Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-25
Forty.Third Congress-.

/ the CIVIL rl1IllS Dill was uIotOi Viz
upon his statement that, if the bill should
be referred to the judiciary committee II
would be reported back soon, the late SEN
ator from Massachusetts,, Mr.. Sumner,
agreed to the reference. and he now de-
sired to state that the committee had spent
two DAYS in perfecting the bill. 1t was
now ready to be reported to the Senate.
having received the approval OF the ma
joritv of the committee. but rs the author
of the bill had been taken away, he would
not report the bill, or call it up, until the
chairman of the committee. MIR Edmunds
of VT, who fayors it, should be present,
that he might take part in the debate.
The Chair (Mr Carpenter OF WIS. stat
ed that upon consideration he had decided
that he was in error in appointing MI
Stewart of New, us chairman OF the JOINT
District investi CATION committee. and. after
some debate and an explanation by MI.
Stewart. the record was corrected SO that
Mr.. Stewart should be a member to I'LL a
vacancy, and not the committees CHAIR
man.
Mr. Logan REPLIED to the speech OF
Senator Schurz on the currency bill.
He presented tables to show that New
England had S11 900 000 national bank
circulation. and Illinois less than SlS,000,-
600, that Illinois paid S16,00OOOO of in
ternal revenue taxes, and New England
only $1,000 900; Illinois had to pay back
to the government, each year, an amount
| nearly equal to her bank circulation, while
New England paid but 1-22 part.
In conclusion, he called upon the Senate
to adopt that liberal policy of free banking,
which, properly guarded, will not only do
| Justice to all. but will develop the latent
resources of the South, which lie dormant
under a former mistaken policy, and which
will utilize the water power OF Virginia
and the power locked uli in the vast coal
| fields of Indiana and Illinois, the IRON
mountains of Missouri and the agricultural
resources of the whole country, policy
! lhat will pat our manufactures again III
operation, the iron foundrics in blast, and
give employment to idle hands, prosperity
10 producers and happiness to the whole
/ country.
Ho,lse. The House in committee OF the
whole considered tie Legislative, ENecu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill.
Mr.. Willard of Vermont, called atten-
ton to the inequality of the compensation
provided for the officials of Congress, and
for those Of the various other departments
of the Government, and he offered various
amendments for the reduction of the pay
of door-keepers and messengers in the
Capital. all of which amendments Were
rejected.
4 discussion on the appropriations arising
Nh Cox said that language was inadequate
70 express the contempt Of the people tol
the "namby PANTY. shilly shally, wishl
washv" economy of the House. They
heard "A good deal of grinding but they saw
no meal. That was u Persian idea il
wa, Oriental wisdom Because gentlemen
On the Democrat side of The House aidco
bv one honorable gentleman on the Repub
ican side Mr. Willard of VIZ undertook
to challenge comparison between the eN-
penditures of the present time and thost
I1f 1861 or 1866, on The question of salaries
hey were told-that it WAS Il small matter.
Members on the other side would %
home to their State Conventions and then
Il County Conventions and would present
resolutions that it is the duty of all men &c
practice economy. and vet they would Che
would not say sneak between the tellers
vote down all propositions to reduce eX-
penSes bat when the yeas and nays Were
called they would not be there. lie him
elf did not belong to any side Of the
House He WAS not particularly in atillia-
ton with any one side OF the other HI
wa, m eclectic philosopher. lie pickec
ont gentlemen like the Chairman (AIr.
Woodford.) and other distinguished mem
beers on both sides and made his party
with them The people were doing the
same thing.
/ WEDNESDAY. N,,tat,. \ lengthy con
. test occurred on the priority Of the army
bill. or that for cqualizing the currency
The l:.tter,v:t- finally taken up. and after
a speech upon il by Mr.. Davis the army
bill WIS discussed Mr.. West of La. eX
planned the provisions Of the bill, sayin.
the total amount appropriated for the sup
port Of the army for the present fiscal Yea
was ~31 100. 600, and the original estimate
SDr the next fiscal year S3t.5f3,n0, hu
c under the revised estimates they We're II
: duccd to >34,2IS,00O. Tie House ha'
, voted for ~2s.50l.9lG, which the Scnat
committee ON appropriations had REDUCED
to 81. 77:,3 300. or ~f,0G2. 800 less than TIL
: amount appropriated for the present fisca
d wear. The reduction was mainly due +
/, the curtailment Of the army from 10000 L
2500O men.
The bill was read and nearly all til
g first section agreed to a. reported by til
! committees the amendments all being con
: Cured in The most important of th
; appropriation for the pay of the arm
travelling expenses. etc, from 81 400 0Ot
c strikes out the provision that not NOR
4 than ten cents per mile shall be above
for travelling expenses, reduces the Hous
" APPROXIMATION for subsidy from S24J2 t l
q to -, 40Q,0 600, reduces the appropriation
h for quarter masters supplies from II 300
Il 600 10 81 30, 600. The appropriation fo
incidental expenses is reduced from 81
300. O00 TO II 100000 that for hire ,
q quarters from 81 BOO, 600 to 81 400, 900. an
if that for the preservation of clothing an
e eouipane~ from moths from $50, 900 t
Sj0oH0.
Hou>,. The regular SESSION was devote
e\clu~ivelI to the debate on the tranepo
tation tilI and several written speech,
: were delivered The evening session W;
given to the bill to revise and consolida
;. the statutes. in which some progress W:
1T made.
/ TiI,tSnAe. >c.l.os \ bill appropria
&c ing $4,000 to pay the expenses Of Il
st Joint committee to investigate the manag
le mcnt of affairs of the District was passc,
also the bill amending IN act to prevcl
: the eNtermination of fur-bearing ANNA
Il from Alaska.
l. The consideration Of the army appropl
l., alton bill was resumed
III House. The Legislative appropriation b
:, was taken up in committee of the Who'll
II The item of &28, 900 for the pay of Il
l. capitol police gave rise to much discussio
es4 Finally, an amendment offered by NJ
tn Holman of Indiana, to reduce the Apr
IA priation to $4,000, and providing that III
~ disabled soldiers now on the capitol poll
shall he retained was rejected, y to /
and the item left untouched The item
$780, 900 for mileage of members of t
BE House also brought out an excited debat
he 1t was shown that the amount of milea
is paid members Of the forty second CongrC
was S196, 557, while actual travelling c
ST. penses are only S23.476 for this session
er NJ Nihla1k of Ind nnyed to rndr1