The New York herald., 1873-12-12
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY H.

the repeal OF the Salary law. He held that II was
the sense OF the country that the old rate OF COM
pensation should be restored, independentyoit oi tne
Mr.. DUNSELL. (rep) OF Minn.. argued that there
was ont one way ior Congress to extricate itse,
was by reducing all the salaries that mad been IN
creased at the last session. All the members were
committed in the passage OF that law,
and that offence could not be so wen
atoned for as by the simple, unconditional un-
quaiihed repeal OF the law He argued that the
repeal should be retroactive. II Congress had
right TO make the law OF last session retroactive IL
had also the right to make its repeal retroactive
He appealed 10 members 10 be honest in tne mat
ter, ana not attempt 10 drive the people or 10
elude the popular demand. he had been In
strueted by the Republican State Convention OF
Minnesota to vote for the repeal OF the
law increasing salaries; not for she reduction of
That instruction he proposed to listen to and obey
hence he should vote Tor the bill reported by the
minority oi the committee rather than that OF the
majority.
MI. AvEgILL, trep.) OF Minn.-Wil you extend
your disposition to make it retroactive by going so
far as to return your Lack pay
Mr.. DUNNELL-l will.
Mr.. AvERILL-All right
Mr. GRASSLAND gdem) OF KY, argued against
against that law, but he had taken the back pay
under II. He could not return that back pay i he
He satrized Mr.. Cox, Of New York, under his new
appellallon OF the dew drop" and twitted him,
as Mr.. Negley, Of Pennsylvania had done few
day OF MIR. Brooks death, tn April last, till the day
OF Mr. Cox's election, in November, and ne
the House That Mr. cox 8s haa eaa nroaused O
In the last Congress to change the name OF the
ship Industry to that OF William M. Tweed, and he
wondered whether that was the snip iu wncn Mr..
Cox had taken passage from New York. loud
langhter.) he then turned his attention TO Mr..
Lawrence, OF Ohio, ana rldlculed him for having
his picture STAMPED on some public documents.
He also informed the House that In one OF the
annual agricultural reports there was o picture
riculture had named Judge Lawrence
Langhterl That ram had neen brought
Department az the pubic expense. II Judge
Lawrence, in whose compliment it had been
named, had not called attention to that extrava-
other extravaganza.
The hammer fell before Mr.. Grassland had con-
under the plea that he hal never spoken In the
House before, and that II they would hear him out
he would never trouble them again.
Mr.. MAYNARD, lrep.l oil Tenn, came to the
rescue OF Mr.. Cox in regard to mis- drawing pay
from the time OF Mr.. Brooks death. He showed
that the law OF 1859, which regulated that matter.
giving to the family OF deceased member the pay
tnat mad accrued up to the time OF his death, and
to the newly elected member that which accrued
afterwards, was remedial law. Up to the
passage OF that law the newly elected member got
all the pay, but now 1t was divided.
Mr.. LAWRENCE, (rep.) OF Ohio, said he had been so
much msrepresented that he deemed it his duty
TO reply. IL WIS the duty OF the House to act on
this question on IT'S merits, and they could not
escape That duty by any personal attack on HIM.
He opposed the Salary law, because the back pay
and front pay were both too high. His course
approved by the people, because the amount
nat as to %et %n
then; but all did not under the recent law, and
this was some evidence that the first might be
justified and the last not. His colleague, Mr.. Lam
lSon, has called attention to bOok--a volume OF
the report on the New York election frauds-said
TO be olnamented with his (Mr. LaWrence's) por-
tralt; Innt the There % could not be found hal!
bound up, not for pubic use, but Tor another
purpose The engraving cost the government
nothing; It was not done at the .puprc
expense. Mr.. Barnes published sketches OF
members OF Congress, nearly all with portraits.
and lew extracts from that had been made the
Der from Kentucky (ir. Crossland), he said that
an enthusiastic friend some years ago, had hon
For nearly two years he had kept the picture
which his friend furnished ont OF the agricultural
into Gn tns at ms aInsy 0oG na
other volumes. Whatever might be said, he be-
lieyed that no honest man had questioned his in
tegrity, and his constituents would never ask 10
put in any book the portrait of any one who had
been unfaithful to the government during the re-
bellion. CINE latter remark was aimed at his COZ
The discussion was now pretty well exhausted,
and, IT being past the usual hour OF adjournment,
bill. moved the previous question on its third
reading. The friends OF the minority bill and all
VINO were III laVOT OF q more sweeping measure
than that proposed by the majority BILL In conjunc
tion with those who desired to offer amendments IN
regard TO the restoration or the ranking privilege
&c, rallied to vote down the previous question.
The vote was taken by teers and resuted-yeas
1O0 nays 145.
so the House refused to second the previous
question, and Mr. KAssON, of Iowa, who had re-
ported the minority bill, obtained control OF the
subject.
Re yielded to. Mr.. ORTIZ trep of Ind, who
moved TO recommit the bill to the select commit
tee with instructions to report bill repeating
the whole Salary OF the last Congress, far
the same could be done under the constitution
and to ascertain the average amount OF salary,
mileage and all other allowances, exclusive OF
any estimate for the franking privilege, that
was paid to Senators, Representatives. and De-
legates In the FOrty-frst Congress, and to report
bill tomorrow fixing the Compensation at the
amount thus ascertained as nearly as practicable,
with necessary travelling expenses, and restoring
ali other salaries as tney were before the passage
Of the act.
The SPEAKER, in answer to a number Of inquiries
all over the House, explained the parliamentary
status OF the bill, and, without coming to vote
on the proposition, the House, at quarter to four
O'Clock, adjourned.