New-York tribune., 1876-02-26

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MI SARGENT Glcp., Gail moved that whenever the
senate adjourn to-day 1t be TO meet on Monday next
III is and petitions were introduced and referred a.
lOuOWs: ... ..,
Iowa favor oi ;hc repeal OF me Specie Resumption ae
BY various synat0rs-PeutOns aid pis presented fof
the benefit Of sur X X. Ross, JOnn 4. HhaW tie
state Joseph Ficrra and Nan Ifuc. Al-o for tie
Improvement " vac Chippewa and Columbia RIVERS.
Revolutionary CLAIMS reported adversely inc D.l t.
provide Ter the settlement o CLAIMS for service rs Oncei-
tie Revolutionary army aud II "ds Indefinitely post
poud IIo also presented "a written report tue sdJ
jet, when crde:ed 10 1e printed
resolution TO print extra copies OF the report OF the
Commissioner OF Agriculture for the year 1873 war
passed ~
p:iut CCu oAtr. copies OF hc report Of tAe Committee
Revolutionary War Claims On tLe bll nrst Ie9iied
Revolutionary army. Referred 10 the Committee on
Printing. .. .
john K Harrington lOr improvements IN caiPetinin6,
was rCcGIuinitted Ia the Committee on Patents.
a bill To ave the Little kOcg and Fort Smith Railway
Company tLc riga Of lufOugn Tie nian Territory
was referred TO The Committee On Indian Ah.aIs.
sir. ALLISON (kep., lowaj called up the House bil
4sJey far iir cal wear ending une 30 Is77 no
frs; amendment reported by the Committee On Appro-
pIiatiOs ~ds ior ad1Ioii pay oil pioie<soo Tor ehH
Mr. MA&EY Dem, Texas hoped the amendment
would be agreed TO- Many eminent military officers
them are the Presdcnto o; the United states, Gen. Shrr
man, GeDs Hancock McPhcrson and o,bers; ami %
tnosc on the 0tneI side during the late were Lac
Johnston anG jackson When tie pay Of tie ollcera ~
cut down BY this body it viii be saving II the sgo aud
wasting at the bIBR
Mr. LOGAN tisep, III said sometimes men In then
desire 10 ictIccn ana ccOnOnze ala 90 IN matters tcJ
Knew nothing about The action OF the House in this
matter showed an astonishing ignorance OF law TIE
act establishing tic West Point Military Academy pro
Nidcd Tor hcAc professors and gave tneb cer'aih st
ulated salary. IL could not be Teduc,d IN an apfopl
lion biil without the repeal OF The existing lan 49, a.,
There considerable Oi debate amer tDis upon the
amendment Mr. WET tkep:, lA,.l, MI. DANIs tDcnI,
West Val and Mr.. bAUiSBUhG (Dem, Deli tOOk lhe
floor Ia favor Oi a.. dr. WEof incidentally rehalheI
that nom lSiO tO 1860 when the Democrats Dau cuagc
OF the country, the xpcnsc of the army per man WAS
than II nad been uuder the KepuDcdu Adiunisud
tOn since 1866. Mr.. SALISBURY was IN f..vOl Of re-
ducng all salaries, and said that the professors AT the
Military Academy arc not engaged the hazardous
business Of nltns the lnatns the plains, have
GAN retOrted by asking where all the Mu0r-Gcn
erals and prominent ofiicersf They are moi hghi;hg
Indians, be sHid.
Mr.. STEVENSON Dem, Ky.) said, speaking Of the
Tor tue senate authorize the reduction Of tie salary
OF the professors, nd tnen pat TWO lines IN the b
pealug all laws inconsistent with Tie bih.
Mr. FRELINGHUY1FN (Kep., n. j. haid he had
doubt Congress could Appropriation bill, make all
tie laws necessary for the country, but 1T not tc
legitimate pTovin OF te Committee on Appropriations
10 cOnsllcr all subjects.
The discussion then turned conparisons OF salaries
Mr.. STEVENSON (Dem, kyD said that at Yale College
the professors receive 700 per annum Al Harvard,
question ability the high scholarship Of tLe pro-
fessois employed at these institutions MI fBELlNi-
HUfSEN tls,p.. n. - said that Senators work SIX
and three months another, ana they do
work and lie certainly did think $500 per annum
too mach for tnese professors at the Mlhtlr'
Academy who worked all the year Tne profes-
there, he said, are hls peers, too, as to learning