The Portland daily press., 1873-12-18

| huic" uub everything ne considered uncO0-
s'ituiona his duties would BE- very much en-
! laraed
The question was then taken on Mr.. Hol-
mans amendment, and it was agreed to-yeas
| loo, nays f07
Mr.. Butler of Mass moved to amend by add
| ing proviso requiring all mem bers, who had
also been membars of the preceding Congress,
| and IN which they had received back pay. to
| return the rame to the Treasury. He appealed
to the House to come up squarely like men and
| ana support substitute which would he Offered
| Tor the whole bill by the gentleman from Hi
| nolS, Mr. Hurlbut,) fixing the salary at $1,000,
| 10 take eifOct from the passage of the act.
| tCries Of good, good that is rightly
| lie question was taken viva voce on Buffers
amendment and it was carried oy 1l3 to 10.
| Mr.. Hnrlbur of H., then offered the follow
ing substitute for the whole bill:
| Sec. L. That from and after the passage of
| thls act the compensation of Senators. repre-
sentatlveS and delegates shall be at the rate Of
| $4,000 per annum in addition thereto to the
| actual individual expense; of each Senator aud
| representative in gorg and returning from the
! seat OF government once in each session, to be
certified in writing by each.
| Sec 2 That the compensation of the Speaker
! OF the House Of Representatives shall be at the
| rate OF $1,000 in addition to his pay rs reDresen-
! tatve, amounting 10 all to $780, and that of
! the Vice President shall be the same amount
| with the same allowance for travelling expens-
| es as herein before provided.
Sec. 3. That all the laws and parts of laws
| Inconsistent with the provisions of this act are
| hereby repealed.
! Sec. A. That the Secretary of the Treasury is
| requestd to cover into the Treasury all sums
! that may remain undrawn or which have been
received as increased compensation under the
provisions of said act approved March Sd, 1873,
| which shall have or may come into hts pos
tession by return thereof
Mr. Beck, Dem, of KY, defended his action
! IN voting tor the Increase last session.
Mr.. Hnrlbut moved the previous question on
| his substitute.
| Mr.. Dawes endeavoreG to get in proposition
! to substitute the bill as reported by the commit
Tee under the Orth instructions, but Butler and
| Others objected.
On Huribut's substitute being again read it
| appeared that II had been changed after it was
hrst offered by fixing the salary of the Speaker
and Vice President at $4,000 instead of $4,000.
| Mr.. Dawes called attention to itand claimed
! that he had right to debaIe the pIoposition in
| its present form.
The Speaker ruled the point well taken.
| Mr. Dawes, animaverted on the improperly
| of changing without the knowledge of the
House, proposition that was pending before
| it,
The Speaker said he would be obliged il Mr..
| Hurlbut would leave the substitute 10 the orig
| inal shape. The Speaker said inference might
be that he had been prlvy to Increase
| aud begged as special favor that the amend
! ment be put as origin ally offered.
| Mr.. Dawes said ne was aware the Speaker
| had nothing to do with it.
| MIR. Butler said it had been done by his (But-
| ler's)counsel and advice
| The Speaker directed the Clerk to report the
| substitute liz its original form.
The House seconded. .141 to SO, the previous
| question on Mr.. Hurhnt's Substitute and the
main question was ordered, years l67, nays lG5
The question taken on substituting Hurl-
butts proposition for the pending dill and all
amendments thereto, aud 1t was, amid much
! excl cement and after several changes of votes
from no to a yea. agreed to, yeas l3S, nays 13o.
motion to re.ousder was made and laid on
the table, the yeas aud nays having been refus-
ed on the latter motion. Great confusion en-
sued. nations to adjourn aud points of order
were made.
MI. Hale claimed the right close debate and
I said this would not be satisfactory to the cOun-
try aud # he passed a bill making a clean sweep
! 1t would be introduced the first Monday the
! House was in session.
Mr., Dawes also gave his objections to the
| substitute amid much excitement He was
| willing on the 2nd of last March when he was
| treated Us Hale had been this evening to bide
his time, and was willing now to do the same.
| lie would vote against the substitute and wash
| his hands out of it.
Mr.. Garfield argued in favor of the substitute
as the only practical method of reaching any
! conclusion.
Mr.. Hawley CT CT, also spoke against the
su ,stitute and intimated there was still par
liamentary mode of getting ut the bill as
porte back. as under the Ofth iuStru ;tions.
Mr.. Cox did not believe substitute contained
a fair expression of the opinions 81 the House.
Mr.. Kasson opposed the substitute parlia-
meDtary dodge.
The House then voted on ordering the bill to
be engrossed and read a third time. Ii WAS
order. 15J yeas, 105 nays
Mr.. ii oribsrt yielded the floor to Butler Of
Mass, who said lie supported tue Substitute as
a compromise. The howl of newspapers was
owing to their dirty sheefs not beips allowed
free transportation by mail, and ON that account
Congress mas been pursued with forty jackass
power. The trouble had arisen from the fact
that members let men up there tponting to the
reporters gallery who biacken them all over
He approved The increase bill in order the
poor men who had raised themselves by their
ability might be able to keep Their families in
Washington without hiring dttics.
Mr.. Butler spoke amid great confusion about
members erowsiing around and applauding him.
1t was impossible TO report him fully.
At the close of Buffers remarks the previous
question was seconded. md the main question
ordered seas 13I.-na i:,a.
The question was then on the passage of the
bill. The yeas and nays were demanded but re-
fused, and the bill passed .on a division, 122 to
"a.
A motion to reconsider was made and laid on
the table, and at nine o'clock the House adj