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CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



The President pro tempore : " The question 

 is on the amendment of the Senator from New 

 York." 



The amendment was agreed to. 



The bill was read the third time. 



The question being taken, resulted as follows: 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Bayard, Bogy, 

 Boreman, Boutwell, Buckingham, Cameron, Carpen- 

 ter, Chandler, Clayton, Conkling, Crozier, Davis, 

 Dorsey, Edmunds, Fenton, Ferry of Michigan, Fre- 

 linghuysen, Goldthwaite, Hamilton of Maryland, 

 Hamliri, Hitchcock, Howe ; IngallSj Logan, McCreery, 

 Merrimon, Mitchell, Mornll of Maine, Morrill of Ver- 

 mont, Morton, Oglesby, Patterson, Pratt, Eamsey, 

 Robertson, Sargent, Saulsbury, Schurz, Scott, Sher- 

 man, Spencer, Stevenson, Stockton, Sumner, Wad- 

 leigh, West, Windom, and Wright 50. 



NAYS Messrs. Brownlow, Conover, Flanagan, 

 Gordon, Lewis, Norwood, Sprague, and Tipton 8. 



ABSENT Messrs. Alcorn, Ames, Cooper, Cragin ? 

 Dennis, Ferry of Connecticut, Gilbert, Hamilton ot 

 Texas, Johnston, Jones, Kelly, Ransom, Stewart, 

 and Thurman 14. 



So the bill was passed. 



On motion of Mr. Oonkling, the title of the 

 bill was amended so as to read: "A bill re- 

 pealing the increase of salaries of members of 

 Congress and other officers." 



In the House, on January 13th, the amend- 

 ments of the Senate were considered. 



The Speaker : " The first bill upon the Speak- 

 er's table is a bill to establish the compensation 

 of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, 

 returned from the Senate with amendment." 



Mr. Hurlbut, of Illinois, said : " It was my 

 fortune, sir, to introduce the bill which comes 

 back amended by the Senate. I believe the 

 bill which I introduced was just and fair as a 

 measure of future compensation. I believed 

 then, and believe now, that mileage was inju- 

 dicious, discriminating, and unfair. But, sir, 

 the Senate of the United States has sent back 

 to us practically a new bill, restoring the status 

 not only of the members of the House and of 

 the Senate, but of all other officers and em- 

 ployed of the Government whose salaries were 

 increased by the act of March 3, 1873, with 

 the exception of the President of the United 

 States and the judges of the Supreme Court, 

 who are covered and protected by a constitu- 

 tional provision. I propose to accept that 

 measure as a measure looking to economy and 

 as a settlement, so far as I am concerned, of 

 this vexed question." 



Mr. Hale, of Maine, said: "I move, Mr. 

 Speaker, that the House concur in the Senate 

 amendment; and upon that I call the previous 

 question." 



The question was taken; and the tellers 

 reported yeas 126, nays 57. The previous 

 question was seconded and the main question 

 was ordered, which was on concurring in the 

 Senate amendment. 



The question was taken ; and it was decided 

 in the affirmative, as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Albright, Archer, Arthur, Aslie, 

 Atkins, Banning, Barber, Barnum, Bass, Beck, Be-' 



Bell, Berry, Biery, Bland, Blount, Bowen, 



Cannon, Cason, Cessna. Amos Clark, Jr., John B. 

 Clark, Jr.. Clayton, C'lements, Clinton L. Cobb, 

 Stephen A. Cobb, Coburn, Comingo, Conger, 

 Cook, Corwin, Cotton, Crittenden, Crooke, Crounse, 

 Crutchfleld, Curtis, Danford, Davis, Dawes, De Witt, 

 Dobbins, Donnan, Dnnnell, Durham, Eames, Eden, 

 Elliott, Farwell, Field, Fort, Foster. Frye, Garfleld, 

 Giddings, Glover, Gooch, Gunckei, Eugene Hale, 

 Robert S. Hale, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrner, Benja- 

 min W. Harris, Henry R. Harris, Harrison, Hatcher, 

 Hathorn, Havens, John B. Hawley. Joseph K. Haw- 

 ley, Gerry W. Hazelton, John W. Hazelton, Hendee, 

 Hereford, Herndon, Hersey, E. Eockwood Hoar, 

 George F. Hoar, Holman, Hoskins, Houghton, Howe, 

 Hubbell, Hunter, Hunton, Hurlbut, Hyde, Kasson, 

 Killinger, Knapp, Lamport, Lansing, Lawrence, 

 Lawson, Leach, Lewis, Loughbriclge, Lowe, Lut- 

 trell, Lynch, Magee, Marshall, Martin, McCrary, 

 Alexander S. McDill, James W. McDill, MacDou- 

 gall, McKee, McNulta, Mellish, Merriam, Milliken, 

 Mills, Mitchell, Monroe, Moore, Morrison, Myers, 

 Neal, Nesmith, Niblack, Niles, Nunn, O'Brien, 

 O'Neill, Orr, Orth, Packard, Packer, Page, Hosea 

 W. Parker, Isaac C. Parker, Parsons, Pelham, Pen- 

 dleton. Perry. Phelps, Pierce.Thomas C. Platt, Po- 

 land, Potter, Pratt, Purman, Rainey, Rapier. Eawls, 

 Bead, Rice, Eichmond, Bobbins, Ellis H. Roberts, 

 James W. Robinson, Ross, Rusk, Sawyer, Henry B. 

 Sayler, Milton Sayler, John G. Schumaker, Scofield, 

 Isaac W. Scudder, Sener, Sessions, Sheats, Sheldon, 

 Sherwood, Lazarus D. Shoemaker, Small, Smart, 

 A. Herr Smith, H. Boardman Smith, J. Ambler 

 Smith, John Q. Smith, William A. Smith, South- 

 ard, Sprague, Stanard, Starkweather, Stone, Strait, 

 Strawbridge, Swann, Thornburgh, Townsend, Tyner, 

 Vance, Waldron-Wallace, Walls, Jasper D. Ward, 

 Marcus L. Ward, Wells. Wheeler, Whitehead, Wlute- 

 house, Whitthorne, Wilber, Charles W. Willard, 

 George Willard, Charles G. Williams, John M. S. 

 Williams, William B. Williams, Willie, Ephraim K. 

 Wilson, James Wilson, Wolfe, Wood, Woodford, 

 Woodworth, JohnD. Young, and Pierce M. B. Young 

 225. 



NAYS Messrs. Albert, Averill, Barry, Clymer, 

 Cox, Crossland, Hays, Hynes, Kelley, Kendall, Lam- 

 ison, Morey, Negley, James H. Platt, Jr., Randall, 

 Shanks, Sloss, Standeford, Storm, Stowell, Todd, 

 Waddell, White, Whiteley, and William Williams 

 95. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Adams, Barrere, Freeman 

 Clarke, Creamer, Crocker, Darrall, Duell, Eldredge, 

 Freeman, John T. Harris, Hooper, Jewett, Kellogg, 

 Lamar, Lofland, Lowndes, Maynard, McJunkin, 

 McLean, Phillips, Pike, Eansier, Ray, William E. 

 Roberts, James C. Robinson, Henry J. Scudder, 

 George L. Smith, Snyder, Speer, Stephens, St. John, 

 Sypher, Taylor, Thomas, Tremain, and Jeremiah M. 

 Wilson 36. 



So the amendment of the Senate was con- 

 curred in. 



The question recurred upon the following 

 amendment of the Senate to the title of the 

 bill: 



Amend the title so as to read : " An act repealing 

 the increase of salaries of members of Congress and 

 other officers." 



The amendment was concurred in. 



In the House, on January 7th, the bill to 

 establish an educational fund, and to apply the 

 proceeds of the public lands to the education 

 of the people, was considered. 



