CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



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Williams of Indiana, Jeremiah M. Wilson, Winches- 

 ter, and Young 102. 



NAYS Messrs. Ambler, Archer, Arthur, Barber, 

 Barnum, Beatty, Bell, Bird, Austin Blair, Bright, 

 Butlinton, Buuncll, Burchard, Campbell, Clarke, 

 Coburn, Conger, Cotton, Cox, Crebs, Crocker, Davis, 

 Dawes, Doiman, Dox, Eames, Ely, Farnsworth, 

 Fiokelnburs, Charles Foster. Wilder D. Foster, 

 Frye, Goodrich, Hale. Hambieton, Hundley, John 

 T. Harris, Havens, John B. Hawley, Joseph K. 

 Hawley, Hay. Gerry \V. Huzelton. Hereford, Hibbard, 

 Hill, Hoar, Holman, Kellogg, Kerr, Ketcham, Kil- 

 lia.'iT, Luwi, Lynch. Maclutyre, Marshall, McClel- 

 land, McCormick, McCrary, McGrew. Merriam, 

 M.Triek, Monr<. William E. Niblack, Orr, Packer, 

 Palmer, Hosea W. Parker, Pendleton, Poland. Ellis 

 H. Roberts, Busk, Sawyer, Scofield, Sessions, Shella- 

 barger, Shoemaker, Slater, Siocnm, H. Boardman 

 Smith, John A. Smith, Worthington C. Smith, Speer, 

 .Sprugue, Starkweather. Stevens, Stevenson, Terry, 

 Washington Townsend, Upson, Walden, Waldron, 

 Warren, Wells, Wheeler, Willard, and John T. Wil- 

 son 96. 



N.IT VOTING Messrs. Acker. Ames, Barry, 

 Erasmus W. Beck, James B. Beck, Biggs, Braxton, 

 Brooks. Comingo, Creely, Dodds, Dunnell, E*ty, 

 Farwell, Forker, Haldeman, Halsey, Hooper, Kelley, 

 Kin^ella, Manson, Mitchell, Moore. Morgan, Peters, 

 Porter, Potter, Read, Edward Y. Rice, Ritchie, 

 William K. Roberts, Roosevelt, Seeley, Shober, 

 Swan, Tyner, Van Trump, Vauzhan, Wakeman, 

 Whitthorne, Williams of New York, and Wood 42. 



So the report of the committee of conference 

 was adopteil. 



In the Senate, on March 3d, a report of the 

 committee of conference was made. 



Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, said : " I make the 

 point of order that the committee of confer- 

 ence have transcended any matter that was 

 committed to their jurisdiction in this: that 

 whereas the House had fixed the salaries of 

 members of Congress at $6,500, the Senate 

 rejected the proposition almost unanimously, 

 but two voting against its rejection ; that there 

 was no matter of difference between the two 

 Houses except the difference between the 

 Iirc-ient salary and $8,500. I therefore make 

 the point of order that they have transcended 

 their jurisdiction and that the report should be 

 rejected." 



Mr. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, said: "The 

 Senator from Vermont, in stating the facts of 

 this case, overlooked one very important fart. 

 and that is, that the Senate voted down the 

 proposition to concur, upon the ground, as ex- 

 pressed by at least half a dozen Senators who 

 spoke on the subject, that the sum fixed by the 

 House was too small. I rose in my place and 

 inquired of the Chair whether, if the matter 

 was sent to a committee of conference, the 

 committee would have power to raise as well 

 as decrease the sum, and I was informed that 

 undoubtedly such power existed. That took 

 place in open Senate while we were discussing 

 the question of concurring in the amendment 

 of the House." 



Mr. Morrill, in reply, said : " I should like to 

 know what plain common people would under- 

 stand by our voting down a proposition for 

 $0,500? Does not the country understand 



that it was rejected ? I do not understand any 

 jugglery by which we voted down $6,500 on 

 the ground that it was not enough." 



The Vice-President : " The Chair over- 

 rules the point of order. The House of Rep- 

 resentatives sent to the Senate an amend- 

 ment to this bill changing salaries in various 

 ways. The Senate refused to concur. They 

 also refused to strike out the provision in re- 

 gard to the salaries of members of Congress. 

 They refused to strike out all of the amend- 

 ment except that portion relating to the salary 

 of the President. They therefore left the 

 salary question an open question and referred 

 it to the conference committee. It may be a 

 good argument against voting for the confer- 

 ence report that the salaries are not in accord- 

 ance with what the Senator from Vermont 

 tliinks they should be ; but to restrict the 

 conference committee in a free conference to 

 the differences between the present salary and 

 the salary fixed by the House of Representa-v 

 tives under their amendment, the Chair 

 thinks, would be limiting the conference 

 more than conference committees have ever 

 been. Therefore the Chair decides that the 

 report is not subject to the objection and the 

 point of order made by the Senator from Ver- 

 mont." 



Mr. Wright, of Iowa, said: "Accepting, 

 then, the decision of the Chair, I move that the 

 report be recommitted to the committee of con- 

 ference, with instructions to strike out all that 

 is contained in the amendment reported back 

 on the subject of salaries, except so much as re- 

 lates to the salary of the President. I do not 

 remember the number of the amendment, but 

 I refer to that portion of the report that relates 

 to the salaries of the President and members 

 of the Senate and House of Representatives, 

 and the officers mentioned in that connection. 

 My motion is, that the report be recommitted, 

 with these instructions." 



The Presiding Officer : '' The Senator from 

 Iowa (Mr. Wright) moved to recommit the 

 report to the committee of conference, with 

 instructions. A point of order being raised, the 

 Chair ruled the motion to be in order. From 

 that decision an appeal was taken, and the ques- 

 tion is, ' Shall the decision of the Chair stand as 

 the judgment of the Senate? ' " 



The question being taken by yeas and nays, 

 resulted as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Anthony, Boreman, Chandler, 

 Ferry of Michigan, Hamilton of Marvlond, Harlan, 

 Howe, Pratt, Sherman, Sprague, and VV right 11. 



NATS Messrs. Alcorn, Bayard, Blair, Brownlow, 

 Buckingham, Caldwell, Cameron, Carpenter, Cas- 

 serly, Clayton, Cole, Conkling, Cooper, Cragin, Davis, 

 Flanagan, Goldthwaite, Hamilton of Texas, Hamlin, 

 Hill, Hitchcock, Kelly, Lewis, Logan, Machen, Mor- 

 rill of Maine, Norwood, Nye, Osborn, Patterson, 

 Pool, Ramsey, Bansom, Rice, Robertson, Saulsbury, 

 Sawyer, Schnrz, Scott, Stevenson, Stewart, Tipton, 

 Trumbull, Vickers, West, and Windom 46. 



ABSENT Messrs. Ames, Corbett, Edmunds, Fen- 

 ton, Ferry of Connecticut, Frclinghuysen, Gilbert, 

 Johnston, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Pomeroy, 



