The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-01-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Salary Grab as Reported back by the
Senafe-senafOrs ConlI,ns' .Snbsti.
tute for the House IsI.I-CaieS Cash-
iEg's Prospect OF COHtar, Al alton
River and Haro0r Estimates cut
Down.

WAsHI>oS, j an lZ.--Tas 50 ary grab Ill was
report d AZ Iuii As ioii3"s:
An act reoeIiiug tle increase in tae saia-i, OF
members 1i Congress inI olasr ou-ers
Il is enacted. etc. 1t so .uGsI OF tie az O.
Earca 3D. 1879. entitled an act nlAlLE app: oIitA-
lions IezIsaatiSe. executive -nI Jtiic.I -IJen
OF the government for lie year enGins Jane
y1,i 1874 prov Ides Tor MI increase o. eo4-p=D-
satlon of puoil. odcers suG .eLpioYess. whether
eiaber. O. Congress, delesd es or otiiet-, e1ee9.
the Presdeat 81 lhe IHi.sd States aud Justices oI
,lIs SQDrelne Court, be and le sane Is tres9 re
Dc leo. and the salaries COMPENSATION, ahr ai'o"
% al sald persobs except a. aforesaid aii
De Lrel by TIE law III iofce al the time vi sAa~
act; provided taat ~iD.ieI=. sdoa-d hoi DC
aIioHed tor the Fcrty-I3ird tJnsi e,s
Iaat AL moueYs aoDroor.tei IS co npens r'lOu ~
M be.s pt the s'1riy ID Con ress -1ceaS
Of mileage and a4!uv auces. fi-sd y, ls,~
commencement OF SAID C0Is .s=s, an1 - lCL = al.
uot have Deeen lrIwD ~ mvLo-.s CT SAID toI-
-tess. respectively, or whlci u-v,a1 teea drs IL
mas been returned IN any f1rm to iHG LHateT
osates, sre nsreoy covered ILto LGs tr''arI oi lie
Ia tel States, aud declare u - II 'nrgs " Iut
Unitea States, absolutely me sne I, ii tasy I'D
never been apDrOYrlat-u rs al res I'd.
Pc yeas sId nays DsiGg o. -rsl, tie olit wa,
pesse1 as atoEe r-por.eu bg ."c o.lomin- vote
Yeas-aessrs- Alison, Au AMY 3 yard, BD.y,
Boremaa. Boutwell, Bucxia ,ha ., Cameron. t-r-
penIer. Chandler, CtaJ toa, CJnki:us, Otuzl r,
Davis, Dorsey, kdmuns fentoa rerr'. o. Men ;
Ii Min. Hitc icoca, HJse. Ia -aii,, IL an. Me-
Cre-rv, Gerrimun. Mil ne!l, Horria Of Maine,
Ii orrili OF Vermont. Morton. og!,ssy, Patterson,
Pratt, Ramsey, koosr .,on, Sargent, ssc.eoury.
SC hurz, stockton, sumner, " ~al.eIgn, West, w,n-
dom and Wrghl-5o
Ssys-Brov ulow, C,Ioyer, Flanagan. GJTdon.
Lewis, Norwood, spr4gae aud I.cuu-s.
Tia UilI now eoss .cS TO Tue Houss FOX con
curreuoe ol tE@t boly.
CALEB CUSHING,
The friends OF NJ, Gushing are confident
Of his confirmation as Chief Justice. The
leaders on his tehalf are Messrs ConklinE,
sumner and Boutwell,. The chiafpoiut which
has been raised against him il his political
record Mir. sumner will assert, upon his
persona! responsibility. thal since the war
Mr Gushing has been in entire sympathy
with all the result. of the war Mr. Bout
well, il is be, sved will endorse Mr. SuciusrS
statements. The opponents CT Mr. Cushing
are working for delay.
The frien;s Of Mr.. Cushing state that ia
case he is rejected, he VII! determine tc 60
to Spain.
RIVER AND BARR0R ESTIMATES.
The following estimates for the improve
mcnt of rivers ani LurtDrs :.re Withdrawn :
keuosha. Wis.; Ahnepee. Wis; EIgic Har-
bgr. Mich, Gutonr-ou. Mich The fyiiaw-
ing reductions are submitted. Fox ana
Wisconsin rivers, from s7j0 coo to $500 900;
Chicago, from Sl5O.001 to S90,oUd 81.
Mary's river and ali=, from 800 600 10
100000; Des Moinrs Rapids, S-Jn 900; to
{ ,n0 900; Mississippi, Missouri ana Arkan-
sss rivers. fran $500 to : SlG3 zoe. St
A uth ony remains AZ $500 0O0, and the
mouth Of the Mississippi at s 100 ,oro.