Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-01-16

MT Eastman. answer, not a single word Our sispl
sss year amounted To two millions of dollars the yea
before was iie iess, and yet not single line or
shg'c hguo IN tho whole OF that book shows that The,
~ any such thing IN the whole Stacs OF wincopsp An,
hno as pound OF pig lead, any mineral whatever
Ar. staunton, OF Kentucky. II the geniienau will al
low mo sirgie word OF explanation will say that tina
part OF the census which embraces the stasts Of
Try has never been printed ALL The last Congress for
paus their being printed aud that the reason why IN,
gentleman IRON Wisconsin does not find the statistics :,
tho subject To which he refe Il Il for the Iousc 10
whether statistics shall be printed at all ar not
suppose that at some future time the committee ON Print
ing viii bring proposition before the House the ohec,
OF which will be To have them determine whether thcy
| shall be printed not. ''
Mr. Bssel, Mr. S,rauI. Mr. Florence and other gentle
men, advocated the amendment. The auiendm,n, xas
adopted by vote Of ayes ia nays o. and the re.olu
ton passed 'N''
reports anmportant in their character, were made
from several OF the standing committees Then
Mr. Houston, from the Committee ON wnysaud Mama
TO which was referred bill from the Senate regulating
Tue mode ofpayment Of members of that BODY
the same back TO the House with sundry ancnjm.n,s :
lie proposed postpone the oc tbs
Oil until Tuesday next In order that the amendments
might be printed Some discussion arose upon the mo-
ton to postpone, II being objected that il would material
iy Inconvenience many Senators.
Mr bayy, OF Virginia, was opposed 10 any amend.
mens oil the bill by the House. especially because bs
.noash. that The Senate ought to DO entrusted with the
OF ts own cot tngent fund.- aud with the Sc
ecuon OF tho depository Of that fund.- without any inter
vention on the part Of tho House Were he member
OF the Senate he should consider himself insued by The
anendinents proposed IL had been said by the rcpt,
man IRON Alabama that there change proposed In tho
law by this Senate bill. Ie did not SEQ H.
Houston said that the bill passed by the Senate pto
posed To cut itself loose from the contingent fndor In
other words, ohave mode of payment for m. man
oes oil the Senate and another for the member of Tim
House. lie tloipht there sLouLl ba 60. -, " "o
Houses. ' ''' oo'n
Mr. Bayly, after further remarks hoped that Tho hin
might be passed as was without the amendments pro-
posed by the House. Po
Mr. Of
Tue House OF Representatives he would DO Incapable of
doing anything dscourtcos the Senate; but when bs
asked hn to do thing contrary the principle, which
should govern the House. he could NOT for fear or n;
subject To the charge Of want OF con,tesy IN L, Hos
do that thing for them lf this third section of lie nh
as proposed by the Senate passed BY the House
wo" lug mola De before IN an appropriation bill they
womb proposal provision for the same Of
.ne contingent fund OF the liouscy Were such promo
the provision in regard tn the Senate ~f''N'
hrMacr, Of Indiana, hoped he should M, or IL. jL;
towards the Senate any body else but he All
nol sec now that question involved In mi, b;ll
ssen II were he did not think that that should BIO ni
ent reason Tor the House implicitly 10 obey the will o.
.he senate. lie made charge against ony man n
es against Mr. Dckns the Secretary of the senate. bn
W. "s'shs u was well to provide against dishonesty
by the LIST section, Mr.. Dickus might go IN tha -
ana draw halt million of dollars under bond of merl
Vou. lie would be the deposi,ary of that money, and
ms bond was not a sufficient security ~
Ar. Mace. lf the Committee ON Accop,,o ., ;c,
able, the money would be properly apnIed. hn, ,h
had. l.
hau seen how $4,000 had been paid for Kossuh and ncf
Tps sioV;Voo woni he demanded meet the case of
hosza- We were all, more less a money.loying neo
pe' ana he saw no reason why the Senate should NOT
Ue sauec, 70 the same rule, well all other persons
he hoped the action of the Committee on WAYS and
Means would be concurred in by the whole House,
mr. iayior, oil Ohio, had looked at this bill and CON
enried WIN the views expressed by Mr. Bs,Iy of Viz
gina lie iid not think it courteous for the House N
interfere with the disbursements of the Senate in regard
to their officers. ' :" ''sar"
mr.. Cingman said he thought this was bad BILL and
naa nearI no sufficient reason why il should be passed
mat the Senators could be paid now as the members
house are paid lie advocated an amendment thar would
eve considerable portion of the contingent fund in the
previous question, which was seconded and b ai
question ordered ~ ~ mai"
rue question recurring on the amendments of the
eonuttee tey were eedto-thc yeas and NAYS hein
ordered anu taken on the third amendment which was e
he OUT tue third section of the bill The result was
yeas l2d, nays 81. " ''s"' was
Ihe bill was then ordered to third reading and was
subsequently read third time and passed by yeas ia
nays 52. fN' ~ yeas no.
The House then adjourned