The record-union., 1896-03-05
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON March

| WASHINGTON, March 4-After
passing few relatively unimportant
bills, the House spent the rest of the
days session in consideration, in Com
mittee of the Whole, of the fee and
! salary amendment to the legislative,
| executive and judicial appropriation
Dill The whole time was spent upon
the section fixing the salaries of Dis
trict Attorneys for the Federal Courts,
which range from 50 600 to $4,000. The
section was made the target for nearly
a score of amendments mostly intended
TO increase the sums allotted in various
districts, but the committee refused to
make any changes in the schedule save
IN two instances. The salary of the at
torney for the Western District of Pen n
| sylvania was increased from So, 800 to
$1,000, and that of the attorney for the
Eastern District of Michigan from
| $4,000 to $1,000
| An amendment was agreed to requir-
| ing the Attorney General in appointing
Assistant District Attorneys to make
his selections from residents of the dis
tIicts in which they are to serve.
In the course of the afternoon a mes
sage was received from the Senate an
nouncing the disagreement of that body
| to the substitute of the House to the
| Senate concurrent Cuban resolutions,
and asking for conference thereon,
| but no action was taken on it,
The order for the printing of the re-
port Of the Nicaragua Canal Commis-
sion, made February 10Th, was amend
ed so as to exclude the printing of the
accompanying papers and maps
On motion of Murphy (Rep.) of Ari-
zona, the House bill authorizing the
county of Navajo, Arizona, to issue
bonds for the purpose of building a
Courthouse was passed; also, on mo-
ton of Gamble (Rep.) of South Dakota,
Senate bill authorizing the construc-
ton of bridge over the Missouri River
at Chamberlain, South Dakota; also, on
motion of Allen Rep) of Utah, House
Dill regulating and reducing fees OF
public land offices in cases of contests.
Hull (Rep) of Iowa submitted the
conference report on the army appropri-
alton BILL The changes made were few
and unimportant, and the report was
agreed to.
The House then resumed conSidera-
ton of the fee and salary amendment
10 the executive, legislative and judicial
appropriation bill, sitting in Committee
of the Whole
The section fixing the salaries of Dis
trict Attorneys was the subject of a few
amendments, the object of which was
to increase the compensation of the Off
GERS. Amendments We're rejected to in
crease the salary Of the Attorney for
Montana from $500 to $4,000 and of
the Attorney of the District of Wash
i0ptoo from S4 600 to e. 600
Settle (Rep.) of North Carolina moved
20 reduce the salary of the Attorney of
the Eastern District of North Carolina
from $4,000 to So, 500 His economic
effort, however, was no more successful
than had been the efforts of other mem
bers tCEacure a raise for their districts.
Other amendments rejected were to
increase the salaries Of the ATTORNEYS
for the District of South Dakota from
So 500 to $1,000; for the Northern Dis
trict of California from 81, 900 to So, 600;
for the Western District of Wisconsin
from $1,000 to $1,000; for the District of
Nebraska from So, 800 to $4,000; for the
District of Maryland from So, 600 to S4,-
0G0: for the District of Delaware from
$4,000 to $500; for the Western 15is-
trict of North Carolina from 81, 500 to
$1,000
Upon the amendment OF Corliss (Rep.)
CT Michigan, to increase the salary of
the Attorney for the Eastern District
of Michigan from $4,000 to $4,000, Bur-
ton CRep) of Missouri, member of the
subcommittee who prepared the bill,
admitted that in respect to that office
the committee had acted upon misin-
formation, and would make no opposi-
tion to the amendment believing that
the Attorney should have $4,000 The
amendment was agreed to.
Tawney (Rep.) of Minnesota offered
an amendment authorizing the Judge of
any district in which the Attorney
General may deem the salary of the
District Attorney to be insufficient for
the services performed to make an in
crease of the salary, provided that the
salary shall not exceed $4,000 in any
case.
The amendment was antagonized by
Henderson (Rep) of Iowa, who char
acterized it as most dangerous one,
and it was rejected by an overwhelming
vote.
Hainer (Rep) of Nebraska offered an
amendment providing a uniform sal
airy of 81 900 for all District Attorneys
Rejected
On motion of Johnson (Rep) of Cali
fornia, the selection cf Assistant Dis
trict Attorneys provided for in the bill
was restricted to residents of the dis
tricts in which they were appointed
On motion of Lacey (Rep0 of Iowa,
the number of Assistant District Attor-
neys was limited to that provided for
in the present law, except in case the
President approves an additional num-
Der.
The committee rose, after completing
the sections of the bill relating to Dis
trict Attorneys and their assistants.
On motion of Doolittle (Rep) of
Washington, the order o. February
18th, for the printing of the report of
the Nicaraguan Canal Commission,
was so amended as to exclude the ac-
companying papers and maps. To print
these, Doolittle said, would require
three or four months.
The House then, at o'clock. ad-
journed until tomorrow.
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