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James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 23: three months in Congress. (search)
The following item being under consideration, viz.: For Compensation and Mileage of Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, and Delegates, $768,200, Mr. Embree moved to amend it by adding thereto the following:Provided, That the Mileage of Members of both Houses of Congress shall hereafter be estimated and charged uponer any portion of either of those roads free of charge —never in the world. One of the gentlemen interested had once told him he might, but he never had. Mr. Embree next obtained the floor, but gave way for Mr. Haralson, who moved that the Committee rise. Mr. Greeley appealed to the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Haralson] to withhold his motion, while he might, by the courtesy of the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Embree], make a brief reply to the allusions which had been made to him and his course upon this subject. He asked only for five minutes But Mr. Haralson adhered to his motion, which was agreed to. So the Committee rose and