Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-22
M. HARRIS APPEARs.

sel1 Iuls L. u Dy VOblDg agdlubL IH0 res
olution indorsing the sentiments embraced
in the report ofSecretary Of the Treasury
-7 10 sig.-
Meeting of h 'sHead Centre Al
Washington. ~
Under this caption the Philadelphis
Telegraph perpetrates the following at the
expense of those Congressman who have
shown so much desire for frequent and
long vacations:
In the House of Representatives the
Speaker announced that there was a aVa-
cancy on a Committed" What Vacancy
would do on a committee we do not know,
nor where he is from. There is a great
deal of vacancy" in all of the committees
and members also; but that the Speaker
should just discover it, is strange; we dis
covered it the first day.
Mr.. Washburne, of the Committee on
DEMONSTRATION" moved that they adj
Journ over the holidays, to give them time
to reconstruct themselves. x .s.s,
Mr.. Stevens moved that the holidays
mean from now to the first of April.
Mr.. Washburne moved that it go to the
first of May. he and his colleagues came
here for work, and without some rest there
could be no work. za
Mr.. johnson (Pa., but whose Pa we
don't know, moved that all of the holt
days be taken in. In his State they kept
the 4th of July. He should, therefore,
vote for the adjournment from the 2Ist of
December to the 9Th of July, and for an
appropriation to supply the members
with crackers, fire and water, for the oc-
casion. arr : ru- agrt
Mr.. Radford (of New York; asked the
gentleman to include harvest time. as
among his constituents this was an impor-
tant time for members to electioneer.
Mr.. Farnsworth' (Ill.) was in favor of
working along slow and easy, drawing their
pay regularly until the appearance of the
Cholera which was expected over next
summer, when they should hurry up their
work, get home and leave the hotel land
lords to entertain the cholera alone. 1t is
thought if the present high charges con
tinue at the hotels that the Cholera itself
viii have to leave. He Mr.. Farnsworth)
was in favor of the eight-hour system and
knock off at 3 o'clock on Saturdays.
MI. Spalding (0hio),. the Nglue man.
was in favor of sticking to it through the
holidays. He had taken a little house
down at Annapolis Junction; had a pass
on the Baltimore and Washington Rail- |
road, and wanted TO come to WashinKtoaJ
every day; expected to attend the circus
with his family on Christmas afternoon.
n the s~erenaders in the evening; and
should therefore vote, mo adjournment
MI. Kelley pa remarked that unless
they adjourned until the 4th of July, he !
was afraid that the 4th of July would be
forgotten He understood that it was
played out now in New York although
they observed it in his State once at GGet-
tysburg," and expected to keep il ups I.gu
The House, after this exciting debate,
toek some little refreshments and finally
agreed to adjourn TIL next year, at which
determination they all seemed satisfied.
Mr.. Stevens fPaD then gave notice that
the White House was much out of repair
The East Room suffered considerably this
cold weather when the Presidents Private
Secretary went out, as he took his hat out |
Of n Of the window panes and let in a
great deal of cold. Also, he learned from
he cook that n of the chimney smoked ;
! small ~contraband started to clean the
chimney last summer, but rs he never rot /
through the job, OF the chimney eitberIl
he is guilty of constructing the drafti |.
md as such should be lodged in iuil in
tead of up the chimney. A committees |
vas appointed to wait upon the, party IN I
he chimney and to hurry the thing
trough. Thirty thousand dollars was
appropriated to purchase putty and any,
hing else that may be wanted TO nlafe
he White House comfortable; perhaps il I
) intended to included new Cabinet and a :.
Tits understood that the head /
)abinet maker contemplates a thorough
reconstruction yadfs ,sssl lstl5 p
Mr.. Stevens reported a bill for the sup /
ort Of pensioners. Mr.. johnson had no
hjection to the passage Of the bill. but ]
bought the sum too small to the lower
rade of pensioners, eight dollars per
lonth; he thought that q man who had
'st both legs needed more than that to
airport him and 9 person even who had
'st a leg, on that sum might be said to
We with one foot IN the Craze. he would
to see our legless pensioners put on a
footing. +,
Mr.. Stevens had no objection to increas-
states. Some of the New York members
lOuShS bhAS AahAci hdIO VI Jul COutn0rM
rethren, for if they had known that, they
not have invested that way. nf7ii
g, wanted 20, 900 copies printed Of Gem j
rants Report Some enthusiastic mem
81, VINO had doubtless been in the army.
nd was used to reports, wanted $50 e9o6 &
,pies printed. It was finally aoreed 70
corporate Major-G General Butlers renorf 5
it and not print any. The resolution !
as then adopted. p 'Hiioaa Gt = 4
Mr. Henderson (Oregon] offered a rather ?
range resolution, which, coming from Z
a distance the gentleman is excused :
4" Resolved That treason against tha {
nited States Government is a erime tbo+ n
ght to be punished" -. z
Loud laughter Cries of Adjourn ! nd. II
lrni Bully for Henderson IN the pal !,
ies.) - u
The Speaker anffodzeed that the hour u
adjournment had now arrived. ana o.
y would stay adjourned till the 9th Of y
nuary. s-f H 81
When our reporter left, Nj. Henderson g
5 still standing there on the floor with Nv
resolution in his hand PoorananI ~ ~
aT