The Washington herald., 1913-03-03
IlJMULTY SAVED
|. wage DECREASE
House Takes Action to Keep
Stipend at $500
a Year.
REVERSES FORMER STAND
Had Reduced Salary Of President,
Secretary from March 4, Before
Coming Into Power.

Joseph T. Tumulty. of New Jersey, who
will become secretary to President VIII
son on March T. will be compensated
| between that date and July l next a,
the rate Of $3.50 a year. Thereafter Mr..
Tumulty, as long as he holds Office, will
| receive the same salary. unless Congress
should again change Its mind on the
subject.
Charles d. HiIIes, secretary to Presi-
dent Taft, receives salary OF $500 q
year. as did his immediate predecessors
1t looked for a time as II Mr.. Tumulty
who has wife and six children. would
have to worry along on $500 a year. II
took an act of Congress to save Mr.,
Tumulty from working at the White
House for q lower figure than his prede-
cessor IN the ofice.
Last year the House Democrats. pos.
sessed Of q spirit of economy, forced the
adoption of an amendment to one OF
the appropriation bills providing that
after March 4, 1919. the salary Of the
secretary to the President should be ,00C
a year. That was before the Democrats
had won the Presidency. As the new
rate was to have become effective on the
day that Mr.. Tumulty will be sworn In
Democrats came to realize that they had
made a serious blunder a year ago. The
matter was fixed in the Senate. which
incorporated an amendment IN the def
cheney bill, fixing the salary Of the sec
retary to the President at $500 instead
of 5000. the increase to date from
March T.
Mann Has Some Fun.
The question was discussed at the ses-
sion of the House Yesterday afternoon.
Representative Mann of Illinois. the Re-
publican leader. started the debate. He
l,aI
duced the salary under consideration at
time when they were in doubt as to
which party would be in control Of the
White House after March 4. The Demo-
Gratis smilingly admitted that they ad-
vocated the reduction. and further ad-
mitted that they favored the increase.
Mr. Mann had lot of fun with the
Democrats before the House was per-
mitted to concur in the Senate amend
ment He made the motion that the
House concur
Representative Roddenbery of Georgia,
Democrat rebuked his party col
leagues. charging that they proclaimed
economy as a theory but were actually
eXtravagant in practice.
Addressing Uncle Joe Cannon. the for
mer Speaker, Mr.. Roddenbery ex-
claimed: "I find my distinguished
friend from Illinois urging an increase
in the salary Of the secretary to the
President. In all the days when with
your tyranno hand you presided over
the House. you were unable to appro-
pirate more than s15o.0o.0C for pensions
and We Democrats before We have got
the Senate and before We have got the
President have appropriated slS00o0, ,oc0.
We know how to legislate."
This sally made the Democrats squirm,
while The Republicans howled with
laughter.
Platform Merely Note-Retter.
we have reformed the rules OF the
try can get action from their Repre-
sentatives." continued Mr.. Roddenbery
who was urged TO go on by the Repub-
licans. why. the gentleman from Illi-
nois (Mr. Foss,. who presided over the
Committee on Naval Affairs in the Re-
publican side, was never able to get
more than s123.000. 900 for the navy.
and before our President comes into
power we have got s140.O00.OOO under
our reformed rules. and We are legis-
lating for the people. We are going to
demonstrate TO the great ex-chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee
lMr.. Payneb that We can reduce the
tariff and increase the appropria tions.
The people OF this country drove you
from power because you were incom
petent and incapable of properly ap-
and caring for these great
industries of our country.
oh. do not go about chding us
about our platform. that said We de-
nounce the Republicans reckless ex-
penditure of the peoples money. That
pla atform was made like the Republican
platform-to get into office on-and
have