Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-19


the information viii allow me. will give hi
! name.
Mr.. Butler-Psrdon me; will give all In
] formation.
Mr.. Hale-I will hold the floor until 1 hav,
Z finished my remarks. ! say that have tn
authority of a gentleman on this floor, WHOM
/ I shall name if he permits me, for saying tina
I The amendment of the gentleman from In
{ diana wilson, came beiOIe the house at thu
/ suggestion OF the gentleman from Wisconsin
/ Eldridgei, and it came pursuant 10 a warn
| ing which the gentleman from Massachusetts
| Butler had given me. The selection wa
! an emlnently appropriate one The gentle
man from Indiana Mr. Wilson is the specia
/ representative of a class of men 10 whom tbs
| salary law of 1873 was due, and who, by thei
votes, when forced 10 direct and square vote
] condemned the proposition, and then, by
I their votes, when they could not escape from
/ their cO-respOnsibility, and carry the idea L
! their constituents that they were opposed tC
/ the measure, aided by subterfuge in the pass
! age of the bill. Mr.. Hale then referred TO sew
eral votes taken at the last session en- the sal
votes Mr.. Wilson had lodged by reference
/ from voting. With such record, ht
/ was not surprised that the gentleman
/ from Indiana had been selected as the
I IL was not an uncommon thing to find even
among those who, when defled themselves
an anxiety to defle those around them
He had seen cur going from puddle with
its hair dragged with Nth, force its way
among decent people and rub Itself againS'
them or shake its fifth among them. He he'd
seem thar Experiment trieds and had seen
]
decent people SInirched in that way, but he
never knew the cur that did II 10 be anything
else than a dirty dog, and he believed thai
that would inevitably be always the case.
Mr.. Wilson ind.l, having got the unani-
nous consent OF the house to reply to Mr..
Hale, began by saying that the house had Just
had very fine specimen Of "A dirty dog lap-
plauSe and hand-clapping, which the speak
er repIOved.l The record which he Wilson
had made last session on the salary question
he had never Shrunk from. He had not gone
ABOUT the country calling that 'salary
grab nor had he, under any circumstances,
conceded that he had done anything which
lie had not night 10 do, and which
was not consistent with his integrity and
honor. The tagging which he had been
accused OF by the gentleman from New Ork
he explained by showing that the votes re-
ferred to had been taken while he Wilson
was in Boston, by order Of the house, carry
ing on the credit mObilier investigation. He
defended his action yesterday in offering the
amendments on the ground that the gentle
mau from New Ork Hale had been running
about the house for several days prescribing
clean linen for everybody else. As he
did not wish that gentleman should wear
dirty shirt, he had offered the
Amendment. That gentleman had charged
the nembe of the last congress with having
enacted the salary bill by trickery, subterfuge
and evasion, and he Wilson thought he
would show that that gentleman had been do
ing the same thing himself in an aggravated
degree. During the time he had been
drawing a salary from the government at the
rate OF ten thousand dollars a year, he had
been also drawing his salary as member OF
eongreSs. The law under which lie had done
IL had been taken from the speakers table
passed without single word of explanation
Was that manly: Was that hOnests He
thought that when the gentleman was seek
ing 10 cast stigma on his iellOw-memDers II
was high time he should cover into the treas
ury the money thus taken out of it.
Mr.. Eldridge explained his connection with
the amendment offered by Mr. Wilson. If
that stlgmatized the gentleman from New
York Hale it was hts own fault. II that gen
tlSman had been wal!Owing in pool OF mud
and had come out Of il, and If some one had
iOstled him so that he felt himself dirty, he
fFIdridgeI did not think that he Hale
nad cleared himself much this n0Ihng, BY
what ethics did that gentleman charge him
with wrong in taking a salary OF seNentN-lNe
hundred dollars As a servant OF The nlted
states. while he himself was taking seventeen
thousand ive hundred dollars as servant OF
fhe United states? Why had not that gentle
man left that extra ten Thousand dollars in
tie treasury, and cOntented himself with his
pay as a member OF congress- II came with
hl-grace from that gentleman 10 sugnatlze
not only the acts but motives Of the other
gentleman. II that gentleman was dirty, II
was not from the gentleman from indiana,
nor the gentleman from Massachusetts, nor
himself from whom lie got the Il tn, but from
the pool in which he Hale had ch sen 10
vallOw. -,
unfortunate and unhappy scene. De was
very sorry that the heat OF debate had SO lar
misled the cool Judgement OF the gentleman
vas sure he would regret. He had been on
terms of quite intimate friendship with that
gentle man, and knew the valuable service
which he had rendered TO the g gDVerninent as
agent and counsel; nor did he think mat
$1,000 year was too high acompensaton,out
they had a right 10 complain that mat gentle
m an, VII is thus drawing seventeen thou
sand five hundred dollars year, had been de-
nouncing them for drawing seven thousand
i've hundred dollars a year. II looked nke
the rich man taking the one eve lamp OF the
moor man. fLaughter.I He could Tefer that
Gentleman TO high authority. Let MIN LOOK
at the fourth chapter OF ST. John, where wo-
man. [ ken in adultery, was brought before
the saviour. He said, turning 10 her accusers:
q et him who l. without sin among you
cast the hrst stone" Could bis Illena
Mr. Hale have led the sioning party on thal
occasion laugh teTl, as he lei the salary repeal
party in the house7 They 81 v Went Out ana Iett
tne woman standing alone before lhe savior,
aud he ssid, "Woman. go and sin no more
That is what they intended TO do in this
house on the question OF salary llaugh :
only their accusers had not gone out. iCop-
u Mr.. Kelly offered the following resolution.
which was adopted:
ResoEUed, That the secretary of the treasury
be and he Is hereby uiTecied TO furnish thls
house with a statement OF The total amount
OF money received on L IuI'ofary loans uhuef
tie acts OF February .5th, March lIth ana
Iuly l6 Istfl and fhy 81 OF } une 30 1901 stat
inc 'speeifit.s s.Ilv -, -rg Mount on deposit
under sacn act al any unls, the rate OF inter-
est thereon, together with the amount OF sald
of exchange for other securities IN eacn
month while said certificates were oa sta1u-
ing: also whether any OF the SAID cerAhcatesi
aud II 50, what amount, were palo anu re-
deemed out Of the redemption fund OF hlty
million dollars, authorized bN SAID acis, 10 D.
heId by the secretary Tor the prompt payment
Nr. cox presented IA memorial from the
chamber Of commerce OF the city OF New
York ON the subject Of collisions a. Eea,
Mr. Harper introduced bill authorizing
the issuance of certificates for the net coinage
OF gold bullion deposited at the minis and
assay offices. Referred.
The speaker announced that ne nau ap-
uointed MesSrS. +. l.. HOar, Cox and HaIelton
regents Of the Smithsonian institute iof Hle
next two years.
Mr.. GARFIELD, from the committee on Rppro-
priations, reported back the senate amend
nent 20 the bill making m appropriation Ior
the extraordinary expenses Ga tpe naNl I ssI.
vice. increasing the amount frDl3a Lour 10 nNe
million dollars. The amendment wac con
ar. earfeld also reported a bill appropr.,,
siipg twenty-five Thousand one hundred and
aipbIy-five dollars Tor two years salaries OF
thc i've official reporters OF the Debates
Passed.
Mr.. Senior offered "A resolution ipstruetiog
the committee ON war claims 10 Inquire - 10
the expediency Of extending the time within
which the LOYAL adherents TO the government
Of the United states during the wsE may ME
their claims In conformity wlth the ACT OF
March 3, 1871. Adopted.
A report from the committee On fulps
WAS submitted, proposing 10 du%euH
ne rules 80 that II viii not be in
order 70 have a vote by yeas and nays Oh ino,
ton 70 suspend the rules unless majority OF
ne house second the motion, az IN case OF
keVonding the preyb1us question. Much OPP
Iaosiflou was made 10 10 o. the Democratic
side of tle bo1ke. After long DISCUSSION The
rule gss recOn4 4mttlod.
adiaufnment over the holidays, rom to-nhOf-
row TO Monday, tbs Htih Gay % yfpQHiy'
Adopted. 80, -
A resolution 10 print two hundred and
twenty five thousand copies each OF the AEii
cnItural reports OF 1872 and 1873 gave rise 70
so,ne discussion, involving the question OF
a renewal of the franking privilege and a re-
ss.,Stfon of The expenses for printing pubtle
SoSnfiae1fs' The resclution was agreed To.
M SCISSORS oftered q reselutl9n calling on
tie secretary Of war fof an estmqte OF the
cost OF deepening and widening the EaY
gph'e channels Of the rivers ana hHtoots
E6anecting Lake Huron with Lake Erie
Adopted, -,
MI Lawrence offered a resolution requiring
the iadiciary committee 70 rsporb AZ the copy
,ffytst law requires a copyright Zee 70 pc pald
- '.,aeh number, or only on each volume ~ 4
perioaiecl; and, II the former, 10 report i Dlii
xTbie6 s,,..i REQUIRE fee only for each vol
me. Adopted. -, d ,,o.tsl t.i...,ra,,,,
hilI, which was referred 10 t,s~ coinn.ilsSe "u
sr. MAYNARD, from the committee on bank
3 n,r and currency, reported q btll authorlking
Z ~ FIRST national bank OF 81. Anthony, Mln
md its name 10 the Merchants national pahN
tlRaeRpQliE, Passeos
ol "defed ? resolution inStraatlng tbe
Mr. OTI ''tLer!OF TO certify 10 the lands
secretary Of fine the -"F' Ehsa such Lands I,1
A. haF.rs ny