FEES AND SALARIES.
Mr. CHAPMAN at the opening of the afternoon session moved to take up the bill [H. R. 325] concerning offices and officers, with a House amendment attaching a fee and salary bill similar to the bill [S. 369] introduced by Mr. Sayre. He entered the motion, and proposed to let it pass over till 2:30 o'clock, when it might be discussed for thirty minutes.
Mr. FOSTER objected to fixing thirty minutes as the time for discussion. He desired every Senator so desiring, may have from three to five minutes.
Mr. CHAPMAN called up his motion at 2:30 o'clock.
After discussion thereon--
The House amendments to the bill were concurred in excepting the fee and salary features, Section 394 1/2, and the emergency clause, by yeas, 47; nays, 2.
The Senate refused to concur in the emergency clause amendment by the House without a division.
The Senate also refused to concur in the fee and salary amendments made by the House--yeas, 20; nays, 27--as follows:
Yeas--Messrs. Benz, Brown, Davidson, Davis, Foster, Hefron, Henry, Howard, Kramer, Major, Morrison, Menzies, Owen, Rahm, Sayre, Shaffer, Smith, Traylor and Wood--20.
Nays--Messrs. Bell, Bischowski, Briscoe, Bundy, Chapman, Compton, Comstock, Garrigus, Johnson, Grubbs, Hostetter, Hutchison, Kahlo, Keiser, Langdon, Leper, Lockridge, Macartney, Poindexter, Ristine, Urmston, Van Vohris, Viehe, White, Wilson, Woollen and Yancy--27.
The House amendment in section 394 1/2 extending the term of certain county officers beyond the constitutional limit, was also rejected.
The Senate took a recess till 8 o'clock.
