National Republican., 1877-02-03

from the Ccnnittee on Printing. directing the
Commi,,ee On ApPregri,tiOn. 70 insert . eiaase
%.,sIi.l, ss.ss;yps plates, ss, :; me csssrss res
osioetion vas made, and the resolution was
Mr. CAUSE, Of Ara. asked leave TO have con.
sidered bill to authorire the rale u the Hot
sprfngs reservstiOn, in Arksnsas, but objection
Mt. LORD, Of N. v, offered = resolution to
,s,c,nS s se much q The Re ,e,9,.osn s q J,nusry
only at the doors Of the galleries Of the Houss.
MT. BLISS, Of n. T.. presented . nemsrial Of
citizens Of Brooklyn praying fer Congressional
sid in erecting an .pPreIris,s mons%en, IN ~, At Fort
Of British cruelty on board prison ships in New
York hsrhor during the Revelation. Referred to
On motion Of MT. HOLMAN. Of Indiana, the
Mou,e then Ven, Into commi,sss Of the % whsls
~ T,, shs ,ss1,. :, sPp,.sri'''0a bill Mr.
HolxAS's rcoxour.
Mr.. FOSTER. Of Ohio. moved to strike out the
paragraph fixing the salaries Of Conxressmeu At
Mr. fosTsk 'ns ssid % 4 as. 'ss S,.i.s. % 70 srs and
get this reduction through. that the matter was
ssttled last session, and II vss manifest that
Ihe motion TO strike out vas agreed 70.
Mr.. HOLMAN, Of Indiana, deprecated the ef-
is sns 81
.ss the PS =, q.
be adopted. II vas q reversal q the economy
presehed BY the House At the last session.
sat under The irippinEs Of the sanetusry Of econ.
omy Of the gentleman from Indiana tMr. Hot
sAsl and he was n,nssatsd. He vas sick Of this
ton to the fsei that afer ali of his ssertions last
Tssy "a ae.
his ideas Of reform and retrenehment He lMr.
wApDrILl did not apprOye Of that idea Of reform
tuocent economy of which the people did not ap-
prove. They were willing TO pay their servants
proper salaries He vas disgusted with such re-
Mr.. HOLMAN said the gentleman from North
Carolina did not need to parade the fact Of his tn
iiicn to the reiuetson Of the taxes Of the people
He knew that the gentleman was opposed to re-
trenehment and reform He sail he was disrusted
Mr. wADDEL.I said he vas, and is, dIsxustei.
Mr.. HOLMAN replied that II the people OF
they would be disxusted with their Representa-,
tive. When the gentleman Mr.. wADpELLl had
served here ss long as he tsI; HoIsAsl had
Mr.. wADDELL said IT was true he had not
served as locg as the gentleman, hut he had been
While The @ had is aiI
At hcme al the last election. when Mr.. Hot
MAJ SAS s,id he INT wanELLl was oPPo:ed to reform
misrepresentation, and knew that he made . mis-
representation.
He believed in reforms. but the American peo-
pie were not . mean people. and they dIi not wish
TO pay mean salaries or to be represented by men
who were not worth their salaries. He could not
help expressing his disgust at this tvo-eent
omy. There was no use trying to deceive the
people with this false economy Of which the gen.
tleInsn from Indiana Is the advocate year by year
the salaries for CopxrcSsmen were reduced no q
to n.soo, and Nr. HOLMAN were here next year,
he would want still further reduction.
Mr.. HOLMAN said that this two cent econ-
omy spoken Of had reduced the expenses Of the
Government twenty Eve millions Of dollars At he
last session OF CongrtsS IL had saved half as
much as it cost to run the Goyernnent twenty.
hve years ago. and yet from the Democratic
that this economy vas all . pretense-a Mr.. wAD-
DEIL had alluded TO his defeat, and he wanted TO
say that he had for years come frOm \ district
which vas opposed TO hin politically. The gen
Ueman may be dlsgustei With the tHo-eent econ
cmy, hut Il vas that eeonomy which seeured q
Democratic majority in the next House.
MI NELLY, OF Pa argued that this House
was the most e1trayaSant that the country Ia,
had Tor years. Its economy was all .alse and &
sham.
A number Of amendments we're offered to In
crease the force Of messengers, &e-, in the Houst
Tut they were generally rejected
Amer Progressing throughly nearly twelve
pfxe Of ihe bill. the committee, at as, ruse-
The SPEAKER laid before the House . number
Of fccmmunieations, including . mesa re trom tn,
President In relation TO the continuation Of ex
perimsnts for testing Iron and steel.
AT 40 the House look = recess till 10 O'Clock TO
morrVw.