New-York tribune., 1874-03-20
v., ,,nona,,ures on high onicias and degrade the

Finally the DISCUSSION was crystalllzed into an amend
% ear 0o nroyidsd that any disabled soldiers
the Capitol police shall be retained ana that aehdeht
was r e]sesod e@ y 20 for mileage Of members of the
House having been reached, Mr.. SMITH 5Rep. Pennl
offered amendment confnlnR inc ALLOWANCE ior
mileage TO actual travelling expenses.
Mr. Parker REP MOI made the point OF o. order that
with existing law, and the point was sustained Dy the
Mr. ALBRIGHT Rep PENN offered a similar amend
ment which was also ruled like point OF order
appeal GSs taken Ak vd te% % m ss 10 Ou
Mr.. SMITH Rep.. Penni then moved 10 reduce tne
10 % s seeearV e OF 70 the sT showing that
the amount OF mileage paid to members OF the ALlld
Congress was sls ana ,he amount Paq az .ne we're
allowed) was only s2]i76. There was an opportunity
em aud he submitted that was not fair to charge 80
much moro for mileage than their travehng actuaiiy
Mr. CROUNsE Qep, NebJ replied to Mr.. Smith, and
suggested that the latter lived near the Capital and
could go home whenever be chose TO attend TO his ps
Mr.. SMITH suggested the likelihood Of Mr.. Croun-e
travelling on free pass but was assured by the latter
that he had no pass but paid his as be went
Mr. smith had ascertained that Mr. Crounse had re-
slJO while he would be entitled, under the mileage sys-
tenn. to at least s5O aud he asked whether II was ex
times as much their travelling actually cost them
Finally the vote was taken, and Mr. Smiths amend
Mr. MELLisH Q,ep., N. " then moved to strike ont
the hem for mileage, and then remarked that IL was
Mr. CLYMER Dem. Pcnn.) sustained the amendment
and action OF Congress on the repeal of tho
agreed to In the House IL was stated publicly and prl
on Of the substitute would be Struck out That mileage
OF their hadaways been odious by the
for sttemsingg to do his duty a Sst respect and he
was sure The gshtIeml wotid cceye, as he deserved
The thanks Of his constituents aud of the people OF
pennsylvania Ills colleague had shown that $4,000
had paid to members OF the last Congress Tor mile
W6 Sfn ~ addona members was only $4,000 He has
shown, therefore, that s2Ooo was given away In TINS
manner, aud be submitted that that sum was worth
Mr FIREMAN. G,ep., N. " argued that tho present
Congress had deliberately declared that the compensa
ton of members should Dc 5000 and mileage the House
was bound legsate IN conformity with that. IL eH
ing laws were TO be amended. they should De amended
Mr. RANDALL (Dem., Ponn) advocated the amend
that the service which the House could render 10
the people To strike down expenses ana he had sup
poscd that I'm that hc would have had the cooperation
Of the r. RprcsrntaiyeaLlrge from the great state OF
NewYork. lie (Mr. Randall proposed TO hght the ap
| propriations In ths bill line by line.
| MI MELLISU Rcp., ~ W remarked that he wonld
attempt every opportunity to stop TINS stealing OF
tl3O OOo from the Treasury II THAT was triiiing. he
| would continue to indulge In tri0ng.
Mr.. PARKER Gsep.. MOI asked Mr. Meliish whether
ne undertook to say that the members OF the House
| were engaged In stealing slJ0.OOOi
MIR MELLIsH repeated what he had already said
| that tho mileage the great American swinde He
did not believe that there was such swindle perpe
| trated under any other Government.
| Mr PARKER repeated his question amid good deal
OF noise and conuson but the Chairman stated that
the question in the form put dld not seem parlaneh
Mr. PARKER asked the opinion Of the Chair as to
| whether MIR MeIlish's remarks were parliamentary.
| Mr.. GARFIELD Rep, Ohio)-naniiesting impa
uence-Let us have vote. , -.
amount one-half. and expressed the opinion that ten
cents a mile was just and Iar measure Of compensa
Mr. MEILISH said he would modify his language and
call mileage constructive stealing or legal stealing. but
he would not withdraw MS expression thdt IL was tue
great American swinde.
Mr. POTTER Dom.. N " opposed Mr.. Niback's
A Tho nnTtY YfIan
enough. lie admitted that this not the direct way
correcting the evil bnt II was the way IN which the
The whole mileage system was UNJUST aud he was III
favor OF any movement that looked towards ts ultimate
Mr. PARKER Rep.. MOI returned to the charge and
cast up against Mr. Mcish that the latter had voted for
the bill liking the salaries of members at $1,000 which
would have made the expenditure for that purpose
$4,000 more than IL now was.
Mr. MEIIISH denied the assertion and when Mr.
Parker claimed The CoHgeSsond Record as hIs author
y he met by the declaration that The record was
Mr.. Parker also twtted Mr.. Mellish with having
had The Record speech covering 4j
whereas he had occupied five minutes in delivering
MT MT speeches and bis own was that his own
speeches were always aimed at keeping money In the
Treasury, while Mr.. Parker'5 were always aimed at
Mir. cox dem. N. " remarked that there was 80
much rascbity IN the debate aud so much said IN re-
proach Congress that lie thought it about time for
Treman) ought to know that there way blot
mileage system except to stop the Appropriation
then inequality would be kept up, and there
would be end to the discussion, for as
long as tho mileage kept up the
people would discuss it they were discussing 1t noM
lie compared 1t to water wheel into which drunken
an clambered and fell asleep and when he walked
up somebody asked hun what he was doing there. The
drunken man replied that he in bed, but the
darned thing would not stay still. lLaughter.l IL
with this mileage matter. They would never
have an the discussion unless they stopped the
cash and he hoped the House would do that to-day.
The DISCUSSION, which had been very noisy aud
cited here closed and the Committee proceeded TO vote
on Mr.. Niblack's amendment. which was rejected by
vote Of So to So
Mr. HOLMAN suggested as n measure or peace. an
amendment repeating the law allowing mileage, but
point of order was raised by Mr.. PARKER (Rcp., Mo-
and the amendment was not received.
The Committee then rose after having got through
with only two pages OF the BILL and the House at half