The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-17
CON G RE s 8.
SENATE.
WAaHrNaTo,

mr. OAtpenter Introduced o Joint reaC
luton declaring that It had become Ii
duty Of the United States to recopnl2
Cuba as ono oi tho independent nation
oi the earth, and that the United State
will observe a strict neutrality betwee
tho contending parties. Referred to Com
mittec on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Logan introduced bill to enabl
disabled soldiers 10 receive money com
mutation on orders for artificial limbs ths
are dated before June 10Th, 1870. Referred
MIR. Scott moved to take up the bill b
provide for the purchase Of the bonds o
the Louisville s. Portland Canal Co.
Mr.. Conkling suggested that the bill r
over till tomorrow or next day, 80 tha
the Senators might have opportunity Il
examine the report Of the Finance Com
mittee. EFTT
Mr.. Scott withdrew his motion, bu
gave notice that be would call the bill u
tomorrow. ..,
Mr.. Freliughuysen gave notice that OF
Tuesday next he would move to take III
the civil rights bill reported by the Ju
dietary Committee on Tuesday last,
The Senate then proceeded 10 the con
sideration Of the bill to enable the Men
nonites Of Russia 10 effect a permanen
settlement on public lands Of The Unitet
States. j fsff m 2. - -
Mr.. Stewart offered a substitute pro
viding that the Secretary Of the interior
upon the application OF body OF suct
persons, might authorize them L
locate in any land district by
giving a proper certificat inc writinl
stating that application had been filed re-
citing the number Of persons 90 APPLYING
and the number Of acres which they
might include in their claim, the exclus
i've right of entry to be held by such per
sons Tor a period OF two years, but at tht
expiration Of that time all lands not en-
tered by them to be open to the entry O
any one. The substitute further provides
that no one filing shall embrace more thar
one township OF IS sections, nor shall {
new filing bo made till lands of th,
former fling shall be exhausted.
Mr. ConkliDg said 1t had been stated
that these Mennonites wanted TO come tc
this country to avoid the performance Of
military duty at home, and that they ex-
pected 10 be exempted from such service
here, He desired to say that he could
not give his consent to any such thing, as
all must contribute their share to the com.
mon defence. Pending discussion the
hour expired and the Senate re.
sumed consideration OF the bill providing
Tor q new election iq Louisiana.
After lengthy debate the Senate went
into executive session and soon after ad.
journed. H'
HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal tho House went into Committee
of the Whole on the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, Mr..
WoodlOrd, of New York, in the chair.
Mr.. Halo moved to make the Congress.
slonal printer an officer Of the United
States instead OF as now an officer OF the
Senate. " :"
Alter discussion on the amendment II
was adopted.
The item Of $4,000 for the purchase oil
books for q Congressional Library was in.
creased to $4,000.
Mr. Holman moved to reduce the item
OF the Presidents salary from $4,000 IA
$4,000. He agued that the increase oI
salary at the last session, including the
Presidents salary, was unconstitutional
and he also criticised the items of the
Presidents household.
Alr. Hale, Of Maine, opposed the amend,
ment, and stated that so much of the
Presidents mansion was occupied ior
public purposes that the family were hud
died into smaller apartments than were
occupied by thousands Of private families
all over tho country. He declared that
none Of the items oi the Presidents house.
hold were personal perquisites.
MIR. Butler spoke to the same question
because he said his attention had been
called 10 the subject by his colleague
Dawes, sometime ago In manner that
struckithe country that the Presidents
office yielded It's incumbent 100000 dur.
ing the term. he went on to analyze
the appropriations for the Presidents
household and to show that they were in
nowise perquisites, but on the contrary
added 10 the President's discomfort
There had been no increase and substan.
TALLY no decrease in these expenditures
lor great many years. =.
Mr. Maynard asked Butler whether he
had ever taken the trouble TO make an es.
innate o! the comparative cost of the
Presidential oftice now and In General
Washington's time without taking into
account the difference in the value OF
money.
Mr: Butler said he had, and that the
cost In Washington's time was nearly
double that Of the present time, and that
too in q time when fifty cents q day was
the wages for skilled workmen who now
received 81 or $5 day. He had heard A
good deal of the simplicity of early times,
but had In his hand a newspaper nara.
graph from "a Jenkinsp oil those days
giving the description OF the toilets oi
Thomas Jefferson and John Hancock at
o ball in Philadelphia. He read il with
running comment 10 the great amusement
of the House. 'rh q!
Mr.. Cox said hc had supposed that the
two gentlemen from Massachusetts, (But.
Ter and Dawes had harmpnized their dii.
terences on account Of some little
local issue. Laughter.] He had been
surprised, therefore, to find his
little divergence Of views between
them. He was surprised that his
friend Dawes had taken back 40
many wise and good things which he had
heretofore said about economy. All that
had been said by Butler. But the ne.
cultarity OF the dress and the luxury Of
the daysof Washington and Jefferson and
Hancock did not Affect the frugaiityI nc
honesty, the incorruptibilry Of the men
who served the public on those small sal.
aries. He himself did not care how mon
dressed. He did not care about sump-
tuary laws. he did not care if his friend
from Massachusetts, tButler) came in in
sky.blue pants and addressed the House;
1t would add to the attractions Of the gen.
tlcman. Lsugter. 1t had been said by
distinguished New York editor who
was in Washington recently, and who had
given a lecture In New York on his re.
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