Mr. HENDERSON. I will read what the Senator receives; I mean for the 2 sessions. I am not referring to the Senator for the purpose of calling in question his mileage, but only or the purpose of the argument and illustration. The Senfrom Maine to whom I referred receives for mileage $984, which is about correct, for the 2 sessions, for a Congress. My friendfrom Minnesota need not. have become excited on the subject, for I see that he draws $3, 808 in the she e of mileage every Congress; that is $1, 904 each session. stated the amount lower than it reall is; but I only referred to it for the purpose 0 illustration. I say that the Senfrom Maine can no more attend to business in the State of Maine and attend to his duties here than the Senfrom Minnesota. It is perfectly unjust to have this distinction in compensation. The Senfrom Maryland asks me what his milea is. I have been inquiring into the subject 0 milea e, not for the fpurpose of commenting upon the mileage 0 any particular Senator, but for the mere purpose 0 showing the inadequacy of the compensation of some Senators. The Senfrom Maryland receives $77 20 perCongress; that is, $38 00 for each session of Congress; and he receives $3,000 peryear for his services in this body. Is that any compensation? know that a great deal of objection will be made to any increase of the compensation of members. We are all perfectly aware that the present compensation is about the compensation that was adopted some 50 years ago It is true it was 8 dollars perday with the very same mileage that we now have, but it amounted to about the same thing when congress was in session as long as it has been this car at least. We are paying to the Super intendent of the Coast Survey $6,000 peran num. We pay to our Asst Treasurer at StLouis $4,000 a year. We pay the Asst Treasurer at NewOrleans about the same amount. We increased the other day the compensation of the ComrIntRev to $6,000. Although Mr. Rollins is a very excellent officer, and discharges very important and responsible duties, I submit to senators whether Mr. Rollins's services are worth to the Government any more than Senators regard theirs worth to the Government. I think not. We pay to the assessors of the internalrevenue at all the important points in this' country from 4 to 5,000 dollars. We pay to the collectors of internalrevenue $5,000; it amounts to that in almost every place. The collector of customs at Philadel phia receives $6,000; at NewOrleans $6,000; and even the surveyor of customs at NewYork receives $4, 900. A proposition has been introduced here for paying. I believe, $5,000 to the Asst SecyNavy, and so in regard to the Asst Secretaries in all the other Depts. The people ought to understand one thing: that in the increase of sal aries a feeling of delicacy on the part of members ofCongress has prohibited them heretofore from makingany increase whatever in their own cases. They have been compelled to increase in other cases, but they have not increased in their own. Now, Mr. President, let us see what effect this proposition will have. The Senfrom Maryland objects that if this plan be adopted the Senators from the Pacific coast will not have a sufficient compensation. Why, sir, their compensation will be from 13 to 15,000 dollarsaCongress. If the amendment that I have offered shall be adopted, they will receive from 6 to 7,000 dollars for each session of Congress; and other members will have on an average about 5500 dollars a year. The only question is whether that amount of mileage, the reduction from 40 to 20 cents permile, and the increase of the compensation, will not make the average compensation of Sens&Reps better than it now is. I think that something of this sort ought to be adopted. Iam perfectly satisfied of it. I am unwilling to vote an increase to $6,000 perannum, leaving the mileage as it now stands. I think that that mileage is too much. We ought to ado tsome rate of compensation which will pay each member, no matter how ncar he lives to the caps ital, a fair compensation. The larger body of the members live near to the capital. We ought to adopt a rate of compensation that will pay them, because it is perfectly notorious to the country, and the country understands perfect] well, that members who live within 2 or t ree 100 miles of the capital cannot attend to other business unless the hgppen to be, like my friendfrom Marylan, [h Mr. Jouxsox, ] able to attend to business in the Supreme Court, having already a large practice there. Many Senators are so situ ated that they cannot attend to business here. Some of them are not lawyers, and others of them have no practice in that court; and there is no other business, therefore, that a gentleman can attend to here. It is utterly impossible. Hence it is that some compensation ought to be adopted that will be fair, equita ble, and just.