The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-05
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The resolution reported yesterday py
Cake, from the Committee on Printing.
resembling the orders for printing the
Treasure accounts and the evidence IN the
Bust ed I'm parchment, the Al ska case,
and the overian matt contract case, came
up a. tue first business in order, the Ques-
tion being on motion t0 table. The reso-
tuition was not tabled.
Cake then modified SO that the resci nd
ia= order shall q ppiY only to the accounts
of the Tre urer OF tae Un1ied SJ tes-
A tier considerable discussion, the resOlu-
tion, as modified. was .dOpted.
utter, OF Massachusetts +. ON the Com
mittee on judiciary, reported a Dill 70
allow parties charged ia criminal cases in
the United States Courts TO be witnesses
at their Owu request, and not otherWIse
alsO allowing wives an husbands to be
witnesses for and sgaiust eacn Othe- ex-
c. ut as to private cOnVers atoms between
themselves, being toe bill introduced oy
PO and. win fch was recOmm1tted
The House then wentt to Committee OF
the Whole, with CulIom IN the Chair, on
the miscellaneous denciencg bill. The to-
fal sum appropriated Is y. .563, ,95l, fnclu =
ing the 70 wing items Tor the Treasury
| Department: salarie-, incidental expenses,
&C., S. %; aiaries aud expenses OF collect
/ or anu assessors o. lnternal revenue ez;-
0UO Coz; for the d f5lcatiDn OF L. Ii. o M
I uyes, miscellaneous 81 200; War DeDart-
m5nt. for premiums ID arcui ects 500 D.
| I Ie for going Items are for dehcIeocies for
[ the present fiscal year The following IL G
for uedcte cies for the nzxJ fiscal year:
| Treasury Department, tempOrars clerks,
/ Sl2 ,00J; ofdce OF second Comptro Ter,
4
| clerks, So 90; office of Second Auditor,
| clerks sl2G0Ji House of Representatives,
| clark~, 5 ,664; territorial expenses, s, ,730.
Lave Chairman OF the Comnttlee on
J Approx pTiations, explained the bill, and
the reasons fOr1t, and appea!ed - the
! members 10 not load 1t down with amend
/ ments.
| Beck, a member OF the COMMITTEES on
| appropriations. explained the apprOpr a.
/ ton of two million OF the expenses of the
! Internal Revenue d p Ar meat by stating
that the Coutntttse OF the last House had
been led into p mistake Ia reporting sis
millions for that service when II should
have reported eight millions.
Kelsey, another member of the Commit
tee on Appropriations, also entered into q
brief explanation of the OIL ana in vindi-
cation OF the Committee OF the last House
Dawes, ia reply TO question asked by
Maynard, said the system of hydrOSt1(
press printing which had been carried UI
in the IRE asury, and mad cosb the Govern
| lneut millions of money, was to be aban
doned and the work was hereafter 70 b'
| zone on roller presses, un.ter the cOntrO
OF tae Ire sury Department, out not n
the Treasury buiidlng, which was TO Bt
exclusively devoted 10 its legitimate use.
Lawrence called ait -ntiOn to the fac
that the number of employees authorized
in the various De oartments in Washing
ton was ,Ts5 whereas the mum Der actually
employed was 2751. He though there
I should he reOrgantztpg OF the Treasury
Dep lrtm5nt and the mum Der Of EN- plOyee
u stinctly defined.
ID ives explained the necessity of givins
( the Secretary of the Treasury discret ion
| AIRY power 10 employ temporary C. erks TO
| ~pec al duty apd on extra oec 4siOus, as tn
| II eceSslties OF the service requ red.
| Co3urn moved to strike out the the item
! OF &, ,OJU,00J for the Internal Revenue ser
/ vice. lie thought the clause was too un
I certain and too Indefinite.
Dawes explained that the collection o
Internal Revenue had been found to COS
I IS 100000 q yea. The first apprOpriatIOi
| three years a2o had been for SO 900, 90.
| That had left surplus Of 500 900 Tn
next year an appropriation OF s6,0jO.O1
. / bad been made, leaving with TN aarpiu
SS,g00t0O available. Last year the commit
L e had followed t1e language of the pre-
ceedi 2 appropriation for IS 900, 90 Instea,
of sSpOjJB0 l. WAS nee SSaTy, therefore, 4
supply what was simply an oversight.
9ae amendment offered by Coburn wa
Wheeler moved an appropriation of s87
800 for the completion of the Custom HOus
at ttgdensburg, New York. Rejected.
Various amendments ia referencs 10 tn
compensation aud appointment of CLERKS
&c. we're offered and agreed TO.
Wheeler offered an anne oment appro
priatiug z200,000 for prin lag the D4baIes O
Z ngTesS az the Government P1atin
7 once.
Garfield made a point that the amend
meut was not in order, there being NJ lax
, for printing the Debates az the Publ
[ Printing Office.
Tne Chairman sustained the point of OF
d de-, ana the amen menJ was not enter
The COMMITTEES. at ~ O'Clock, rose an
/ reported the blII and amendments to TIA
r House
/ several amendments were agreed to, an
-. I the bill pissed
Z The Concurrent resolution for final at
1ournmenL was taken from the Speaker
;, table, and the Senate amendment fixin
Saturday, the l0Lh as the time Tor adjourn
ment, was concurred in.
Garhe q, from the Census Com Mite
reported a bill To provide for the taking
the 9th and subsequent census. Withoi
| actiOu-
IS The House, at O'Clock. adjourned.