The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-23

The report OF the committee on rules in
the case Of doorkeeper Fitzhugh closed
with the following resolutions First
That the office of doorkeeper be vacated
by its present incumbent Second-that
the duties Of doorkeepcr be devolved upon
the sergeant-at-arms until otherwise order
ed. The resolutions were adopted.
The house tabled by party vote reso-
luton offered by Mr.. Page declaring that
the power to elect q president has never
been delegated to the house of representa-
tves.
The COMMITTEES on foreign affairs has
been instructed to report on the Emma
nine Investigation next Thursday.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on the naval appropriation
bill, the pending amendment was that Of
fered by Mr.. Whitthorne on the pay of
naval officials of all ranks. He stated that
when the number of enlisted men was d.
vided by the number of officers there were
but four men to one officer. He proposed
a reduction of pay on an average OF ten
per cent which would conform to and har-
monte with the reduction by the house in
the pay Of army officers, grade for grade
and rank for rank.
Mr.. Hale opposed the amendment on
the ground that a grateful country should
appreciate and reward its brave defenders,
referring particularly to Admirals Porter,
Rowan, Davis, Rogers, and Worden, and
stated that the pay of American naval Off
GERS was lees than that of any other navy.
Mr.. Mills. u member of the naval COM
nlttee, moved an amendment to the
amendment allowing longevity pay of ten
per cent additional for every five years
service to naval officers below the rank of
commodore.
The discussion was continued by Messrs.
Hale, Banks, Willard, Kason and Harris
against the amendment, and by Messrs.
Banning, Blount and Mills in support of it,
The discussion being closed, vote wa
taken first on Mills amendment, allowing
longevity pay and it ~as agreed to.
blr. Whitthorne's amendment was then
rejected, the vote by telers being ~ to "a.
Mr.. Lewis, from the committee on naval
affairs, offered the following amendment
rs a substitute "Thst the navy yards at
Brooklyn, Kittery, Chaie.town and Nor
folG he retained for general purposes /;
those OF Pensacola and Mare Island to be
retained rs naval rendzovouses and for
temporary affairs the yard ut Washing
ton lie used only for manufacturing pur-
poses under the DIRECTION of the secretary
of the navy and the yards at League
Island and New London be abandoned and
the property thereto appertaining, where
the same cannot be utilized or removed
Without too great expense, be sold and the
proceeds turned into the treasury for civil
establishments at the foregoing yards
Mr. Kelly made point OF order on the
amendment that it was new legislation and
not in the line of economy. He argued
that it would be matter of gross extrav.
agance to sell League leland, much more
to reduce it.
After long discussion In which Messrs.
Randall and O'Neill argued in support OF
the point Of order, the point was over
ruled by the chairman (Mr. Cymer) on
The ground that the abandonment of those
navy yards would retench expenditures,
even though their abandonment might MT
be matter of good policy or economy.
Without further action on the bill the
committee rose, and the house at o'clock
Adjourned.