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Congressional
WAsHINaToS, Jan 29-M


Senate not in session. -,
Deficiency bill.
Bennett was proceeding to discuss the
printing question, when ,e d
Greenwood sportively raised the point as
to whether Bennett was IL order, as be was
confning himselfto tho subject under consid-
Grafton.
The Chairman decided Beuhctt in order.
Howard called attention TO the fact that
the bill before the Committee Of the Whole
on the State Of the Union, providing to snip
ply deficiency of appropriation for printing,
had not yet been discussed, but the debate
was devoted to general subjects. That bill
has grown ont Of abuses, which, If suffered to
continue, will bankrupt tho Treasury. As
vet no SINCE member from the Committee
on Ways and Means has been able to get the
floor to discuss previous questions. In order
to bring out what has led to the system of
abuses, all ought to unite in order to devote
this day to the country by thoroughly prob
ing this subject. = --i
Their constituents will forgive them for
all time heretofore wasted, in speaking of
the Mormons, Indians. Kansas, ard for bum
KUN generally. I'D,
lie offered resolution for extending the
debate til tomorrow, aud confning speech
es strictly 10 the subject. s--l rr.w ma .'.-
John Cochran objected, for the simple rea-
son that it was now too late to insist upon on
such q course. 49,.
- ,.-HtH WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-PM
HcrsK-Mr. Bennett said the public print
ing had been charged as q source of corrup-
ton, through which the Treasury is robbed !;
that gentlemen who held the office of public
printer realize princely fortunes; and that
10 t;l,,, L.
the printing is controlled. He did not make
these charges, nor did he know how far they
are true; yet they are made by the press OF the
country, and hence should be fully inyesti-
gated by special com mittoe having charge
of the subject. 1T was to him o matter Of
mystery how public printers could be guilty
OF corruption underithe law regulating their
compensation; but it was nevertheless true
that the printing Of both Houses enables con-
tractors TO realize immense fortunes; and 1t
had been advanced in favor OF their election,
that they give thousands Of dollars and freely
open their purses during Presidential elec-
tons: The printing has grown enormously
the few years past. The thirty second Con-
gross it was $3.50, 900; thirty third Congress
il was nearly 81 100000; and the thirty
fourth Congress two millions and third dol
! lars. He AMONG other citations of extraya-
ganee said, that from forty to fifty Thousand
dollars were spent for cuts Of wood-cocks,
squirrels, mice, and Sthcr animals, worth
lessly put into the Patent Office reports. lie
was for Stopping this extrayagant draft On
the Treasury, but paying for all work COM
pleted, and dispensing with that not per-
formed. He moved to amend The bill BY re-
ducing the sIso, goo, proposed to be aPpro-
priated, to $420,D0o ~
Lctcher showed that the amount in the
bill was for liabilities incurred By the last
two Congresses. lie alluded to the fact that
| the publication of ellis astronomical e&pe-
dition cost $ll5 900; that of the Pacific Rail
| road Survey nearly 1888 900; and Emery's
Report $247 900. He hoped stop would
soon be put to this extravagant system Of
| printing. Some Of these books were utterly
worthless. He appealed to the Committee "a
take means in the future to put an end to
such shameful extravaganza. Their consti-
tuents should not be taxed for such unjus,
and wastefui purposes. ...I .....
- The COMMITTEES arose without coming to 0
conclusion on the subject. 80