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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



YEA* Messrs. Anthony, Boreman, Buckingham, 

 , Colo, Corbelt, Cragin, Kdmunds, 



. Chandler, , , , , 



Ferry of Michigan, Frelin*buysen, Hamilton of 

 Maryland, llwiiliu, Harlan, Bow*, Morrill of Maine, 

 Iturrill of Vormont, Morton, 1'ratt, Sohurz, Sherman, 



Tburman, Windoiu, and Wrigbt-SM. 

 NATS Mcwn. A loom, AmM, Bl 



CaMwell, Cameron, Carpenter, Clayton, Conkliug, 



Blair, Brownlow, 



ixr, Daria, Fenlon, Flanagan, Gilbert, Golu- 

 thwute, Hamilton of Texaa, Hill, Kelley, Lewis, 

 Machen, Norwood, Nye, Pool, Kamsey, Kantom, 



- ;.'.- '.--. ' - ' - 



art, Stockton, Tipton, Truiubull, Vioken, aud Welt 



AMSVT Messrs. Bayard, Ferry of Connecticut, 

 Hitchcock, Johnston, Logan, Osborn, Patterson. 

 Pomeroy, Saulabury, Scott, Sprague, Sumner, and 

 Wilaon It. 



So the amendment was not agreed to. 



Mr. Edmunds: "I am so well satisfied 

 from the votes of the Senate that they are in 

 favor of this amendment, that I move that 

 the Senate concur in it, and we will try it that 

 way." 



The Presiding Officer : " The Senator from 

 Vermont moves that the Senate concur with 

 the amendment of the House, and the ques- 

 tion therefore recurs on the motion of the Sen- 

 ator from Vermont (Mr. Edmunds) to concur 

 in the amendment of the House of Represen- 

 tatives." 



Mr. Edmunds : " The amendment in which 

 I move to concur, as some gentleman asks, is 

 this very salary amendment. I make the 

 motion not because I am in favor of it. I am 

 entirely against it ; but, as the Senate has re- 

 fused to strike out the very part of it that 

 seemed most objectionable, I wish to have the 

 Senate brought to a direct vote on the ques- 

 tion of concurring, so as not to mislead the 

 conferees of the House unless we want to con- 

 cur, and if we do we hod better say so and not 

 mislead the conferees of the House, from our 

 negative votes in refusing to strike out, into 

 the idea that we are for the amendment." 



Mr. Casserly, of California, said: "I heard 

 the Senator from Vermont in regard to his 

 own purpose in offering this motion. I un- 

 derstood him to say that the object of it 

 really was to prevent a disagreement be- 

 tween the Senate and the House as to this 

 business of an increase of salaries, and thus 

 to deprive conference committee of any 

 power to increase them. I am as much op- 

 |iosed its any one can be to the great powers 

 claimed and exercised, improperly as I think, 

 otnmittees of conference in really legis- 

 lating instead of simply reconciling differences 

 "en the two Houses. The purpose of the 

 S-nator from Vermont, however laudable in 

 itself, is, however, one which takes up too much 

 time to explain to the common mind, and, as I 

 am -against this Increase of salaries for the 

 most part, though not entirely, and have so 

 voted, not only to-night, but on a previous oo- 



. when the samu question or part of it 

 was before the Senate, I shall not be able to 

 vote for the motion of the Senator from Ver- 

 mont to concur in this amendment. Were I 



to do that, I should seem to stultify myself; I 

 should be voting against all the votes I have 

 thus far given at this session on this Mil.j 



The Presiding Officer: "The, question is 

 on the motion of the Senator from Vermont 

 (Mr. Edmunds) to concur in the amendment 

 of the House of BepreeeotatiTei to the amend- 

 ments of the Senate, upon, which the yeas and 

 nays have been ordered." 



The question being taken by yeas and nays, 

 resulted as follows: 



YEAS Messrs. Bayard and Stockton 2. 



NATS Messrs. Aleorn, Ames, Anthony, Blair, 

 Boreman, Brownlow, Buckingham, Cameron, Car- 

 penter. Caaserly, Chandler, Conkling, Cooper, Cor- 

 bett, Craginj Davis, Edmunds, t rry of 



Michigan, Flanagan, Gilbert, Goldthwaitr. Hamil- 

 ton ot Maryland, Hamilton of Texas, Hill, Hitch- 

 cock. Howe, Kelley, Lewis, Logan, Machen. Morrill 

 of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Norwood, 

 Pool, Pratt, Ramsey, Ransom, Robertson, 8uulbury, 

 Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Speu. 

 eon, Thurnian, Tipton. Trumbull, Vickers, West, 

 Wilson, Windom, and Wright 65. 



ABSENT- Messrs. Caldwell, Clsyton, Cole, Ferry 

 of Connecticut, FrellngbaTMO, Hamlin, llarlan, 

 Johnston, Nye, Osborn, Patterson, Pomeroy, Rice, 

 Spraguc, Stewart, and Sumner 16. 



So the Senate refused to concur in the 

 amendment of the House. 



In the House, on March 3d, the report of 

 the committee of conference was made. It 

 recommended that the Senate recede from its 

 disagreement to the amendment of the House, 

 to the first amendment of the Senate, . tc. 



Mr. Morrill, of Maine: "I now move that 

 the Senate insist on all its remaining amend- 

 ments disagreed to by the House of Jlepre- 

 eentatives, non-conrur in the amendment 

 the House to the amendments of the S-m.te, 

 and ask for a committee of conference on the 

 disagreeing votes of the two Houses." 



The motion was agreed to. 



Mr. Morrill, of Maine : " I move that the 

 committee of conference on the part of the 

 Senate be appointed by the Chair." 



The motion was agreed to. 



Mr. Morrill, of Maine, Mr. Carpenter, nnd 

 Mr. Stevenson, were appointed the conferees 

 on the part of the Senate. 



The Presiding Officer (Mr. Anthony) subse- 

 quently said: "The Senator from Kentucky 

 (Mr. Stevenson) desires to be excused from 

 nerving on the committee of conference on the 

 legislative, etc., appropriation bill. If there 

 lie objection he will be excused, and the Chair 

 appoints the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 

 Bayard) in his place." 



Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, said: "I now call 

 the previous question on agreeing to this re- 

 port of the committee of conference." 



The question being, "Shall the main ques- 

 tion be now put t " 



It was then taken; nnd it was decided in 

 the affirmative, as follows : 



YKAS Messrs. Adams, Avcrill, Banks, Erasmus 

 W. Beck, Blgby, Biggs, Bingham, James G. Blair, 



