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dent or by the head Of any Department OF
the Government, and which, 1t gtan'ed'
must tend still further to embarrass the
Administration. and give color to the false
clamor of ex'ravagance that Is made
against ii'" Aud then he informs u.s. as
f'bv authority that the Administrator
will not be responsible for this measure.
Sir, the A Administration is not responsible
for this measure. My colleague gives
himself needless alarm. Nobody will think
of lmpuling il to the Executive. 1t has
no, anv of the features Of an Adminis,ra
ton measure. Whv, sir, this is bill for
the benefit OF the People. not the Govern
ment. 1t might with proprlety be entitled
an act to promote th" interests Of the pro.
duclng classes in the United States. Now
bills with such characteristics are not apt
to come here with the sanction of the Exc
cu,lve recommendation. That would look
like a reunion of the interests Of the Gov.
eminent and the People. 1t would not
smack sufficiently Of "dvorce." On. no.
sir. the People must not "expect too much
Of The Government" Besides, among The
eminen, qualities AVID services attributed to
The present Chief Magistrate by his friends
believe nobody claims for hun the merit
Of much zeal for works Of public utility
works which accrue to the benefit OF the
great mass of the community, without d's
tinctlon OF party or sect. IT any genie
man can point me to measure OF mat
character which this distinguished states
man has originated, or Of which. in the
long career of his public life, he has been
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shall be obliged for the information. No
such memorial Of his usefulness has fallen
under my observation. My colleague may.
therefore, dismiss his apprehenslons. The
President would not follow IN his o,on foot.
steps if he favored this bill, and the Admin
istraiion derives neither responsibility nor
reputation from the measure. l acqult
them Of both.
The object Of the chairman Of the com
mlttee of WAYS and Means in referring to
the charge of extravaganza. in connexlon
with this bill, was probably two fold
First as make weight against the bill
but, secondly and chiefly, for effect else.
where. 1t was doub|e less intended as cue
for others. and should not be surprised to
find those who are in the habit of taking
their cue from the honorable gentleman
f,Ilnwing this also. should not be sur
prised to see concerted effort to transfer
The responsibility Of extravaganza in expen
di,ures from the Executive TO Congress.
But, sir. that cannot be done. The facts
are too obvious and stubborn TO admit Of
such transportation of liability.
How stands the facts? Why sir. at the
| he, Hoo
tive sends US the budget of estimates for
the expenses for the Government. These
estimates, we are told. proceed upon the
most economical basis, and that they are
as low as the Government can possibly ge,
on with. They amount, for the present
year, to about thirty millions of dollars. -.
The chairman Of the Committee Of Ways g.
Means forthwith reports appropriation bills
IN conformity with these demands Of the
Government, and from time to time in the
progress of the session, gives Us a fresh
batch, founded upon further estimates
These bills are pressed upon orr attention
~ rapid succession. We are told tnat the
money must be- granted at once; that the
wants of the Government udmll Of no delay
1t any member presumes to question the
necessity or proprie'y Of any Item IN that
class of appropriations, he is denounced as
a tactous oppsitionlsl, and an enemy 10 ms
country, who would "slOp the wheels vi
.,s Government, and lay it PROSTATE at the
| feet of the banks"
In this way. SIR. does the Government
"'ake care of ITSELF" and supply ITS wants
| Blu when the people propose to "iake care
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more than thirty millions for the use Of the
Government, come here and ask for less
| han million and half of their own mon
ey, for their own use. he chairman OF the
committee of Ways and Means -tra'ghtway
wraps hn-ef IN the mantle OF economy
and talks gravely of ex'ravagance, and
threatens those who vote for THIS bill with
'he responsibility of all charges OF that
kind that may be brought against the AID.
m'nlslrar,nn. Now. tell the gentleman
again, that his plan will not work. H.
connot make this bill ;he scape goat for al
the sins Of prodlgality that lie al the door
of the Executive. Tae mantle is no, broad
enough. He canno. conceal thlriy.,w,
millions with ess than one-twentieih par
of that sum, even if he pays the fraction IL
Treasury notes
Sir, It it be true. as my colleague init.
mates, that the system of internal Improve
ments was carried to such n ruinous extent
under the Administrator of the gentleman
from Massa chuse,,s. how did It happen lha
the average annual expenses of the Govern
ment including appropriations for tina
objpc', then fell short of thirteen million.
whilst the present Administration require
more than thirty millions, exclusive OF tia
description of expenditure
II the Federal Government be wisel,
administered IN proportion as il spares ffou
moderate revenues to works Of peaceful
enterprise and permanent utility. whlcl
extend their bl,sslngs aud benefits alike I,
all. then The admlnist ration of the venera
hlp uenllnman rlnAl nruudl