Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-09
tional deficiency bin, covering items

tional deficiency bill, covering items
amounting to 81, ,733, ,844.
Mr.. Dawes appealed to the House
not to allow new matter to be added
to the bill, The principal item in it
was 81, zoo, 900 for the census. Other
items had been overlooked in making
out estimates, and some had arisen
from the creation of q new depart
ment of justice.
An amendment was offered by Mr..
Randall to pay certain clerks Of the
House an additional compensation of
twenty per cent. for the thirty-ninth
Congress, which had been ordered but
not paid. This provoked discus
sion in which Mr.. Dawes said if the
House made appropriations to increase
the pay of officials, he would with
draw from the Committee of Confer
ence, in which, for the last
to impress on the Senate that it
was improper and ipexpedient at this
time, with heavy taxation resting
on the people, to 60 to raising the
compensation of the officials of Con-
gress.
Mr.. Peters advocated the PROPOSE
ton as only making provision for
what the House had agreed TO- by
resolution of the Thirty-ninth Con-
gress, but which resolution the Treas
ury officials had refused to execute.
Mr.. Dawes remarked that the gen
tleman from Maine had never failed
to vote for the highest sums and the
greatest increase OF compensation and
salary ever since he had been a men,
Der of the House.
Mr.. Peters broke in with that is
unqualifiedly not true; it is absolutely
not true. / do not stand here to have
such slanderOus assertions put on me.
[ repeat what L said, and until the
gentleman can find on record a single
instance where he has failed to come
up to the truth of what / have said, /
will not withdraw a word of it."
Mr.. DaweS-The gentleman has also
been always in favor Of all the biggest
jobs.
Mr.. Peters repeated that what the
gentleman from Massachusetts said of
him was not true, and he ought to
know that he had more frequently
voted against than for raising salaries.
That the gentleman himself had voted
for giving large compensation to the
female employees in the variOns de-
partments, and he defied that gentle
man to show any such vote on record.
Mr.. Randall criticised Mr.. Dawes.
and said his course In regard to econ
omy had been that of man rowing
one way and looking another. He
was sorry to hear him threaten to re-
sign, but even if he did, the House
could run on, Notwithstanding. The
gentlemen stood here and played the
part of clown. Sudden falling of
the Speakers hammer. "I with
draw the expression" Laughter.
Mr.. Dawes asked pardon if he used
any unparliamentary language, and
intimated that he would also apollo
gize to the gentleman from Maine, if
his demeanor had been such as to de-
serve it.
The amendment was agreed to by
81 to So.
Mutual explanations followed be-
tween Messrs. Peters and Dawes.
An amendment was offered by Mr..
Bingham to increase the compensa.
ton of pages Of the House, was re-
jected.
Mr.. Brooks, of New York, offered
an amendment authorizing the Pres
ident, Senate and Speaker of the
House, to devise some system for
shortening the official reports in the
Globe and to leave out irrelevant and
immaterial matter.
Mr.. Bingham moved an amend
ment to exclude parts of speeches not
actually delivered. After discussion
both amendments were rejected.