The New York herald., 1876-03-15
@ O N G. r S..
Passage by the Senate Of the Bill TO Reduce
the Presidents Salary.
THE TRANSFER OF THE INDIAN BUREAU
The Recusant Witness KiIboume at the
Bar of the House.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March IA, 1915.

WASHINGTON March a. 1875
Various bills were introduced and petitions and me-
MORALS presented
On motion Of Mr. FREuSGHuYsEN the bill fixing the
salary OF the President was taken up.
Mr. SARGENT said he thought 1t would be inenabe
meanness on the part OF the government to pay its
President salary far below what is paid the repre-
sentative of the British government residing IN Wash.
ngton He did not consider the Presidents salary any
large. Without further debate the question was
put and the yeas and nays demanded, as folIows:-
YH4smNessr' Ais0n Bosy CHTist9ney CLAYTON c0nk-
yey Hitchcock, herman Key Logan, McGreery Mcdonald
Maxey, Merrill Of ysrnon % Morton Patterson stevenson,
NATs~Messrs saynrd Boutwell, Cooper Davis. Dorsey,
MesH poe of s2Sn
Sargent, sharon, Spencer, Window, Wthers-2U
And the bill was passed
The bill for the relief of James Hie was taken up
Mr. SARGENT said that afer the action of the Sonata
in reducing the salary the President he hardly knew
far go with passing these relief bills AS
member OF the Committee Appropriations he
constantly brought IN contact with these OF
economy, but reducing the Presidents salary he did
not consider good economy. He gave the salaries Of
of the foreign rulers, with the additional per-
qusitcs allowed them. and contrastod thom with tho
meagre salary allotted the President OF tho United
states He was also in favor OF raising the salaries Of
the Cabinet officers. On some other occasion he would
give his views more fully on this question.
Mr.. DAWES lrep) oil Mass, said lac voted for re-
ducng the salary OF the President because he was
anxious undo far as II possible. the very OBJ
jectonable action OF Congress in its action known
the Salary Grab bill and he believed that the last
Of IT, ana he very anxious to abolish IT, It
toby for the Senator from California to bring up
the salaries paid foreign rulers We all know how
the poor masses are ground down TO pay those salaries
Mr. CuRisrGANcY, (rep) OF Mich, desired to know If
the Presidents salary the question before the
Senate; If not the debate order II Senators de-
sired 10 so over this ground again he would move q
reconsideration OF tho vote the Presidents salary,
and he entered notice Of such motion
Nr. EDMuNps said he did not suppose the vote would
have been taken SO suddenly on the question OF re-
tucng the Presidents salary or he would have been in
his seat and voted against II.
Mr. CoNKLING defended his vote on the subject, and
SAID that motion had been entered to reconsider,
he would, at tnat time, give his views in full
Mr.. HOWE, further discussed tho bill opposing IL,
when Mr. CocKRELL SAID he was surprised 10 hear the
Senator from California object to granting relief to
poor old CRIPPLED soldier because the Senate had voted
10 cut down the Presidents salary He voted for it
twice II necessary He thought any well disposed per-
could 1--we OH II in proper manner, and very re-
specially too.
Mr. SARGENT said the Senator very well knew that
he had used the Relief bill simply as frame upon
which to hang his remarks upon the Salary bill
The Relief bill was passed, and Mr. Chrstiancy was
called upon press his motion 10 reconsider but de-
cllnod doing
AT twenty minutes 10 three O'Clock the Senate went
into session. and at three O'Clock adjourncd