

CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



o well Utd, that the franking privilege, M 



died. i the privilege of the people, and 



their agent*, in signing 



names to information that is cominuiii- 



: to the people. Il is a bunion n|K>n us, 



a duty npun us, ami it is the p-ivilege or right 



people py for it, aa 



Mr. Hill, of (ieorgia, said: "Mr. President, 

 I (ball make no point upon Tin- amendment 

 propped, however 1 may vote upon it. but 1 

 think it not inopportune at this stage of pro- 

 ceeding to give notice to tin- Senate tliut I 

 ("bull move, when tin- appropriation bill tor the 

 legislative, executive, nml judicial expenses of 

 micnt, which has come to us from 

 thr House, is under consideration, to amend it 

 by striking oat lines ten and eleven, which 

 read, ' for compensation and mileage of Sona- 



$405,000,' and inserting in lieu thereof, 

 'for compensation and mileage of Senators, 

 $27,""<V That computation adds $3,000 

 for each Senator to the Mini named in the 

 II'. us.- l.ill. I shall also move to strikeout the 

 mm named in line one hundred and twenty- 

 one, which now reads, 'for compensation and 

 milea'/c of members of the House of Repre- 

 sentatives and Delegates from Territories, 

 $1,660.000,' and insert in lien thereof. '$2, 

 409,i MN i. 1 which is, opon a computation of the 

 present number of member* and I>eK-_-:iti in 

 the Hon.. . an addition of $8,000 to their sala- 

 ries also. The amendment will go to this ex- 

 ensation of 'Senators and 

 itivcs in ' and Delegates 



shall be $8000 per annum 

 tlmt will be another and distinct amcnd- 

 >>r form part of one of the first named 

 to b paid as at present provided by law, and 



imence from the beginning of the Forty- 



" Those are the amendments that I shall 

 offer to that bill nt the proper time. I rather 

 wish that the appropriation Kill had p 



I tin- Mil we are now consider!!)!?, l-c- 



it might influence materially the views 



-< upon the expediency of passim: 



the hill now before us. Independent of the 



sed compensation which is proposed by 



the amendment that I have sn^-i -<<<}. I should 



DOM tin-re i a single Senator who 



it the present 



compensation of ^"i.OOO a year and mileage, 

 nnd tl -i-clf ( ,f the poor benefit of the 



franking i 



ueh the country lui- 



made to I.elii v<- tbi privilege has been abused. 

 - it h.-is bei-n nbll-ed. 



RTOly ahus*d. That, evidently, is the fault 

 Of whnerw otxMMM t It is a 



' i ' M", 1' s . \.T: \*. :\ 



:. nnd n I .ipp..-o most gentlemen have 



. ith n very -trie! r.-gnrd to the law." 

 Mr. Morrill. of Vermont, tmi<l : "A single 

 wor-l I would be mn< h more in fa-. 

 Mil that merely reformed the abuses of the 



franking privilege than the one that is now 

 pending; and yet, despairing of getting m,y 

 such bill, I propose to vote for this on. 

 it shall be improved by Mich lUiu-udiiu i. 

 seem to me just and pertinent. !Mo.-t num- 

 bers regard the franking privilege as a bunkn. 

 If it is a burden, they can lorego any compen- 

 sation for its surrender. 80 far us the 

 eminent itself in concerned, it in a blunder to 

 nipp. isc that the (iovernmeiit is to be l'ci>. 

 one single picayune by this measure. The 

 mails will not be carried any cheaper, whether 

 the matter is free or paid for. The idea that 

 this bill will tend to increase the revemi. 

 the (iovernment 1 think will be found to 

 entire mistake. But 1 trust that those of us 

 who really mean to reform an ahu-e, and not 

 to perpetrate a greater one, will stand by this 

 amendment." 



The 1 'residing Officer : " The question is on 

 the amendment, on which the yeas and . 

 have been ordered. 



ThcMjiiestion being taken, resulted as follou t: 



TBAS Messrs. Alcorn, Ames. Bayard, Boreman, 

 Buckingham, Carpenter, Casstriy, Corbctt. I'ragin, 

 Kiliiiunils. Fn-lingliuysi-n, Hamilton nf Mi.ryluiid, 

 Hurlan, Hill, Howe, Johnston, Kelly, M; 

 M'Trill of Vermont, Norwood, Patterson, P< !, 

 Pratt, Robertson, Sawyer, Schurz. Sjn-nci-r. Sj.rapue, 

 Stevens-Mil. Stewart, \\'t->t. \Vilsiin. :.ml Wriglil 33. 



NAYP Messrs. Anthony, Cliaiullcr, Coli, (,'i.nk- 

 ling. Fi-nten, Ferry of Connecticut, 1 <ny i.f Jliohi- 

 g:in. Kliinagiin, (iilbi-rt, Ilnmlln, Hitchcock, EM 

 Scott. Sherman, nnd Tij.ton is. 



ABSENT Messrs. Blair, Brownlow, Caldwell, 

 Cameron, Clayton, Cooper, Davis, Goldtliwaite, 



Vii-kers,"and Wlndom 25. 



So the amendment was agreed to. 



Mr. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, said : " I move 

 further to amend the bill, by striking out the 

 second and third sections. The effect of the 

 amendment is to leave it simply a bill abolish- 

 ing the franking privilege right sqnnre out. I 

 shall vote for the amendment, of en; 



The Presiding Officer : - t ion is on 



the amendment of the Senator from \Vi-ennsin, 

 striking ont the second and third sections of 



the bill." 



The amendment was agreed to yens 88, 

 nays n,,t counted. 



Mr. ( '.-irpenter : " Now I move to amend the 

 first section." 



The Chief Clerk: "The bill 89 amended now 

 reads : " 



Ik < , That tlic franking privilege !>-, 



anil the s:\rno is. In > !<!. from i,. 



1st dnv ..f .Inly, A. f>. \--~X. and that thrnrpforth 

 all official rum -|,I,TH|, nei- ..f 1, ati-Mr nature, ami 

 inlal.le matter M-nt from or addm 



"f the (iovi-nilm i 



to flunk ncli mntti r. -li:ill I 



same ratcn of pnrtagr ns niny In- 



upon like matter sent by or addrci>Kc;il to oilier per- 



Mr. Morrill. of Vermont: "May I ak if the 

 aim -ndiiu nt just adopted has stricken out thu 

 amendment proposed by me I" 



