The Morning herald., 1876-01-28

means direct or indirect to aid in the prose-
cutlon OF any such claim or patents within
two years after he shall lave ceased to be
such officer, clerk, or employee. Any per-
son IN the service of the United States
knowingly violating the provisions of this
act by recognizing any such officer. clerk or
employee IN any prosecution as counsel, at
t0rney or agent shall be ipso tacto dis
charged from the service of the United
States. u. fI .pn.r.' '"
On motion of Mr.. Randall, of Pcnnsylva
MIA, the House went intoa Committee of the
Whole on the Military Academy Appropri-
alton bill. ~ if7E 60
Mr.. Haskins, of New York in the echair.
Mr.. Banning of Ohio, said he was not
surprise that the gentleman on the other
side opposed the bill as framed because the
majority could not expect much aid from
the other side In their line of economy. He
was not surprised at the charge
made by Mr. Hurlburt that the
Committee that had reported this bill
knew nothing abo' what they
were preparing because it had been the Gus
tom of the Republican party to claim all
know ledge and gra e Of the country and
they never Expected that their extravagant
expo diturs of public money would be ex-
posed any more than they expected that the
whisky rings and Indian rings and Credit
Mohilier would he exposed.
He believed the pay of Professors as pro-
posed In this bill was ample when 1t was
considered that besides the pay proposed,
they receivee furnished house and medical
attendance and their compensation was
greater than that OF officers in other educa
fUct it.,itr III o1o
pay of cadets was ample. 1t was of bene-
fit to them to restrain them in money mat
ters and thus teach them economy.
1t had been argued that the sons OF poor
men would suffer by this reduction but in
his opinion it would affect sons of the rich
more than the sons of the poor, for the poor
mans boy would he Of service to his coun-
try after graduating while the rich mans
son would resign soon as he could after re-
ceiving an education at the expense Of the
United States, If law could be enacted
Withdrawing all pay and giving only cloth
ing and board he would agree to fill the
academy with Sous of toll.
|, There was Only one feature of the bill
which he objected to, and that was the
proposition to shut out the longevity pay
feature, and he hoped the bill would be
amended in that particular.
Mr.. Randall said the question of reduc-
tion of salaries was most distasteful one
to him, and he had no disposition to embar-
.as any one, but rigid duty to the people
Of the United States compelled him to advo-
cate these reductions. II Is ,ncitlcr the de-
sign, nor will it be the effect Of this bill to
embarras the efficiency of West Point Acad-
envy. There seems to he three points oI
difference between the gentlemen on the
other side and the Committee. One Is with
reference to the ply OF Professors. The
COmmitte thought that under the old sys.
iem Professors received higher salaries than
+ icy were eutitld, to. The bill actually
gave the four highes'- Professors 81 900 per
snnum, and he calculated it in this way
They would get :; 800 cash, their house
rent would amount to $500. and fuel $500
The five other Professors would by the
process of reasoning get ti,l0O each
| Another fact that should be taken into Ct n
sidcratlon was that these Professors had an
advantage over other Professors, in fact
that when they retired they carried with
them three tourths of their pay. Now as
| to the pay Of cadets before 1867 the pay
was $500, the law of 1867 aided an addi-
tional ration which was rated at 20 cents
per day, it was always counted and thai
ran the pay up to $6OS.
Pending the discussion the Ho Ise ad
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