The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-08-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MoNpAY. july 20, 1916.

MONDAY, July ~, 1910.
The House then resolved itself into
the Commitle of the Whole on the State
of the Union, Mr.. Mcdowell. of Ohio
in the chair, and resumed the considera-
ton Of the bill reported from the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, making fur
ther additional appropriations for the pay,
&C., ofmembers of Congress, and for GER
tain objects of expenditure in the Indian
Department, connected with negotiations
and with delegations from various tribes
of Indians in Mexico and Texas.
The question REQUIRED on Mr.. MeKay's
amendment, moved and pending ont Thurs-
day last, TO amend the item for pay &C.,
of members of Congress; by striking out
Sl60,7OO, and inserting Sl76,546-the
increase having been rendered necessary
by an extension of one week of the pre-
sent session; the bill having been based on
the presumption that the session would
close on the Sd of August; whereas the
two Houses have subsequently fixed on
the 10th of that month as the day for the
termination of the session.
The amendment was at once agreed to.
And the question REQUIRED on the mo-
ton made bv Mr.. Cobb, on Thursday
last, TO strike the item the altogether from
the bill.
Mr.. Stewart said he should vote for the
amendment proposed by the gentleman
from Georgia, (Mr. Cobb He hoped it
would be adopted; and he here gave no.
tice that,ifi should not be adopted in COM
mittee, and the previous question should
not be called, he should himself move the
same amendment in the House, and call
the yees and navs. He wished to see
who the gentlemen were who were ready
10 anticipate their own pay, while hum
dreds of applicants were waiting at the
door ofthe House, and hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, TO which they were just
" entitled, were withheld from them by
delav. For one, he was willing TO wait
the action of the Senate on the general
appropriation bill, just as all others were
obliged 10 wait who were concerned in
that bill. But if the gentlemen were de-
sirous Of discussing amendments, he
thought they had much better turn their
attention to the amendment which Mr.. ).
had offered day or two since, which
provided that, after Congress had been in
session six months, the per diem should be
reduced to six dollars; and after eight
months to two dollars. Mr.. SIS object
in offering this amendment had not been
TO reduce members pay, but to shorten
the session of Congress; and this. IN his
apprehension, was the only way In which
that object could ever be effected. This
bill was professedly to provide against
deficit: and Mr.. s. could tell gentlemen
that there would be other deficits of far
greater amount. There would be def
cit. and a very great defciL shortly expe-
rienced in the revenue of the country
The contemplated passage OF the new tar
ffbill. of the sub-treasury bill, and the
warehousing BILL. and the land bill, taken
together, would reduce the revenue of the
country one half And was this proper
time to provide in anticipation, for men,
bers' own pay!
Mr.. Chipman here called Mr.. Stewart
to order. He perceived that the gentle
man was about 10 infiict upon the House
another tariff speech. He hoped that he
would not be allowed to proceed.
Mr.. Stewart said the House was in
Committee of the Whole ou the state of
the Union, and he claimed the same liber-
tv of debate which had been allowed to
other gentlemen. This was a bill to ap-
propriate money, and the money to be
appropriated was part of the revenue: 1t
was certainly, therefore, in order to speak
on anything which affected the revenue.
The chair ruled Mr.. Stewart to be IN
order.
Mr.. Stewart said that whatever touch
ed the revenues Of the country, affected
the people throughout the Union Il FORM
ed Legitimate subject of discussion in the
peoples House of Representative. This
was question which, as the government
oroan maintained, affected the Admins
tration only; it was question for the peo-
ple as much more than il was question
for the Administration. He had said that
there would shortly be other Deficiencies
of far more importance than that which
this bill proposed to provide for. Ii gen.
tlemen carried their proposed measures
they would find themselves without mon
: ey to pay the troops who were fighting
our battles. The House had passed bill
creating Treasury bank. and authorizing
II 10 issue ten millions of dollars in Gov
ernmeni paper; but, then, ten millions Of