Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-04-22
Forty.Third Congress.

rights bill was reported favorably with
amendment The hill, as amended. pro-
vides that all persons within the jurisdic-.
ton of the United States shall be entitled
to the full and equal enjoyment Of inns.
public conveyances, inland or water, thea
tiers, and other places of public amuse-
ment, and also of the common schools and
public institutions Of learning and benevo-
lence, supported in whole or in part by
general taxation, and in cemeteries so sup
ported: subject only to the conditions and
limitations established by law, and appli-
cable alike to citizens of every race and
color, regardless of any previous condi-
tons of servitude. Any person denying
to any citizen any privileges conferred by
the bill shall pay $500 to the person ag-
grieved, and shall also be deemed guilty
Of misdemeanor. and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than $500
nor more than $1,000. or be imprisoned not
less than thirty days nor more than one
year The district and circuit courts of
the United States are given. exclusive of
the courts of the several states, cogniZance
of all offenses against the bill. and actions
may be prosecuted in any United States
court wherever the defendent may be
] found, without regard to the other party.
ANY district attorney who shall willfully
| fail to institute and prosecute the proceed
ings required shall, for every such offense.
forfeit and pay the sum of $500 to the per-
son aggrieved and, upon conviction there
of, be adjudged guilty of misdemeanor and
be fined not less than $1,000. nor more than
$4,000. No citizen shall be disqualified
for services y grand or petit juror in
any state or United States court on account
of race, color, or previous condition OF
servitudc, and any officer who shall ex-
clude, or fail to summon, any citizen for
THAT cause, shall be fined not more than
$4,000. All cases arising under the act
may be reviewed by the supreme court OF
the United States.
Mr.. Carpenters new election Dill Tor
| Louisiana was discussed.
House. The Senate imitation bill and
the Maynard free banking bill were passed,
rs we stated last week.
! WEDNESDAY. Senate The Senate pass
ed the bill appropriating $4,000 to pay
the District school teachers, and spent the
rest of the day debating the bill for new
election in Louisiana. Mr.. West of Louis
lana made a speech in opposition to the
bill. as neither warranted by the facts nor
applicable to the condition of political af
fairs in louisiana There were also speech
of Del. and Hamilton of Md.
| House The bill abolishing mileage to.
members of Congress, and providing that
they shall be paid actual travelling expenses
to and from Washington, was passed
after considerable discussion and tilibuster-
ing. during which motions to recommit
and to lay on the table were rejected, the
latter by a vote 64 or 1863.
The Legislative appropriation bill was
taken up.
THURSDAY. Senate The Louisiana
| bill was discussed, Mr.. Morton opposing
it.
House The Legislative appropriation
bill was taken up and sharp discussion
arose, being started by an amendment of
fered by Mr.. Holman of Ind, moving to
reduce the presidents salary from $4,000
to $4,000 He argued that the increase
of salaries, last session, including the pres
ident's salary, was unconstitutional, and
! he also criticised the items of the,president's
| household
Gen Butler defended the $50, 900 salary,
and Mr.. Cox made a speech and claimed
that all that had been said by Butler about
! the popularity of dress, and about the lux
ury of the days of Washington and JEFF
! ferson and Hancock, did not affect the
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of the men who served the public on those
small salaries, All the architecture and all
the grandeur of Washington tended to
lessen the old democratic ideas of frugal.
simple, honest government. He was most
surprised that his honest, Supplemented,
/ frugal-minded friend from Massachusetts
| Dawes should be inclined to take back
some things he had said before on this sub
ject He quoted from 4 newspaper para
graph a sttuement in which somebody is
represented rs having inquired of Butler
what the effect of the circulation in Con
necticut of Dawes speech, in which Butler
is reported rs replying, Bad for the re-
Publican purity" and adding, When IN
old bridle-steer like Dawes gets in the hab
it of breaking out of the pound. when it
is dark and drizzly, there is no corn-field
in the country safe" (Uproarious laugh
ter. in which Dawes joined heartily, while
Butler sat looking solemn and stolid, rs if
he did not see the fun Of the thng) Mr..
Cox went on quoting from the newspaper
paragraph, in which Batter is also repre-
sented rs saying that Dawes was knowing
to many party secrets and must have Il bell
put round his neck.
Mr.. Dawes replied to the remarks of
Butler. Replying to Mr.. Cox. he denied
that he had taken back in New Hamp-
shire the speech he made in the House,
II few years since. and said he had only
added to it a message from the president
to the people of New Hampshire, that
whenever it could be pointed out that a
dollar could be saved to the treasury, that
dollar would be saved. But he had
changed nothing, and he would change
nothing to-day. of what he had said in
that speech. which had been circulated in
New England.
Mr.. kasson of la, argued against the
consttutionality of the increase of the
presidents salary. The constitution pro-
vided that the presidents salary should
not be increased or diminished during the
period for which he shall have been elect
ed. Gen. Grant had been reelected in
November; the votes had been canvassed
prior to the passage of the act increasing
the salaries the certificate had been duly
made out showing that Gen Grant had
, been elected president; the time for en-
t tering on his new term arrived within u
hours of the time when he signed the act ::
) and, without sleeping one night after
signing the act. he was sworn into office.
He argued that the constitution had in
tended to provide that the question of the
signature of such measure should be-
long TO Il disinterested president. 1t was
for these reasons,-becaU- the act had
been signed by the president after he had
been elected, and because it affected the
presidents own interest,-that he felt COM
PEELED to vote for the amendment offered
5 by Mr.. Holman.
: Mr.. kasson's argument was controvert-
ed by Messrs. Hale and Tremain Of n. Y.
and Poland of Vt.
Mr. Willard of Vt. remarked that fen
arguments could be found in favor of in
r creasing the salaries of members of Con-
I gress and members of the cabinet for one
that could be found in favor of increasing
the presidents salary.
Finally the question came to q vote on
Mr.. Holman's amendment, and it was re-