The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-26
.SENAT AGAINST
P|A||YF0|R { |M|'|AssEUR|
Argument Starts Over Furnishing
Attendants for Bath
Rooms.


ashinston. March 2;.--:snator;
will lave to struggle along without ,
n,asse,r in their bathrooms IN the Sen
ate office building.
\ In the legislative appropriation bill
which was considered In the Scnnt,
Yesterday afternoon. there was pro.
vision for n superintendent OF thu
bathroom In the office building of the
Senate, at a salary OF s1.soo; and the
bill specified that this superintendent,
should ALSO be a lnasseur." When this
amendmentswas reached, while the bill
was being considered by the Senate as
committee OF the whole, no objection
was raised to 1t and 1t was agreed
TO by the committee OF the whole.
But when the bill was formally pre-.
sented in the Scnatc-as parliamentary
procedure goes-,and the yice-Prcsi-
amendments adopted BY the committee
of the whole. Senator BristoW began
to ask questions about the masseur
and the bathrooms He proposed to
strike out OF the bill all the attend :
ants of the bathhousc
Senator Warren had reported the
BILL. but never had seen the bathing
apartments; Senator clapp had been
| there. but never had tried the marble
tubs, Senator Burkett was sure that
the baths were In operation. but had
no Information regarding the masseur.
Attendants Provided.
Discussion developed the fact that
+ q bathrooms had been ordered a long
time ago and the superintendent OF
me inc building; had provided attendants
for them.
!. Senator cutherland said he did at
nome the little bathing he did. Sem
ator Scott thought that ifSthere was to
be masseur. there also Should be
manicurist and valet
After much comforting and general
debate. Mr.. Bristow changed his
amendment so as to cover only the
three attendants in charge OF the
bathrooms Strike 'em all OUT he
said. That Will leave a ianitor in
change. and that's enough"
Three efforts wero made at vote.
The first was OF the popular offhand
order The chair was of opinion that
the noes had It, On division de-
nanded by Mr.. Bristow there were Il
ayes to is noes. Still dissatisfied, the
Kansas Senator demanded the ayes and
noes. but there was no second. and
he was compelled to surrender.
Proposition Meets Dcfcnt.
Senator's Hale and Scott then put |
their heads together. and by a COM
bined effort knocked the masseur with
his S1,S00 salary out Of the bill.
One other important matter re-
cctved attention While the bill was
under consideration. but it did not
arouse the discussion that was causedI
by the masseur. This was the sub
ject of reports required from corpor-l
atoms under the corporation tax pro-
vision OF tho tariff law, according to
the terms OF the bill These reports
will not be made public except in Gspe-
cial cases. The Senate adopted the +
committee amendment to the effect
that the reports shall only be made
public upon the order Of the Press
dent when he deems it for the public
AT the suggestion of Senator La
toilette a provision was added re-
turing that the reports also shall be
made public upon call of the Senate
'r House of Representatives by resolu-
ion. -
The legislative appropriation bnlI
vas vas then agreed to by the Senate. It
aries ar1 appropriations of more than
3l,G00,000.