The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-09
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Representatives Randall and Morrison
Gain their Point In Confer
ence Agreement.
The Senate to be Held Responsible for the
Failure of the Proposed Reduction.
Thlrty-slx Hundred Thousand
the Amount of Reduction.

WASHINGTON, August 8.-The COM
mittee Of conference on the leglsla-
tive, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill reached Nh argument this
evening which doubtless insures the
final passage of the bill by both Houses
on next Thursday. The two points Of
controversy Of Il serious character dur
ing the past few days have been rs TO
the House reductions Of salaries Of
Senators and Representatives to four
hundred and fifty dollars per annum
from the beginning OF the present iis-
cal year, and OF the President TO TWEEN
ty thousand dollars year after the
sixth of March next All other mat
tiers of controversy were substantially
arranged several days ago. A major
ity of the House conferees refused to
yield the two points above mentioned
and all three Of the Senate conferees
wanted the House conferees TO recede
and sign report OF complete agree
ment without bringing the House and
Senate respectively TO a vote on these
two points Of difference. Representa-
tives Randall and Morrison absolute
~ refused to do 80 and finally
this evening the Senate eonferees
agreed to submit them for the action
Of the Senate and House tomorrow,
and then to be bound by whatever
their respective branches OF Congress
conclude. There is no doubt the SEN
ate will insist that their conferees
shall stand firm, but II Is likely that
the House will authorize It's confer
ees to recede, which they were not
willing to do on their own responsible
ity, In this respect Messrs. Randall
and Morrison gained their point,
which Is to secure vote In each House
on these two subjects and make the
Senate responsible for the failure of
the proposed reduction. The other
principle matters on controversy
has been settled rs follows:
The force Of clerks in
the executive departments reduced
by discharging seven hundred and
sixty-iive employees, ons-third on the
10th of September, one-third on the
10th of October, and another one.third
on November 10th proximo. The sal
aries of all those retained, who now re-
ccive not more than eighteen hundred
dollars per annum, will be left I'M
touched. The Senate conferees con-
sent to the reduction of about ten per
cent required by the House to be made
in the salaries Of nearly all civil off,
GERS who now receive more than
eighteen hundred dollars per year. In
view of the reduction Of the regular
clerical force, the Senate conferees
asked the insertion of an item Of one
hundred thousand dollars for tenn.
porary clerks In the executive depart.
r ment, and the committee finally agreed
that sixty thousand dollars should
' be appropriated for this purpose
The amount involved In the appro
priation for reducing the pay Of
81, 400 $1,000 ard $500 clerks, wa
Sl22,O 900 per annum, amount Of reduc'
lions postponed by the House In this
bill, IS compared with last years ap.
/, preparations, was S., 100000. The Sen
q ate conferees recedes on item Of dis
agreement amounting to O,0OC
p and the House managers yield an az
n gregate $4,000; $3,6O0,OOo is there
fore the amount Of reduction provided
!. for In the bill as It will be reported to
y morrow, 1t is believed an agreemen
concerning the Indian appropriation
q bill will now be arrived at yer.
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