The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-12
THEY WANT MORE SALARY.
A Bill TO Increase the Pay of Mem
berS to $500.

III,
the blind chaplain, referred in his invoca-
ton to the bill passed yesterday forbid
ding the sale of liquor in the Capitol:
I'VE thank Thee, Oh, Lord" said he,
that the House is no longer responsible
Ter the liquor traffic within the hall of
the national Capitol. Grant, we pray
Thee, that the bill passed here yesterday
VIII 20 through the regular channels and
speedily become law, never again to be
repealed in the history of our nationn
The conclusion of the prayer was
greeted with an unusual demonstration
Half hundred members applaudeti Wig
orously, but Speaker Reed promptly sup
pressed the outburst.
On motion of Mr. Dingley, the floor
leader, it was agreed that when the
House adjourn to-day it he to meet on
Monday.
This was private bill day in the House
and seven war claims CARRYING an nuc-e-
gate of ,407 were favoraby acted upon
by the committee of the whole rs follows:
MILO pay Peter Cook, of Arkansas. 1904
for stores and supplies used by the fed
eral troops: to pay Augustus =. Burdett
-, 80 for the use of the steamer Matte
during the war; to pay Flora a. Darling
S3,6S3 in satisfaction of her claims for mr..
rest and imprisonment and the seizure OF
her property ut New Orleans in 1864; to
correct the muster of Francis ~ Benton
as captain OF the Fourth United Suites
colorcd cavalry and pay him accordingly;
TO pay John y. lynch s., 100 for services
rs assistant Quattermaster at Cincinnati
in lSdl-62 anu TO refer the claims of
Mayor james Stewart, L. :. A. retired
for longevity pay to~~.-thc court of
claims.
Only the first two, however, were
mn sod Inv
Pennsylvania, made an attack on the bill
for the relief OF Mrs. Flora A. Darling
and developed the fact that she was the
wife of Il Confederate general. IL fact not
brought ont in the original debate on the
measure. The result was that II point of
no quorum was made ON his motion to
lay the bill on the table and it went over
until next Friday.
Representative Bell, of Texas. Il mem
Der OF the committee on the Pacific rail.
roads presented to the House minority
report against the Powers bill lie on
poses the bill on the ground that il pro-
poses to increase the indebtedness of the
Pacific roads, which is covered bv the first
mortgage and prior lien TO the Govern
ment lien by SIT, 100000 and to make the
Government lien subordinate to this in
debtcdness. He asserts that while under
the Powers plan the companies would
attempt to give security to the Govern
ment by IL second lien il the Government
Is obliged to take possession of the prop
crty, us he predicts that it would he
eventually under the Powers bill, it would
have to assume an additional,debt of SIG
OO0,O0O. He holds that the property on
which the Government would take second
lien would be worth less than the amount
of the first mortgage.
Al r. Roll n,n,nntls. tl,nt To- ol
edness of the roads to the Government re
extended, provided the companies will
secure the Government debt by Il first
mortgage on the property, giving the
Government II right on default to in.
| stitute proceedings on the entire amount
of the roads Indebtedness. In the event
of the failure or refusal of the roads Ia
| comply with these conditions the Govern
| ment should institute suit to foreclse and
sell the property
The report says that the subsidized
roads have squantered the assets which
| ought TO be available to ply their in(lebt-
euness to the Governments; that ''malad-
ministration of tho properties began with
| the building of the roads and has contn.
| ucd ever since"
| If there was any prospect of securing
anything for the Government by litign.
ton the officers or stockholders, Mr.. Bell
continues. lie would oppose any settle
ment which might release them from liza
bility, but he holds it to he clear that
suits of this kind would continue to be
| fruitless, rs in the past.
Tie contends that as the Government
has to pay . per cent. interest on what it
owes, il is unreasonable that it should
loan to private corporations at less rate
and recommends that any extension OF
the debt be ut three per cent. instead OF
two, rs provided in the Powers bill.
Representative Boatner, of Louisiana,
introduced II bin increasing the salary OF
the Speaker of the House from IS 900 tc
| SlO,OOO, and of Senator's and Representa-
tives from $1,000 to$7 800
The House ut ) o'clock took a recess,
until O'Clock, the evening session to BIT
devoted to the consideration of private
pension bills.
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