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dividuals, was concerned.
Mr. Monroe stated his position in regg'rd
to the salary bill to be this: He belie'ed
that the true thing for the House to do vas
to repeal, as completely and as thoroughly
as it possibly could, consistently with he
constitution, the salary bill of the Sd OF
March, 1873.
The House now came to
A Vote
on the two pending propositions. The frst.
was that offered by Mr.. Hurlburt, to e
commit the bill with instructions to strike
out the second and third sections of he
bill and substitute for them the following:
1. That from and after the passage OF
this act the compensation of Senators ;nd
Representatives and delegates shall be at
the rate of six thousand dollars per annIm,
payable monthly, and in addition therto,
the actual individual expenses of each SEN
ator Representative and delegate in g6ing
to and returning from the seat of gov,rn-
ment once in every session, to be certified
in writing by each.
2. That the compensation of the Speaker
of the House of Representatives shall be
1000 in addition to his pay as a Repreen-
tative, amounting in all to $4,000, and that
of the Vice-President the same amount,
with the same allowance for travelling eX-
pense as hereinbefore provided.
3. All laws and parts of laws inconiis-
tent with the provisions of this act are hire
by repealed.
Orth's Substitute.
For these instructions Mr.. Orth Offered a.
substitute as follows:
That the Select Committee report bill
repeating the whole salary act so far as the
same can be done under the Constitution,
excepting the Judges Of the Supreme Court
and ascertain the average amount Of salary,
mileage and all other allowances, exclusive
of any estimate for the use of the franking
privilege paid TO Senators, Representatives
and delegates in the Forty-first Congress,
and report bill determining the eompen-
sation Of Senators, Representatives and del
egates in Congress hereafter at the amount
as near as practicable thus ascertained, with
their necessary travelling expenses, and re-
storing all other salaries as they were before
the passage of that act.
The previous question was seconded by
vote of 1872 to I26, and the main question
was ordered.
The question was first taken on substi-
tuting Mr.. Orth's proposition, without yeas
and nays. So the bill was
Remifted
to the Special Committee with the instruc-
tions proposed by Mr.. Orth and it was
agreed that when the bill shall be reported
back it will be considered under the five
minutes rule.
The Naval Call for S4,OOO,OOO.
The HOu Sc then went into Committee
of the Whole, Mr.. Tyler in the chair, and
took up the bill appropriating S4,0O0,0OC
for extraordinary expenses for the naval
| service.
In the course of the discussion Mr.. Cox
| said there was not fight enough in the
| House to kill mouse. The flag of the
country had been dragged in the dust
through our diplomacy. The House was
PusiIlanimOus
| before the world, but the navy should be
| better and stronger and he would vote al
| all times to strengthen it.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, accused Mr.. Cox ot
| inconsistency and called to mind the con
| Stant attacks made by that gentleman hIth
ertO on all naval appropriation bills.
| Mr.Hawley,o Conn. said he had listened
| with an indignant start to the remarks o
the gentleman from New York (Cox) whC
| had dared to tell the House that it was pu
| sillanimous and had not energy enough to
| kill a mouse, and that the flag of the coun
! try had been dragged in the dust. He ha(
| no admiration for that cheap sort of brave.
~. wish to add an emphatic commen
datiOn of the President and Sec. Of STATE
for the calm self-repect, good sense, and
may venture to say christian temper and
Christian Statesmanship,-
| unpopular as that expression has become
| which they have exhibited in this matter
1t would have been easy to have plunged tn,
country headlong into war, but even if We
had had the grandest navy in the world
| should have demanded of the Admins
| tration the same reticence and self-respec
which it has shown. Moth ing Gen. Gran
| ever did from the time he left Galena unit
| he passed through the wilderness and came
| into the White House does him more hon
or than the patient firnness with which ht
has faced the Spanish difficulty and settled
it to the satisfaction of all.
MIR. Myers supported the bill and said:
believe this appropriation is demanded moi
| only by the extraordinary event which ha.
fastened the necessity for it, but by the or
dinary requirements of the navy. The sud
den emergency which has arisen shoult
| prove a lesson for the future. He referred
to the capture of the ViTginius and the sub
sequent executions, and the President an,
the Administration had asserted our right
and vindicated our honor most nobly. tn,
gentleman from New York (AIr. Cox say.
| NO bov-a baar, u YatinY, II
the conduct of this affair. l am astonisheC
at such declaration. Every demand ha
been made that the President could make
and to these demands CASTELAR,, a
| fervent a republican and earnest
statesman as Europe or this country ha
| produced, thought it no dishonOr to accade
My judgment is, the people Of the land ar
satisfied that everything has been done tt
maintain national honor, and further step
to yet TO be taken to obtain the only com
pensation for the wrong which can now b
| given. CASTELAR, at present is master Of tn,
situation in Spain; yet any day may brin!
new complications to him and fresh neces
sity that our navy shall enforce the right
| of American citizens in Cuba. Such pro
lection was called for and given only las
May in Panama. A sufficient power should
be kept in our various sguadrons to secure
protection at all times. Peace Will be pre-.
served and foreign complications avoide,
in this way HencefOrth we are secure
from danger within our own borders, and i
is of the highest Importance that our nava
service should be made efficient, not only
to cooperate in missions of civilization and
humanity and protection, but by its yer!
strength to ward off the possibility Of war
Mr.. Cox, in reply to members who &C
cuSed him of making war speeches, said h
had made no speech for war;
Mr.. Garfield-And never did. Laugh
ter.l
Mr.. Cox, Not noticing Mr.. Garfield
interruption But | never knew in IN,
life single member Of Congress from Con
necticut, from the Hartford convention
down, who did not begin to have some sOr
of war spirit as against his own country OF
sectional matters, and who had not Away
covered when it came to fighting for th,
flag abroad.
Mr.. Hawley, misapprehending Mr.. Cox
last remark want to know who is {
coward?
Mr.. Cox am making no personal fight
upon you. l said covered, not coward.
AIr. Hawley-I suppose you used it in {
picilwickian sense,
Mr.. Garfield to Mr.. CoX-Do you spell il
with an II?
Mr.. 'COX-No. l spell it erred. l sale
covered. / say to the gentleman from Con
| ic ;,.,cofI,1o ~. ,,,oet so11ioYs