The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-28
CoNGRES ESsloNAL..
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Nav 2I.

Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine, from the com'
mittee on Appropriations, reported with
amendments House bill to supply the
deficiency in appropriations for the
mileage OF members of the House OF
Representatives. The amendments ap-
propriate 81 100000 to supply the def
cheney in the amount required this year
to pay for the collection of custom du-
ties, and $4,000 for the payment of a
special counsel employed by the Treas
ury Department
Mr.. Sumner, from the committee on
Foreign Relations, reported without
amendment bill sppropriating S32j,-
600 in gold to pay the Government OF
Great Britain the amount awarded
under the treaty OF Jnly lst, 1863, to
settle the claims of the Hudson Bay
Company and the Puget Sound Agricul-
tural Company -. a.
1t was ordered that the Senate would
adjourn from Saturday till Tuesday in
order 10 observe Monday as holiday
for the decoration OF soldiers graves.
The appropriation bill was resumed,
and the amendment placing the female
clerks in the departments on an equal
with the males as to compensation was
debated and adopted-36 to 90. The
a1,nnlp,ap trn,, tl,a IN
of the Whole, the appropriation for an
extension Of the Capitol grounds, was
read.
Mr.. Harlan asked for the reading OF
the resolution of the Iowa Legislature
instructing their Representatives to OPP
pose further appropriations for public
buildings in Washington, in view ofthe
anticipated removal of the Capital
The resolutions were read and Mr.
Harlan argued that no public necessity
existed for the proposed expenditure; !;
that the only consideration upon which
it was based was personal gratfica-
tiOn Of congressman and visitors to the
city.
The discussion continued AT length
each speaker being allowed five min
uteS.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, said that
St Louis, TO which it was proposed the
capital be removed, was the chief city
of a State which would have gone into
the rebellion hut for the efforts of one
man, General Frank p Blair to whom
he was willing to accord all the credit
due him. lie would keep the capital
in loyal community.
Mr.. Yates said removal had been
represented as having received Il black
eve in former debate on the subject;
that it had been voted down in the Sen
ate. lie stood up now to predict that
not one Northwestern member of the
House would be returned unless pledged
to vote for the removal of the Capital to
the Mississippi Valley.
Mr.. Howard thought the agitation Of
the question injurious to public taste
and detrimental to the value of property
in the District of Columbia Washing
ton was hallowed by recollections and
traditions too sacred to he treated lightly
Mr.. Carpenter said if proposition
to locate the capital anew was male TO
the Representatives of Iowa, Missouri
Indiana and othc: Western States, il
would take twenty-five years to agree
upon the site. He thought Milwaukee
the only place entitled to it, but could
moi get anv one in the Senate but his
colleague to agree with him.
daughter.
Mr.. Morton thought it was under
stood by everybody that il removed the
capital should 90 to indianapolis.
I Laughter.
Mr.. Drake denied that St Louis was
a candidate for the site, and thought
the climate of Washington was supe-
rior to that OF any place in the Missis-
sippi Valley.
After remarks by. Messrs. Stockton,
Upton and Stewart in favor of apprO-
priation. and Mr. Ramsey against it,
the amendment was carried; yeas -,
NAYS 10.
The amendment was adopted making
the salary OF the Chief Justice OF the
Supreme Court $4,000; Associate
Judges, 5000; Circuit Judge $500;
Court of Claims and District of Column
bia Judges, 5000 The motion to in
crease the salary of the United States
Treasurer to 5000 was rejected and
the bill passed.
Adjourned.