Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-03-20
FORTY-TuIRD CONGHEss.-FIRsT
SESSION.
WASHINGTON. March Il.
HOUSE.


After 4 conflict for precedence between
the cheap transportation bill, the legisa-
tive appropriation bill and the contested
election case, the House went into
committee Of the whole. Mr.. Wood
ford Of New YORK in the chair.
on the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill Mr.. Willard. Of Yer
mont, called attention to the inequality nf
compensation provided for the officials oi
Congress and for those of the various othe.
departments Of the government, and oh'ereo
various amendments for the reduction OF
the pay Of d0Orkecpers and messengers in
the capitol. all of which were reiectei
In the course of the discussion on one %
these amendments, Mr.. Speer (Pa.) having
moved pro iOrma 10 reduce an item of ten
dollars, and it having been referred
u by the chairman as "the ten-dOllar
amendment expressed considerable in
dignation against the members on the
democratic side Of the House, who whine
preaching economy voted against all Pro
positions TO reduce expenses. lie also al
luded 20 the chairman as one who profess
u he largely in favor Of economy and of an
increase IN the hours OF clerical labor in tie
departments, and yet the chairman h.i
undertaken to fling taunts 1t him in re.1-
ton to his amendment.
Mr. Niblack, 10 whom Mr.. Speer ha
alluded, said that he had never adopted q.
policy Of watching the spigOt while the
hung-hOle ran loose, and he intimated thai
that was the policy of Mr.. Speer. who had
voted for the bill to add fOrty-nine new
members % the House Of Representative
with salaries Of five thousand each and
mileage, which bill he (Niblsck) voted
against and opposed.
Mr.. Cox Joined IN the discussion and de-
clare that language was Inadequate TO ex-
press the contempt Of the people for the
Mandy pambY. shilly-shally, wishy-waShy
economy oil the House. They heard Il
good deal %. grinding. but they saw NJ
meal. That was a piece o! oriental Wis
dom. because Il gentleman on the demo
cratic side Of the House. aided by one
honorable gentleman on the republican side.
Mr.. " Hard of Vermont. undertook 20 cha-
iengc comparison between the expenditure
OF the present time and those of lo6l or
l766. on the question of salaries. they were
told that it was a small matter; but he
would remind the sunday School scholar
on the other SIDE Of tie house that - Little
drops of water. little grains Of sand, make
The mighty ocean ana the pleasant land.
The members on the other side would 20
home % their state conventions and would
present resolutions that it was the duty ofau
mon % practice economy, and vet they
w0ull-he wouli NOT say sneak-hut when
the yens ana nays were called they would
not De there lie himself did not belong To
any side af the House. lie was not
particularly in afhiation with any
one side e- the other. He was
philosopher lie picked out gentlemen
like the chairman and other distinguished
members on both sides, and made his party
with them The people were doing the
same thing There was q meaning in the
late election in New Hampshire. unI
there would be bigger meaning iu the
COMING election in Connecticut. and more
still among the sraneers. lie understood
from distinguished western men that hardly
q member On either side of the House would
ever come back.
Mr.. McCrary of Iowa proposed that To-
morrow Pc set apart for discussion on the
transportation bll. giving as the reason
that members would he absent Tomorrow
o. witnc.- the launch IF the Pacific Mail
steamship. City Of Pekin, at Chester, Ia
9ir. =, il. Roberts on, ectei-
Sir Marshall ti.i-), from the appropria-
t.aa committee, reported the military AGA
deny appropriation bl- hciefred u the
committee OF the whole
Dir. toourn Una. j. chairman Oh the mi.l-
tary committee, reported a hni t. prc'lie
ipr @r,l-a. reduction Oh the army. when
wa1 made ine sneeal order ior tae mrs.
IGe-i=y DO April,
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