The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-24
A SLIGHT BREEZE.
Dignity of the Senate is a Trtne |
Ru3ied,

Dignity of the Senate is Trine
Rufied,
Washington, Feb. 23.-.After some
brief routine business, the House went
into Committee of the Whole and re-
sumed consideration Of the deficiency
bill
While series OF amendments 10
give extra compensation to various
employees of the House Was being
adopted, Mr.. Dingley <RepubHcsr). Of
Maine. protested against the prodigal
Hberality.
Mr. Tracey OemocraO, of New
York, offered an amendment IL give
the employees of the House and Senate
an extra months pay
Mr.. Sayres attempted to amend this
proposition by excluding from the
benefits Of the amendment, those en-
ployes who had been voted extra COM
pensation, but this motion was voted
down.
Mr.. Livingston OemocraD, of Geor-
gia, offered another amendment TO that
of Mr. Tracey, to give an extra months
pay to the individual CLERKS to mem
bers.
Mr.. Sayres, chairman Of the Com
rnittee on Appropriations, protested
against the Livingstone amendment,
which, he said, proposed to give to
members $100 fJr extra clerk hire.
There are memoecs.' said he. WHO
do not pay OUT $2s a month Cor clerk
hire
'.Who are they, name them =
shouted a chorus of members.
Both Mr.. Turner and Mr. Black,
of Georgia, underXand, do MOI pay
more than $25 a month for clerk hire. -
~ 1f Tie,
souri,, in the same tone, declared that
it was an appropriation 20 members
of an extra 500.
Mr.. Williams OemocraD, of Mis-
souri,, believed the amendment was
just and declared his intention of sup
porting 1t.
MIR. Tracey Democrat, Of New
York, appealed to members to vote
the amendment down.
IF it carried and was reported to
the House" said he, ga roll call would
be demanded, and we all appreciate
the difficulty Of obtaining a majority
| members have to go on record
| Oaughter)
The Livingstone amendment was
| carried, 105 to 20, and as amended the
! Tracey amendment was carried, 80 tic
| g.
| Mr.. Dockery gave notice that he
would demand yea and nay vote il
| the House.
| In brief speech, he warned the Demo
Gratis of the House that the appropria-
tons were mounting up to dangerously
near the billion limit. and unless q halt
| was called they would exceed those OF
! the Fifty-irst Congress.
| Mr.. GrosVenor Republican,, of Ohio,
! in reply, tainted the Democrats with be
! ing obliged to sell bonds at a ruinOuS rate
| of interest to pay current expenses Of the
department
I per cent. bonds at par which were after
I wards worth s1.29?' asked Mr.. Springer.
Twelve years aTJer q great war. replied
! Mr.. Grosvenor, Secretary Sherman SOLD
I bonds payable in coin to resume specie
| payments. But the contract he made
with the syndicate provided that before
/ the bonds should be taken they would be
I open to popular subscription for thirty
! days. cloud Republican applauSe). The
| credit of the government subsequently
! became so nigh these bonds afterwards
| commander q premium OF 80. But, lool
| at the transaction we criticize and get
! the contrast. Now. thirty years after
| the war, without giving the public al
! opportunity to subscribe, bonds are solt
! bearing per cent. interest by secre
contract which netted the syndicat,
! S100Oo,000 twenty-four hours after tht
| bonds were placed on the market" Ire
| publican applause-)
! Mr.. Bailey DemOcraD, Of Texas. offered
an amendment to appropriate $zUU,000 70