Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-29
from the National InteIiigencer,)
TWENTIETH CONGREsS,isr SESSION
SATURDAY.. J0UuarU 26 1928.

| Saturday, January 20 1870
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr.. Mclean, from the Committee on lndiar
Affairs, to which was re ferred re bill from the
ST nate for the re lief Of sundry citizens Of the
United States who have lost property by the
depred atoms OF certain Indian tribes, reported
the same without ar ,endment, and twas made
the order Of The day for Monday.
1 INFRINGEMENT
| The House resumed the consideration OF
the resolutions moved by Mr.. Chiffon on the
| 22d instant.
Mr.. Carson, who had the hoor from the adj
jourument on Friday, was beginning soeech,
when Mr. Chiffon requested him to yield the
! floor for a. moment, aud Mr.. Carson having
done so,
Mr. Chiffon offered the following modl6ca-
! ton of his resolution.
~. RESOLVED, That the Committee on Public
| Expenditures be instructed 10 inquire and re.
port whether any, and, Il any, what measures
| ought TO be adopted 70 diminish executive pa
! tronage; TO secure more eHec,ual RESPONSE
bility in the disbursement Of the public money;
and also what ,etrenchment can be made in
the public expenditures withou, injury to the
public service; and, also, ,oheiher any,
and II any aohat measures may be adopted
for the more eGectual application Of the
Sinkins Fund to the payment ofthe Pub
| lie De6f.
80 Aesolred, That the said Committee be
directed to inquire and report to the House
| the amount of moneys which have beer paid
since the lst Of January 1924, and ofthe seve-
raj appropriations made tor contingencies
| Of Foreign Intercourse, and which have been
settled al the Treasury, without specification;
and also, the payment made GU, OF he same
appropriations, aid The apr priations, Tor
the contingent expenses of missions abroad,
which have been set,leG at the Treasury in the
usual manner, according TO law
"S. ReSoiusd, That The Committee on the tx.
pend,tures Of the State, Treasury, War, and
| Navy Departments. be instructed onquue
and report wha, sums have been paid out oi
~, Sc .trsl appropriations made since the first
Of J lnuary, 1924, for the contingent expenses
OF the SAID Departments, 10 whom paid and toll
what service.
~. Resoirsd, That the Committee of Ac.
couns be directed to inquire and repor,
whe her any, and, if any, what rerenchments
can be made in the expenses OF this House..
BY his modification the amendments Deepen
dug to Mr.. Gibbons original resolution mo
we'd by Mr.. Taylor and Mr. Nc Duffie, fell.
| Mr.. Carson now resumed and concluded q
| u
adduced,the day before on the opposite side, &
went a. some length INTO what he considered,
as Instances Of mal.conduct on the part OF the
present Administration.
He was followed by Mr.. Kremer, who made
a very animated speech, on the same side.
| Mr.. Barney made some remarks IN explana
ton Of hi, former arguments, and in reply te
, Mr.. Daniel, Sc.
Mr. Daniel spoke farther in reply to Mr.
Barney, OF Md. and insisted upon various IN
stances OF profig lte expenditure under The
Government.
MIR. McDuffie, fer some predatory remarks
as 10 the irrelevancy Of great part OF the lie
bate, moved, as All smendment of the tesolu'
of Mr. hilton, a. modified to slrIke out th'
following:
"And also, whether any, and, il any, what
measures may be adopted for the more etfrc-
,ual application Of the Sinking Fund to 'h'
payment Of the Public Debt"
After a few words Of explanation from Mr.
Barney, Mr.. Chiffon sign6ed his acceptance
OF the amendment of Mr.. McDuhe, as modi
fcation OF his resolution; and the question be-
ing on the resolution as thus modified, Mr.
Clarke, Of Ky spoke az considerable length II
reply 70 the gentleman who had preceded him
and in vindica,ion Of the Administration from
the CnatSeS oSai"ot tiS''
Mr.. CLARKE concluded by declaring himself Il
be in favor of ,hc rcsolu ion, but offered ar
amendment 10 it, insofAr as 10 confine the in
curry 10 the Committee Of Ways and Means
He, however, Withdrew this amendment at the
request OF
Mr. Blake, Of Indiana, who offered the fol
lowing amendment
"S,rike on, all after the word resolved, ant
insert the following:
"Thdt the COMMITTEE on Ways and Means
be instructed 10 inquire into any abuses whict
have been, or may reported to have been, com
United by the President Of the United States
or any Of the Heads of Department Of this
Government, in the disbursement Of the pubic
money; and whether there is any unnecessaIy
number of officers employed in any Of the said
Departments, and whether any Of the said
officers receive exorbitant salaries, and, if SO
under what Administration the said salarie.
were created; and, if any, what, retrenchmen'
in the public expenditures tan be made, no, in