Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-30

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OF SlO,OOO per annum In full for his services, TO
DO paid quarterly at the Treasury and the Chief
Justice OF the supreme Court Of the United States
shall receive the sum Of so, 500 per annum and
the Justices Of the Supreme Court Of the United
States shall receive the sun Of $4,000 per m
mum each the Secretary Of state, the Secretary
Of the Treasury the Secretary Of the Navy, the
Secretary Of War, the Secretary Of the Interior
the Attorney General and the Postmaster Geaoral
snail receive $4,000 per annum each for their
services and the Speaker Of the House Of Rep
resentatives shalt receive compensation at the
rate OF $40, 900 per annum and Senators Rnd Rep
resenta,iyes In Congress, and delegates from the
Territories admitted To seat In Congress, Ia
ct"diHg Senaiors, RtPreseHidtires and Bsiegaies
IN ne Foriy-seeond Congress, shall receive com
ptnsation at the rate of $4,000 per annum, and
in heu OF mileage, there shall be allowed TO each
Senator, Representative and delegate, including
hoss Of Inc Forty second C0ngress, bis actual ex-
penses from his place Of residence to Washington
city, at the Commencement OF each session Of
Congress, and return, TO be certified 10 bill Of
items, to be filed as voucher.
This bill was accompanied by Il long
and plausible argument from the com.
mittee, showing wherein the justice of
the bull consisted 1t was supreme
moment. 1t was a time when steal
ing was easy. To double the salaries
OF Congressman and make the meas.
ure retroactive was as easy as rolling
off log. GARFIELD was not be-
hind his fellows in the avidty with
which he rushed TO the consummation
Of this deliberate and inexcusable
pillage.
On the 10Th of February Mr. GAR
FIELD, the nominee for President
of the Chicago Convention, called up
this bill and moved that the House re-
solve itself into Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union for
consideration Of the Senate amend.
meats thereto. This was agreed to
by vote of SO to 40.
In course of the debate which follow.
cd, many amendments being offered,
and either adopted or rejected, Mr..
Butler offered the following amend.
ment
"And there is hereby appropriated
a sum sufficient to make the annual
salaries of such of the clerks in the
office of the House of Representatives
as receive $4,000 and upward, and not
increased in this act, $4,000 each, and
of such as receive So, lG0, the sum Of
50, 800 each, and of such as receive
81 800, the sum of So, 100 each, and of
the clerks of several committees" etc.
Mr.. GARFIELD, the model reiormer
and economist, who is now the Repub.
lican candidate ior President, nomi.
mated at the Chicago Convention,
moved to amend Mr. Buffers amend.
ment by striking out 81, 800 and in.
serting Sl,7O0, so as TO raise the sala-
ries of such clerks as receive s1,700 to
50, 100.
Mr.. Butler so modified his amend
ment.
The bill was further discussed on
the 9th of February, 1873, Mr.. GAR
FIELD interesting himself oflioiously
in non-concurrenco with certain Sen.
ate amendments by which the magni-
tude of the steal had been reduced,
Pending further discussion, Mr.. GAR
FIELD stated that with reference to
the various amendments which had
been referred 10 the Committee on
Appropriations touching the employees
of the House, the committee had in.
structed him to report, as the result of
its investigation thereof n substitute
as follows:
"That the salaries OF the employees
in the department Of doorkeeper and
postoflice of the House, and elsewhere
about the House, be increased in the
same ratio and for the same period as
those in the clerks desk, whose sala.
ries are raised by this act Which
was agreed to.
The bill being reported to the House,
Mr. GARFIELD called the previous
question on the amendments reported
by the Committee of the Whole, and
if that call was sustained, he asked
that gentlemen who wish separate
votes on amendments may indicate the
same.
Mr.. Butler moved that the rules be
suspended, and that the bill, with
amendments adopted in Committee of
the Whole, be passed
Suspension refused-yeas, 50; nays,
go.
Proceeding then TO consideration of
Senate amendments, the following, as
an addition, was rejected, TO wit Pro
viding after other salaries that Sena-
tors, Representatives and delegates
shall receive compensation at the rate
of 81, 800 each, The vote on the re.
lection of this amendment was 60 to
12l. The House soon after adjourned.
On the 1st of March, the Legisla.
tive Appropriation bill being again
before the House, Mr.. Farnsworth
moved to lay upon the table the mo-
tion of Mr.. Butler to reconsider the
vote by which the House refused to
agree to the amendment made in Com
mittee Of the Whole to the first Senate
amendment. The motion was reject
ed-66 to 105, Mr.. GARFIELD voting
in the affirmative.
In the course of subsequent proceed
lngs Mr.. Sargent moved to strike out
that clause of the bill fixing the com.
pensation of Congressman at $500
per annum, and insert $500, which
amendment was agreed TO by a vote
of 100 to 81, Mr.. GARFIELD voting
in the negative.
On this same 1st day of March,
1873, a message from the House was
received in the Senate announcing
that the House had agreed to some
and disagreed to other amendments of
the Senate to the Legislative, Execu-
tive and Judicial Appropriation bill,
and asking a conference.
The Senate thereupon proceeded to
the consideration of the bill, as it came
IRON the House.
Mr.. Edmunds moved to amend by
striking out Of the salary clause all
after the increase of the salary Of the
President Disagreed to-20 to 3S.
Mr.. Edmunds subsequently moved
TO strike out all that related to Sena-
tors, Representatives and delegates.
Disagreed to-2i to 80.
On the Sd OF March the Committee
of Conference having in the meantime
concluded its labors, Mr.. GARFIELD
rose to a privileged question and pre-
sented the report OF the Committee on
the disagreeing votes Of the two
Houses ON the amendments TO the bill.
The conference report was adopted
l02 to 95-Mr. GARFIELD voting
with the other stealers in the affirma-
tive. Among the negative votes on
this momentous occasion were Sam.
Cox, Crcbs, of Illinois, Farnsworth, OF