Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-23
'sDuring the roll call the following anounc-
ments were made: -


'sDuring the roll call the following anounc-
ments were made:
aAIr. Bright. On this question 1 am paired
| with the gentleman from New YORK Mr. Clarke
| IL he were present he would vote aye while
should vote no." (GIO6c part B. PIP. 1921
Just here q word Of explanation. l do
not approve Of the Congressional custom of
pairing; but it has been too long establish
lished tof me to correct. 1t does not change
the result of the vote, and by Congressional
construction the pairing members are con-
sidered as voting one for and the other
against the question. TO resume the mar
rative. The vote of the House AGAINST the
Butler amendment to the Senate amend
ment seemed so decided that Mr.. Butler
and his friends seemed to despair of its pas
sage in the House. Mr.. Batter bad moved
to reconsider the vote rejecting bis amend
ment, and Mr.. Farnsworth had moved to
lay this last motion on the table. Mr.. But
Ter now asked permission of the House to
say
awe are in such position that unless we pass
1t In this form we cannot get any action. If we
pass it we can have the Judgment of the Senate
upon it. If they argue against 1t there is an end
of the matter, and then it will go to committee
of conference, and they can agree and put the
provision Ia such form as they think right Then
it will come back to the House, and majority of
the House viii have the coutrol Of the matter as
they have now. Otherwise it is simple vote to
put this case out of the jurisdiction of the House
and the Senate. This is why moved to recon-
slider, in order that we may bring the minds of
the two bodies to operate on the same PROPOSE
ton. ] do not care whether the amount be fixed
at 81 800, or sc, 500 $1,000, as some gentlemen
have indicated; but think there ought to be
some increase TO meet what is an actual reduc-
ton in our pay"
"Mr. Sargent. suggest to the gentleman that
he make it 900 and cut off all mileage and al
lowances.'
t'Mr. Butler viii agree to an amendment
which shall provide that this shall be the salary
with actual expenses of travel"
"Mr; sargent &c not want actual expenses
at all" tGlECOe part 5. p. 1,97e.)
The vote was taken On MIR. Farnsworth's
motion to lay on the table, which motion
failed-ye2s GO, nays los, not voting SO.
was still paired with Mr. Clark, of New
York, and did not vote on this question,
but announced that l would vote s'aye" if
he were present. (Globe, part 3, p. 1910
The question required on the motion to
reconsider, and the vote stood yeas 104,
nays 70, not voting 81.
did not vote on this question. The
reason why did not, do not now remem-
Der. But surely did not mean to "dodge"
ted against the bill, both by vote and de-
parl ameDtsry question to bring the matter
before the House sgain, and not to commit
any one to 1t on its fiUal passage.
Mr.. Butler now moved to reconsider the
vote By which the previous question was
ordered, and it was agreed to without call
Of yeas and nays. This brought the Senate
l1f. - e.
amendment. Wherenpon Mr.. Sargent
moved to strike sout of the Butler amend
ment, $500, the proposed annual salary Of
members Of Congress, and their travelling
expenses, and insert in lieu thereof-"Shall
receive $500 per annuu each and this
shall be in lieu of any other pay or any al
lowance for mileage, newspapers or station
cry" He called the previous question,
which was ordered, and the vote was in
5santly thrust upon the House without eT
PLANTATION or debate. The House refused to
order the yess snd nays, and the amend
ment of Mr.. Sargent was agreed to. The
question then required on tgreeing to the
amendment as amended on the motion of
Mr.. Sargent. The yeas and nays being
ordered, the vote stood yeas 100, nays 81,
not voting 43, Globe, part 8, 1919
did not vote on this question, and it is
the only one directly involving the merits
on which l did not vote or declare how 1
would have voted but for being paired.
This omission l am free to admit requires
explanation. There were two reasons
whether good or not, why l did not vote on
this questioD:-One for the want Of time to
investigate the true construction and effect
Of the Sargent amendment and the differ
ence in the pay 10 MemDers Of Congress
between the amount fixed in it and the
amount allowed by the previous law: the
other that it was understood not to be
final vote, as Mr.. Butler had previously de-
clared that it was intended to go before the
committee of conference of the two Houses,
on whose report the final vote was to be
taken. Upon investigation L found this
approximate result
Under the previous law, annual salary. 49, 900
Average Uu6Agesss. .s.sss.s-sssss..s.s.-.. SOO
Stat iOnery, newspapers and boxes. 200