Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-02
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SIppLEsrResR BREAKS GUT IN a
rREsH PLACE.
s,,vek By a Fit Of Eeoncmy-Proposea
Reduction Of sslariss-fersoAais
and Briefs.


From Our Regular CoSrcspondenei
WASHINGTON. July l.--lmmedi-
.,s,y alter the reading Of the Journal in
ths House this morning the Speaker
l.;a before that body the veto message
Of ,be President to the bill to quiet the
titles Of certain settlers on lands on the
nss Moines river. in Iowa. The bill
o,io,nated in the Senate, and was passed
by that body over the veto and sent to
,Se House for concurrence. Mr.. Pay
son. of Illinois. made q powerful argu-
ment against the position Of the President
and in favor Of the measure on its
merits. An attempt was then made
by Mr.. Oates to relieve the House Of
the responsibility Of action in the pre-
misses by burying the bill and message
in the debris of the Judiciary Commit
tee-room. This, however, failed TO
carry, and the next vote was on the
main question to pass it over the veto.
The roll-call revealed lGl in favor and
SO against such course. IL
is unfortunate that the President
should have interposed his OBJ
lection, as the measure is one that COM
mends itself 10 every one familiar with
it, and would have passed in spite Of
him had il not been for the fact that
cichty-two Democrats in the body felt
II their duty TO sustain a Democratic
President. This fact developed in the
informal discussions Of the bill by
members on the floor.
Senator Riddleberger broke out in 8
new spot to-day. Troubled, no doubt,
with too-sensiiive conscience, he has
introduced bill cutting down his own
and other salaries 25 per cent. from and
after March 4th next. His reasons are
set forth in an exhaustive preamble, in
which il is alleged that the condition Of
the national finances are such as to
"inake it necessary to encourage the
expenditure of public money or for
Congress to reduce the revenue" He
then alleges that it has been the policy
NJ Congress to destroy the one
and two.dollar bills, without issuing
sny,hing to take their places, and has
done everything possible to discourage
the circulation OF silver. In spirit of
vengeance for this dereliction of duty,
Mir Riddleberger, instead of having the
Solons placed in the corner with FOOLS
ca, 2 on their heads, as was his wont
with his children when o country
school.teacher, proposes that their sala-
ries be reduced as above stated. The
reduction is to apply 10 the President
and his Cabinet and both houses of
Congress.
Congressman Barbour and party,
consisting of n. S. Turnbull, OF Bruins
wick. Mrs. Pinkney and Miss Ellen
Dangerfeld, left this evening for New
York, and will sail for Europe Satur-
day.
Mr.. fuckers committee, at its meet
ing to.day, decided to report favorably
the substitute offered by Mr.. Rogers
for House Bill 300, limiting the fees Of
United States Court officers. In a COM
mlbjcstion sent to the committee by
Comptroller Durham that gentleman
claims that the proposed bill will save
hundreds Of thousands of dollars to the
Government each year. He cites the
case Of clerk Of a circuit and district
court in Indiana, whose salary amounted
TO $500, while his fees over and above
expenses amounted TO s3,500.25.
Dir. Tucker also reported favorably
bills TO remove the political disabilities
Of General W. II. F. Lee, of Virginia,
and Captain John X. Michel, of North
Carolina.
D.B. Strouse, a prominent lawyer OF
Salem, is in the city.
NJ. A. Compton, OF Front Royal,
sheriff of Warren county, is in the city.
Mr. Steele, from the Military Com
nlttee, reported back to the House to-
day thirty bills to correct the record oil
military gentlemen therein named who
were eccentric enough to desert their
regiments during the war and now
want TO be placed right in order to Sc
cure pensions. The reports were ali
against the ambitions of the poor fell
lows.
r. Beverley, Jr., and family, of Vir'
ginis, and John W. Armstrong, o
Wheeling, are at the National. The
Misses Jacobson and Berry, Of Ole
Point, Va, are at the Metropolitan.
The Military Committee of the House
has reported fayorably on the bill for
new wharf at Fort Monroe.