Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-25

for increase at the last session on th
ground that there would have been a
extra session, and that it would hav
been of inc.lculable mischief to tn
country, involving the postal tele
graph scheme, postal savings ban
scheme and other propositions.
Mr.. Hurlburt moved the previou
question on his substitute.
Mr.. Dawes endeavored to get in hi
proposition to substitute the bill as re
ported by the committee under MI
Orth's instructions.
PREVIOUS QUESTION DEMANDED.
| Mr.. Butler and others objected ant
demanded that the previous question
should be put.
On Mr.. Hurlburt's substitute bein.
again read it appeared that it ha(
been surreptitously changed after i
had been first offered, by fixing tn,
salary of the Speaker and Vice Presi
dent at 900 and $1,000.
Mr.. Dawes called attention to it, anC
claimed that he had right to debat,
the proposition in its present form.
The Speaker ruled the point wa,
well taken. Mr.. Dawes adverted OF
the improperly of changing without
the knowledge of the House a PROPOSE
tion pending before it.
The Speaker said he would be obi
ged if the gentleman from Illinois (Mr
HurlburD would leave the substitute
in its original shape. Even though il
reduced his salary, he asked that as q
! special favor. The language of the gen.
tleman from Mass. (Mr. DaYes) had
left possible inference to be drawn
that some outside person had altered
| the amendment, and that the Speaker
might have been priyy to il. His lau-
guagc had been susceptible of that con-
strnctlOn. The Chair therefore begged
as II special favor that the amendment
should be put as it was original
ly offered, and said he would regard
any gentleman who objected as having
animOsity toward him. .-7
Mr.. Dawes said he was aware that
the Speaker had nothing to do with it,
for he had seen how it was done, and by
what consent it had been done.
Mr.. Butler, of Mass, explained that
he had suggested to Mr.. Hurlburt to
make the the altertion, and claimed
that it had always been the practice to
allow the mover of a proposition to
change it before vote was taken. That
was the counsel, and that the advice
under which the gentleman from Hi
nois had acted.
Dawes sarcastically replied, $50 L
supposed"
Butler, in the same tone, 81 thought
you would suppose, BECAUSE it was right
and sou did not have anything to do
with it yourself"
hn Il -,
report the substitute in its original
shape, and submitted it to the House
in that shape.
HOUSE GETS EXCITED.
The House seconded by l41 to IS the
previous question on the Hurlburt sub
stitute and the main question was Or
dered-yeaS 167; nays I05.
The question was then taken on SUBJ
stituting Mr.. Hurlburt'S proposition
for the pending bill and all amend
ments thereto, and it was, amid much
excitement and after several changes of
votes from no TO aye, agreed to-yeas
13S; nays 130.
A motion to reconsider was made
and laid Oil the table, the yea and nays
having been refused on the latter. mo-
tjon.
Mr.. Roberts moved to adjourn. Cries
of no, no, and much excitement and
CONFUSION,
Mr.. Hale, Of Me-, rose 10 close the de-
bate, but Was met with cries of vote,
vote.
The House proceeded 20 yOte on or
deripg the bill to be engrossed and
read the third time. 1t was 50 order
ed-yeas l59; nays l09.
SPEECH BY RARE BEN BUTLER.
MIR. HuIlburt then got control of the
measure and yield the floor to Dir. But
Ter, of Mass, who proceeded TO discuss
his views of the matter. He had sup
ported the substitute offered by his
friend from Illinois, Mr.. Hurlburt, be-
cause he looked upon 1t as a compro-
mise. He spoke OF the howl of the
newspapers as having been provoked
because their dirty sheets were moi al
lowed to go through the mails free OF
postage. 1t was on that account that
Congress had been pursued with their
jackass mud power. The trouble had
arisen from the fact that the members
did not stand together, but they let the
men up there, (pointing to the report
er's gallery, who live by the bounty
of Congress, and who write diatribeS
against them and blacken them all
over until the whole world WAS made
TO believe that the members of Con-
gress are worse than other men. i'll
stead of being, us they are, the chosen
of the nation, and bet
ter as q class than men III any other
profession, clergymcn, lawyers and
doctors not excepted, for when clergy
men get to Congress they are not spe-
eially conspicuous for virtue any more
than the rest of th6m. Laughter.
He argued that the salary fixed by
the act of the Sd of Maleb, 1873, was not
high.
Mr.. Butler spoke in the midst of
great confusion, surrounded By men,
bers from all sides of the house, who
applauded him all the time, having
but the slightest idea Of his speech.
At the close the previous question was
demanded by Hurlburt, and the ques-
tion was then taken by yeas and nays
on ordering the main question. After
notice by the eSpeaker that this was the
point wherein the prevlOnS question
was not ordered, theInain question was
ordered. Yeas 13l; nays l3O. The
question was then on the passage of the
bill. The yeas and nays were deman-
ded, but refused, and the bill was pass
ed viva voce by Id to "A. \ motion
for division was refused. a motion to
reconsider was made and laid on the
table, and then, at nine o'clock, the
House adjourned.
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