Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-08-31

Wilson, moved an amendment to tbo
amendment Of the Senate 50 a. to nyo,Jo ~
bountles for the soldiers. fo which NJ
Conkling moved an amendment for tba hot
ter equalization Of the bounties If tba scI
dIers. This amendment yas agreed 81 NJ
hoontz voting ia favor Of it. Mr. Sfevens
then moved that the House insist unon ;tg
disagreement to the several amendment ~
the Senate and asked for a Committee #
conference, hessrs. Stevens, Wilson and
lie Blond were appointed managers Upon
part OF the House, and Sherman. Fessen3cn
and johnson on the part Of the Senate
The managers met, and agreed upon re-
Port which was submitted to the House by
Mr.. Stevens Mr.. Wilson one of the House
managers refused to sign the report, and
opposed IL IN the House for two reasons,
afst, because q refused to aqreet0 am eyUgl-
tzdttoR Qf me b0URtjcs, and second, because
4 tetqmed hepr0tisjoR Increasing the pan of
IIcm1erS TO -, 900, and asked for these yea-
sons that the report should not be adopted,
91r. Stevens replied that the Senate Com
mIttec had given them to understand. that
the bounty question had been tried over and
over again in the Senate, and they feared if
1t was retained in the civil appropriation
bill, the bill must fall that the Senate would
not agree to any bounty bill The main
question was then ordered on the adoption
Of the report, which was rejected, yeas a,
nays l0l, Mr. Koontz VOTING no. Mr..
Wilson then moved that the House do fur
ther insist upon its disagreement to tllc Sen
ate ,, ,a.4q29ggdmgnts and asked fer Pr another
on part Of the House Messrs.
Wilson, Banks, and NIblack, the managers
on the part Of the Senate were Sherman.
Edwards and Harris This committee nset
and agreed upon a report, glCjUg the prea,S
bounty, ind also THE INCREASED PAY TO
MEMBERS AND SENATORS. This report was
submitted TO the House by Mr.. Banks, Mr.
Wilson refusing to sign it, because Of his
opposition 10 the increased pay Of members.
Mr.. Lawrence Of Ohio asked for separate
vote upon the propositions. and raised the
point Of order, but it was oyenulsd by the
Speaker, who decided that it must be ad0p-
ted or rejected as a whole. Many members
were therefore compelled to vote against the
report although they doubtless would, had
an opportunity been given, have voted as
they previously had done, for the bounty,
and against the increased pay. In thus yo-
ting, these gentlemen-iti is but fair to infer
from their previous actOn-h0nesty thought
that if the report was voted down, the Sen
ate seeing the firm position Of the House in
favor Of the bounties, and against the in
creased pay of the members, would recode
from its position and yield in favor Of the
bounties, without insisting upon The incrcas-
ed pay But tho report was adopted by
majority Of one, aud having previously
passed the Senate, became 8 law.
We invite the Democrat to an eXamina-
sion Of the record which viii conclusively
show, that ON all occasions when the ques-
ton Of giving bounties to the soldiers was
before the House as a distinct proposition,
Mr.. Koontz invariably voted IN its favor.
Had the Democrat been moved By aught
else than petty rancor against Mr.. Koontz,
it would have candidly and honestly stated,
that every member of its own party voted
for the bill increasing their own pay, and
that the President-iust now the idol Of Its
affections-signed the biIl-Somerset TIA
aid.