The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-03-04

| Admission of Kansas Green moved
10 nostpone all the prior,special orders, with a
view TO proceed to the consideration OF the Dill
for the admission of Kansas into the Union.
| On this motion disc, ssion arose as to the
priority of business, in Shich Messrs. Green,
Gwin, Broderick, Douglas, Seward, Polk, and
others, participated, whan the question was
taken on call of the yeas and nays, ana IL
was decided in the afirrS tive by the following
vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen +, Bayard, Benjamin,
Bicps. Bigler, Bright, B own, Clay, Collamerr,
Crittsnden, Evans, Fite $ Green, Hammond,
Henderson, Houston, Hu,ser, Iversou, johnson
of Arkansas. johnson of Tennessee, Jones,
MALLORY. Mason, Pesrce, Polk, Pugh, Sebastian,
Shdel, Stuart, Thomson ct New Jersey, Toombs,
and Wright-32.
Navs9Messrs. Bell, Broderick, Cameron,
Chandler. Clark, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas,
Durkee, Foot, Foster, G,sn, Hamhn, Harlan,
King Seward, Simmons, Trumbull, Wade, and
Wilson-20.
Mr.. Green then rose cad addressed the SEN
ate in support of the bill and in the course OF
his remarks personal explanation was enter
tanned in relation to the export OF the majority
and the views of the minority.
Mr.. Collamer took tho floor, and supported
the views of the minoritf, when, without con-
Guiding. he gave way f6r motion to go INTO
Executive session.
On motion of Mr.. Nilsson, the Senate then
proceeded to the consie Grafton of Executive
business, and, after a psotracted session, the
Senate adjourned st LATE hour.
HOUSE.
The select committee On the resolution ex-
pelling from his seat iii the House Mr.. 0. b.
Matteson, of New York, 1as appointed as fol-
lows: Messrs. Seward u Georgia, Harris of
Illinois, Grew of Pennsylvania, Curtis of lowe,
and Bishop of Connecticut.
Mr.. Harris, of Illinois, was excused from
service on the committee. at bis own request
Organization of Officers ofthe House.-Mr.
Mason, of Kentucky, trofn the Committee on
Accounts, to whom had oeen recOmmitted the
bill fixing the number aAi compensation OF the
clerks, messengers, pages, and laborers, OF the
House of Representative, reported back the
same without amendment,
Mr.. Mason addressed the House at length
in explanation and advocacy of the bill, and
moved that it be put upoa its passage.
Mr.. Spinner, of New York, moved to amend
so as to make the proposed reduction OF com
pensation of employees taSe effect in December
next.
Mr.. Warren, of ArkaiAas, opposed the bill.
He was in favor of retrischment and reform,
but wanted to begin With the higher function.
aries Of Government, 8ad not strike at the
little pages and the labeters whose bread de.
pended upon their wages. He moved to refer
the bill to The Committee of the Whole.
Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee, advocated the bill,
believing that it would ,erate to prevent the
granting of extravaganza bonuses to employees
by resolution at the end Of the session. 1t was
important that the number and compensation
of employees should be fxsd and determined by
law.
Mr.. Smith, OF Illinohg spoke in favor oil
granting liberal compensation to employ es
Mr.. Nichols, of Ohio, tfok the same view Of
the case, and favored the.snotion to refer to the
Committee of the Whole
Mr.. Haskin, of New York offered an amend
ment repeating the act fising the annual com
pensation of members ef Congress, and pro
viding that the pay shall 1ereafter be eight dol
lars per day. He was opposed to reducing the
pay of the humble employees ofthe House, while
| the paid agents of Gover5ment who were EN-
ployed in manufacturing public opinion in
favor of a gigantic swind,e were to have theii
salaries raised.
Mr.. Stanton, of Ohio, sppported the bill al
| desirable measure of reform, so far as it went
He demanded the previous question.
Mr.. Florence, of Pennsylvania, moved that
the House ad journ whics motion prevailed by
vote of 81 to 40; and accordingly, at twenty
FIVE minutes before four O'Clock, the House ad
iourned. y