Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-01

| Mr.. Cooper offered an amendmenI 81
propriating $4,000 [$500,OOO?l for publ
building at Nashville, Tenn. Agreed to.
The bill having been considered as i
Committee of the Whole, was reported t
the Senate, and the amendments made Il
the committee were concurred ill.,. ~
Adjourned at 1:20 AN. rF~ s.
1rrrr HOUSE.
Mr.. Blair of Michigan, presented the con
ference report extending four years tn
| Commissioners Of Southern claims. Tn
| extension limited the board to the consider
alton Of the claims already before it whic
number between 1900 and $4,000
| Agreed to. -
Resolution to Impeach o Kansa
IS Judge.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts,, from tn
Judiciary Committee, presented a resolu
ton for the appointment of a committee b
go the Senate to impeach Judge Delahay o
Kansas. The testimony taken showed
habitual intoxication on the part Of Della
hay. Formal action only is expected thi
session. The resolution was adopted.
The Credit MobiIisr suit.
Mr.. Wilson of Indiana, moved to sus
pend rules SO as to allow him to offer as ar
amendment to the legislative appropriation
bill, the bill reported by Credit Mobilier
Committee No. 2, relating to the Unior
Pacific Railroad Company.
The rules were suspended and the bill al
lowed to be offered as an amendment
yeas lS6, nays Is. 81 -4.a5r "
The bill directs the Attorney General to
commence suit against the Union Pacific
Company and others for the recovery of the
money and property which equitably be-
longs to tie United States.
Increasing Salaries
The House then went into Committee oil
the Whole, Mr.. Dawes in the chair, and re-
sumed consideration of Senate amend
ments to the legislative, executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bill.
Mr.. Sargent took the floor and made a
speech against the increase of salaries, pre-
facing it with the remark that, as there was
no chance of the appropriation bills being
passed, loaded down as they were with in
congruous legislation, he was justified in
consuming some time in debate. He said
there was ...a
No Honesty a
In the proposition to increase the salary OF
members. They had sat here for tgo years
under a contract to receive five thousand
dollars year, and now within the last two
or three days of Congress they voted an
additional sum of an almost equal amount
into their pockets. 1t was moral wrong
on the Treasury.
Mr.. Hale, another member of the Com
mittee on Appropriation, differed from his
colleague on that committee Mr.. Ssrgent)
as to the impossiblity of getting through
with all the appropriation bills in due sea-
son. He had no doubt of il, the COM
mittee had no doubt of it, and nobody need
have any fears of March session.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, replied to
Mr.. Sargent, and defended the proposition
for increased salaries. In reply to Mr.. Hale,
he held that the business could not be fin
ished by noon next Tuesday. They had
got the Question of Utah, where blood
shed might come, TO legislate for, and the
question ofLouisiana, where perhaps blood
shed had been already inaugurated; and
they had got to dispose of the business On
the Speakers table, where they had not
been yet this session. II
Mr.. SteVenson-Oh yes, We
Went there Once, ta
and took up land grant bill.
Mr.. Butler went on to say that he was
not one of those who were afraid Of a March
session. He was paid 10y the year and he
meant to be paid enough to be able to stay
here and not have TO work at night and on
Sundays. g.
Mr.. Fsrnsworth said Mr.. Sargent was
the very man who made the first movement
towards increasing salaries By Offering an
amendment to double the salary Of the Pres
ident. In view of the spirit of the Constr
tutional restriction that the Presidents sal
airy shall not be increased during his term
of office, he thought thst the President who
would sign a bill to increase his own
salary
ought to be Impeached.
There has not been so shameless specta-
Gle presented in this Congress-and when
say that say good deal-ss this making
ring and putting the President of the United
States at the head of the ring, and putting
in the members of the. Cabinet and the
judges of the Supreme Court and t
SandwichiRg Ourselves
between these high functionsries, and vot-
ing ourselves five thousand or SIX thousand
just as we are about shaking the dust of
Washington City off of our shoes.
Mr.. Maynard denied that 1t was either
against the letter or the spirit of the Con
stitutional restriction for President Grant
to sign at the end of his first term to in
crease his salary in the next term.
Mr.. Stevensoh-I believe If all the pre-
sent members of the House were turned
out, and half of us are being turned out,
Naughter) we could not on the average do
as we'll at our business as we are doing
here. Mr.. Stevenson declared that the
salaries paid by the Government were sui
fcient to secure the services of good and
proper men. He was satisfied with his pre-
sent salary. ..-. # ID
Mr.. Dicky-Speak for yourself.
Mr.. n-Vehemently-I will speak
for myself, and you too. l believe it is
enough for you. [Laughterl believe it is
All You are Worth.
Laughter would not hire you for the
balance of your life at that rate. Loud
laughter] -.
Mr.. Dickey-You never made five thou.
sand dollars in your life outside of your
salary as member of Congress. 4
Stevenson-I have made ten thousand In
a single case, and doubt if the gentleman
ever did the like. ..
Mr.. Dickey-Then you fooled your client.
[ Lsughter.]
Mr.. Stevenson-I do not know why the
gentleman from Pennsylvania endeavors to
inject nonsense into everything in this
House. 70
Mr.. Dickey-I should like to inject some
sense into the gentleman from Ohio.
Laughter
Mr.. Stevenson-The gentleman might
engraft some sense in me if he had any
himself. If could buy the gentleman at
what he is really worth and sell him again
1t what he thinks he is worth, never |
would need any salary from Congress.
Laughter |
Mr.. Hoar made the point of order that !
his debate was unworthy of the character |
Of the House and ought not to be permitted |
10 proceed, and the chairman sustained the |
point of order. t |
Southern Claims. |
Senate amendments in relation to tie |
court of claims gave rise to considerable
discussion. The amendment is to add 10
he item of four hundred thousand dollars
or the Court Of Claims tho following pro-
yiso: