The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-01


repairs to post Office building was agree
to. The reduction Of the appropriate
for the Rock Island arsenal was not agree
TO- An amendment providing for the re
imbursement Of the late corporation Q
Washingt on and Board Of Public Work
for work done around the government
reservation was agreed to; also the appro
pristion for completing the improvement
around the public property in the District
The appropriation Of $50 900 for the con
structi0n Of o military telegraph from
San Diego to Preston and Tuscon, Ari
zona, and all the appropriations for thu
Mare Island Navy Yard, were agreed Z
as passed by the House. A'ieW amend
ments were reservered, but most Of thl
amendments reported from the Commit
tee on Appropriation were agreed TO ex
cept those striking out the appropriations
for public buildings
| Mr.. Howe submitted the report OF th(
Conference Committee on the bill to con-
tinue the Southern Claims Commission
and it was agreed to.
The consideration Of the appropriation
bill was continued. s,.tt54 =.
Mr.. Ferry Of Michigan, offered an
amendment appropriating $500 900 for q
public building at Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mr.. Nye offered the Webb Australian
subsidy bill as an amendment.
Mr.. Stevenson made point that 1t was
in order and the Chair sustained the
point OF order. An amendment provid.
ing for plans for a new building for the
library Of Congress was agreed to. The
appropriation for the statue Of Senator
Baker of Oregon, was stricken out.
Mr.. Cooper offered an amendment ap.
pTopriating $500, 600 for public buildings
at Nashville. Agreed to.
Mr.. Sawyer offered an amendment 10
reimburse to the City Of Washington
$3.50, 900 for past expenditures on avenues.
Mr., Casserly moved TO lay it on the to-
bic and Mr.. Sawyer withdrew 1t tempo.
rarily. The bill having been considered
as in the Committe Of the Whole was re!
ported TO the Senate, and tho amendment
in committee concurred in, except the
amendment to pay the board Of public
works for Improvements now in progress,
$013,447.
Mr. Hitchcock asked for the yeas and
nays on concurring.
Mr.. Morrill,, ol Name, and Mr.. HamlIn
advocated the appropriation. Pending
tho vote the SenRtcl adjourned at LEO
A. NJ.
HOUSE.
Alter various matters OF no general I'M
portancc were disposed Of, MIR. Blair, OF
Michigan, presented the conference re-
port extending for four years the Commis.
sioners OF Southern Claims. The eXten-
sion limited the board to consider the
claims already before it which number
between 1900 and $4,000. Agreed TO-
Mr., Butler, OF Massachusetts, from the
Judiciary Committee, presented resO-
luton for the appointment of Commit
tee to 20 to the Senate to impeaCh Judge
Dilahay, Ol Kansas. The testimony
taken showed hRbitual drunkenness 0n the
part of Dilahay Fermal action only eX
pected this session. The resolution was
adopted, and the conference report on
pension laws agreed to.
Mr.. Wilson Of Indiana, moved to sGs-
pend the ruless as TO allow him TO offer
US an amendment to the Legislative ap-
proprlotion bill the bill reported by the
Credit Mobilier Committee No. 9, relating
to tho Northern Pacific Railroad Com.
pany. Tho rules were suspended and the
bill allowed to be offered as amendment
Yeas 1sG, nays 13.
The House then went into the Commit
tee of the Whole, Mr.. Dawes in tho chair,
and resumed consideration Of the Senate
amendments to the Legislative, EEecu
tive, and Judicial appropriation bill.
Mr.. Sargent took the floor and made
speech against the increase Of salaries,
prcfacing 1t with the remark that as there
was no chance Of appropriation bills be-
ing passed loaded down as they were with
incongruous legislation, he was justified
in consuming some Of the time in debate.
He said that there was no honesty in the
proposition to increase the salary Of mem.
bers. They had sat here for two years
under contract to receive $1,000 year,
and now within the last two or three days
Of Congress they had voted an additional
sum Of an almost equal amount into their
pockets. 1t was moral wrong on the
Treasury.
Mr.. bale, another member OF the Com.
mittee on Appropriations, differed from
his colleague on that committee (Mr, SaT.
gent as to the impossibllity OF getting
through with all the appropriation bills In
due season. He had no doubt Of it, and
the committee had no doubt Of it, and no.
body need have any fears OF a March ses-
sion. -A L.-s
MIR. Butler Of Massachusetts, replied to
Mr., Sargent and defended the proposition.
for increased salary. In reply to Mr..
Hale he held that business could not be
finished by noon Tuesday. They had got
the question OF Utah where bloodshed
might come to legislate, sndI the question
of louisiana, where perhaps blOodshed
had been already inaugurated, and they
had got 10 dispose Of the business on the
Speakers table where they had not been
yet this session. a|
MIR. Stevenson-o o yes, we went there
once and took up a land grant bill.
Nr. Butler went on to say that be was
not ono Of those who were afraid 81 a
March session, he was paid BY the year
and be meant to be paid enough to be
able 10 stay here and not have To work at
night and on Sundays.
Mr.. Farnsworth said Mr. Sargent was
the very man who made the first move.
ment towards increasing salaries, by
offering an amendment to double the
salary Of the President. In view Of the
Constitutional restriction that tho Presi.
dents salary shall not be increased during
hisi term Of office, ho thought that a
President who would sign bill to In
crease his own salary ought to be Inn
peached. There has not been so shame
less q spectacle presented in this Congress
and when 1 say that / say a good deal,
as this making q ring and putting the
President of the United States at tho
head Of that ring and putting In members
Of the Cabinet and Judges oftho Supreme
Court and sandwiohing ourselves be-
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