The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-02-16

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.

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and demanded the previous question.
Mr.. Burnett demanded that there be
a call of the House, which was agreed
to.
On motion of Mr.. Hoard, it was re-
solved that the Committee on Public
Expenditures should inquire into the
expenses for the printing of the House,
and report at an early day such modI-
fications of the rates paid as public JUS
tice and due reward to rigid economy
in the expenditure require, and that
they have power to examine witnesses
and report at any time. The House re-
fused to second demand for the pre-
vious question by vote OF 7S against
sc.
Mr.. Stanton wished to pass over the
election of a printer for the present.
The House should first reduce the
prices of printing and prevent the pat
ronage from being used as corruption
fund. He wanted to prevent the work
from being farmed out and select man
prepared to do the work.
Mr.. Colfax spiritedly replied. defend
ing his former vote for Mr.. Defrees, he
having voted for Follett until there was
no prospect that the latter could be
elected. The question was then post
poned till next Monday.
The Committees were announced:
Ways and Meons-Sherman. Davis,
(Md.) Phelps, Stephens, Washburn,
(Me.) Millson, Morrill,, Crawford and
Spaulding.
Conanaerce-Washburn, Oily Wade,
John Cochrane, Elliott, Smith, On. CO.
Morehead, Lamar, Nixon and Clemens.
Military A,fairs-Stanton, Curtis,
Bonham, Buffinton, DIN, McRae, Pen
dleton, Longeneker and Boteler.
Naval Afairs-Morse, (Me.) b.
cock, Pottle, Maston, Wilson, Curry,
Sedgwick, Harris, (Md. and Schwartz.
Territorial = Grow, Perry, Smith,
Wa.) Gooch, Waldron, Clark, (Mo. }
Case, Vallandigham and Ashley.
Judiciary = Hickman, Bingham,
Houston, Taylor, Nelson, Kellogg, Gill;
Reynolds, Robinson, (R- ~, and Por-
ter.
On Elections = Gilmer, Dawes,
Campbell, Boyce, Marston, Stevenson,
Gartrell, Potter and Mckay.
C2ainas-Tappan, Hoard, McCler-
nand, Ely, Moore, (Ala.) Walton, May
nard, Hale and Hutchinson.
Public Lands = Thayer, Lovejoy,
Covode, Davis, Qnd.) Trimble, Vande-
yer, Windsor and Barrett.
Postoffces and Post Road-Colfax,
Woodruff, English, Adams, Ky Alley,
Davis, (Mass.) Craig, (Mo.) Helmick
and Lee.
District Of Carter, Kill
gore, Burnett, Rice, Garnett, Conkling,
Pryor, Edgerton and Anderson, (Ky.)
Revolutionary Clainas--Briggs, Ter
ry, Cox, Vance, Jackson, DUEL, De-
iarnette, Holman and Fenton.
Public OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Pal
mer, Edmundson, Killinger, Simms,
Hindman, Wood, Clopton and Foulke.
Private Land Czaims-W ashburn
(Wis.) Clark B.. Cochrane, Avery
Kenyon, Hawkins, Hamilton. Ander
son, (Mo.) Bouligney and Blair.
Manufactures : Adams, Mass
Scranton, Mcqueen, Leak, Moore, Ky
French, Dunn, Riggs and Mexican.
agriculture : Butterfeld, Curry
whitley, Stewart, Pa.) Wright, Bris
tow, Aldrich, Burch and Grow.
Indian 4fairs-Briggs, Burroughs
Woodson, Farnsworth, Clark, N. "
Scott, Leach, (Mich.) Edwards, Aldrich
IMilitio-Tompkins, Irvine, Jenkins
Webster, Ruffin, Wells, Packer and
Simmons. -f
Foreign A6fairs-Corwin, Burling
hame, Barksdale, Morris, (Pa.) Branch
Boyce, Hill, Miles and Humphrey.
Revolutionary Pensions. = Potter
Verree, Cralge, IN. CO. Adrain, Jun
kin, Reagan, Babbitt, Delano, and
Leach, On. CO.
Laualid Pe,ssioas-Fenton, Foster
Sickles, Florence, Stokes, Kellogg
Mich Hall, Brabson, and Martin, TO-,
Roads and Ca,,als-Mallory, Morris
Qll.) Dunn, Singleton, Burroughs, Cur
ley, Montgomery, Rust, Ferry.
Patents Millward, Stewart, md
Bonham, Niblack, and Franks.
Public buildings and Grounds
Train, Beals, Keitt, Mcpherson ant
Peyton.
Revised and unfinished Business
Logan, Jones, Howard, Babitt ant
Foster.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, Kunkel, Blake
| Grinell and Allen.
Mileage = Ashmore, Van Wick
LOOMS, Hardeman and Robinson, GILL;
E,egracing-Adrain, Covode and
Maclay.
Expenditure IN the State Department
Mexican, Stout, Barr, Love and
Dawes.
Expenditure IN tie Treasury De
partment Looms, Quaries, Wells,
Thomas and Train.
Expenditures an the Var Depart.
ment-Stewart, pa Larrabee, Thomp-
kins, Cooper and Morrill,.
Expenditures in the Nary Depart
nae,at = Hatton, Underwood, Blair,
Hughes and Sherman.
Expenditures on the -Postoffce De
partnaent.-Palmer Marston, Moore,
(Ky.) Landrum and Stanton.
Expenditures on the Public Build
i'ags-Brayton, NOEL, Walton, Harris,
(Va.) and Nelson.
Joint Committee on the Library--Pet
fit Adams Mass \ and Purh si