The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-02-17
Several trials were made to get the pay 81, SIS.

/ Several trials were made to get the pay 81, 50,
So and 81 a day; all failed.
| The Committee took up the Sd and 4th sections
and passed Them without amendment. On the 9th
section reducing the pay of officers of the Govern
| ment from l2t 10 20 per cent good deal OF sfrug-
| Cling was made in the way OF amendments, though
| no speeches could be allowed
| Mr.. M KEoN moved TO include our Ministers
| abroad in the reduction. The Bill excepls them.
| The amendment read.
| Mr. M'KEoN.-Let all be treated alike, Foreign
Governmentshav reduced the salaries Of their mi
| nisters.
Cries of "order! order! No debate. Stick to
'em John" Serve all alike
| The amendment was rejected
| Mr.. @. Brown moved that midshpmen should be
| excepted from the $1,000 minimum. He said "They
are 100 well paid" It's four times more than it was
/ in 1886
| MALLoRY-Only twice as much.
| SEVERAL VoIcEs-It's not in order. Brown put 1t
| IN as an additional motion
BRcwN-lt's enough in order (laughter)
1t was rejected.
Mr.. SNYDER moved to abolish the office of Com
nander. ~ Chief of lie army, and that the duties
hereafter be performed By the Secretary of War.
MIR: ADAMS Hadn't you better first ascertain
| whether !herei any law creating Commander in
| STANLEY-Wel, there's some man who goes by
that title. It's well understood
ARNoLD-Capt. Tyeris the Comma nder-ia.C Chief
| now (Great laughter)
| 1t was rejected
A motion was made to abolish the Offices of So
llcitor and Recorder of the General Land Office.
Carried
Mr. GwIN and Mr. HUNT both moved substitutes
to the original Bill. send you copies of them, but
| as they were both rejected, with only 81 ayes,
don't think it's worth while toprint them.
! JOHNSON OF Tenn. and MEDELL OF Ohio, each
proposed substitutes for the Bill but both were re-
| jected.
| Mr. WILLIAMS of Conn. then offered as an amend
ment the lew lines. given above in the bill, about
| calculating the mileage by the shortest mail route,
| &c and which makes the Bill read so badly. Ii
was carried, however.
| MIR COOPER of Geo moved to reduce the army
70 1000 men and the Napy to 6 ships Of ,car ! =
| Rejected.
| AMEMBER.-Sir, l move to reduce the Navy to
| two ships war. One for the Home Squadron, and
| one to protect our Commerce abroad-(ROars Of
| laughter) Motion not put.
| MckENNAN.-l want to make another effort, sir,
| to save the small salary man. move that the re-
| ducon shall not touch salaries below 1920, in
stead OF $1,000. (Cres OF no no noD
| 1t was rejected.
| All sorts of amendments were then offered, and
| all voted down without division.
ARNOLD II move The committee rise, sir, and re-
| port the bill to the House.
VoCE.-What bill
ARNOLD Bill 54s (Great laughter)
BoTTs.-rll amend the motion: sir by adding
| " and that they recommend the bill be rejected -
ARNOLD No, sir, don't give it up-1 call for a
division and tellers
Telers reported, ayes 50; (cry of "Give it up y
with amendments to the Speaker, as given above.
| FILLMORE moved to chan .e the mileage from 81
for 20 miles, to So for 20 miles. (Rejected after.
| wards
BARNARD.-ls that in order! Are not the amend
| ments of the Committee first in order?
| SPEAKER 1T is in order
| SMITH, of Val want to have the bill printed,
| with all these amendments, thatwe may know what
| we're voting tor, before we vote so blindly
| SPEAKER.-Can only be done by general con.
| sent.
/ I l., A. Al.
| and call for the ayes and noes
Here there was great excitement and noise, and
many standing up in he aisles, talking loud.
SMITH, of Va.-Sir, wish to be distinctly under
stood
Cries of " Order-go on, Smith-d-n his old bill
let's have it printed-whost to know what they're
| voting tor-there's been 500 amendments offered to
SMITH, de- sire the bill to he printed, that we may
| know what it really is about
VoIcE.-You'll know soon enough.
VoIcE-It's all humbug and d-n nonsense. Let's
60 home. rm sick of such folly.
SMITH move to postpone the further considera
ton of the bill till tomorrow.
Cries Of No, no-get rid of the devsh thing to
STANDARDIZATION, gent-Massachuse first in
order.
CUsHrNGs motion TO lay on the table was lost
ayes A. noes I67 The bill passed by l66 yeas.
FILLMoRE's motion to put Sc for 20 miles travel
instead OF 81, was then nesatlved- ayes 50, noes
AS
| BARNARD moved 10 repeal all tnOse laws winch
authorised the aiutng any pay at all to members oil
Congress.
Cries Of " Oh, no-d-n it-no, no." 1t was re-
jected.
SAMPSON MAsoN-Uoudy, amid the noise)-l
move we adjourn. (Great Laughter)
The amendments OF the committee were then all
concurred in by the House.
The bill was then ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading.
STANDARDIZATION is, when shall this bill be
| read third time
MANY VolcEs-Now, now, now daughter }
The rules were suspended 10 allow it to be read a
third time; 1873 in the affirmative. Noes not counted.
The bill was read third time. Ayes l2S. Noes
81.
The question was then at last taken on its final
Ayes. Noes
Here are the names:
YEAs-Messrs. Allen, s. j. Andrews, Arnold, AIRING.
ton, Atherton Babcock, Baker, Beeson Bidack Blair,
Boardman, Brewster Briggs Brockway, Bronson, A. v.
Brown, NJ. Brown, C. Brown, J. Brown, Burke, w. o.
Butler, G. w. Caldwell, P. C.. CALDWELL Calhoun, w. D.
Campbell T. Campbell Caruhers Cary, Casey, Chap.
Cooper, Cowen Cravens, Crawford, Davis, r. Davis
Dean Deberry, Doig Eastman &c. Edwards, Egbert, Fill
more, J. @. Floyd c. A. lloyd Torrance, L Foster,
Gamble, Gates, gentry Gerry, Gddngs, Gilmer, P. G.
Goode, w o. Goode Gordon, Graham, Granger Green,
Gwn, Hail. Harris, Hastings, Hays, Henry, Hopkins,
Houck Houston, HUBBARD Hudson, Hunier Irwin, Jack,
King. Lewis, Linn, Littlefied, A. Mcclellan McClel
Ian, Mckay, McKennan McKeon, Mallory, A. Marshall,
s. Mason, J: T. Mason. NIahot, Mathews Mattocks. May
nard Medell, Meriwether MITCHELL Moore Morgan, Nor.
rs Morrow, Newhard, Oliver, Osborne, Owsley, Par
menter Partridge Payne Pendleon Plumer Pope Pow ell
Ramsay, B. Randall Rayner. Read, Reding, Rencher,
SELL J. Nj RUSSELL Sanford Saunders, seweli shepperd
Shields slade Snyder sprigg Stanly Seenrod Stokey
Stratton, J. T. stuart: Summers Sumter. sweeney, J.
Thompson, Triple Trotti, Trumbull, Turney, Under
wood, Van Buren,, Van Rensselaer, Wallace, Warren.