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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
ri + FRIpAy, March 10Th, 1858
THE DEFICIENCY Fill.

{ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
FRIDAY, March 18th, 1858.
THE DEFICIENCY ELL. II.
The question recurred on Mr.. LEro,pp,
motion -
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Indiana, demanded tel
: lers
Tellers were ordered, and Messrs. DAVIS
.. Of Indiana, and SMITH, of Tennessee, wer
! appointed. l.a
H The House di vided; and the tellera re
lrorted ayes 03, noes 80.
:. So the notion was agreed to.
The House accordingly resolved itself il
to the Committee Of the Whole on the stat
O. the Union, Mr.. BocoeK in the chair
and resumed the consideration Of House BIZ
! No. 3D6, to supply deficiencies IN the ap
preparation for the service of the fiscal yea
ending the Both Of June, 1858, upon wLlcl
Mr. IETcnKE was entitled to the floor.
Mr. LETCIER. Mr.. Chairman; know
ing the universal anxiety to engage in dis
Gu aions ofun egci1irg characte1A in thi;
House, | really have felt some hesitation
| about occupying any portion Of the time d
the committee III the consideration of til,
merits Of Tie JiW which is now before it
but, sir, further reflection and consultation
with friends, it was deemed advisable that
should at least call attention to some Of the
4 more prominent features of the bill, with
the various recommendations from the sew
eral Departments of the Government. upon
which its provisions arc based | propose
to do nothing more now; and if / eau &c,
the attention Of the House. desire to call
at'entlon specifically to each document, SO
that it Will be in the power of every mem
Der himself to procure the documents from
his box AMI examine them, and to satisfy
his own mind as to the propricty Of the
passage Of this bill. This is bill Go.
! t6) to supply deficiencies in the appropri-
ations for the service of tie fiscal year en-
ling the 3oth Of June, 1858.
The first provision of this bill relates to
the comp nsation Of the officers, clerks,
messengers and others receiving an annual
salary 10 tl9 service Of the House Of Rep
.esentativcs. Upon rsfereace to Miscell !
aeous Document No. 36, Of this session,
! s'lc items watch n intended to be embra-
ed IN this provision Of the bill will be found
N page ,. un'er classification No. /. It
| 5royltes for messengers, authorized By res
'lutlon Of 23l December, 1857, which was
he resolution adopted upon the report OF
ny colleague, isr- FAuLkNGR, III regard
% the officers Of this House, which made
| hat nambcr Of additional messengers ne
cessary. and Which demands Of us, there
ore, tina! we should provide the means for
paying them.
by the same resolution an additional
| number Of lahortrs was also provided, aud
| BE- Appropriation for that laurposois g.
| 500.
For furniture for Speakers room, and
committees rooms, Clerk Offices, Sergeant
a'-ArDs's Office, Doorkecper's room, &c. .
] S.. GOO more is rendered necessary by the
removal Of this body into the present build
ing, and t@rcir occupancy Of the committee
! rooms III this building.
! The next item is an appropriation of 3d.
Ooo for newspapers, which is fc,nd nyccs-
sary to make up the deficiency to that a.
mount i'll the contingent fund Of the House
for that purpose. And 50 with the item of
stationery.
j Here, then. are Ave isen.S ;5rllbrass, ID in
the first clause of the bill and the expIana-
ton for each Of them wsll be found in tile
Miscellaneous Document to which | have
referred, and which is accessible to mem
bers Of the House
/ The next item embraced in this bill IL to
pay the reporters of the House for repor-
! ting the debates ofthe present esion in
the Congressional Globe. If you will re-
fer to the proceedings of the second Session
Of the Thirty Third Congress, Congress
ional Globe, volume 80, page sl7, you will
frd that appropriations for that purpose
were made at that time hy the House. -
They were continued during the first and So
cond sessions Of the Thiny-Fourth Con
gress, es can be found BY reference to the
Congressional Globe, volume 80, page
| 1916, and Congressional Globe, volume
81, page Sol. That item of appropriation
is $500 for each reporter, being $1,000 for
the five.
Thea come liz, isemg Of appropriation in
this bill, about which, apprehend, will be
the subject Of most controversy in tli;
'iouse-a deficiency fer the supply Of the
Army. For that purpose 81 300, 900 is
asked for under the FIRST clause
This deficiency has been growing up, as
shall probably have occasion TO slew in
the event of a discussion Upon the subject,
for some considerable period of time anteri-
u to the coming in Of the present Admins
tratlon. Several quarters, in part in con-
sequence Of demands Upon the War Depart
ncnt in connection with the controversy
now going on with the Mormons. 1t was
found absolutely necessary to provide addi-
! tional means in order to meet the various
Items of expenditure v hich are embraced il
this clause Of the bill. If gentlemen vii
refer to Miscellaneous Document No. % Of
this House, they will find on the 10th page
Of that document the reasons stated for iii il
and the other items Of deficiency in the Wa
Department, amounting to the sum of &c.,
100000. The Qnartermaster General, ir
the report to which have referred states:
| 1T is ascertained that deficiency exis
ted at the close q last year, which has beer
a charge nnon the present year Of about ont
million Of dollars i'll addition to which til,
extensive operations against the Cheyncsne
and other Indian tribes and the extensiv,
arrangements for the operations in Utah
have exhausted the appropriations for tn
/ present year sy far that there Is not suf
ficient balance in fhe fN,ras-srv tn FIJI III,