Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1911 — PAY PARLIAMENT MEMBERS [ARTICLE]
PAY PARLIAMENT MEMBERS
Home Secretary Winston Churchill Moves Such a Resolution London, Aug. 11.—Winston Churchill the home secretary, in the House of Commons in moving the resolution that members should be paid, Baid that the basis from which a man could be chosen lor parliament would be broadened by the payment of parliament members. The resolution, declared the home secretary, was really the demand of the democracy for the free choice of its doctor. The house of commons voted to pay its members. The majority was 98. The members of parliament who have heretofore served without pay are scheduled to receive 400 pounds per annum.
