, 1873-03-17

{, MARCH II, 1879. =.
up only to got It in place, ana That he oxpootoa
lcr insisted on n vote on Ills amendment, and
carried IT by voto Of II to 07, On voto BY toll
cra III Committed nf tho Whole. Tho Credit Mo-
hillor dobato intorvoal noxt tlny, md 1t wna Fri
DAY before tic question cnmo up ngain. But
lor'g amendment, ndopte1 In Committee Of tho
Whole, was rejected by tho houao, Oh n cnil Of
tho yeas and nayg by . yoto of 90 tn 12l. but
lor changed lliH yoto To No, lit ordor to 1noyo d
reconsideration.
THE aAnoENT AMENDMENT ADOPTED.
Noxt morning lie mado tho motion. nnst prom-
iacd II It was carried to admit M n'nondmont,
pfegared re hy Sargent ,xng tho salary nt 90
seemed fair proposition, md tiso rccon,,nonda-
tion waa carried without much opposition, sar-
| gent offered hiB amendment, but by tho timo 1t
began to dawn upon tho minds Of the members
who opposed an increase, tint, II my change
wore mado n tho salary, tho whole question
once Committee of ei1 mon, WHO
and thdn m force tic 1oaso to sgroo @ to Stis saof
| report or run gomo risk 1oaing tho ontiro Ap-
proprlation bill, which would mako an extra
aosgion necessary sargonta anendment mar ar
Amendments offered by Garfield wero adopted,
raiBing the salarics OF all tho clorkB in tho
Houso, ind adding 15 per cent to tho pay of all
! othor employees md adding 81, 600 a yoar to tho
ea,arica Of tho Assistant Secretaries Of tho Gen.
oral Departments.
Tho bill wont to tho Senate, and when tho
! question arose on concurrlng In tho 9a1Ary
amendment somo Senators oppoaol it bccauso
It did not increase their pay enough, md othors
croaHo. Both these olomonta0f opposition unit
stood 20 to SO.
A PACKED CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
In f1,cF1 Hf 41 onr1fa
euco conautttoo. Speaker Blaine now took a
eenierses dksrsd nateF. esa hsdsi, sS ss fsow:
incroaao Of salary than tho HouBe Ind at my
boaten proposition, and 1t was In violation of
tlco to appoint eithor Of thom On tue Commit
| tee. Tho Senate conferces named by tho Vice
President, wero ull high salary men, who insisted
that Sc 500 was moi enough, and would DO csa than
tho Pacific Coast Senators 60. already, with their
1niloaage. Tie conference agreed to put another
81 100 on, making tho salary $1,000, aud they
restored Dutler's provision for tho payment Of
actual travelling expenses, and retained tho
retroactive clause, dating. tho increase buck to
Of the othor oilicials thoy left aa passed by tho
House. The report WIS nude to tho House on
Monday morning, March Q. It was vohcmently
denounced by Farnsvorth and othcrs, and freely
dofended on tho ground TINT tho Sonators wero
80 stubborn that the House conferoeH had to
yield for four Of losing tho bill. Tho shameful
retroactive clause did not find alnglo npoiogst,
either 1n this or In any Previous dobato. It wns
vigorously aBsailod aud denounced. but no ono
Everybody know that it was 4 baro-
faced robbery Of tho Treasury Of nearly 81, $780,
oo0-a bribo Of 5000 apiece to induce outgoing
successors. The provision doubling the preai-
dents snlary oscapoq with worry little criticism.
Members wero SO much occupied with the quca-
tion Of ther own pay that they gayo small atten-
tion to the portions Of tho bill relating to other
ofliciais.
FINAL. TRIUMPH OF THE JOB.
The conference report WAS finally adopted by
tue @ House sat BY yeas 10y; nays o. This was affair
to oa ho yoo ss a1oagh n9 hh sy sy hy
falsely saying TINT tho bill would DO lost ii the
report WINS rejected. The effect Of rejecting the
report would have been to send the bill to now
conference :eonamittoo, which could have re-
mont ntriclion out. Every member who voted
yen must, therefore, be held to hayo favored tho
Balary grab, retroactive cause and all. It was
late Sunday night before vote was had in the
Senate on adopting the report. Tho result was
-yeaB, 80 ; nays, n. Tho bill WINS signed by
the President tho snmo night. Undor tho retro
actiyo provision dating the Increased pay to
Congressmon back two years, evory member re-
in the Fosty-Bccond Congress, leBs sum already
drawn by him as mt1eago. Tho amount Of money
taken from the Troasu1y for this purpose wa cn1i-
tho exact amount Of tic rnilongo to ie deducted.
At d moderate estimate 1t WAS 81 100000.
:, No Justification was attempted in either the
Senate or tue House for dating back tho in
oreased salary. It was 30 dsgracoful proceod-
Ing that it admitted Of no dofonse. The morn-
hers Of Congress, in accepting their Offices,
agreed to serve for tho salary provided by law.
On the 1aat day but ono Of their term Of Office,
thoy voted themselves nearly S6,000 apiece rs
additional pay. They had The power to do it,
md arc amenable to no punishment except such
as their constituents may provide for them at
tho next election; but their conduct in q moral
point Of Wow is very little bettor than that Of
merchants clerk who should increase his salary
by helping himself from his employers cash-
drawer.
TIE NEW SALARIES.
The following tnblo shows tho new salaries
provided by the bill. Tho increased salaries Of
tho Speakers Of the Houge and Of all othor off,
cials took effect on tho 9TH instant: -
The PRESIDENT. .S5o0oo
oof Jnstico of tho United States supreme 1'''''
justices oi is United iatca Supreme Gofi. 1866
st 1asissit tho treasury, atc and V'
supsrvisna rr9l Hrchteet q tho Treasaty SSS
Examiner of ciaims in State Dcparmeut....... 1000
Solicitor Of the Treasury ry,................ 1900
Commissioner Of Agriculture ................ 4,000
co1nmssionor M OF Customs. ms..'...-....:....' egg egg
comssioner caas1E dt uer of tho Gsnd ONCE
Assistant poBtmaser-G General. ................ 1000
suportntoudcnt Money order systcm. 1900
Superintendent Foreign Malls. s.........,....... 1900
Speaker Of tile House Ut Representatives.. 10000
Senator's Representatives., and Dclegatcs.... $500
Tho salaries Of nll tho clerks, doorkoopers,
messengers aud other employees Of the House
wore incrcased from IS to 25 por cont.
THE VOTE IN DETAIL.
Tho following IL tho yoto in detail in eaoh
House on agreeing to tho Conferonco Commit
tco'a report: Republicans in roman, Liberal Re-
publicans 'n SMALL CAPITALS, and Democrats In
italics, tho lnames Of members not To-olectod to
the Forty-tbird Congress being preceded by an
nstoriBk. OF tho SO Senators voting yen, az
were ,Ropnblicans, 10 Democrats mid Lib
oral Republicans OF theao, s. Ropubli-