Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-26

ruled that the point was well taken: Mr.:
Dawes animadyerted on the improperly OF
| changing without the knowledge OF
| the House n proposition that was pending
| before it. The speaker directed the
clerk to report the substitute in
its original shape and submitted it to the
House in that shape. The House seconded 3,
al to AZ, the previous question on Hnrl-
burt's substitute, and the main Question was
ordered, yeas l67, nays l0j- The question
was taken on substituting Mr.. afiurlbat's
proposition for the pending bill and all
amendments thereto, and it was amid much
excitement and after several changes of rote
agreed to. yeas 1879, nays 1870. A motion
to reconsider was made and laid on. the
! table. the yeas and nays having been re-
| fused on the latter motion.
Mr.. Roberts IN. " then moved 10 ad-
journ Icries Of mo, mo. ard much con-
fusion and excitement. Mr. Halel Ne. rose
to close the debate, but was met with cries
of "yote, vote" Points Of order were
raised By several members that Mr.. Hale had
lost his right to the floor another bill having
been substituted for his. The points were
oyerrued and Hale insisted ON his right
to speak and proceeded amid much noise
and confusion to state why he considered
that the substitute was no proper response
to the demand of the country for the
substantial repeal ofthe law ofthe last Con
gress. He characterized it as an evasion OF
the public voice, and stated that if his bill
went to the wall a proposition involving a
clean, straightforward, substantial repeal
would be introduced on the first Monday the
| House would be in session, and he believed
that it would pass the House and satisfy an
| indignant country. \ sharp debate con-
tinued for some time further, when in
reply to various questions the speaker
stated that if the House refused to order
the bill to a third reading the hill
would fail, but that il it was ordered to
| the third reading the previous question
would then be exhausted and n motion
might be made to recommit the bill with
instructions to report back forthwith
another bill The House then proceeded to
vote on ordering the bill to be engrossed
and read the third time, and it was 50
ordered by l59 yeas to l05 nays.
| Mr. Butler then made one of his charac
teristic speeches He spoke OF the howl Of
the newspapers As having been provoked
because their dirty sheets We're not allow
ed to go through the mails free. Ii
was on that account that Congress had
been pursued with forty iackass mud
power. The trouble had arisen from
pether. but that they let men up there
(pointing to the reporters gallery, who
lived by the bounty of Congress, write dia-
tribes against them and blacken them all
over until the whole world was made to
believe that members of Congress are worse
than other men, instead of being as they
were, the chosen of the nation and better as
class than men in any other profession,
clergymen, lawyers, or doctors; for when
clergyman got into Congress he was not
specially conspicuous for virtue any more
than the rest of them were laughter. lie
argued that the salary fixed by the act of
March Sd, 1873, was not too high.
At the close Of Butler speech, the
question was taken on the passage of the
bill. The yeas and nays were demanded
but refused, and the bill was passed On
division, l22 to Il. \ motion to reconsider
was made and laid on the table and then
at nine O'Clock the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Dee Is.