New-York daily tribune., 1849-02-23
ycrdict for straight IiIesse, &C.
Corresp0ndence q The Tibuoe
W..rtnGrnS Wednesdsy, fco. :

STRAIGHT MILEAGE hes to-day received an Gu
dorsement by the House the more emPha'lc ior
the rslnc,a,ce with which great portion oi the
,o,es il, i,s favor were notorously gwen know
,., MAJ. ,o,ss were given for It in the confident
o,oec..,,o, that it will sleep the sleep OF death
..hls Of the Senate, bat who shall say 1t IS
worthless on that account NtHete"ths oil the
49,. voting 10 the House to-day declared that
s.,.i,ht Mileage Is right. Constructive Mileage
long and that paying Members s. per day for
dsvs that they are absent on private business or
.ectiopeerng for reelection ought 10 be stopped.
If the People viii only keep their eye on this mat
ter. the Senate will surely concur If not at this
Session.
Gen. MCKAY Of X. C. drew the bill given be
lox. presented it, and had it referred TO the Com
mitiee Of Ways and Means Of which he is a Mem
Der, which Committee assented to bis reporting 1t
back with two amendments one inserting tie
word continuous in the first section the other
striking out the third section entirely. with a view
70 its presentation as q separate bill. Gen. Nc
Kay has been ready 50 to report forseveral weeks
but reports from his Committee were not IN order
til yesterday, when he brought n bis bill. but the
Morning Hosr expired while he was briefly ex
planning and commenting 1t, and the House in
stonty passed to the orders Of the day. The bill
s as follows:
Be It enacted Sc That the Secretary of the Senate
and Clerk Of N, House shall at the commencement o.
each Session Of Congress, obtain from each Member
and Delegate the name of the POstOthce nearest his
residence and shall with the aid Of the Presiding ON
GER ascertain and the distance % the said Post once
from the seat Of the General Government computed
according 70 the shortest continuous mail route adding
70 or subtrac,ng from that distance as the case may
be- tie distance from tho said Post Ohce 10 the resi-
dence Of the Member Delegate upon which state
the Mileage Of each Member and Delegate shall be
computed and settled ProDided- That they shall not
! alter the maximum Of Mileage now allowed 70 the
/ Delegate from the Territory Of Oregon.
| SEC ?. AHd be It fqrthr eaaaed, Thst hereafter no
Member or Delegate shall be allowed Mileage Tor A.
tending any Extra Session OF Congress or OF eiiler
House thereof unless he shall have actually Travelled
the distance charged being the purpose OF this sec
ton 10 prohibit compensation for constructive journ y
SIC . AHd be n 6drther cGacied That from the NAL
settlement Of the account Of each Member and Dele
gate be shall suboin the close Of his account GER
ifcate that he has deducted from all and each Of the
entire days which ne have been absent from Dis
seat in the House Of which he is member, and while
it was in Session excepting however, wnen nis 40
may have been occaoned by sickness or BY the
order Of the House public business or may have been
with leave Of the House in which latter case ne sha
be allowed only 81 per day during such absence
SIC 4. Ind BE- u fGrther enacted, That hereafter II
shall not be lawful for any officer Of either house Of
II
utsn other proceeding Of either OF said Houses to
purchase contract agree for the purchase OF any
book for distribution among the Members thereof until
appropriation shall have been regularly made ior
that specific purpose.
sEc s. lad BE- IL farther endctcd That par, of tn
appropriation which may be made for the Contingent
Expenaos Of either House of Congress shall be applied
to any other than the ordinary expenditures o the Sc
nate and House respectively shall IL be lawful 10
expend any part of said appropriation by virtue oil any
order resolution other proceeding OF either House
/ as 4 satlOn allowance to seCretary
| Clerk messenger or attendant OF the said Houses or
either OF them.
Mileage which may be allowed to officers or other per
cons in the Military Naval civil service shall be com
put and settled according 10 the shortest mai route
This bin again came up on the assembling OF the
House this morning. Gen. Mckay now waived
farther remarks aud moved the Previous Nues-
ton, which was sustained a motion to lay the
bill on the table was voted down. The hrst
amendment of the Committee inserting the word
continuous in the first scctonD prevailed, and
fear that crooked word will do great deal OF mis-
chief should it ever get into Mileage Reform act.
It may be mcal-it may be cat-l fear IT will prove
the latter. know it is already exulted over by
some adversaries of Straight Mileage as nuliyinS
| the whole section. If it should be held to mean
the usual mail route as fear 1t will, 1t will de-
stroy the better part Of the saving effected by the
bill
ON the other amendment of the Committee,
striking out the third section the Yeas and Nays
were obtained aud the amendment rejected For
it, % Against it, ll3-more than two to one. SO
the bill stands as above.
| The bill was then engrossed for third reading
aud passed by the following vote
yr.s-Messs Abbott, Adams Barringer, Barrow, Beaie'
BediDeer Belcher. Birdsbll backmsr, bo"don, bos''
| Bovien sddeer sroihssd. C. Brown, A. G. BRO" o.
RoSkoe, Burt Canby Csihcsr Chase, +. CLARK b. L.
CLARK Ciinginan h Coob. w K w Cooh,Cocse' IohHue''
coes conSe I cS,s r.sI fS% s@sSse Evaa.
Evans Fsrsn Fsely F-shersIon, Fosin Fisher fi0ai'
noy, Freedey, French Fulton, H'aalns, 1'ffnn ffsn K
Hsl. j. q Hampton, NJ Hampton has'3n' ua'iisnson' i
Harris. Henley Henry IN, mnlnS, i"s. irrn. ieasas
II johnson. q. " Jones, Kaufman, helogg' hensoe
Isrn' i,eon Lincoln NcClensnd Mcdowell, mcl.vsiee,
! Mckay McLsne, Mcqueen, Mann n Maln ms''t1 n,'
Miller Morris Morse, Mun. Murphy, Nee, Novel; Nlco'
Olras Pslfrey Peasee Peck, rendlelcn Peiie feylon
Pollock Preston Putuam, Keyn0ids flchausV.' huoy'
Rockh Rockwell J. A. Rocs~s h9'ssn noo sn.. @sg
! G h Smith, sniih, 7. Smith, stanton s1afk~ ~es,hei, A
Stewsrl c. STUART srohm strong Isru@oss rs
! ION Toombs Turner, Van Dyke, Nenshle, Ware Wa
lace wesiwo,Ih White Me- Me-, Gsy h.Sy.' rsnssop
| c j. Ingersol. K ". johnson. Lynde MScisy, fsl''
Rheit sAngefand, Taylor TmoodeanS Iompsin'' '.n-
Il
Yeas iJ7, Nays Sirtca Think OF that
Mark the votes Of nearly all the deiamers OF the
earlier advocates Of Straight Mileage in favor Of
the bill Here are the identical provisions, almost
in the identical words unless there be some jussle
concealed under that continuous } which were
proposed in a resolution OF inquiry by Judge EN-
BREE at the opening of the Session, and received
with levitv or contempt-the same which were
moved by Messrs EMBREE and GREELEY as amend
ments to the various Appropriation bils-the same
that were iuggled down in Committee by the
s,henck amendment or voted down decidedly
where no votes are recorded, now ostentatious'y
adopted By ten to one in that same House Read
again and be astonished at the votes making up
that magnificent majority Blessed be the mem
or, q, the man who invented the Yeas and Nays
VIRGINIA CoNGREssIoSAL NoNiNATioNs.-Ed-
ward P Pitts now member Of the Va Senate from the
Eastern shore has been nominated for Congress BY TIE
Nbs, of the Accomac District The present member
| is Thomas II. Bsyly, Loco.