Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-21
WATERFOWL, WIS. WEDNESDAY,. JAN. 2l, 1874
REPEALED.

WASHINGTON, January 12.-Mr.
Conkline, of New York, to-day offered
in the Senate substitute for the
House salary bill, repeating the salary
grab Of the last Congress, and it was
passed. ~
The bill now goes back to the House
for the concurrence of that body. The
following is it's full text - Z
An Act repeating the increase in
saleries of members Of Congress and
other officers
BE 1t enacted etc., That so much of
the act of March 5, 1873, entitled IAN
act making appropriations for legisla-
tive, executive and judicial expenses
Of the Government for the year ending
June 30, 1874" as provides for the
increase Of compensation Of public
officers and employees, whether mem
bers of Congress, delegates, or others,
except the President of the United
States and Justices of the Supreme
Court, be, and the same hereby Is, re-
pealed; and the salaries, compensation
aud allowances Of all said persons, ex
cept as aforesaid, shall be fixed by the
law In force at the time Of the pass
age of said act; Provided, that mile
age shall be allowed for the first session
ofsthe Forty-third Congress; that ali
moneys appropriated as compensation
tosmembers of the Forty-second Con-
gress in excess of mileage and allow.
auces fixed by law at the commence
ment of said Congress, and which shall
not have been drawn, have been re-
turned in any form to the Uuited States
are hereby covered into the Treasury
of the United States and declared to be
moneys of the United States, absolute
ly the same as if they had never been
appropriated as aforesaid.
There Will be an attempt in the
House tomorrow to take up the Senate
salary bill and pass it, and another at
tempt will be made to send it to a
committee conference. Those who de-
sire to fix the salary at S., 500 or Sc
900 will favor the latter proposition
WASHINGTON, January 13.-The
House this afternoon took up the bill
which passed the Senate yesterday re
pealing the Salary bill Of the last Con-
gress.
Mr.. Hurlbut, Of Illinois, said it had
been his fortune to propose to the
House a measure which tie Hou e
had passed, and to which the Senate
had adopted substitute. He pro-
posed 10 accept that substitute as a
satisfactory solution of the vexed ques-
ton. He did not propose to lead IN
tb Nasure, but would yield the floor
to the Chairman Of the Select Com
mittee. to which the House had origi.
ually referred the matter.
Mr.. Hale, Of Maine, said that, in
order to bring the House to vote on
the bill without further p!ications,
he would ~ We that the House con
cur in the Senate substitute, and on
that be moved the previous question.
Messrs Butler aud Dawes each de-
sired to offer or indicate an amendment
but Mr.. Hale insisted On the previous
question, because, if the House should
begin to make changes in the bill it
would drift nobody knew where, and
the whole subject would be open again.
The bill was now nearly clear, thor
ough, substantial repeal of the IN
crease of the late session. and believed
the House could not do better than
take it.
Mr.. Cox stated that he and many
others were opposed to both the Sc
nate and House bills, and desired to
non-concur in order to get better law
The previous questions were secon-
ded-l26 to 57-and the substitute
was agreed to-yeas, 226 (; nays, rs.
The bill now goes to the President
for approval The votes in the uega-
tive were given by Messrs. Albert,
Averrill, Barry, Clymer, Cox, Cross
man, Hays, Hines, Kelly, Kendall,
Lamison, Moore, Negley, Platt, Ran
dali, Shanks, Sloss, Standeford, Storm,
Stowell, Todd, Wadell, White, White
ley, Williams Gnd)
A Senator who was in conference
with the President to-day states that
Mr.. Grant will return to Congress
without his signature, the bill repeal
ing the salary-steal, accompanying it
with a recommendation that it be re-
considered, and an amendment added
reducing the pay Of the Chief Ex-
ecutive to $4,000 a year, he agree
ing to forego his constitutional right
to the increase.