Year: 1873

vaults. This shameful job skllfully engineered
The House twice voted against any increase OF pay last
week. On Monday amendment was put upon the
Legislative Appropriation bill increasing the pay OF
members to $500 year, to include mileage and all
allowances.


The bill then went 10 Conference Committee, and the
Speaker departing from the custom that governs the
appointment OF conference committees, put men upon
II who had advocated the twioebeaen proposition 70 nx
the salary at $500 These men were Messrs Butter ana
Randall; the third member was Mr. Garfield The
Senate confreres Messrs Morrill, OF Maine Carpen-
TOR and Bayard When the Conference Committee re-
ported the House, 1t found that they hao done
just what they appointed TO do increased the sa
Of members to 500 with the addition OF actual travel
ling expenses and provided that the increased rate
should date back to two years. 80 as TO apply " the
whole term of the present Congress.


The report was signed by ali the conferees Mr. Gar
field professed opposed to the job and made some
about the subbornness OF the Senate conferees
who would not hear of anything less thau the sum
named He hoped the House would adopt the report,
however because II 1t did not the bin would be lost Mr.
Sargent too, tried to make members believe that they
must adopt the report else lose the entire BILL and
thus make extra session necessary This was an in
excusabe attempt TO deceive inexperienced members
Mr. Garfield and Mr.. Sargent, and every old member,
knew that n often happened that two three con-
ference reports appropriation bill have been re-
eced up TO the last night OF the session, ana the OIL
finally saved by satisfactory report.


Neither Of them any Of the halfdozen other mem
bers who advocated the report dared TO say word IN
defense of the outrageous provision 10 make the ln-
creased salaries OF members date back two years
They talked about the necessity for larger salaries In
future very eloquenty. Tney wanted members to get
pay enough live comfortably, TO have their families
with them they would not fall into bad habits to
educate their children at good schools, and TO keep
themselves out of reach of the temptations OF the oDby


They had not word to say in reply TO the denunca-
tons of MI Farnsworth, who characterized the Dill as
dreadful scheme of punder He said he hated to sec the
Republican party wreck ITSELF and cover itself with dis
honor by supporting job that shamed the Credit Mobi


er and every other corruption that he had heard Of
since he Congress THE vote on the adoption
of the report Yeas, lO3 Nays. %. Among the
NAYS were members who not elected TO the next
Congress.


Alter the vote announced, there was such general
10y at the certainty getting the coveted 5000 that no
business could be transacted for several minutes The
members clapped each other on the back poked each
other in the ribs. walked about to congratulate one
another and laughed aud chatted III the ioest way III
was such good joke to puuder the Treasury OF mil
lion and Quarter OF the dear peoples money and divide
it among themselves, after all the promises OF economy
they made the stump last Fall too There were few
croakers who said the people might not think 1t 50
funny but these dismal fellows avoided as the
some bores.


THE BILL THE SENATE.


WheB the question REQUIRED in the Senate this even
ing Conference report the Legislative Appro
priation BILL Mr.. Wright made another attack upon II
by moving recommt and have al relating to the in-
crease salaries stricken out except that Of the Presi
dent. There then spirited debate. carried in
of humor by OF the Senators who took part
and which especially entertaining to the so or GO
Representatives who gathered about the chamber
At 1915 the final vote taken, aud the report was
agreed 10 by vote Of sc to a..