, 1860-03-05

Mr.. Sherman explained from table Of COM
putations before him, that the bill OF the Com
mitteo would save the people Sso0.ooo per an.
NUN. About ono, half Of this would be savcd
IN cutting oil crooked, cheating mileage, ind
the other half in reducing the price from 10 10
20 cents per mile. Tho acsual cost Of travelling
on railroads, meals included, is less thnn fovr
cents per mile, But it costs great many mem
bers little or nothing to get to- Washington end
return. as they manage to provide themselves
With passes from the railways. The actua! ti'ue
spent By member Of Congress in the discharge
Of his duties is less than fire months per year.
For this he is paid $4,000, OF ut the rate Of $3.50
per week. The other seyen or eight months Of
the year are his own. A large number Of nlem-
bc1s absent themselves for q month Or mora
during each session 10 go home and attend to,
their personal attaira. a dozen members might
bs named who hare not been here since the
Speaker wns elected. They nre *'psired or"
aud ut home, but drawing their pay the same Us
if here attending to their proper duties.
The present mileage law is grossly unfair to
the members themselves, in that it pays one
man $1,000 per year, end another $3a. Stout
Of Oregon, comes here on d pass and draws
nearly 5000 for. travelling expenses, while
Winter Davis from, Baltimore draws $50. The
salary Of The former is $4,000 per year, mud the
latter Sc ,o30 per annuu1. The delegate from
Utah pockets $1,000, aud the members from
Texas $1,000 per annum, while a hundred bet
ter members draw from Il, $50 TO +, 800 year.
As might be expected, The bill met with siren
uous opposition. Attempts were made to tun1-
bic it into the dead sea, called the Committee
Of the Whole," to lay it on the table, to strauGlc
it in various ether ways. On the question to
Tablet the yeas we're 35, nays 1s2, to drown it
in the Committee Of the Whole, yeas II, nay IS
l07; to adjourn for the purpose Of getting 1t on
the Speakers table and killing it, yeas ST, nays
". Whenever the yeas and nays we're not
called, or IN indirect blow could be given it,
there was minority against the bill. Finally,
after various dodEes and parliamentary quiEks,
and flibustering devices the House adjourned,
sending the bill to fhe Speakers table where its
enemies will smother it to death if they can.
Western members Of beth parties We'd with
John Cochrane and Tom Florence to interpose
obstacle in the way Of tue passage Of the bill. If
some of them have not "put their foot in it."
shall be greatly disappointed.
The Mexican treaty will be defeated by the
| Senate. There have been two executive ses-
aions held on it, Several objections that will
prove fatal have been raised against it. Half a
dozen Southern Senator's are opposipeit. Wig
fall of Texas launched at it yery bitter speech,
tak;nr the oround that there was no govern.
n,ent in Ne1;co canah1c If making treaty
tb,+ Jroraz .r,a =, India, and bis followers
| .,,chroada. +bot n1;,oron UNA n soan;ar]
,xhosa te,cbarx ,vere nr;ests md uu1attoes lie
ha,d that tl,a rot;{,cat;on of thc trcatv wouId
1ead IN the acou;sit,on Of ali Northern Mexico
N be afterw,rda converted ;nto Abolition sta,cs
n,mmond chesnut A. Johnson and others On
,he Southern s;de onnose It.
s;,,,,on. ~ Rbode leland oro,.cd t,ot If ve
ost,h1;shed frec trade with Nex;co we wcrf
,,ovnd 1x mr. tre,,;o. with Eno,erd md Franco
In mt them IN an eoual footine with the mos,
forored nat;on which would result in DESTROY
| ;,r orr revenncs and comnc1 n rcscrt to di1cc
t,Ia,ion w;1son contended that tie treaty
| n,,t;n, nowor b,5 m constitutional riyht r.
t.ro ,,rav f-or, 4be Horsc of REPRESENTATIVE
| their control oyer appronriafiops and hence tht
f,n, ,,;,,;ons o,n,onr;o,cd bv tho h;u ,nust n
.t,;ct.n ont of = Tba Inv tre,,v nnder Wash
;n.tor ,rh;ch vas dofs.ted m ,t;e oronnd wo
a,.s,oa .. nracadant II. ,rantsd ~ I'm,
,rho tbe american crc5;tors vc,o to whom III
two m;1,;ons oro tn ba Maid, Tia susnecte
thera wa sometb;uc rotten in Denmark
,,.,,, aoa,, +,,a,. ,-sa;tors c,zne forw,rd will
their claims, and let the Sennte see who the
aac, "no " "oA'Ao t1'e eAi"A"~te ".1 "'''
| of their bills OF ulnlaEeS, lie did not want an
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