Evening journal., 1917-03-06

cause the House conferees went to the
Senate backed by that vote and made
the Senate recede.
Now. let us refer to the roll calls
IN the Senate. The first test IN the
Senate was on January %, 1917, when
the amendment OF the Senate was
written in the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill on
this vote Il was carried by thirty-three
20 twenty nine. On the 26th day OF
February, when the Indian appropria-
ton bill was before the Senate and
the Senate was forced to back down.
tho House provision was carried by a
vote OF thirty-three TO twenty-five. On
that roll call fifteen Democrats and
eighteen Republicans voted to concur
In the House salary-increase PROPOSE
ton. Twenty Democrats and two Re
publicans voted against II.
Last night. March 1, 1917, there
was brought into the House the post
office appropriation bill conference re-
port, and we all know what happened.
The great Postofiice Department and
it's employees will be the only depart
ment in the government in which this
five and ten per cent. increase did not
take place, although In fairness IL
should be stated there are other in
creases In other provisions OF the bill
] desire to insert in my remarks at
this point the colloquy that took place
between the gentleman from Tonnes
see (Mr. Noon and the gentleman
from Illinois CMr Mann and the gem
tleman from North Carolina (Mr
Kitchen) and the gentleman from
Iowa (AIr. Good when this point was
under discussion on the conference
report, because il brings out the sit
uation OF the Postofflce Department
employees more clearly than ] may
have been able to bring It before the
committee.
"In the House, by going over these
various roll calls. we see that when
ever there was q roll-call vote on the
proposition 10 sustain the House sal
ary-increase proposition, which is, at
least. fair proposition and is doing
justice TO the employees, never at any
time were there more than three Re
publicans votes, or three votes on the
Republican side, cast against this
House proposition, but the greatest
number OF Democratic votes against
was 173, and they wavered back
and forth, tho greatest reversal being
on the vote of February 20 and a.
think that when the Republican party
through its representatives In the
most popular branch OF the National
Legislature voted consistently 10 up
hold a proposition to give a living
Erur a. inn atrh ha 4Oh
of living is bearing on government
employees tenfold more than on any Of
us, think, when the Republicans Of
this House have a record like that, Il
should be called to the attention OF
Congress and Of those interested.
"Mr. Chairman, ask leave to ex-
tend my remarks by printing one
short editorial. And l thank the COM
mittee for its consideration"
Mr.. Stephens of Texas. "Is II not
fact that the Smoot amendment was
first adopted by the Senate, and that
Mr.. Smoot is one OF the leading Re-
publican SenatorsY'
Mr.. Miller OF Delaware. "I will
say to the gentleman from Texas that
the 1873 Republicans OF this House, the
largest representative body of their
party, are not accountable to any one
United States Senator, no matter
whether he be a Democrat or a Re-
4 publican. And further call the gen
tleman's attention to the fact that on
his own bill last week there were
eighteen Republicans and fifteen Dem
oerats that voted In the Senate TO
sustain the House proposition, and
only two Republicans voted against It,
but there were twenty Democratic
Senators with them.'
Mr. stephens OF Texas. "Is IL not
a fact that we were trying to get the
/ two Houses together and agree upon
some amendment rather than to let
all these bills fail?"
Mr.. Miller oA Delaware. "The
House has gone on record by all kinds
of votes, viva voce votes and roll
calls, strongly in favor OF their prop
osition. do not stand here to cast
any personal aspersion against any
House conferees. for IL has not been
my privilege 10 know what II Is TO be
House conferee. but I can mag
Inc their difficulties"
Mr. Haugen. "Is Il not also true