Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-04

the house to the fact So far as the president is
concerned, he was not here to assail him. The
president was better man than those who as
sailed him, much better man.
MIR. FoX-"The gentleman's insinuation was
that somebody connected with government is
interested in this stone, and l desire 10 know
who that person is"
Mr.. Logan" Go and find out, and you will
know" (Laughter) He objected to the pro-
vision about the judges salaries, contending
that 1t made an improper discrimination against
the Judges of the court of claims and of the
supreme court of the District of Columbia
Mr.. Sargent stated, for the information of
Mr. Logan, that no amount of appropriations
for Washington city would stand 10 that gentle
mans way, in regard to his project for the re-
moval of the capital.
Mr.. Dawes expressed sdissent from some pro-
positions in the conference report, but argued
that, under all circumstances, it was better for
the house to agree to it, as n conference report
was, IN It's very nature thing Of mutual con-
cession.
Mr. Cox-"What does the gentleman from
Illinois mean by this red stone ring or this
Seneca ring2 Who is in it2 This house, or the
lobby at least, is rotten with gilded flies, corrup-
ton collected by the legislation Of congress. Let
this bill, therefore, remain until it can be eX-
amined"
Mr.. Garield-"I ask the chair whether it is
parliamentary language for a gentleman to say
that this house is corrupt and rottenp
The speaker-"lt is not"
Mr.. CoX-"I said there were'gilded flies of cor
ruptOn all about the capitol"
Mr.. Van Horn-"Every gentleman has a right
to speak from his own standpoint" Uaughter.)
Mr Sargent declared that the bill did not con-
tain single job, and that, with the exception
of the item for the state department building, it
wasentlrely for ordinary civil expenses of the
government
Mr.. Eldrige-T want to know if the gentle
man. Mr. SARGENT takes iccun with the pnutlp-
man from Illinois, Mr.. Logan, and whether he
denies the insinuation, and is prepared to say
that what the gentleman from Illinois says is
untrueP
Mr. Sargent-T will not deny it for you. 1
DENY 1t for myself deny it for the body of this
house,"
After further discussion, the report was agreed
to--107 to SO.
The conference reports on the river and har-
Dor deficiency, and the naval appropriation bills
were also agreed to,
The resolution from the Judiciary committee
to pay Young, representative from Georgia, the
inll compensation for the present congress, and
the other Georgia member one years pay, was
adopted.
Mdnight:-All the appropriation bills have
Oeen finally disposed of on reports of conference
committees, except the omnibus bill, which has
not yet been sent over from the senate.
a resolution was also passed, to pay the Vir-
ginia members salary from March 4, 1862 to
july u 1869, the date of their election.
Inc resolution, reported some days since by
Inc house conferees, on the question of the ex-
elusive right of the house to originate all reve-
nue. measures, was adopted.
AT twenty minutes past two o'clock, this
morning, the date of the latest dispatch from
Washington, both houses were still in session; ;
the house OF representatives had completed the
greater portion of its business, and was waiting
for the omnibus bill from the senate
few minutes before four o'clock, at which
time we ceased receiving dispatches, no further
news could be obtained.