New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13
WASHINGTON.
End OF THE SALARY DEBATE.


., v,yuIy CONES TO A yoTE-A sUBsli-
'hA vop THE HOUSE BILL, REPEAlAN" HE
,ov,ors LAW PAssED-CONGRBssMENs SAL
20 pvnrCrp TO The OLD FIGURE-ALL BAUM
nper.RED TO BELONG TO THE UNITED
ELOQUENT SPEECH BY GEN. GoKpoN'
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
.,,,.Tox Ian. 12.-The Senate, after long ana
..l;ous Incubation has passed the oaiaiS VIM -
Nu~1yos Mr.. Carpenter terms II when Tic lays IL
s,ra .be House rs the unfinished business me
IN 90 6nally agreed to, is substitute oHeico pS
D Co,Lling and repeats all the increase OF salaries
MI ,ho obnoxious act of last March. except
n""' .ho President and Judges of the Supreme
Co., II also declares all back pay not yet drawn
~ Sanotors and Representatives, and all that mas
- drawn and returned to the Treasury, as pe-
-. w. 70 the United States. The repeal takes
fleet from the passage of the bill
IT. last two DAYS have been spent in an attempt
In was finally successful, TO prevent any change
~ The Presidents salary On Thursday Just before
,,.,.n,oopt the Senate agreed in Committee OF the
~, - % ON amendment offered by Mr. Hamilton OF
,,,1o,,a Covering about the same ground as MT.
o'iI;n,y evcept that it reduced the salary OF the
o0-1:1ort subseoueut TO March g. 1877, to S2oocoa
g. tho thing was done, some OF the AL
- ton r,en received new light They saw, or
noncbt they saw. that this action wonid piaco INC
President in a very unpleasant position curing INC
,omainder of his term and that Administrator pco
ala would be likely to remind nm ABOUT onco
,on,b when be went 20 draw h's salary that ''h-
80 had given its opinion that he was receiving
700 ,ouch nav: that they would have reduced 1t II
,hov eould and that he was IN effect stealing
s25 900 year from the nation.
How TO undo this was the question: Inc hrSI
alan was TO perfect the House bill tnat 49, having
,donted an amendment in the nature of substi-
Int. which was not satisfactory the Senate Thought
10 amend the original House bill in such way that
nwould be more acceptable, and then defeat the
Hamilton amendment when it was reported 10 the
Senate. This occupied the greater part OF FRIDAY
md TODAY. but before it was accomplished MI
rdmuuds moved to report the bill to the Senate,
and it came in with the Hamilton amendment sim
farming part OF it, II was at this point that Mr..
Coukling offered his amendment, which was
adopted
The principal objections to the bill as the Senate
has passed il are First, that it pcrpetuates the
mileage abuse and REEVES the newspaper and sta
t,onery allowance for members of Congress; and
,eoopd that it does not make the repeal date back to
The 4th of last March
One of the most interesting episodes of the salary
debate to-day was the speech of Senator Gordon,
which was somewhat in the nature of personal
explanation. During the afternoon of Friday, Mr.
Gordon had offered an amendment to reduce the
salaries of officers of the army and navy, which,
especially in the higher grades, during peace. are
propOrtOnately much greater than those OF civil
officers. In private conversation, some Senator'S or
Others had insinuated that Mr.. Gordon actuated
by his old Confederate sentiments and that, having
been whipped in the field he desired to take
his revenge Union officers by cutting down their
salaries suggestion unjust could be imagined.
The Senator of course, Indignantly disclaimed any
such motive, and very eloquently referred to what
took place at ADpomattox, when he assisted to
range the terms of Lees surrender, to show how
much cause to respect each other the true soldiers of
the late war. on both sides, had. His speech COM
handed the undivided attention of the Senate and
the galleries. and made very favorable impression.