The Portland daily press., 1874-01-09

Mr. Sherman was willing to make the salary
| $4,000. He called attention to the spectacle
here to-day where the Senator produces what
he calls a document. Where is it? What is
| it?
Upton produced printed speech made be-
| fore Illinois Changers by M. H. Day.
| Mr.. Sherman said it was something he never
saw or heard of before. He wished to gracious
| he was millionaire, but twas an insnuation
that he made it in Congress,
Upton utterly disclamed meaning any such
iI.sinuation.
Mr. Sherman reiterated that before God he
| could defy the world to show he received a dol
| lar except as regular pay and accepted Upton $
| disclaimer
| Mr. Morrill, of Maine said he neither had taxi
| en- nor refused to take back pay. What he
would do depends upon the action of Congress.
| DE stood precisely now where he did in 1866,
afraigned nobody and questioned nobody's mo-
yves and willing to vote for simple repeal, the
| sooner the better
MI. Sprague spoke of the great expense of
| hying IN washington. Heopposed the increase
calm consideration of the matter believed II
was just, and should vote against any re1uc-
ton.
Mr.. Pratt's amendment was then rejected
Mr.. Hamilton of Maryland, offered an amend
ment striking out all increase of salaries in
GLIDING the President and all Others so that ali
salaries remain as they were before the passage
OF the act of March 3, 1873, but this repeal, so
far as the President is concerned not to take
effect till the 4th of March, 1877, but this re-
peal not to effect the salaries of the Supreme
Court as now established. Adopted 80 against
20.
Mr. Edmunds moved the reduction ia Ike effect
March g. 1873, and accounting officers compute
accordingly, making rateable monthly reduc-
ton from salaries for the next nine months.
Pending vote on this amendment the Sen.
ate went into executive session, after which it
adjourned.
HOUSE.
e. III. Roberts of New York, from the Ways
and Means Committee offered a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for
information as to the amount of money refund
ed since the 4th of March, 1873, on account of
customs duties and internal taxes and previous
ly paid in the Treasury, with the names and
amounts reason for refunding' &c. Adopted.
The House then resumed the consideration
OF the bill to establish an educational fund and
apply the proceeds of the sales of public lands
to the education of the people.
Mr kassan of Iowa, discussed the measure.
he opposed the bill because it proposed to take
control of the question of education from the
states, where t hitherto existed, and endeavor-
ed to introduced new scheme for the educa-
ton OF the people and call into exercke new
powers on the part of the federal government.
Mr.. Butler of Tenn. spoke in favor of the
bill, and it went over till the next morning
hour, which will be next Tuesday
Inc House went into Committee of the
Whole, Mr.. Roberts of New York, in the Chair,
on the naval appropriation bill. The bill APP
propriateds SIC, 5O5, S56.
The naval appropriation bill was taken up.
Mr.. Hale OF Me-, explained its details, and
SAID the amount appropriated was not over half
a million more than in 1852
Mr.. Beck didn't belief in low appropriation
bills, they always being followed by deficiency
BILL instancing that of SOS, 600, 900 of the year
preceding the first election of CIR ant,
Mr. Dawes stated that the deficiency came
over from Jehnson's administration.
Mr.. Archer said the bill was delusion and
there certainly would be deficiency, and he
did not believe the difficulties with Spain gone
by
Mr.. Wood of New York, thought the Apr O.
priation too large, and should be still further
reduced.
Several others participated in the discussion.
MIR. Hale concluded the debate when the
committee rose and the House adjourned