Show I HOUSE KillS SALARY INCREASE EASE FOR PRESIDENT AND OTHER OFFICERS Executive Now Gets Geis Per Annum and Pickings Which Brings the Total Amount Amou t Up to t Washington Feb 24 The house to today today today day rejected the senate provisIon precision in increasing IncreasIng increasing creasing to the salary at of the president In a lively debate in the house on the conference report on the executive legislative and judicial appropriation bill Underwood Und of ot Alabama and Clark of or Missouri criticised the senate increases in appropriations especially In reference to salaries Bingham of or a Gillett of Massachusetts and an Livings Livingston ton of ot Georgia the house conferees strenuously defended their report which in so far as there was no dis disagreement agreement was adopted President Gets Now When the turned turn d on the increased salaries of ot the president president vice president speaker of the tho house and judges about which the conferees could not agree Mr Clark renewed his declaring de that Instead of the president actually received per annum The vote ote on each increase was wa taken separately By B 67 ii to IO the house re refused refused refused fused to accept the senate amendment increasing the speakers salary After the senate amendment allow allowing allowIng allowing ing the president had been re rejected rejected rejected an unusual scene ene resulted Members scrambled for recognition to tomake tomake tomake make various motions The speaker unruffled by b his besiegers held that a motion by Mr Ir Watson Indiana to recede from the amendment and an amend it so EO as to shut off debate by moving the previous question and amI on that proposition the roll ron again was as railed called The The previous question was ordered and the amendment was carried to amid Republican applause The amendment will make the presidents presidents dents salary equivalent to the present salary plus the heretofore al allowed allowed allowed lowed him for traveling expenses expense the appropriation being stricken out Ridicule From All Sides A long debate was precipitated by Mr Ir Bingham offering an amendment amen to the senate nate amendment designating the thc proposed new official of the the state department as vice Ice Instead of secretary and reducing the salary from to Strenuous objection and ridicule came from Crom all alt sides A AThe The charge was made In several quarters that the United States Stages was trying to ape foreign powers The Th amendment was vigorously supported by b Mr lr Watson atson Indiana while Mr r Mann Ill III in opposing the creating of or orthe the offices of under secretary and fourth ass stant secretary maintained that it was simply another way of oC giving gl glin ing in ini office to two more men Without an opportunity being af at afforded afforded forded to vote yote on 00 the Bingham amend amendment amendment ment the bouse house rejected the whole amendment and all remaining senate amendments pertaining to the state de department department department The next battle was waged on the senate amendment Increasing the sala salaries salaries ries of oC federal judges rInding them thorn themselves selves eles In a hopeless minority the con can conference conference ference ferente comm committee moved moed a non con currence currII In all the amendments This action was as taken take and the bill sent ent back to conference |