Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-16

port OF the Congressional Gt00e OF the
proceedings of the House of Representa-
tives, on the Sd inst, on the Congressional
salary 'lift:"
Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio. / now call the
previous question on agreeing TO this report
of the Committee of Conference. After
the main question shall have been ordered l
wa then yield portion of my time to
others.
Mr.. Farnsworth. hope this matter may
be considered and discussed before the
previous question is ordered. - ~
Mr.. Bingham. / object to debate until
it is in order.
The question was upon seconding The
call for the previous question.
The Speak er. AS there is division of
opinion upon this question, the Chair will
appoint Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio, and MIR.
Niblack, of Indiana, to act as tellers.
The house divided, and the telers re-
ported that there were-yeas, lis; nays,
not counted.
So the previous question was seconded.
The question being, 'sShah the main
question be now put ?n sntes
Mr.. Fsrnswolth called for the yeas and
nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The question was taken, and it was de-
cided in the Acknowledgements, 103; nays,
81; not voting, So; as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Adams, Averill, Banks, Eras-
mus w Beck, Bigby, Biggs, Bingham James
G. Blair, Boarman, BOles, Beckley, Burdett,
Benjamin f. Butler, Roderick Il. Batter, Cald-
well, Campbell, Carroll, Cobb, Coghlan, Com
ner, Critcher, Croeker, Darrall, Dickey, Dodds,
IMP tka Hanr
ID. Foster, Garrett, Getz, Giddings, GOliaday,
Griffith, Haldeman. Hancock, Hanks, Harmer,
Harper, George E. Harris, Hays, John W. Ha-
7zleton, Herndonp Houghton, Kelly, Kendall,
nard, McHenry, Mckee, McNeely, Benjamin f.
Meyers, Morey, Morphis, Leonard F. Myers,
Negley, Silas l.. Niblack, Packard, Peck, Per
~, Peters, Plat, Price, Prindle, Rainey, Ran
on II. Rogers, Sargent, Shanks, Sherwood, Sl4-
ter, Sloss, Warrington G. Smith, Snapp, Storm,
StoughtOn, Stowell, st. John, sutherland, Sy-
pher, TafIe, Thomas, Dwight Townsend, Tur-
ner, Tuthill, Twichell, Voorhees, Waddell,
Wakeman, Wallace, Whitley, Williams of Indi-
ana, Winchester, and Young-103.
Nays-Messrs- Amber, Arthur, Barber, Bar
mum, Beatty, Bell, Bird, Austin Blair, Butiin-
ton, Burchard, Clarke, Coburn, Conger, Cotton,
Cox, CTebs, Davis, Dawes, DOnnan, box, Dun
nell, Eames, Ely, Farnsworth. Finkelnburg,
Handler, John b. Hawley, Joseph K. Hawley,
Hay, Gerry w Hazelton, Hereford, Hibbard,
Hill, Hoar, Holman, Kellogg, Kerr, Ketcham,
kimsella, Lewis, MacIntyre, Manson, Marshall,
McClelland, Mccormick McCrary, McCrew,
McJunkin, Merriam, Merrick, Monroe, William
L. Niblack, Packer, Palmer, Hosea w. Parker,
Potter, Ellis H. Roberts, Rusk, ScOfeld, Ses-
sions, Shellabarger, Shoemaker, Slocum, John
A. Smith, Speer, Sprague, Starkweather, Ste
vens, Stevenson, Swami, Terry, Washington
Townsend, Epson, Walden, Waldron, Warren,
Wells, Wheeler, Willard, and John I. Wilson
"a.
Not ,ot;no AIassrs Aclrar Arnas Arcbar
Barry, James b. Beck, BraNton, Bright, Brooks,
Bunnell, Comingo, Greedy, Grassland, Esty, Far
well, Forker, Charles Foster, Garfield Hale, Hal
sey, John Z. Harris, Havens, Hooper, Killinger,
Lowe, Lynch, Mckinney, Mitchell, Moore, Nor
gan, SIR. Isaac G. Parker, Pendlet0n, Perez, Po-
land, Porter, Read, Edward Y. Rice, Richie,
William r. Roberts, Roosevelt Sawyer, Seeley,
Sheldon, SbOber, H. Boardman Smith, SNYDER,
Tyner, Van, Trump, Vaughan, WhItthOrne, VIII
hams Of New York, jeremiah M. Wilson, and
Woods.
So the main question was ordered.
During the roll-call the following an
Inducements were made: 1AT s. {
Mr.. Van Trump. Onthis question l am
paired with Mr.. Williams, of New York,
who if here would vote cay" while l
should vote s'no.n
Mr.. Read. am paired on this question
with the gentleman from New York, Mr.
Wood. If he were present he would vote
in the affirmative, while l should vote in
the negative.
Mr.. Perez. My colleague, Mr.. Barry, is
paired on this question with the gentleman
from Tennessee, Mr.. Whitthorne, who if
present would vote "no,n while my col
league would vote "ay." az. 4.
The result of the vote was announced as
above stated.
r. 49, -,
by which the main question was ordered;
and also moved that the motion to recon-
slider be laid on the table.
The latter motion was agreed to.
The Speaker. The previous question
having been seconded and the main que5-
ton ordered, the gentleman from Ohio Mr..
Garfield who submits this report is enti-
tied to one hour.
Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio. Mr.. Speaker, if l
can have the attention of the House |
will explain the points embraced in this
report.
The Speaker. If the gentleman can get
the attention of the House he will do more
than the Chair can. Laughter
Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio. 1 have no hope
of excelliDg the chair in anything; but will
try to make q statement of the points of
difference between the two Houses, and the
adjustment which has been reached in the
report of the committee Of conference.
There were sixty-ive items Of difference
submitted to the committee of conference.
On fifteen of them the Senate receded; on
thirty-fge the House receded. These fifty
were not Ct very great Importance, and
we're settled amicably. There were fifteen
others on which there was a good deal of
contention, and on which the two Houses
we obliged to settle their differences by
compromise.
Mentioning these matters in their reverse
order of their occurrence in the report,
will say that we agreed in rejecting the
Morrill, amendment. The Senate recede
and leave the courts to apply the law of
captured and abandoned property according
to the rules of law. In regard to the Pa
ciic Railroad sections, this is the situation:
what is known as the Wilson amendment,
added in the House, is adopted without
change. What is known as the Edmunds
amendment, added in the Senate, which
this House amended in three particulars,
the Senate insisted upon and the House
gave way and accepted the Senate print as
it came to us on that subject. That leaves
the clause in reference TO the five per cent.
of the net earnings in the bill as it came
from the Senate, and so with the other two
changes. In short, it leaves the Senate
amendment on that subject in the bill with
out change.
On the amendment introduced in the
House restricting the salary of the clerk of
the Supreme Court, the House receded;
but it was agreed to restrict the salary of
the clerk of the Supreme Court, leaving the
clerk of the Supreme Court under the law
as it now is.
The chief point of difference between the
two houses was the question of salaries.
There were three groups of salaries we had
to discuss. The first was what is known as
the Butler amendment, put on in the
House; the second was the group of ssla-
ries of persons next in rank to the heads of
and also the chiefs of Bu-
reaus, such as the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, the Commissioner of Pensions, of
the Agricultural Department, and officers
of similar g,ade; and third, the salaries Of
the officers of the Senate and House. We
desired to equalize the salaries Of off ,ers
of the two Houses.
Mr.. FarnsWorth. hope the rule will be
enforced by which all outsiders will be kept
off of the floor of the House-that none
viii be allowed to come in upon the floor
unless they are privileged to do SO under