Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-13

present congress, that the publication in news
papers shall cease; adopted.
An amendment was offered raising the sala-
RES of assistant secretaries, second controller,
register, auditor, commissioner OfcustOms, and
supervising architect OF the treasury depart
ment, assistant postmaster general superntend-
ents of money orders and of foreign mails, COM
missioner of general land Office, commissioner
of pensions and commissioner OF Indian affairs
to $4,000.
Mr. Sherman offered an amendment to the
amendment increasing the salaries of all heads
of bureaus to $4,000.
A motion to table the amendment was lost.
Mr. Sawyer moved to add the commissioner
of education to the list; agreed TO.
Mr.. Logan moved TO add the supervising
officer OF the marine hospital. A discussion fol-
lowed, pending which the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The speaker called attention this morning to
the fact that the privileges Of the house had
been violated yesterday in the introduction of
amnesty bills He said a wide latitude had
been allowed in offering the bills, there being a
tacit understanding that no name was to be in
serted whose disabilities the housGA j refused
to remove. He regretted to be informed this
morning that some Of these prohibited names
had been inserted in the bills reported yesterday.
In view of this effort to smugole IN names The
speaker gave notice that hereafter all amnesty
bills would have to be read IN full, with the
hdLlCs Vi luC ptISOuo DTOpOSCti 10 ne GtllGNeu,
The house this morning resumed consideration
of the bill to grant the island of Yerba Bueua to
the Central Pacific railroad. Gen. Banks, among
Others, opposed the bill. After debate, Mr..
Wheeler moved to recOmmit, with instructions
to report bill to authorize the appointment OF
commissioners to determine what sum the rail
road company should pay Tor the island and that
the report should be hnal. Pending the motion
to recommit, Mr.. Holman moved to lay the bill
on the table, which motion was rejected by a
vote of yeas, rs; to nays, ga
Mr., Leach, of North Carolina, rising TO a per-
sona explanation, SAID that he had inserted the
name of Gov. Vance in disability bill intro
duced yesterday, and he understood that Mr..
Vance's name was Que that was objected TO this
morning, He disclaimed any Intention of vic,
latng the privileges of the house and he showed
that Gov. Vance die not come under any of the
prohibited clauses.
The house took up the contested election case
of Cessna VS.. b, F. Myers, from the 18Th Penn
sylvania district, and the resolution declarin
Mr.. Meyers entitled to retain his seat was adopt
ed without debate,
The post office appropriation bill came IN in
committee Of the whole
A proposition to furnish uniforms for letter
carriers, and that househoiders supply letter
boxes, was rejected.
Mr.. Wood offered formal amendment, and
criticized the statements Of MIR. Dawes a few
days since as to the receipts and expenditures Of
the government for the coming fiscal year. He
presented tabular statement of actual recCiptS
from all sources for the first eight months of the
present fiscal year ending March l. 1872. This
includes receipts from duties, internal revenue
and miscellaneous sOutCes, and amounts Il
$3.50, 500 SSS SO, which, together with the balance
at the ga ne ratio, would make total for til,
present fiscal year of $3.50 764 1872 So Agains
this expenditures, as estimated by the secretary
OF the treasury for the fiscal year ending junt
1 A.. W. nDaa
mate included over S2S,OO0, 900 on account of tbt
sinking fund, payment of interest on the publ,
debt, ETC., and included about $500 900 more
than congress would vote for the improyemen
of rivers and harborS. 1t would thus be seen
that there would he a surplus of over So, 600.
900. If S25,000,OO0 of this should bl
paid towards the liquidation of The princi
pal of the public debt, it would leave
S57 100000 to be reduced from taxation liz
proposed that this be taken off the duties OF
iron, manufactures Of iron, tea, coffee, salt
coal and woOlenS, and also from the interua
taxation by the income tax, and other similar
sources of income. He also animadverted upoI
the policy of the secretary in keeping so large ;
-balauce of cash on hand, which now amounted
to over STA ,0000 900.
MIR. Dawes replied, and said Mr.. Wood haC
not cOntroYerted a silgle item of what he
Dawes had stated as TO the expenditures of thu
government. The gentleman from New YorE
h''h iililIlONSd ol' luC ACutlClldH from GGuOSYt
wanna (kelley) by more than 500, 600, 900 in hl
estimate of the revenue, nut he asked the house
to consider whether 1t was exactly wise to o,
on in eXtravagant expenditures with no othe
| resources to meet them than an expected in
crease IN the revenue. The first six months
receipts of the current fiscal year, multiplied b,
two, would give the years receipts at S36S O06
| 900, only 50 000,0 900 more than the estimate 0
the secretary OF the treasury.
The proposition by MIR. Strong to prevent an
printing whatever on government stamped en-
velopes, was discussed and rejected.
MIR. Con@er, from the committee on com
merce, offered an amendment increasing tn
subsidy for the mail service 10 China, to 81 600
| 900, provided the service be semi-monthly am
| in SHIPS of American construction.
Mr.. Holman made point of order on tn
amendment which the chairman overrued. Mr.
Holman then appealed, ana the decision wa
maintained by a very large majority.
Messrs. Sargent, Brooks, Garfield, Dawes ant
Kelly favored, and Messrs. Wood, Kerr, Butler
of Mass, and Holman, opposed the amend
ment
Without disposing of the amendment the
committee rose and The house adjourned