Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-14
NIw SENATE RESTAURANT KrrsrR-

INV SENATE RESTAURANT KHEBxR.-
The President pro tempore of the Senate, Mr..
Ferry, on the recommendation Of . majority
OF the Senate, has appointed Mr.. @. 81. Luff,
OF Baltimore, keeper Of the Senate restau-
rant. 1t appears that Mr.. George r. Down.
ing confidently expected the place, . ma
pllcation- :, but, that after Mr.. Lufr appeared
as q candidate, many Senators withdrew
their names and attached them to the petit
ton OF Mr.. Luh.
SPEAKER KERR SERIOUSLY ILL-Samuel
Kerr, the Speakers son, arrived in Wash
ington yesterday from his home IN New Al
bany. en- route to Rockbridge Alum Springs,
mother. There are serious apprehensione
that Speaker Kerr cannot survive many
days, and should his death take place dur ing
tate the election of q Speaker, the Spea ker
pro tenn. being electS to serve only during
the ab~ence Of the Speaker, and without
so many members absent it becomes I. serious
question what the House would do In such q
dilen ma.
THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIvE AND JU-
DICIAL APPROPRIATION BILL, as reported
from the conference committee and passed
by both branches Of Congress. contains In
lieu OF the House provision requiring q re-
ducfiOn of 10 per centum on the salaries of
all collectors of customs and employees OF the
customs service who now receive more than
81 200 per annum, q new section directlng
the Secretary merely TO "Institute careful
scrutiny of the present condition and COM
potency Of the force employed In the collec-
ton Of revenue from customs, with q view
OF reducing the number Of the same.n Al.
other section sdded to the bill prevents all
executive officers or employees Of the United
confirmed by the Senate, from requesting,
giving to or receiving from any other officer
or employe, any money or thing OF value for
are to
from service, and shall also be deemed
guilty Of mtsdemeauor. punishable on con-
yiction thereof by ane not exceeding $500.
employees IN the various minis, assay Off ,es
And SUD treasures throughout the country
are not at all diminished from the amounts
year. some small reductions are ms ie.
however, In the salaries of few OF the su-
b0rdidate clerks and other employees in
.aefs and the BIZ
765 clerks from the present force employed
IN the executive departments at Washing
ton. By change made by the committee,
bill now provides Shat all these clerks shall
be discharged the 10th OF October. Instead of
September 10th, october 10th, and November
members of Congress and of the President
are provided Tor at the present rates. Toe
contest In the committee regarding the
United States designated deposItories" re-
suited In the adoption of q provision for dis
continuing the repositories at Buffalo and
Pittsburg from and after the first day OF Sep
TENDER next. The repositories at Charles
ton, South Carolina, and Tucson, Arizona,
are retained. The committee also inserted
an appropriation OF s10,0 to defray the ex-
penses OF the survey OF the Union and Gen.
trail Pacific railroads, TO be made In pursu-
ance OF the resolution Of the House of Repre-.
sentatives, adopted on the 18th ultimo. The
bill as passed by the DO Use aggrega ed
Sl3, 1872, 233. This total was increased by the
Senate (by the restoration OF existing sala-
ries, &C., to Il ,02S 756. The bill as 1t goes TO
the President aggregates SIS 1873 800, showing
that the Conference committee made Very
nearly an equal division of the difference De-
tween the two branches of Congress- the TO-
tai being increased by only Sl63, 466, more
than one half Of the total amount of all the
items in controversy. There were no less
than 954 controvert;1 points, and at least
OF the amend ments by enc House
or the other were further amended In the