The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-04-06
FORYY-EOJRTH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
RETIREMENT OF WILSON
McCANDLESS.
Passage Of the Bill in the Senate,
Act for Counting Votes for President
also Passed.
The House Discusses the Congress
sional Salary Question.
Passage Of the Bill in the Senate
WASHINGTON, March "A, 1876.
SENATE.

The Senate took up for consideration
the Post Route bill. The bill was amend
ed as to minor points and passed.
The bill providing that Wilson Nc
Candless, Judge of the District Court of
the Western District of Pennsylvania,
may be retired on account of ill health,
although he has not reached the age of
seventy years was taken up and amended
so as to provide that he should resign at
the end of six months after his retire
ment, and then passed.
The Senate then resumed considera-
ton of Senate bill, No /, to count the
votes of President and Vice President.
Two amendments were offered and lost,
after which the bill was passed as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Bout
well, Burnside, Cameron, (Pa), Cameron
wis, Christiancy, Dawes, Dorsey Ferry,
Frelinghuysen, Hamilton, Hamlin Hitch.
cock, ingalls,, Jones New, Key, Logan,
Mcmillan, Merrimon, Mitchell, Morrill,
(Me.), Morton, Ogesby, Paddock, Patter-
son, Sargent, Sherman, Spencer, Thur
man, Window and Wright-32.
Nays-Messrs. Bayard, Bogy, Caper-
ton. Cockrell, Conkling, Cooper, Davis.
Dennis, Eaton, Edmunds, English,
Goldthwaite, Howe, Johnson, Jones
(Fla.), Kelly, McCreery, Mcdonald,
Maxey, Randolph, Ransom, Salisbury,
Stevenson, Wallace and Withers-26.
Mr.. Thurman said he was at loss to
see what Senators could see in this bill of
a partisan nature, and he moved the re-
consideration of the vote whereby the
bill was passed in order to give one more
chance to fix some bill to meet the ques-
tion when two sets of returns were sent
in. He did hope that in that chamber
where debate was allowed some meas
ures could be perfected to meet the ne
cessity of the case. If not, there was no
hopes of getting it. The motion was en-
tered.
The Senate took up the Consular and
Diplomatic bill, and made it the order of
business and then went into executive
session and soon adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House went into Committee of
the Whole Cox in the chair on the
Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap.
preparation bill, with the understanding
that general debate would be limited to
one hour.
The item for compensation of Sena-
tors, which is the first item in the bill,
having been read, which fixes the salary
at 1850, Mr.. Baker, OF Indiana, moved
to reduce it to $1,000. Rejected.
Mr.. Foster moved to reduce it to So, 700 |
and intimated that the Democratic ma
iority, if it wanted to beconsistent, should |
vote for the reduction to $1,000.
Mr.. Randall, (interrupting)-Why did |
you not propose that amendment in COM
mittee, instead of resisting reduction
of the paltry ten per cent. We have made? |
Mr.. Foster-I am not to be cateChized |
on the floor.
Mr.. Randall, (persistently)-I want to
show the country and the House the in
consistency, the dupliCity of the gentle
man from Ohio in coming in here and
offering an amendment to reduce the
salaries of members to $1,000, while he
resisted in committee reduction of $500.
Mr.. Foster-I have good answer to
the attack.
Mr.. Randall have made no attack.
Mr.. Foster-You have charged me
with duplicity and inconsistency.
Mr.. Randall There is no sincerity in
your amendment, and you do not expect
it to be adopted.
Mr.. Foster-Try it and see.
Mr. Randall-The Committee on Ap-
has fixed compensation of
where l think the people of
the country will be satisfied.
Mr.. Baker, Ind, said he had pledged to
his constituents to use his voice and vote
in the direction of retrenchment, econo-
my and reform, and he intended with all
honesty and good faith to redeem that
pledge. The Democratic majority re-
minded him in this bill of Artemus
Ward, who was willing to sacrifice on the
altar Of his country all his wife's rela-
ions. Laughter.
Mr.. White, after fling at the Chief
Jlerk of the House and at Randall for
having once alluded to him as misera-
)le man, declared himself in favor of all {
eductions that were necessary for Q
roper and economical administration of {
he government The Democratic ma a
1rity in the House reminded him of I
ew peddler who accounted for selling f