Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-04
No Distribution of Alabama Award.

No Distribution of Alabama Award.
The Money to be Invested in the New
Five Per Cents. "''' y y
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Passage of the Salary Amendment.
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Members Salary Made $7,50O,
Aggregating Sl,esl,O00 Extra for
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WASHINGTON, March S.-The Senate
concurred in House resolution to print ten
Thousand copies of the testimony before the
Poland committee. .-
Mr.. Logan called up the bill TO establish
military prison. Passed. - st ~
Mr.. Sherman, from the COMMITTEES on
Finance, reported the bill tc relieve Tre&s-
urer Spinner from responsib ility for defal-
cations of his subordinates. Passed. 4,.,.
-r New BTeznbers-L0ufgiaua Again.
Nr. Hitchcock presented, the credentials
of ingalls,, Senator elect, and Mr.. Cragin
those of Wadleigh. 40
3 Communications werD received from
members of the Legislature of South Caro-
lima against the admission Of Patterson to
the Senate. Also dispatch addressed to
the Governor of Louisisna announcing the
election of Mcmillan Senator. g
l.. Mr.. West did not object to McMillan's s
credentials, which it was thus announced
had been forwarded, brlt he objected to this
irregular ratification.
Mr. Edmunds said it might be read as
petition. =
Mr.. Trumbul thou ghs it ought to be re-
ceived. siarl ra. al.l.5s5
Mr.. Morton-That dispatch is merely an
announcement that Mcmillan is elected by
mob Legislature. He thought it had no
business here. ,yl'a
Mr.. Sherman moved to lay the commu-
nicstion on the table. Agreed to. '-~
Judge DeIahy Impeacted.
Messrs. Butler, Peters and Potter, the
Committee fro N the House OF Representa-
tives, appeared at the bar of the Senate, and
Mr.. Butter said: -
Mr.. President: In obedience to an order
of the House of Representatives, this Com
mittee of the House appeared at the bar
of the Senate of the United States, and DC
impesch Mark w. Delahy, District Judge
of the United States Court, for the District
of Kansas, in the name of the House Of
Represents .tives, and of all the people oi
the United States, for high crimes and mis-
demeanors in Office; and we do further &C
quaint tie Senate, by order of the House,
that the House In due time viii furnish the
particular articles against said Delsby
and max good the same; and this Commit
tee furt her charged by the House to de-
mand of the Senate that they will take an
order for the appearance OF Mark w.
Delahy as such Judge to answer to the
same.
The presiding officer (Mr. Anthony
The Senate will take the order in the pre-
| misses of which due notice shall be given
! TO the House of Representatives.
The Conference report on the Sundry
! Civil appropriation bill was concurred H.
Mr.. West offered q resolution directing
the Secretary of the Senate to pay Messrs.
Ray aud Mcmillan of Louisiana, full COM
pensation and mileage from the time thaJ
claim to have been elected to March, 1873
Referred to the Committee on Elections.
The Conference report on the Postotnce
appropriation bill was agreed to.
The Report spn Pomeroy's Case.
Messrs. Frelinghuysen, Vickers ant
Thurman, from the Select Committee te
investigate the ch;lrges against Mr.. Pom,
eroy submitted reports.
Recess was taken at until Z o'clock
In the evening session Mr.. Schurz pre-
sented a memorial OF VIM. L. Mcmillan
announcing his election as Senator from
Louisiana, and announcing that his ere
dentials are on the way and asking th'
| Senate to take notice Of the fact OF hii
election.
The AIabs ma Money.
Mr.. Edmunds, fir ON the COMMITTED o
| Conference on the Geneva award bill, SUB
mitted report. 81 g seated that after fui
and free c0nferen ce the representatives
the Senate were nabIe to agree with those
of the House of Representatives. The tW(
houses fully agre ed as to the fact that actua
losses ought to be paid, but disagreed as q
the class of losses and as to the war preml
um. On this poiut the House conferee
would come to no agreement that the Sen
ate confere6;s thought they would be JUST
| fed in accepting. They therefore had con
cluded thai the, best thing now would be x
invest the money in five per cent. regis
tered bonds Of the United States, TO d
he'll subject to the future action OF CoD
gress.
Mr.. Trumbdn-Then the sufferers are Il
get nothing. -
Mr.. Edmun ds-No; the committee Wer
unable to agre ,e, and being unable to agre
they have only postponed the distributor
until next ses sion. They put the money IL
the Treasury of the United States and IL
vest it so that it will be drawing lnteres
until proper distribution be made.
Mr.. Trumt ,ull- That is a very fortunate
thing for the United States, but rIther a
unfortunate thing for those who lost thel
vessels and goods.
Mr. Ednunds said the money would no
be due until the 18th of September, and
Congress met in December, the partle
would have To wait but three months.
The report was then concurred in.
The deficiency bill was then passed.
Ready for impeachment.
On motion of Mr.. Eimunds the Secra
tary was directed to notify he House tina
the Senate was prepared to receive tn
articles of impeachment against Judge Del
ahay whenever the House was ready .
present them.
Doubling Salaries.
Mr.. Morrill,, Of. Maine, submitted tn
conference report. on the Legislative Exc
cutive and Judicial Appropriation bill.
Mr.. Wright moved 20 recommit the oil
to committee with instructions to strike ou
all relating to salaries, except the increase o
the Presidents salary.
The point being made that the motion u
recommit with Instructions was not in OF
der, the Chair overruled the point OF or
der. ....
An appeal was taken and the decision
the Chair was overruled by vote OF 4
to IL.
Mr.. Edmunds called the attention Of th
Senate to the fact that this amendment IL
creasing salaries would operate RETROSPECT
lively and would take 81 ,500,0 900 out OF tn
Treasury to pay members of Congress TO
the past two years. The amendment ha
doubtless been put in that form through
InadVertenee,
[laughser,] but it might be corrected,
Mr. Carpenter said that if the next Con
gress ought to have increased pay, then
was evident that this Congress must haV
had too little.
. The motion to recommit was lost. Ayes
"a, nays, 40. 49,
The report of the Conference Committe
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