The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-04-06

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sers. He expressed himself as highly
gratified by the harmonious start which
has been made. declaring that it
augured exceedingly well for the flu
ture.
Il have no intention whatever OF
leaving Lincoln" he declared in re-
Spouse to a query as to what he would
tell a committee of prominent bust
ness men from Memphis, Tenn, who
are on their way to invite him to make
Memphis his future home. He expects
to remain here about a week.
Cannon Vacates Room.
Joseph G. Cannon stepped down from
room today. There seemed to be a tao
it agreement that the c~ommodious
quarters occupied by the speaker of the
House should be untenanted for a day,
SO when Mr.. Cannon carne to the capi-
toll he went direct to an office room
that has been assigned to him in the
marble office building. A force OF
cleaners took possession of the speak
er's suite.
Uncle Joe.s" negro messenger roamed
about, picking up stray papers and oc-
~casionally clearing out a pigeon hole.
would steal up to take a peep at the
promised land.
Washington April 4.-The demo-
Gratis elected 10 the sd congress-.
which convenes in extraordinary ses-
sion On Tuesday, started in Saturday
to make good their promises to the
people. In a caucus lasting until late
at night they mapped out an ilitia!
program of policy, the principal items,
of which follow:
Voted to abolish sinecures and per
quisites on he pay roll of the House
of Representatives approximating $780,
900 a year.
Ratified g code Of liheralized 4rliles of
procedure, under which it is asserted
the manipulation of legislation byi
designing interests will be prevented.
Adopted a slate Of committees, the
chairman and members of which We're
selected by the democratic members;
of the ways n means committee act,
ing as a committee on committees.
The extent to which the "old guard"
had loaded down he, public pay roll
with personal and political friends Is
amazing. The list of su%perfluous pat
ronage was made up by a committee
headed by Representative A. Mitchell
Palmer. of Pennsylvania. When this
body started it's work, Mr.. Palmer said
it expected to lop off 500, 900 of use
less jobs. Then it was discovered his
was only half of the swag which the
"old gurd' had carried off every year.
The summary of the retrenchment
approved by the caucus follows:
! Abolished. Amount.
Three jobs in speakers Offices 1920
Twenty eight jobs in clerks
office 1890.
arms office 47,050
Twenty-eignt jobs in door
keepers office ............. s1,34o'
Six useless committees ....... $4,000
One months extra pay to each
employee annually ........... $4,000
Total .$1S2, $50!
In addition, there are some miscel-
~laneous economies in incidental ex-
penses which bring up the actual total.
of the retrenchment approved by the.
caucus to an amount approximating'
5000, 900 a year.
The useless committees abolished are
those on Pacific railroads, manufac-'
lures, militia, private land claims,
levees and improvements of the Missis-I
sippi river. and acoustics and ventil-
alton
1t probably is not generally known
that employees of congress for many
years have been paid for IS months
work a year. They were paid their
regular salaries fixed by statute and
The additional ono months salary by
d special resolution at the end Of each
annual session.
Following is a list Of the committee
chairmanships, as parceled out in the
caucus:
Ways and Means-Underwood, Ala
bama.
Appropriations - Fitzgerald, New
York.
Rules-Henry, Texas.
Judiciary-Clayton, Alabama.
Banking and Currency-Pujo, Louisi-
ana.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Adamson. Georgia.
Rivers n NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Florida.
Agriculture-Lamb, Virginia.
Foreign Affairs-Sulzer, New York.
Military Affairs-Hay. Virginia.
Naval Affairs-Padgett, Tennessee.
Postofices-Moon, tennessee.
Public Lands-Robinson, Arkansas.
Indian Affairs-Stephens. Texas.
Public Buildings-Shepherd, Texas.
Labor-Wilson, Pennsylvania.
!, Pensions-Richardson, Alamaba.
Merchant acknowledgements, Mis-
souri,.
Coinage, Weights and Measures
Hardwick, Georgia.
Territories-Flood, Virginia.
Insular Affairs-Jones, Virginia.
Railways and Canals-Korbley. In
diana,
!, M:nes-Foster, Illinois.
Education-Lever, South Carolina.
. Patents-Oldield, Arkansas.
) Invalid Pensions-Sherwood, Ohio.
: Claims-Pou, North Carolina.
+ War Claims-Sims, Tennessee.
Accounts-Lloyd, Missouri.
Mileage-Lee, Pennsylvania.
Census-Houstin, Tennessee.
! Library-Slayden, Texas.
: Printing-Finley, South Carolina.
Enrolled Bills-Cravens, Arkansas.
! Industrial Arts and Expeditions
) Hefin, Alabama.
!, Disposition of Useless Executive Pa,
4 pers-Talbott, Maryland.
District of Columb1a-Johnson, Ken
z lucky.
Revision of Laws-watkins, Louis.
: lana.
Civil Service Reforms-Goodwin
North Carolina.
Election of President, Vice President
Etc-Rucker, Missouri.
e Liquor Traf1ic-Candler, Mississippi.
: Irrigation-Smith. Texas.
. Observation-Disclosures, Alabama.
Elections No. 1-Ansberry, Ohio.
Elections No. 2-Hammill, New Jer
q sey.
e Elections No. 3-Goldfogle, New York
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