Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-25
EVENING STAR.


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tse ~. were ofieToi and rejected
! sI, softon ssid the pcopie ei the Di~riss a,
M AZ - you'd ~ =, =, TON me pron'. o. q
| it to- the Smithsonian Institution
I PetNing the discussion. tine hour OF s o'clocl
Az the evening session, Mr.. we-s' sTo,. -.
committee On military affairs rer.or-ed 49,. .
! Is the Hov-e bill fsr the rcliet OF stats s,s
territories iSr issues &C bond @ aid In Prcsesv
Mr Ransom. from the committee on dS.s,a,
| ties. reported bN 10 remove the political s-ss-
biiiiies q David Ccimsn, OF North CsrOls.s.
| TIE senate RESP nj the consideration Of N.
agrlo9ltr..l college ttii, whsch wSs ssbstod a.
Mr.. ipeon argued N favor u devo,inr q 80
non OF INC proceeds ~ public land ApprOlTris-
Ted by this esl 10 the s,iVors OF common srhs,i.
~ tns pistr'Ot OF CoiuTse1a aud n the sOu;hss
hr; Morton snd other senator. claimed t..t
the eiil vas nst arawnso ~ 10 gazrd the rtsht.
Mt Window Sad IL wO,-ld hsIlJ On sr,.a.
CRATIC colleges, ffom which the oosSrcd Pepsl.
Nr. Upton reas : document. sisned b,sv
| LsngSion. freterIsk Douglass, Geo r Dow.
| ing. and other oolsred men. complaining th,,
| principles OF the PsilsdeIphIs eiatfs,m ~
I said hat IRE coiored people wtre given bra,
and stone instead Of bread.
| Mr. Morton again sreke Of the ini'fs'ire d,ss
| 70 tie people OF the District Of Cossclbia by ga
ciuaing them from AL the bcnents ct this bin.
/ The amendment OF Wr Morton that mo- H.
hncnen shall be made IN the cctegeSOR SC
count q race. color, "a PreN.sss condition. 81
serNituie Was lost--yess -, nays -.
| Adjourned.
/ HOlSE--Aftcr cur report closed
The consideration OF the reports OF the jed
! ciary committee On the proposed iml,cscht meat
oi Vice President Coliax ana Others was poet
poned until NedneSdsy-yeas. ISs nays,ss
Mr. Sswyer moved t0 suspend the rules ana
pass al Of the river and hsEbor appropriatiss
| billsexoept the third aud last section, whiss
was agreed to-yeas, it5, nsys, as
MI. Ba an, Inoycd 70 suspend the rules aus
bill "a carry into effect the treaty OF
IA relation 20 the n.heTies. so ordered.
| Mr.. Burlington oftereA amendment 10 the lin
| providing that the act shall not 20 into eject
| until j aly j, 1853
Pending further consideration OF the subject
! Nr. Banks yielded 10
| Mr.. Garfield. who. from the committee on az
| proiTistons, reported the annual de6cicnS,
bill, which Was made the special order iOr 70
Mr.. Banks accepted the amend ment props.ss
by Dir. Burlington, aud called the prev,ou.
question on the bill, v hioh Mas ordered.
A recess Was then taken.
AT the evening session, Mr.. Banks proceeded
70 address the House upon the bill under cos-
sldeIatoh an relation TO the Treaty of Washing
ton, giving bret history Of the treaty stipuls-
tons at different times in relation 60 the fisher
| lee. fTom the Treaty OF Independence 10 the lat.
treaty OF Washington. he maintained that ths
| treaty having been negotiated il wa the daty
| effect.
After debate the bin was psssed-yeas ias.
naNs %.
! On motion Of NJ. Hale. the House ,ook n.
| AID considered, a. IA committee Of the whole,
the naval Appropriation b.ll. with Senst.
amendments thereto, and wlta tso or
| three uuimrortant exceptions the amendments
! OF the Senate were concurred In. A conference
committee vas ordered on the disaggeeiny yotcs.
Mr. Peters, from TIE committee on iuiiciary
reported resolution directing the Sergeant at
Arms 20 pay the members from the state sf
MississlpId rom March l, is,9. to March 4, 1875,
MIR. Garfield. from the committee on amir
rrstions, reported the legislative appropriation
| bill with Senate smendneuts, and moved it,
reference TO the committee OF the whole Ss
ordered.
The House then went into committee OF ia.
| Whole OF the legislative appropriation bii.
| INCREASE or SALARIES.
In the first amendment. which was one q
twenty adjusting the salaries vi clerks OF the
Senate, the committee on acknowledgements
| mended concurrence, with an amendment ia-
creasing salaries of employees OF the House upou
regularly graduated scale.
Mr.. Butler Mass moved a substitute fss
this amendment the bill reported from the ia
dietary committee some DAYS since, incre asins
the annual salary OF the President 20 -. oos
the Vice President to siaes0, chief Justice Of
the supreme court, s10.So. associate Justices
$1,000; Speaker of the House, SO. 90; Cabiaet
| o1lcers. Sb,5g,; Senators, Members, aud Dele
gates, - 500; and in lieu of mileage there shall
| be paid 20 SENATOR, Members. and Delegate.
| the expenses actually incurred ina attending nd
II "a
| crease I'm salaries 10 them 10 commence with the
| Forty-second Congress.
| Mr.. Dawes offered a substitute for that pro-
posed 10y Mr.. Butler, incressi ag after Jan. q
ISIS, the salaries of all on cen IN custom house,
OF the nited States who receive les than So So
twenty-five per cent He laid he had compares
the receipts aud expenses OF the first quarter o.
this wear with that OF last year, and found tia.
we had run behind 5000 600; that instead ss
reducing the national debt the country va.
daily growing deeper and deeper in debt Hs
/ advocated beginning the increase al the othes
| end, and False the saiary OF those upon whose
| revenues depended.
Mr.. Hswley Conn protested that the ge,-
tlemsn who rrofessed 20 belong 10 the dominant
political party were digging it, grave (Isugh-
Ter on the democratic side.l One party had al
ready dug its grave. and the other wanted %
lay beside it. The country would not approve
most economy, to come here on the heel OF a
session to vote an increase OF salary was not
| what was expected. He did not believe the
| president wanted II, and II me did lac would not
| vote for IL.
Mr.. Randall said he did not think there va.
| any occasion for a special exhibition of virtue.
| He said he had voted for . former increase OF
salary, and his constituents never complsines.
hut on the contrary the republican papers coa-
| mended his vote. One man. he said, refused 70
| receive from the Treasury the increase voted
him, and his constituents at the next election
said they did not want any such man TO repre-
| sent them. Laughter He believed he earned
- 900, ami II his people did not think %, tbes
| would get some other man 20 represent them.
Mr.. Dawes substitute war rejected.
| MIR. Buffers amendment was n greed tO-vea-
| 81. NAYS GS.
Mr.. Butler then moved the ainendment re-
| ported from the committee ON appropriations o.
| an additional amendment.
Mr.. Burdette offered anne nd ment increasing
the salaries OF the messengers In the orioe o. ths
Clerk OF the House. Agreed 20.
Mr.. l.. Myers offered an amendment increAs-
| ing the salary of the clerk GA patents and pr-
1 waite land claims TO 81 so.
| Pending a vote ON this the committee rose,
4 and the House, at lilo a. m, adjourned.
DIED.