Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-03
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS-
WASHINGTON, March ..
SENATE.

SENATE.
The river and harbor appropriation bill
was then taken up, and pending a considera-
ton the Senate went into executive session,
after which it took recess.
Resolutions of the Common Council of
Philadelphia in favor of the repeal of the in
come tax, and a memorial of the working
mems assembly of New York, for relief from
the combination of large operators and
transportation companies to enhance the
price OF coal, were presented and referred to
the Committee on Education and Labor.
Mr.. Wiley, from the Committee on Patents.
reported without amendment the house bill
for relief of the heirs of Jethro Wood, the
inventor of the modern cast iron pillow.
Mr.. Scott, from the Committee on Confer
ence, to which was referred the question at
issue between the houses, as to the right of
the Senate to originate measures repeating
the income tax, made a report that the COM
mittee had failed to agree advising the Senate
to adhere to its proposition, and stating that
no conference was necessary.
The report was ordered to be printed.
The fertilization appropriation bill was
passed without amendment
HOUSE.
Mr. Dawes of Mass, from Committee of
Conference on the legislative appropriation
bill, reported the Committee were unable to
agree, and stated the difficulties which the
committee had encountered. The Senate
had adopted one hundred and three amend
ments on the bill, on the most of which there
was no difficulty in coming to the agreement
on which the committee had been unable to
agree, were few in number but important in
character.
First, was to the judges salaries. In ad-
dition to the increase of salaries of judges in
the Supreme Court to which the House
agreed, the Senate proposed to raise the sal
aries of all judges in U. S. Courts and the
supreme court of the District of Columbia,
and the court of claims. The next was
proposition to erect State department build
ing which would ultimately cost 81 a00, 900
or 0Q0,0Q0, on tho site now occupied by
the war and navy departments. He thought
the conference committee might have agreed
on that subject, because the State department
was now in a lamentable condition, with its
records and archives exposed to the fire. If
the committee had not in its deliberations
punctured the whole thing by requiring the
building to be of granite and to correspond
with the treasury department. that provision
seemed to have wonderful effect in cooling
the ardor that existed about it, but along with
it was proposition to make splendid park
taking in all the public grounds from the cap
itol to the White House, and defraying the
| expense by the sale of other public grounds
in other parts of the city. Another PROPOSE
ton was to extend the capital grounds north
and south at cost estimated at 100000,
but which would not fall short of 81 900, 600.
The next proposition was to raise the salaries
OF all assistant secretarys, second comptrol-
Ter, register, all auditors, commissioner of
customs, supervising architect, treasury de-
partment, assistant Postmaster Generals,
commissioners of the general land office,
pensions, Indian affairs and agriculture, to
$1,000.
The House conterees regard themselves in
structcd by common sentiment of the House
to oppose this elevation OF the salayies. For
himself he was unwilling to enter upon the
plan of eplargng the capitol grounds at this
time. He was unwilling to go further in rails
ing the judicial salaries than the House had
gone in raising the salaries of the Judges of
the Supreme Court to $4,000. He was will
ing under all the necessities of the Govern
ment to agree to the commencement of one
wing of the State Department, to correspond
with the Treasury Department, hut he va3
NOT willing to have any fancy building erected
on one side of the Presidents house, and
that magnificent pile of granite, the Treasury
building, on the other. AS to the increase of
| salaries of officials, while he was willing to