Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-15

| Congress, in l789-its first SessiOn-fXed
the pay of its members, including the Con-
gress then sitting, at $6 per day, and mileage
at the rate of about Sc per every twenty
miles travel going to and returning from
the seat of government. In the same act
they provided that after March 4, 1895, the
pay should be 81 per day with mileage
at the rate of 81 per every twenty miles
travel. In 1856, by act approved March
10, (1796, Congress repealed the 81 clause
of the act of 1857 and substituted therefor
S6 per day and mileage.
In 1916 the pay was again changed from
Sc per day and mileage to a salary of ST.
500 Fer annum with mileage as per first
act.
In 1917, on the 9Th day of March, an act
was passed repeating the act of March 16.
In 1918 Congress passed an act making the
pay of members $S per day, with mileage
at the rate of SIS per every twenty miles
travel This act, approved January y,
1878, gave members pay at this rate re-
lating back to March 4, 1917. .
On the 18th of August, 1856, the Senate
of the United States adopted a bill chang
ing the pay of members of Congress from
$S per day and mileage to So, 500 per an
mum with mileage. On the passage of this
Senate bill the vote was as follows:
YEAS -Messfs. Allen, Bell, of New.
HAMPSHIRE, Bell, of Tennessee, BENJAMIN,
Biggs, Bigler, Bright, Brodhead, Brown,
Butler, Clay, Dodge, Durkee, Fish, Foster,
Hale, Houston, Hunter, Iverson, James,
Jon Jones g of Z Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Pearce,
Thompson Of New Jersey, 1Trumbull,
Weller, Wilson, Wright and Yulee-35.
NAYs-Messrs, Bayard, Cass, Coleman,
Fessenden, Foot, Geyer, Hamlin, Pugh,
Seward, Thompson, of kentucky, and
Wade-11. ~ E ~ VI
So the bill passed and went to the House
of Representatives, where it was amended
so as to increase the salary to $1,000 per
annum, and also providing that the salary
should apply to the Congress then sitting,
from the. beginning of the same, which
third section is as follows:
+ d SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, that
this law shall apply to the present Con-
gress, and each Senator and Representa-
tive and Delegate shall be, entitled to re-
.ceive the difference only between their per
diem compensation already received under
the law nowin force and the compensation
provided by this act. ~ e77d
On the, return of the bill to the Senate,
and after discussion on the propriety of the
pay going back to the commencement of
to the bill as amended by the House of
Representatives was as follows II
YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Bell, of Tennes-
see, Biggs, Bright, Brodhead, Brown, But
Ter, Douglas, Durkee, Fish, Foster, Hale,
Hunter, 1verson, James, Jones, of iowa,
Jones, of Tennessee, Mason, Reid, Stew
art, Thompson, of New Jersey, Toombs,
Trqmbull, Weller, Wilson, Wright and
NAYs-Messrs. IBayard, Bigler, Cass,
Clay, COlamer, FOote, Geyer, Houston,
Pugh, Seward, Slidell and Wade-12.
Thus it will be seen from the record in
1856, on the salary question, that it was i'll
accordance with the precedent in 1917,
down to that time, to compute the pay of
the members from the beginning of their
term; and was passed by large majority,
Senators Douglas and Trumbull of our own
State voting for the bill. a. RsakprA
was again increased from $1,000 per an
mum, with mileage, to So, 1000 per annum,
with mileage and allowance for stationery,
etc. This act provides that the pay "be
computed from the first day of the present
Congress-" which was from the 4th of
March, 1865, which act was approved July
%, 1866. 'f' %
On the passage of the bill in the House
of Representatives, including this section
of Congress, the vote was as follows:
q Y EAs-Messrs. Anderson, Banks, Bak er,
Benjamin, Bergen, Sidney Clark, Cullo m,
briggs, Eckley, Eldridge, Farnswort h,
Farquhar, Ferry, GlOssbrener, Highly, HO-
gan, Holmes, Hotchkiss, Chester d. Hub
bard, Ingersoll, Jenckes, johnson, Kelley,
Kerr, Kuykendall, Latham, McClurg,
Nc Cullough, Miller, Morehead, Myers,
Niblack, Nicholson, O'Neil, Patterson,
Rice, Schenck, Strouse, Nathaniel G. Tay-
lor, Thornton, Burt VanHorn, Robert Il.
VanHorn, and Whaley-51.
NAYs-Messrs. Allison, Delos r. Ashley,
Baker, Baxter, Bidwell, Bingham, Bout
well, Bromwell, Broomall, Cobb, Conkling,
Defrees, Eggleston, Elliott, Finch, Gar
field, Abner c. Harding, Hart, Hays, |
James 81. Hubbell, Kasson, Ketcham,
Koontz, Latin, George v. Lawrence, Will
liam Lawrence, Lynch, Mercur, Morrill,,
Price, Ritter, Ross, Sawyer, Shanklin,
Shellabarger, Stokes, Tabor, J. l.. Thomas,
Trimble, Van Aernam, Wilker, James T. |
Wilson, Stephen L. Wilson, and Wright |
so. tt
Nor VoTING-Messrs. Alley, Ames, An
coma, j. nj. Ashley, Baldwin, Beaman,
Blaine, Blow, Bowyer, Brondigan, Buck
land, Bundy, Chandler, Reader w. Clark,
cooper, CulVer, Darllng, laws, OaWeS,
Dawson: Delano, Dunning, Dixon, Dodge,
nell, Griswold, Hale, Harling, Harris, Hen
derson, Hill, Hooper, Asheal w. Hubbard,
Demas Hubbard, John HI. Hubbard, Ed
win A. Hubbell, Hulburd, Humphreys,
Jones, Julian, Kelso, Loan, Longyear,
Marion, McLudoe, Mckee, Nc
Keour, MOulton, NOEL, Price, Pomeroy,
Radford, VIM. III. Randall, Raymond,
Rollins, Rodgers, Scofeld, Sitgrave, Sloan,
Sloan, Smith, Spalding, Starr, Stephens,
Thayer, Francis Thomas, Trow-
bridge, Upson, Ward, Warner, E. b.
Washburne, Henry d. Washburne, Will
liam B. Washburne, Wentworth, Will
!iams, Windom, Winfield, and Wood
bridge-S5.
Those, however, who voted for aud
against, as well as those who dIG not vote,
took the extra pay, and very little was said
about it.