Evening star., 1914-04-17
HOUSE BIDS AD|EU
TO MILEAGE GRAB
Votes That Only Actual Ex-
penSeS of Lawmakers in
Travelling Be Paid.
MANY CHANGE ATTITUDE.
AS ELECTIONS ARE COMING
Body Also Refuses to Increase the
Salaries of Secretaries From
S1.500 to ST 800.

The House Of Representatives hid good
by today 10 what is sometimes caiief
the mileage graft as 1t voted 237 II
% to stand by the appropriations COM
mittee in the proposition to pay repr..
sentatives and senators actual expense
instead of 20 cents a mile. The vote t.
day was on the amendment offered Sc
eral DAYS ago which would take fro,i
the legislative. executive and judicial l.
the new proposition TO pay actual g.
penses and substitute therefor the pres
ent law-2o cents mile.
Elections Are Coming.
AT the time the House overthrew tHr
appropriations committee a few days ago
and stood for 20 cents mile, the mem
bers We're sitting in committee of tbs
whole, in which there is no record vote.
but when confronted with the possih,lit1
of having their names appear forever III
the archives Of Congress as favoring -
cents a mile instead of actual expenses.
and in face of a campaign for re-eIcc-
ton coming on, scores OF them change
their opinions and voted today for the
lowered rates.
The legislative bill provides for mil
age for senators as well as represent
atives and the proposition will not be-
come part of the law until the Sena;e
passes the bill.
The mileage question was the occa-
sion for the first of several possible ron
call votes on the legislative bill.
Following the vote to cut down mile
age to actual expenses. the House also
voted to refuse to raise the salaries OF
representatives secretaries from si'FN'
to 81, ,suo The vote on this was 16s aye
and la nays
Will Ask Separate Votes on Items.
Considerably knocked about and swoi-
len in parts under the influence "i III
sistent members of the House who wouio
not agree with the proposed economy o.
the appropriations committee. the legiS-
Iatiye. executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill was finished in the commute
of the whole late yesterday aiterliooi'-
and notice was given that sfpar dte -
Would be asked on some OF the anlehoe"
portions.
The last hour of the bills conslderauoil
called forth from Representative Mann
of Illinois a prediction that untess IN IN
House stopped abusing appropi lat.o. ~
hills and taking advantage OF ever
technical opportunity to make points
order and thus delay legislation. tSt
rules of the House would have to os
changed.
His reference was aimed principal
at Representative Fowler OF iElhais
who made about three hundred points
1 order
| ried salaries at greater figures than
| those established by the organic acts
of the various bureaus or departments.
Last Big Fight on Bill.
The last big fight on the bill occurred
over the amendment offered from the
appropriations committee. which, IT
enacted. will establish the salaries as
| fixed in this bill as permanent Law.
That means that hereafter no points OF
order will be forthcoming on the
salaries which have been carried Tor a
generation at an increase over the
original salary established many years
ago, and is aimed at such technical OBJ
| jections as Representative Fowler has
been making.
Representative Bryan Of Washington
made a last stand against the office or
| the auditor for the Post Office Depart
| ment, and entered in the Record some
bitter letters against Auditor kram.
The letters. he said, came from en-
| Moves of Mr.. Kram. Representative
| Bryan offered an amendment calling for
| an Investigation of the auditorS office.
| but it was rejected.