, 1873-12-12
WASHINGTON.
Record Of Proceedings in Con-
gress Yesterday.
Virtual Defeat of the Majority
Bill on the Salary
Question.
4 Bill Fixing Members Salaries
at About $4,000 q Year
Likely to Pass.
L. Il. Stephens, ofGeorgia, FaVors a
General Increase.
Senator Carpenter Finally
Elected Vice-President
Pro TEN.
The Ohief-J Justiceship --- williams
Likely to Be Confirmed.
Tho Hon. John A. Bingham Confirmed
as Minister to japan.
The Chief -Justioeship --- williams
Likely to Be Confirmed.
Tho Hon, John A. Bingham Confirmed
as Minister to japan.
Re-Establishment Of the Free-Trade
Zone on the Mexican Border.
Special Dfspatrh to The Chiraqo Tribune.

Sptc3al DispatrA to The Chiraqo Tftbatne.
MORE ABOUT THE aALAny Dill.
WARRINGTON, D. c., Dec. u.-Tho House failed to
reach any dclnito conclusion on tho Reduction Of
Salaries bill today. Tho Committee Education and
Labor brought forward their Land bill but after 1t
road they waived tho right 10 tho remainder Of tho
morning hous, aud judge Poland introduced the dis
cusson Of tho Salary It'll. ue talkoi Ill good. old,
gran1fathory why; saia that his oxpoticnco Btao
official IN Now Hampshire, on small salary, Ind
taught him economy, and ,o1o ample comron.
1aon for him, and enough TO enable him to live In as
good style he desired. lie had drawn his backray,
but was ready to return 1t ii Inv providing for tho
return sllonll bo passed.
ALEXANDER II. srErnENs ON SALARIES.
When he sat down, the thrill, piping yolce OF
Alexander H. Stephens was heard clalming thc loor,
anu hush foil on all the House. Atr. Stephens
spoke for forty minutes double the time allowed by
the agreement Of tllo ouae, aud listened to with
tho deepest Interest, tho members providing about lin
on all sides. uc supported himaclf by crutch and
tho deak behind him, md In ull lila speech be stood
facing tho Republican b!Ite Of tho Notao. Tho fact
that ho speaking went to tho Senate.
and many members Of TINT body ca.no over to
lcar him. Prominent among them Roscoe Uonk-
ling, who stood in Sr. Htephens' front, l.seing with
tho closest attention. The sceno an interesting
ono and tho orator, palo md oanciatcd, with black
turned back from tile verge Of tho grave, ill.,
dor some Irresistible impulse which gavo
him now life, to miugle with tho affairs uf
MI age to which he did not belong.
His whole argument was what might haso been ex
pectcd Of one belonging to the autear class OF stne-
men. lie defended those who took their backpay from
tho charge Of corruption saying that they dill only tha
which rms their clear legal right to DO Ho regarded
tho outcEy against tito increase public clamor,
not tho genuine cool Judgment OF tue people, and
said that statesmen ought nut 10 bo Bwaycd BY tho
pressure of tho hour If 1t was not right but should OPP
pose anu reform error. lilo would not say what he
thought tue services Of member Of Congress were
worl, but he pointed to the fact that ske abor IN
many instances commanded higher remuneration than
brain-laoor, which >o raEkcd higher aud worthy Of
moro consideration. He said III Ills salctctory
on tho floor OF tho uoaHo III 1850, whou
ho thought 10 never would hold seat Oh tho hu1r
ngain that Representatives should receive at least
$4,000 year; senatora, Sl5,0oo; Justices OF tho
Supreme Court, $a00o0; the Chief Justice 50ooo nn
tho President $ooooo; and III those lays the cost Of
living wns muc4 less thnn now. Ills speech was de-
ghtful Incident III tho House proceedings. lIo spoke
ucnty, mud with well modulncd voice, aud wns never
ut loBs for choice language In which to olothB l1a
ideaH-bearng himself n tho whilo With tho grace of
QUO conscious Of his own powor. Tic speech had a
marked OBJECT upon his hearers.
AsswE. nY oAHFsELD.
which he did In few minutes Of Rhetoric. without
troubling his predecessors position seriously {0Ared
was member Of tho Thirty-nnh Congress- and took
Ills 900 back-pay. Consequently, ho IL not 8oyero Oh
that point.
THE DEBATE CONTINUED.
Alvah Crocker Of Massachusetts, latcr in tho duy,
created goo deal Of amusement by tile statement Of
Ills position. lIs said that ho carried h!s bacls-pny
homo with him Undecided Us to what ho should 10
with 1t that while he was undecided ho WAS taken
very Ill., aud that Lis slckbed rctcctions determined
| him to cover 1t into tho Treasury, and ho
gave orlers TO ha confidential clerk to Aayo 1t done.
| Before the covering III WIS accomplished however,
to said he got hotter, and concluded to keep the
! money and now thut everybody bowling 1T 1n
for backpay thief hc proposed to keop 1t tutil
PEELED by Inv to rcnqutBh 1t. Tho naiycto Of is I'd
| drcas kept tho HOUSE iu roar.
Duunell, of Minnesota, tue gentleman who telegraph
ed homo upon the pussngo Of tho salary-bl as. Con-
gresB for Ills woy,en TO "connleucu hauling sand for
tho now house." warmly Advocated reduction III olo-
tltouce to the popular will and due difference to to
Granger pressure.
CrussauG Of Kentucky, atirrcd up Sunset Cox an.l
Lawreuce by pointed illusions to their lively acrc.
tions, mud announced hls inteution of kcelug hiE
bach.ray at oil hazars,
Lawrence finally rot tho door ID rcrly to hla tor
mcntera, which he did lu manner highly credlsable
| to hs skill az au ingenious lawyer.
pAnL.Aunxr FAIRY TACTICS.
1t tho close Of lia speech Mr. 1Iuo tlcman dcd tho
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