The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-22
WHEELING WEST VA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH a. 1876


the committee in preparing II had but on
object in view, and that was to make al
proper and necessary reductions consis
tent with efficiency, and that no persona
or partizan consideration had been dis
played in the action OF the committee
In the course OF his remarks the question
turned on the new rule adopted this ses
sion allowing appropriations to be re
ported ut less than the rates fixed by law
BLAINE ON SALARIES.
Mr.. Blaine gave It as his opinion ha
that new rule would prove to be thu
"Trojan horse" on which, under the de
vice ofretrenchment, all sorts Of matters
foreign to the subject Of the bill could be
grated on the appropriation bill and
subjected to the action OF the Senate and
OF the Conference Committees. It would
be found 10 be more grievious rule than
the one which had prevailed before, viz
that the salaries might be increased but
not diminished-a rule which had been
established twenty years ago by Demo.
cratic House, and which he (Blaine) had
been forced to administer when Speaker.
He also alluded to the fact that the
grades Of the department clerks had been
established in 1854 at Sl,300, $1,400,
$1,000, and $500, and had never been
increased since, while the pay OF the
members OF Congress, which was at the
same time fixed at $4,000, had since gone
up to $1,000, anincrease OF
SIXTY PER CENT,
and now he said the Democratic majority
in the House tried to mislead the country
by representing that they were willing
to submit their own salaries 10 the same
shaving and discount to which other sal
aries were subjected. They took 10 per
cent of their own salaries, which had
been advanced copper cent, and they took
10 per cent of the pay Of the clerks, who
had not had any advance since 1854. II
they were sincere they should put the
salary Of members Of Congress where it
was in 1854, and then
ruT A FLAMING MACHINE
OF 10 per cent on that and go before the
country. honestly. TApplause in the gal
leries.
Mr.. Holman said that he agreed very
fully with the gentleman from Maine on
that subject, but he (Holman) could not
be diverted by that speech, although a
very good one from the question Of rule
which he had been discussing. He con-
tended that the old rulewas in the inter-
est OF those who wished TO
BLEED THE TREASURY,
while the new one was in the interest Of
retrcnchment. .,t..
Mr.. Blaine repeated that the old rule
applied only to salaries, but the new one
applied to any subject Of legislation, no
matter how foreign TO the bill. He
prophesied that the new rule would
bring all the evils OF the old one and q
thousand more that were never. dreamed
Of under the old rule,
Mr.. Holman continued TO defend the
action Of the committee in recommending
the reduction, and parried with much
deftness the thrusts aimed at him by
Blaine, Foster and other Republicans.
Mr.. Blaine gave the history OF the rule
referred TO Changed at this session.,
which was adopted forty years ago while
Polk was Speaker, and has been admin
istered ever since; and yet he (Blaine)
hrd been sought to be held responsible
for administering that same
TIME HoSoRED TIME WORN
Democratic rule. He thought that the
gentleman from Indiana had done him
an unintentional wrong in the matter.
Mr.. Holman replied, and after q long
discussion the committee rose without
action on the bill.
BOUNTY TO coLoRED SOLDIERS.
Mr.. Wells, Of Mississippi, introduced
a bill to pay bounties to colored soldiers,
their widows and heirs. Referred.
Adjourned.
SENATE.
Mr.. Cameron OF Wisconsin introduced
joint resolution Of the Legislature Of
Wisconsin against bridging the Mississip-
pi river. Referred.
TEMPERANCE PETITIONS.
Petitions were presented by Senators
Wright, Logan, Dawes, Cooper, Sherman,
Dorsey, Christiancy, Ingalls,, Windham
and others from temperance organizations
in their several States, all praying for the
passage OF prohibitory liquor laws in the
District Of Columbia and in the Terrific.
ries, also for the passage Of law prohibit
ing the use Of liquor among the officials
Of the civil, military and naval service.
Referred.
suSDRY Hills.
Mr.. Allison, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back House
bill $40, known as the Military Academy
bill, with the recommendation that the
Senate adhere to its amendments and ask
for committee OF conference. Agreed
TO-. Mcssrs. Allison, Logan and Wallace
were appointed as a committee on the
part OF the Senate.
Mr.. Allison called up Senate bill 500,
providing for an agreement with the
Sioux Indians. Pending its considera.
tion the morning hour expired, and the
Senate resumed the consideration OF the
bill to count the vote Of President and
Vice President.
After debate by Messrs, Maxey and
Jones Of Florida, the question was taken
on the amendment offered by Frelinghuy.
sen to the amendment proposed by Coop.
er, viz: Strike out all after the word
"agree' in the first line, and insert the
following: "The difference shall be i'm.
mediateIy referred to the Chief Justice Of
the Supreme Court, the presiding officer
of the Senate, and the Speaker OF the
House, whose decision shall be final. II
the Chief Justice is absent or unable TO
attend, the senior Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court present in the capital or
other place Of meeting shall act in his
place." The amendment was lost; ayes,
20; nays, 80.
The question then recurred on the
amendment Of Johnston to the amend
ment proposed by Cooper, viz: to strike
out all after the word "and" in the first
line, and insert "if the Senate should
vote for one certificate and the House OF
Representatives for another, joint meet
ing Of tho two houses shall finally deter.
mine which shall be counted by States,
the representation from each State, in
Guiding the Senators therefrom, having
one vote; but il the representation from
any State shall be equally divided, its
vote shall not be counted"
The debate was continued by Messrs.
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