The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-01-16

CoNeREss.-On the Sth., the Sen
ate had the Salary Bill badly but
aside from defeating several propos-
I'd amendments, did nothing but lay
On the table a telegram from the
McEpery Legislature Of Lousiana.
In the House the Naval Appropris-
tion Bill took up most of the day.
The bill appropristes $l6,5O5, $50,
which Beck and Archer thought was
not suIiicient-that q deficiency
would be created. 1t is probably
as much as ought to be expended.
On the 9th, in the Senate, memo
rials and petitions to amend the
Bankrupt law were received, and q
bill to relieve aged aud indrm pre-
enption settlers passed. An sppro-
pristion of $4,000 for Legislative ex-
penses of Colorado was made. The
National Bank Bill was debated, and
the salary Bill " drew its slow length
along" In the House nothing
special was done, except the pro
nunciation of eulogies upon the
death of Hon. John Brooks, by Cox,
Wood and others; aud OIL the death of
Hon. W. D. Foster, by WaldrOn and
Williams. The l0th., was debate
day in the House.
On Monday the Senate went to
work on the Salary Bill in earnest
and after rejecting other amend
ments, finally came to action on
Conkling's substitute for the House
Bill, which was passed by vote OF
so to 8. The substitute is as fol-
lows
"An Act Repeating the EgcreaSs an Salaries of
Members Of Congress and other obfesrs:
GBE IT ENACTED, &C., 1hst SO much of the
act of March 80, 1873, entitled can act making
appropriations foC the Legislative, Executive
| and Judicial expenses OF the Government for
tho year ending June 30, 1874" IS provides
for the increase Of compensation Of public of
hcers and employees, whether Members Of Con-
/ gress, Delegates OF others, except the Presi-
dent Of the United States and Justices Of the
Supreme Court, be, and the same is, hereby
repealed; the salaries, compensstions, and al
a - ill eosA nwnaT1k fha afnva-
said, shall be fixed by the law in force at the
time Of the passage Of said set, provided that
no mileage be allowed for the first session Of
/ the Forty-Third Congress; that all moneys sp-
propriated as compensation 10 Members Of
the Forty-Soc0nd Congress in excess Of the
| mileage and allowances fixed by Law at the
commencement of said Congress, and which
shall not have been drawn by the members
Of said Congress, respectively, or which, hsv-
ing been drawn, have been returned in form
to the United States, ara hereby covered into
the Treasury Of the United States, and are
declared to be the moReys Of the United States,
absolutely the same as II they had never been
appropriated as aforesaid"
In the House the most important
actfwas the passage Of resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Holman, who moved to
suspend the rules and adopt a reso-
luton declaring that in the judgment
Of the House there is no necessity
to increase taxation or to increase
the public debt by a further loan, If
there shall be economy In public
expenditures; and that in view of
the condition of the National finan-
ces, the House will reduce the ap-
preparations and public expenditures
TO the lowest point consistent with
the proper administration of public
affairs. The rules were suspended
and the resolution sdoted-yeas; %,
nays, 3.
In the Senate on the 18th, the
question of preparing for a resump-
ton of specie payment came up and
Frelinghuyssn addressed the Senate
upon that subject. Senator Gordon
introduced a resolution inquiriug in
to the expediency Of a reduction Of
the salaries of all officers of the'.srmy
and navy, receiving over $4,000 per
annum.
In the House considerable discus
sion occurred on an amendment to
the Naval Appropriation Bill, which
prohibited any one in authority from
authorizing or contracting for ex-
penditutres beyond amounts apPrO-
priated, or in other words to avoid
deficiency bills. 1t lies over for fu-
ture action.