Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-06
WASHINGTON.
Caleb Gushing Nominated to
Madrid.
All About Salaries Since the
Year 1.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The President
sent TO the Senate to-day the nomination
Of Caleb Gushing to be Minister Envoy ex-
traordinary and plenipolentiary to Spain.
He is designated as from Virginia.
Looking after Louisiana and Pet
williams.
President Grant was at the Capitol this
evening occupying the Presidents room.
He sent for Speaker Blaine and the Louis
lana members of the House of Representa-
tives, with whom he had a conference on
the subject of the affairs of that State.
Senators Edmunds, Carpenter, Conkling
and Frelinghuysen, of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, were subsequently closeted
with the President.
Tho outstanding legal tenders are SS79,-
011,702.
Only Four Millions.
The House Committee on Appropria-
tiOns to-day finally disposed of the army
appropriation bill and reduced the revised
estimates over $4,000,000.
Starvation I'm Land OF Plenty.
Bishop Wiener, Of Louisiana, called on
the President to-day and represented that
many persons are starving in that State.
The President, accompanied by the Bishop,
proceeded to. the Capitol and having enter
ed the Presidents room sent for Mr.. Blaine
and the members of the Louisiana delega-
tiOn. The result of the conference is re-
ported to be that tomorrow Representative
Sypher will introduce a bill authorizing
the War Department to issue rations to
the suffering.
Fate OF the Civil Rights Bill.
According to present indications at the
close of the debate on the civil rights bill
tomorrow afternoon, a motion will be
made by prominent Representative to re-
commit the bill which, if carried, may
have the effect of indefinitely postponing
action on the bill.
The Senate ON the Defensive.
The Secretary of the Senate prepared a
statement from the records of his office,
which was laid before the Senate to-day.
1t contains various rates of compensation
for Senators and Representatives, fixed at
various times, and shows that the following
acts, increasing the rates Of compensation,
were retroactive, namely: The act of Sept.
%, 17S9, was retroactive for six months and
eighteen days. The act of March 10, 1896,
was retroactive for six days. The act of
March 10, 1916, for one year and fifteen
days. The act of Jan. %, 1918, was retro
active for fifty-three days. The act of Aug.
16, 1856, for one year, five months and
twelve days; also the act of July % was
retroactive, extending back one year, four
months and twenty-four days. The act of
March 8, 1873, was retroactive for two years.
The total average compensation and allow
ances for Senators for mileage, travelling
expenses, and stationery, under the act of
MAY %, 1866 from March l. 1871 to
March Sd, 1872, was 3525 dollars. Under
the same act from March 4, during whic
year Senators received mileage for attend
ing special session of the Senate, average
total compensation and allowance was 1922
dollars. The average total compensation
and allowance of Senators, under the act
of March 3, 1873, is estimated at 1900 dol
lars. The estimate for travelling expenses,
included in the above average is based upon
the certificates of 46 Senators, % having
presented none.
There is no record in the office of the
Secretary of the Senate showing that any
Senator covered into the Treasury any
money to which he was entitled by the
retroactive provisions of either of the acts
of Sept. p, 1889, March 10, 1916, Jan. %,
1919, Aug. 10, 1856, or July 2S, 1866. The
following Senators covered into the Treas
ury the amounts due them under the re-
trOactiye provision act of March 3, 1873, at
the dates hereinafter named in 1873:
May 20, Anthony, S4,495; June %, Buck
ingham, S4,553; May p, Fenton, S4,1S4;
June 2, Frelinghuysen, S4,644; May 10,
Hamlin, 81, ,136; Aug. IA, Morton, 1922;
April 8, Pratt, 81, l21. Aug. %, Ramsey,
S},O41; March 2S, Schurz, SI,761; July IL,
Sherman, S4,336; May 6, Scott, 8, 79333;
May ,, Summer, S4,445; May %, Thurman,
S4,359; March 2S, Wilson, S44S; Sept. 6,
Wright, s., 40.
Secretary GOrham says in note to the
foregoing statement that several of these
Senators, as well as others who have not
either drawn or covered into the treasury
the amounts due themunder theretroactive
provision ofIhe act 'T733, expressedto their
intention to allow the money to be convey
ed into the treasury by the ordinary Ope-
ration of law, which they supposed would
occur July 3, 1873. After learning it could
not be covered in except by their order be-
fore July 8, 1875, some gave me written in
structiOns to anticipate the latter day.
am unable to furnish from any inform
alton in my office the names of Senators,
who themselves paid into the treasury the
salary drawn under the act of 1873, or any
previous art. l have not furnished the
names of Senators who have left the in
creased salary undrawn, as the information
is not called for by your resolution.