New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11
no1-sr OLE REPRESENTATIVES,.

| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,:
| Mr. ROOTS REP, Ark) introduced bill 10
encourage the establishment OF mail steamship me 10
India and China and to promote sra'io" i'0'
NJ TfTCH Rep New introduced bin in relation to
| the Sutro Tunnel Referred - $500.
The resolution reported some time since from tne oon
mitee on Foreign Affairs, calling on the fIeslueI lol
trnation concerning the imprisonment of American CIT
izens i'm England for political Oenses, came up Or AIS
Mr. WOOD dem. n " addressed the House the
subject taking strong ground against the British Govern
| me2t He blamed the President for not having taken
measures to effect the release OF those PRISONERS
He thought the House OF Representatives should 40 us
! duty Official intelligence the subject shOIu De
asked from the State Department and then 1t might be
that Congress- and If not Congress, the American people
ETitsh peope If negotiation failed. then they should
appcal to the God Of Battes-that high Umpire which
was sometimes the most economical most wise and most
The discussion was further confirmed by Messrs
| HAIGHT Dem, " j., SCHUMAKER Dem. y. ~
and Wilkinson Rep, Mimi on the same side Of the
| question. The morning hour expired Whlle hr Nlkln
son speaking and the matter went over TIL the next
! Mr. MOOD asked leave to offer a resolution directing
ZION to refund TO the CITY of York moneys disbursed
in 1861 under the direction OF the Union Defense Commit
| tee. amounting to nearly SlOOOOO0 .,-
| MIR CULLOM Rep., HI objected, unless similar
| proposition for Illinois was coupled with 1t.
Mr. BANKS rep. Mass moved thar the privileges OF
the floor for this day be given to Mr. John Kits me gen
tleman standing by his SIDE who was born III Iennsy !,
vania in 1902 soldier OF the Revolution witnessed
the surrender of CORVALLIS at Yorktown. and had also
served III the War of 1872 The motion was agIeed 10
unanimously, and the old gentleman was soon sur
rounded by the members with whom ne Ghatted I'd q
lively and intelligent MANNER showing DuV sHEnI Incd'
| tons of his extreme
.be Committee on Public Lands to define by law what Is
! meant by swamp and oyerfiowed lands. Adopted
Mr.. BUTLER Rep, Mass offered resolution eailhg
spanish Government had not paid IN COIN according to
the treaty Of s the interest on .e claims OF AeIcan
paid creditors in legal tender notes &c Adopted
ton reported back the bill for the removal Of dsabii
ties from loyal citizens. Recomlnitted.
THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL
The House them at $780, went into Committee OF the
Whole, Mr. CESSNA rep. PENN IN the chair. on the
Legislative Appropriation bill.
The amendment in reference to the Capitol Police,
keeping up their present number ana pay gave rise 70
Rep Mass who referring appeal by his colleague
Buter in favor Of the MANNED soldiers the Capitol
year. had proposed 10 turn adnft OF Them and
TO put the Capitol the surveillance Of the standing
bIllty Of the Government, he reminded his colleague
that depended less such matters than 1t did ON
other iuatters which he seemed to have overlooked As
TO the argument Of his other colleague lBankS he was
not satisfied with the suggestion that they keep people
from stealing the bronze DOORS and carrying of the dome
OF the Capitol As to another suggestion made yester
day that these 10 extra poeeinen were necessary 70
members earnest III cutting down these cXpcn.
and without charge. Laughter lie stated the amount
of appropriations on'the Capitol Police since 1860 when
the ddnito Was as large as il is now when the members
were as numerous they aud when there was
much necessity for police force as there Is nov" In
COS 1866 slgC2 1851 <i2 sGO ls6s with 20 per cent
added ST. 2sS. THIS year il proposed to make 10
Ss 6o but the Committee on Appropriations proposed TO
Tednce it for next year the short session to SS2OCO
eW days the undeis OF assault had broken over ms
head because he had called for the cutting down Of
expenditures OF Congress- but the first time lie proposed
do it, this unnecessary expenditure his colleague
aTrayed his powers against that particular thing. lie
The vote was taken, and Mr.. Negey's amendment, TO
make the appropriation the same as last year. was re
lcCted
Mr.. BENJAMIN rep. MOI moved to strike out the
whole paragraph as to the Capitol Police and argued
that it was a useless expenditure Rejected,
| ing the compensation. Rejected.
s PSSsap aSg Gg P P9 %eare of msTSGr
paid for mileage. He desired gentlemen to 20 the
country the question OF economy. and that they
should vote on some practical thing Here was ques
ton that affected members themselves, and Oh which
Mr.. FITCH lIep., New opposed the amendment init
mating that while the members living at distance
e members ns near the Capo could attend TO-
their private business and earn large fees lawyers
Mr.. INGERSOII. Uep HI expressed his belief that
the House could not 40 wOrthier thing IN the matter OF
economy than the reduction of their own salary TO what
Mr.. WILLARD Giep, VT expressed the hope that the
far exhausted himself as not To be able 10 sustain the
Mr. KELLEY C}ep PENN did not believe that any
salary for member OF Congress who had 10 dwell apart
from his own establishment 50 large part OF the year,
and TO sacrifice his business
Mr.. FARNsw0RTH Hep., M characterized all such
propositions cheap buncombe; for man who had 10
rely on his salary and mileage, the compensation was
not much. II the salary Of member was only an
incident, and If his income was derived from outside
operations he supposed that such member might come
for nothing
MI LAFLIS REP y. " reminded the House that the
increase of salary from $1,000 10 $1,000 was carried by q
majority only one, and that the vote Of the gentleman
from Illinois Nr lngersol went TO make up the majority
Mr. ISGERsOLL explained that If the present condl-
ton country the IL was then, he
would not favor the reduction but at that time the
times better and then there was more currency IN
MI cox Dem, n " said he looked upon this
attack on the gentleman from Massachusetts or
BntleT), who always took pay Tor ms services III gold
Laughter This the largest debate on small mat
Ter that he (Nlr. Cox had ever heard. Gentlemen
undertaking to run the machine OF economy by
saving candeends and cheese parlngs IL had been nt
mated by the gentlemen from Nevada dr Fitch that
the gentleman from Massachusetts tMr Buter away
lns profession, but he tMr. Cox would defend
the member from Massachusetts He never ran
away. He would not run away IA soldier. aud he
would not run away as statesman. He was always
here VIXEN there trOul4c. LaughterI He believed
that the amendment made IN perfect good faith.
mileage either IN currency of gold He cox would dc
fend the honorable member fruu Massachusetts against
the insidous assault made on nm by the gentleman from
by talking OF gentlemen getting money by outside opera
tons He thought 10 peculiarly happy that the Demo
cratic parry, represented in All humble way by himself
couId defeud ~ old aud hODOred colleague VINO had
gone further than the party by standing by the Southern
wing Of IT III those erilous dayt lL@ugnterl II thee
another not only IA his military career. but ~ his eco
pOical career commencing at the Dutch Gap Canal aud
running all the down through every idea connected
with his name IL was the gentleman from Massachusetts,
Laughter --.,
uudeF zllch the salary OF members was Increased
connected with tho additional bounty 10 soldiers.
Nj EUrI.ER dIep., MassJ eEplaned that his amend.
ru di1 not strike al the salary Of members but only at
a., IA