Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-20
AGREE ON INCREASES
Senators Discuss Salaries of
President and Others.
AUTOMOBILES FOR TAFT
Bailey of Texas Makes Warm De-
Tense of the Horse.
GRADUAL CHANGE OF OPINION
Money of Mississippi Stirs Things
Up-Tendency Toward Freedom
of the People.
GRADUAL CHANGE OF OPINION

One hundred thousand dollars year
for the President with no allowance for
railroad fare: $1,000 each for the Vice
President, Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives and chief justice of the Su-
preme Court. with no carriage allowances.
and S14, 800 for each of the associate jus
tees of the Supreme court was the net
result of the salary debate, which began
Monday and ended yesterday, in the Sen
ate during the consideration of the legis-
lative, executive and judicial appropri-
alton bill The question of the increases
of salary for the judges of the United
States circuit courts will come up later
There is possibility that the Senate
will vote again on the proposition to in
crease the Presidents salary. a motion
by Senator Clay of Georgia TO fix it at
s75. 600 instead of 100000 was lost yester-
day by a single vote, and a number OF
senators who are in the city failed to an
swer when their names were called. Thls
action was taken in committee OF the
whole
1t is now reported that when the con-
sideration of the bill in committee of the
whole is concluded and it is reported to
the Senate for final action those o.e VINO VINO are
opposed to the sum of 100000 Will de-
mand another vote, as they Will nave
right to do. They will only do this If
they feel that they have better chance
to win than they had yesterday.
The suggestion has been made that the
majority of the absent senators favor an
increase to only $4,000.
1t is not likely that the bill will be re-
ported to the Senate until late this after
noon or tomorrow.
Allowance for Carriages.
There was a lively fight on the propo-
sition to give the Vice President and
Speaker each an allowance of $4,000 for
carriages. Senator Bailey, noticing that
''other vehicles were mentioned in the
clause. warmly defended the horse, de-
clarinS that if the government continues
using automobiles it would cause a lower
| ing of the value of the horse and con-
Sequent cutting off of the revenues OF the
| farmers of the land.
! Would you give the stamp of govern
! mental approval to the modern jugger-
| naut?'' he asked. The whole item was
| stricken out.
| The amendment increasing the salary
| of the President was adopted by a vote
| of b to 30. The republican senator's who
| voted against the increase Were Bever-
| idge, Borah. Brown, Burkett, Clapp, Dol
liver. La Toilette and Piles. No demo-
cratic senator's voted in favor of the in
| crease.
| Senator Money of Mississippi stirred
things up by saying that large eXpendi-
| lures were not necessary to MAINTAIN
the dignity of Office
Freedom of the People.
There is a gradual change of opinion
going on" he said, land people now
do not regard the President as the serv-
ant Of the people, because in a current
magazine a statement Is made that there
are two great rulers Of the world, one
Theodore Roosevelt and the other William
II. Both have been rebuked. William
submitted, while the ruler of America,
| Theodore Roosevelt, refused to submit.
| This sentiment has gone so far that a
coup detat by the President Of the
| United States would be welcomed by
| some admiral in the navy and some gen.
eral in the army. as well as 1 can learn.
Now, it is time we should go back TO
something like republican simplicity.
| .All over the world there Is ire
mendous tendency toward TIE freedom
| of the people. There is an effort being
made to withdraw from rulers that part
of their power that belongs to the peo-
pie, but at the same time in the republics
Of the world there is tremendous tend
| ency the other way.