Evening journal., 1917-03-06
MIR. MILLER SHOWS REPUBLICANS
STOOD FOR ADEQUATE SALARIES
FOR MEN IN GOVERNMENTSERYTCE

first real test by a roll call upon the
differences between the House and
the Senate on the question Of the in
crease OF salaries Of government en-
ployes.
1.-THE gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Stephens), as chairman OF the House
committee On Indian affairs, moved
that the House recede from its dis
agreement to the Senate amendment
No. III and agree to the same. II this
motion had been carried. there would
have been written into the Indian ap-
preparation bill the Senate proposition.
II is well TO remember at this point
that the Indian appropriation bill,
when II passed the House on the 18th
Of December last, contained the origi-
nal House proposition. Fortunately,
the motion OF the gentleman from
Texas was not carried. It being de-
feated on a roll call by 215 to 1871 On
this vote 1859 Republicans and SO DEM
ocrats voted in favor OF the House
proposition and 1873 Democrats and
8 Republicans voted against the
House proposition Immediately fol-
lowing this vote the gentleman from
Iowa (Mr. Good offered a preferen-
tial amendment. namely, to recede
from the disagreement to Senate
amendment No III and agree to the
same with an amendment. which
amendment was the original House
proposition Of a and 10 per cent. in
crease. This was carried on a roll
call vote by PSI 10 so. On this vote
119 Democrats and 162 Republicans
Joined in upholding the House prOpo-
sition and SO Democrats and / Repub-
lican voted against It, The bill there
fore went back TO conference with the
House provision voted into It in no
uncertain terms.
ION February 81, when the postof-
fee appropriation bill was sent to
conference, the House salary increase
proposition was voted into the bill
under the same procedure as outlined
above for the Indian appropriation
bill. but there was not even a roll
call, not even a division, but merely
viva voce vote. myself was rising to
get recognition in order 10 offer the
amendment, but as was proper, the
Speaker recognized a member OF the
committee ahead OF me TO do so.
ION February % the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill
conference report was again bef0rel
the House, and. on a test vote to con-
cure I'm the Senate amendment salary
increase, the motion was Overwhelm-
ingly defeated on a roll-call by vote
OF 2S2 TO CT. On this vote 16l Repub-
licans and 12t Democrats voted to up
hold the House proposition and 80
Democrats and 2 Republicans voted
against the House proposition.
"The very next day. not "a hours
later, February "a. 1917, when the ag-
ricultural appropriation bill confer
ence report was before the House, the
gentleman in charge Of the bill on the
Democratic side made the motion to
adopt the conference report, which
motion had u carried would have
adopted the meagerly Senate salary
increase proposition, which the House
had refused 10 concur In a number OF
/ times before The remarkable circum-
! stance In connection with the motion
Just referred 20, and which. by the
way. was defeated by : vote OF 100 10
/ ia, was that the Democratic side Of
the House voted almost sOlidly
against the House Increase PROPOSE
/ ton. On this vote 166 Republicans
voted 20 uphold the House PROPOSE
ton and "A Democrats voted with
them; 173 Democrats voted against IL
and Republican. The Republican
members OF the House are found vot-
ing solldly and consistently each time
for the House per cent. and 10 per
cent increase proposition throughout
five roil-calls. on divisions, and vive
voce votes. We will remember al that
time that those Of us who voted
against the agricultural conference
report were accused of being enemies
OF the farmer and unmindful of the
agricultural Interests in that great
bill II we did not vote TO sustain the
conference report, vet Notwithstanding
we did and the bill went through be-