SIS. the senate adjourned.
Debate on Salaries.
s.nstor Warren. in charge of the Iegis-
Live bin. expressed the hope that the
.roVsnce OF 5000 annually for carriages
~ other vehicles for the speaker and vice
7-ssdept would be allowed TO stand.
Senator Bailey offered an amendment TO
eliminate the words other vehicles. so
a. 10 prevent the purchase of automobiles.
Then he delivered a glowing tribute TO the
horse.
Wr. Warren declared that on his ranch
ia wyoming automobiles are used to hunt
-o and save the horses, and sometimes
IL has sent an automobile 200 miles to save
sheep that otherwise would perish
Mr.. Dixon opposed the appropriation OF
government money for carriages.
Mr. Hemenway said that If congress was
10 provide carriages for heads of depart
-ents and others in the executive branch
N the government. he thought they should
be- allowed the vice president and the
Mr. Money argued that large expendi-
lures we're not necessary 10 maintain the
dignity Of office.
Wr Borah said he would offer an
amendment doing away with all official
carriages
Mr. Hale commented on the Increase OF
expenditures ON battleships- which, ht
said. was so great that the mere interes
ON the amount expended on one of then
Nas more than all the increases OF sal
aries provided for in this bill.
I'VE shall" he said, never reduce tht
expenses Of the government until we TAXI
in hand not only the question of salaries
but the enormous expenditures that We
are asked 10 make for military
he called attention TO the fact that W.
face a deficit in the revenues Of the gov
eminent during the next year of $4,000,
00
Provision Stricken Out,
By vote of 40 to p the provision o
Sees each annually for carriages ant
horses for the speaker and the vice pres
ident was stricken from the bill.
An amendment to reduce the salary al
l0Wance of the president from Sl00000 {
5000 was defeated by a vote of 80 to s.
The amendment increasing the salary o
the president to 600 was adopted by
vote Of p to 80. The Republican senator
who voted against the increase were Bev
erdge, BOTah, Brown, Burkett, Clapp
DOlliver. LaFOllette and Piles No Demo
cratic senators voted in favor of the in