The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-22

which the main question was ordered, and y
will he fer the House to ssy, on the yeas and
btrs OF Congress In this hill
a Member And candidates Tor Congress.
Mr.. Blaine No that IS too Indefinite.
The yeas aud nays were ordered on the mo-
ton to reconsider.
SHOUTS Of "reeulor order - " regular order"
from the Republican side OF the House. The
vote was rcConsidcred-yeas a1, NAYS T..
without proceeding any further on the sub
icct, Mf. New Dem, Ind rose toa question OF
privilege, and seid that. himself Mr. Glover
0lem., MOI and Mr.. Smith 0iep., PENN three
Of the menb fs " the committee on Re ! Estate
fufe the ar nd Jury Of the District, and they
desircd ths iretruction Of the House.
Mr.. Tncser Dem; va1 ndsred a resoI 1t'9n
n pear md testify under such summons.
Agreed to.
mcnt 10 the bill prohibiting election contrbu-
lions from Government cleTks. ! he amendment
"a TO include senators, Represo natives and Dele
gates In Cor grcss, and to add these words
Md the contribution " money or other valusble
Ting herein urohhtcd by any senator, Representa-
Ter Congress. shall IN addition to the penalties herein
es,rocd' operate Us disqualification to his holdng
Mr.. Frye rep, Mel introduced a bill for the
pnymcnt Of the Alabama Claims judgments.
NJ; l., che Dem. N. " offered a resolution
calling for statement Of the accounts OF tho
Navy DEPARTMENT with - fiscal agents at Lon
The House then went into Committee Of the
whole on the Legislative and Judicial Appro-
rtiatton bill. SPEECHES were made by Nr. HUI
OIL Rcp;, Mich.l against the Morrison Tariff bill,
nd ty Mr. Foster tRep., OhiO) In criticism Of
&c reductions prop SGD In the Legislative APP
iloptltion bill, claiming that they are OF so
sweep NJ a character "a seriously to i'm air the
effective working Of the various departments Of
~. Holman Dem, Indl defended the bin.
and declared that the committee preparing II
had but one ohIec! IN view, nd that was to
l.e all uff1 tsft
sistent with efficiency, and that no pcrson / or
partisan consideration had beeu displayed In
the action ~ the committee. In the course OF
Mr.. llolman's remarks the question turned on
the new rule adoptcd this session allowing APP
preparations To be reported at less than the rate
fixed by law
Mr.. Blaine gave It as his opinion that that now
rule wOuld Vrovc To be the Trojan horse on
which. under the device OF retrenchment, all
sorts OF matters foreign to the subject of tho
bill could be- enerafted on an APPROPRIATION bill
anu subjected to the action u the Senate and
~ conference committees. II would be found
To he mora grievous rule than the one which
h d prevailed before, namely: that salaries
might be increased, tut not diminished, In APP
prupri ltiOn bills. a rule which had been est b.
hsnei twenty ye r. ago by Democratic House,
and witch he air. Blaincl HAD been forced to
administer when Speaker. He also referred to
the fact that the grades OF the department
Jerks bal been established in 1854 at sl.sOO,
sliOO. $i,GO. ana 81 100, and had never been in
creased since, while the pay Of members
Of Congress. which was u the same time
5000. an Increase Of co or cent. and now he
said the Democratic majority IN the House tried
10 mislead the country by representing that
they were willing 10 submit their own salaries
TO the same shaving ana discount TO which
other salaries were subjected. Ihev took ten
per cept. on their own salaries, which had been
advanced 80 per cent, md they took ten per
cen. OF The nay OF the poor CLERKS, VINO had not
lad any advance since ISL II they were sim
core, they should rut the si'lry OF members Of
CNngr - where IL was la 1854, and then put the
y aiming machine Of tn ! or cent. ON that, and
- before the country ronestly. Applause in
the galleries
Nr. Holman sid he egrocd very fully with the
ccnticmg n from Maine on that suhj ct. but he
Holman) could not be diverted by that speech
tIthnugh a very good one) from the question Of
the ruio he had been discussing. lie coDtende
tnnt the old ruiz was in the interest OF those
VINO wished TO bleed the Treasury, while the
new one wa, in the int rest of rvtfenchment.
After "a long discussion tho committee rose
without action OF the uill.
Mr.. Wei Qiop.. MissJ introduced bill to pay
bouniies u coor,d soldiers aud their widows
ana heirs. Referred.
Tho House them at b:l5 I. NJ, ad Journed.