The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
Aleck Stephens thinks Sal
aries should be increased.
Judge Poland had rather be
called q Thief than a
Coward.
ME'. Dunne11 wants to make
Atonemeo*.
The opinion OF Working
men in New York.
A Defaulter Goes to his pro
per place.
A Man Kills his Wife and
Daughter and then
Kills Himself.
The r. r. Train Robbers on
their Walk.

q SENATE-WA AsHINGToN Dec ll.-Mr. |
Sumner made speech in favor of the res
toration of specie payment.
Mr.. Sumner said that initiation was death |
to business Contraction was the proper |
remedy His bill was referred to the FL |
nance Committee.
| HoUsE.-A resolution offered by Mr. !
! Orth was adopted, providing for a survey
to ascertain the practicabihty of a ship ca
nal connecting Lake Michigan with the
| Wabash river
Mr.. Heck offered resolution directing
| the Postmaster General to give informa-
ton of the number of employees required,
and the cost Of postal savings institutions
and the postal telegraph system. Adopted.
| Mr.. Hoar reported bill to establish an
educational fund, and to apply the proceeds
of the sales of public land to the education
of the people, without interference with the
Homestead or Bounty laws. Referred.
The discussion of the salary law was re-
sumed
Mr.. Randall argued in favor Of the re
peal of mileage, and the substitution OF the
actual expenses.
NIr. Potter favored the repeal Of any
/
Congress.
Mr.. Kasson advocated the substitute re-
ported by the minority of the committee,
-, and argued that the majority bill would
= strengthen that element Of personal gov
I ernment which has grown up to dan
9 eerous degree. He criticised the recon-
mendation of the President in regard tC
erecting mansions in Washington for pub
lie officials, and in regard to giving the
: Presidents S right to veto portion Of bill:
: He wanted no principle to be established
f by the action of the House, which would
surrender still further legislative dignity
and authority.
8 Mr., Poland was in favor of five thousand
l. per annum as the amount of compensation
h for his services. He preferred being callet
a thief and a robber for retaining his bacl
paw to being stigmatized as a coward an d
Is hypocrite for returning it. but would en-
lie deavor to have things regulated so that h
D. might be allowed to return it to tn
o. treasury.
:, Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, was the mex
III speaker He got up, but with some diff
y, Guilty, and not without assistance, the
n supported himself with a crutch, Ii
spoke with a clear ringing voice, which wa
distinctly audible in every portion OF tn
e' chamber His manner was nervous an
his remarks very aggressive. many OF h
sentences being left incomplete He wa
listened to with the closest interest and a
!, tention. He had given it as his opinion
' the last speech he made in the Hous
b. fourteen years ago, that if the salaries
,. members of Congress were $4,000, Sen
9 tors SIS, 900, Chief Justice of the Supren
ng Court $4,000, associated Judges $500
70 and of the President 100000, it would
NJ better for the country at large. lie he
u the same opinion now, still he certain
ats should not vote for the bill reported
is, the Committee, but believed that the mo
i'd upyise action of the last Congress was Il
ID. abolition of the franking privilege.
MIR. Garfield replied to Mr. stephens
Y The public opinion is that the pay Congre
- voted itself was too high, and that
would be indelicate in Congress to res
.. that opinion.
= Mr., Dunnell favored the atonement
the offense of its passage by the SIM
unconditional repeal of the last salary la
UB- At3P. NJ Hr. Hale moved the previo
question, on the third reading of the b
The vote resulted Ayes, 100; noes i
So the House refused to order the pre-
ned. Gus question.
Mr.. Orth moved to recommit the bill
a select committee, with instruction to
port bill repeating the whole salary
nl'" passed by the last Congress, and to TX
compensation of the present Congress
"a the rate paid the Forty first Congress {
! - ~ restoring all other salaries as before.
10 Without action the House adjourned
Rock WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-THE Sen
met at noon. Mr.. Carpenter was cleo
ID. President, pro tem, of the Senate by
- marty vote, 81 to l6 votes given by Del
their M.r Gratis to Mr. Thurman.
The Senate Judiciary Committee vii
port favorably on the nomination OF
.GS hams to be Chief Justice.
thin lin CINCINNATI, Dec ll.-Theo A "
: uss ps the defaulting treasurer of Clark Coul
very Ohio, was to-day sentenced to one year
am hard labor in the penitentiary and to p;
fine of $60400.
Boston, Dec. 11-David NJ KimI
,rtain this morning killed his wife and S
1873, daughter, and then himself.
n the ST LOUIS, Dec. 1.-THE Younger
i'm as James brothers, commonly known as
2 O. nnrs one Iowa railroad d-train robbers. robbed
Ii, on store Of Bryant & Chandler at Br
might n @ Cass county. Missouri, last Friday eve
to the and Shot ana severely WouHueu Isaac
sr and son. A party of citizens pursued the
or.t to. bers, but were captured by them at N
ge, @ as egaw Springs, and, after some deten
lterest ,1oro ,alaasa1 IN an Injunction that
yment S6Sn would be held responsible for reports
iollars were circulated regarding their acts.
u ibem a n New York, Dec. IA mass me-
ed the of work ingmen was held this eVenlI
taken the Cooper Institute under the auspiC
lat the the International. The stage was dc
.horiiy :.l ,,,,,,orous significant notices sl,t
ny, the VIII WIZ heihoi oS1a :, ,,;o,, ~ -
Iour of w demand the Suspension VI ieH1
Market three months The general who
state Of - -. - =, ,anaral aitress y ssA
the Wauus out af fay l. So'o, -