The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-16
CONGRESSIONAL.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7.-Senate. Nearly the
whole day was consumed In discussing the salary
matter.
House.-The debate on the Civil Rights bill was
continued Buffers speech being the feature OF the
day. The bill was recommitted, aud will probably
be reported in n modified form.
THURSDAY, Jan. 8.-Sendte.-A message
was received from the President Withdrawing the
nominations of Mr.. Williams Chief Justice and
Mr. Bristow as Attorney General Petitions were
presented, asking for the appointment of commits
| sion 10 inquire into the sale and manufacture of
alcoholic liquors. asking that Congress enact neces
sary laws to prevent the traffic in italian children
for the establishment of uniform system of quaran
tine under national supervision asking for repeal
and modification of the Bankrupt law The Salary
| Repeal bill came up Pratts amendment, that the
pay of tho balance Of this Congress shall be such
amount IA TO make the total, with that already re-
ceved $4,000 ($5 900 for each year, rejected
| IA to As Pratt submitted another amendment,
providing that the amount OF compensation of Sem
| ators, members and delegates for the year ending
March g. 1874 shall be $1,000, and for the year end
ing March 3, 1876, s., 500, exclusive of mileage and
allowances. Adjourned without action in the mat
| ter.
House-The bill to establish an educational fund
was considered, without action The House went
into Committee of the Whole on the Naval Appro-
priation bill, and soon after adjourned.
relief Of aged and inirm presumption settlers
passed Sargent introduced bill for the protec-
ton of settlers in Utah also IA bill to aid in the ex-
ecuton of the laws in that Territories. Consider
alton of the salary bill was resumed. Edmunds'
amendment that the reduction of salaries should
take effect from March 4, 1873, was rejected-20 to
%. An amendment to fix the salary of the Presi-
dent at $4,000 after March T. 1877, was also lost
An amendment fixing the salaries for Members at
s., 600 and mileage was adopted-35 10 25 "A bill
introduced providing for the arming and
equpping of the whole body of the militia of the
United States.
House-The Fertilization bill was reported, and
made the special order for Wednesday. 1t appro-
PIRATES s994,Oo0.. "A bill to regulate the drawing
and summoning of juries in United States courts
was introduced The deaths of Messrs. James
Brooks New York; and W. D. Foster (NIichgan)
were announced, and eulogies pronounced by their
colleagues.
SATURDAY. Jan. 18.-SenGte. in session.
House-The session of the House given up
entirely to speeches by Arthur on Louisiana affairs;
Field, on finance and currency; Vance, on civil
rights; Whitehead, on the tobacco tax Kelley, on
the money of the United States; and Kane and
Grassland on civil rights
MONDAY, Jan. 12.-Seildte. Ramsey intro
duced resolution nstructing the Committee
Foreign Relations to inquire into the expediency of
advancing the rank of Minister 10 Sweden and Nor
Ingalls, introduced a bill to regulate freight and pas
senger rates the Union and Central Pacific rail-
roads The Senate resumed consideration Of the
Salary bill. After considerable debate, and the re-
lection of number of amendments, the whole ques-
ton finally disposed of by the adoption OF
substitute offered by Conkling, as follows:
AN ACT repeating the increase in salaries OF men,
: bers of Congress aud other officers.
BE il enacted, etc, That much of the act of
March 3, 1873, entitled " An act making appropria-
ton for legislative, executive and judicial expenses
of the Government for the year ending June 80
1874" az provides for the compensation of public
officers and employees, whether members of Con-
gress Delegates others, except President of the
United States and Justices of the Supreme Court be-
and the same hereby il, repealed, and the salaries,
compensation and allowances of all said persons,
except aforesaid, shall be fixed by the law in
force at the time Of the passage Of said act pro-
vided, that milaRe shall be allowed for the first
session of the Forty-thrd Congress- that all
moneys appropriated compensation TO MEM
bers of the Forty-second Congress, in eX-
cess of inilage and allowances fixed
by law at the commencement of said Con-
gress and which shall not have been drawn by
members of said Congress respectively, or which,
having been drawn, have been returned III any
form to the United States, hereby covered into
the Treasury of the United States, and declared to
be moneys of the United States absolutely the same
if they had never been appropriated as afore-
said.