The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-25


rejected without division.
Mr. Wright moved an amendment to
add "and that only after the WORD
return, in the seventh line of the
second section. Adopted
The bill was then passed: ayes AZ
noes 2G
MI Thurman then Immediately en-.
tered motion tprcConsider the passage
Of the bill.
Mr. Sargent then called up the con
sular and diplomatic appropriation bill.
The Senate, after an executive session.
adjourned till Monday.
House.
Minority Report on Invalid Pensions.
Mr. Rusk. Of Wisconsin, presented the
views of the minority Of the Committee
on Invalid Pensions in relation to the
transfer of the Pension Bureau to the
War Department. Ordered to be printed
Deficiency IN Postal Cards.
Mr.. Blount, Of Georgia. from the
Committee on Appropriations. reported
a bill appropriating $G23o to cover Il de
iiciency in the appropriation for the
manufacture Of postal cards for the tis
cal year ending June 80. 1876. Passed
Mr.. Dunham. Of Kentucky, from the
Committee on Expenditures of the De-
partment of Justice. submitted report
in relation TO the employment Of special
counsel and fees paid them. and u bill
TO repeal the act confirming such en-
ployment. Ordered to be printed aud
recommittod.
Mr., Burchard, IF Illinois, from the
Committee on Ways and Means. re
ported u bill to refund certain duties to
Peter Wright q Sons, of Philadelphia
Referred
The Speaker announced the following
additional members of the Committee
on Expenditures Of tho Treasury Depart
ment, viz: Mcssrs Stenger, of Pennsyl-
yania. Hooker, of Mississippi. Savage
of Ohio and Wilson, of Iowa.
The Speaker. in the morning hour.
proceeded to the call of the committees
Tor reports Of n private nature, and q
large number of bills were reported and
referred to the committee of the whole
on the private calendar,
Wiii 10 Amend Charter FrccHn,an's hank.
Mr.. Douglass. Of Virginia, from the
Committee on Freedman s Bank. re-
ported u substitute for the Senate bill
to amend the charter of the Freedman 3
Saving and Trust Company. Ordered
to be printed and recommitted.
Mr.. Faulkner, Of West Virginia. from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, re-
ported adversely on the bill to permit
Lieutenant Henry Metcalfe Of I. $. A.
10 accept a decoration from the Sultan
of Turkey Laid on the table
The House then went into the Com
mittee Of the Whole on the legislative
bill. Mr.. Cox, Of New
York, in the chair.
The committee then proceeded to con
sidcr the bill by sections for amend
ment
Mr.. Foster. Of Ohio. moved an amend
mcnt to the first clause to make the sal.
aries of Senators $270o per annum. He
ala this because he wanted to preserve
the consistency of this Democratic
House The Committee on Appropria
tions started upon the principle Of re
duction all round Of ten per cent Tho
salaries of clerks were fixed twenty
years ago and the reduction with them
was upou the basis of the adjustment
of 1856 To be consistent Congressman
must make u reduction Of ten per cent
of their salaries as they were before
1860
Mr.. Randall "Why did you not offer
your amendment in committee ?"
Mr.. Foster "Oh, I am not to be cate
chised in that manner here
Mr.. Randall said he wanted to show
the inconsistency and duplieity Of the
from Ohio. who voted stead
ily in committee against the reduction
proposed by the committee, aud now
PROPOSES to 90 down to S2T00 He Ran
dalN opposed the gentlcman's amend
ment. because il was not offered in sin
eeritv, and he did not expect it 10 be
adopted.
Mr.. Foster said there was neither du
plicity nor demagogucism in his motion.
He did it for the purpose of making the
consistent. Tho gentleman s
own consistency might be called into
question. fof il was only in the
last Congress that he advocated
pav at $500. He gave the gentleman
credit for sincere conversion. and
claimed tho same credit for himself.
Mr. Chttendcn, Of New York, said he
should vote for the amendment Of Mr.
Foster for he wanted the majority to be
consistent in their reductions.
Mr.. Hoar. Of Massachusetts. dcprc-
Gated this continued agitation Of the
salary question. and hc hoped the
House would never be disgraced again
by such a discussion as that OF the
Forty second Congress.
Mr.. Randall said the committee were
to reduce the salaries OF Con
in order to be consistent as to
other reductions Of other officers.
Mr.. Harrison, OF Illinois,, said that
this question was not one of what was
enough, but it was a question of re-
and reform.
Mr.. Blount Of Georgia. said the com
mittee was honest in its efforts ut re-
form. but he had heard it whispered
about that the bill would not pass that
il would certainly fail in the Senate:
but if the bill did not become law. 1t
would not bc the fault Of the Democrats
pf the House.
Mr.. Townsend. Of New York, said he
was opposed to Fosters amendments
and the reduction proposed by the com
mittce. He came here under an I'M
piled contract with the people Of the
United States that he was to receive
$4,000 for his services, and he did not
propose that any party should practice
upon him
The question was then taken on Mr..
Fosters amendment and II was re-
lccted.
Mr.. Hill. of Georgia, moved an amend
mcnt to make the reduction take effect
after the third Of March, 1877. He ar
gued that would be the proper course
and il would relieve congressman OF the
Ddium and indecency Of fixing their own
salaries. for it would effect the pay to be
paid to a succeeding Congress.
Mr.. O'Brien, of Maryland. sad ne dld
not believe there was any pubic SEN
timent which demanded the wholesale
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