Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-27
FIELD DAY IN HOUSE
PROGRAM IN TANGLE
Mileage and Free Automobiles Draw
the Fire of Republican
Members.

A political field day. with the honors
all on the republican side, kept the
House of Representatives in roars of
laughter and outbursts of oratorical
rage until nearly 7:30 o'clock last
night. The subjects were the old ia
vorites-mileage for members and au-
tomobiles for the Vice President and
the Speaker. AS extra added at
traction, the republicans took a fall
out of Secretaries Bryan and McAdoo
for asking for two additional assist
ants at $4,000 each; and incidentally
Speaker Clark made himself a. little
more solid with the republicans and
the anti administration democrats by
voting against the Bryan assistant in
a very loud voice.
Mileage Cup in the Air"
Mileage was up in the air" when
the House adjourned. The lower body
had acted on the conference report Of
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill so as to insist that
senators be paid 5 cents a mile; and
would have let the representatives
mileage go through the same way had
not the republicans .outmaneuvered the
democrats. forcing them to come out In
The parliamentary situation was
messed up, and the conference report
now bears the instructions to insist on
D cents for senators. but simply to dis
agree to 20 cents mile for representa-
tives. There is an impression that a
compromise at - cents mile will be
reached in conference.
Two Majority Feminist" It.
The republicans aided some of the DEM
ocrats in trying to get motor cars for
the ..ce President and Speaker and
after several republicans had called the
democrats cheap the House voted the
proposal down by 40 to 12s. The repub-
licans raised a disturbance of gigantic
proportions over the Senate amendment
to provide an assistant secretary to Sec
rotary McAdoo at $500. Representative
Good of Iowa made the strongest denun-
citation Of the service at the Treasury,
declaring that the work there is In utter
chaos
When the republicans turned their at
tention to Secretary Bryan and his re-
quest for . $500 assistant. Representa-
tive Good read the democratic platform
outcry against useless offices.
Mann Stirs the Embers.
In addition Representative Mann stir
red the members little when he de-
clared: "The Secretary of State was
very prominent over at Baltimore
couple of years ago. It is said that
he wrote the democratic platform. al
though he has since taken the liberty
of stating that some of its planks. were
not carefully considered and that at
tention ought not to be paid to them. l
do not know just how he regards this
plank in the platform which the. gen.
tleman from Iowa INT. Good has just
read to the House, but l think it would
not hurt the democratic side of the
House to have it read again in view OF
the fact that about half of the demo-
cratic side of the House has just voted
in direct conflict with that plank in the.
platform. because if there ever was
useless office. an extravagant Office. it
was the one proposed-for an assistant
to the Secretary of State. to which it
was proposed to appoint a stenog-
rapher to aid our distinguished Secre-
tary of State in keeping track of his
engagements on the chautauqua cir
cult"