Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-05
EVENING STAR.
HtBNEAnAY..........aPrn ). 1875.
FORTyFOVRTa Co~.RrSs
Proceedings Yesterday
A Veto nv ,h. p-..,..,

SENATE 49,, -. :
The Chair laid before The senate a MESSAGE
irnm the President OF the Unitei StatsS re-
tuning. without his Stguatura ths 49, -,
relief OF q. II. Luckett and q n Txler a.
signees OF W. II. Cheatham. Acconnary-
from the Secretary OF The Treasury, al 49,.
Commissioners Of Internal Revenue 81 IN
Pre- ident states that he withholds his sisns-
the communication. ' VI iu
Mr.. McCreery expressed his surprise a, tl,s
contents OF the extraordinary doeumen,
which has just been read. 1t Was nrrhahIx
the most exuaordinarydo cu % emf that ha3
ever emanRted from the White House Itis
the joint production OF the brain power of
this administration. Toe veto power wss
given to the President To prevent hasty and
iil-considered legislation. In this case there
has been no nasty or ill-considered legisla-
{ on. This bill was considered by two com
mittees and has twice passed the Senate
IL was manifest from the phrsseology OF this
message that n was written without any
fsrelce 10 the evidence and In utter dis
r gard of the justice of the case The veto
W. hssty and ill-.dviSei act.
Mr.. NcC sent 10 the desk 90 be Rad yari-
0l document besriug On the claim and
wUeI he 90, cluCe Ell the bin ana the message
wee referred, o. his m, tion, 60 the Commit
t. ~ Claims.
The Senate then went into executive ses
Sion ano then adjourned.
HOUSE Amer our report ciosei-
Mr.. Schl'icher Texas, nom the Commit
tee ON Texas Frontier Troubles. submit ted =
The 2nth instant.
Mr. Durham KY, from the Committee a,
Expenditure OF the DEPARTING Il of Justice,
reported bill 10 repeal section sha of The
Revived Statutes, aud 10 substitute pnothgr
ore providing that I'm cases where snectal
rsel sre necessary the District Attorney
shall be limited To one assistant. VINO sb Al
put in an account for his services whtcb
shal only be allowed by consent of the dis
uict Judge ana the Attorney General. The
bill was passed.
The House then went In Committee OF fbs
Whole on the legislative appropriation blW.
Mr. Cox in the chair Some progress was
I I III me clauses relating To the pay OF
clerks and employ ees, but no changes were
made in the recommendations OF the com
mittee.
AT 4:30 O'Clock the House took a recaSs ttu
80, when IL resumed the cous Iteration OF
the bill. The paragraphs m 4king approprt-
atoms for public printing were stricken out
on motion OF Mr.. Randall, who gave a. a
reason that the Government Printing O!fice
was now being Investigated, aud that tue
Printing Committee proposed a number OF
reforms He thought il advisable. there
fore, To await the report of the COMMIT ttee
and whatever they recommended could be
IS well put in the sundry civil appropriation
hil, where 1T more properly belonged any
Mr. Randall offered an amendment sporo-
priating 1854 for furnace for the person IN
charge OF the heating apparatus of the
library and other steam heating apDaraftiS
In the central building. Adopted.
THE RESIDENTS SALARY.
The paragraph ia relation TO the salary OF
the President having been reached, Mr. Kan
dali proposed an amendment def nirely fix
lrg the salary a. S25 geo per annum after the
18th Of March 1877
Mr.. O'Brien Md, moved To amend the
amendment, by masking the appropriation
al the rate OF >50,000 per annum until March
/, 10.
After discussion, Mr.. O'Brien's amend
ment was rejected.
The paragraph was then made TO real as
follows
~ or compensation OF the President Of the
United States up 10 the 4th day of NJ arch
lS.i, at the rate of $50, 900 per anuum S38
Gll1l, aud from said day to June 30 lS,-
both days Inclusive, at the rate of S25. 900 per
annum, Se,l25, in all, Sil 1iG.lI; and on and
after March !, 1871, the salary Of the Pres9-
dent OF the United States snail be IS. O00 per
8nuum."
at 1910 y, M. adjourned.