Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-01-28
EVENING STAR.
CONGRESSIONAL


a, ,,rog5f! national Trrency Of coin and notes,
md 10 efuaiiLe the iii. Ilhutlon OF eircn,atinG
cf VT. Morton. CssserIy, Patterson and Drake
until adjournment.
HOUSE.-After our report closed
III. motion of Mr.. Holman (lnd) to recon
entitled to admission as a Represe NATIVE from
Virgins, debated e length; inter- which, it
WAS laid on the table-yeas 1l5, nays5.
Mr. Porter was then sworn in.
Ar. FaruswUrth. tIll..) from Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads. reported bill to
abolish the ranking privilege. 1T repeats the
Y:lsil, &c. absolutely 10 take effect July LIST.
Nh. Farnsworth called the previous question,
which was seconded.
Mr.. Logan (IIl.l suggested that the bill ought
Ir provide for reducing the paw Of mail con-
tractors. II would not save the Governments
cne cent. hut would only inure Ia the contract
"rs- T. vas as perfect piece Of demagOguery
and iaInis,ig a. he had ever seen.
NJ. G"tz pa asked whether il would he we'll
to la-, the bill nOx when only about one ton of
she eight tons OF petitions in blank sent out had
Tc@a returned
Mr.. faTnsworth hal no idea that this would
result iH - saving u the Post Once Department.
lei ia" mail contracts never would he any less.
I'ui Il would result in a saving in the item OF
printing
After further debate. Mr.. Inger-cll iIIl.) asked
~; ctHCT ;his hill wUGld not prevent the trans
mission IF newspapers free from the Office of
publication. and whether il would not also COM
al thc i:sy mrnt Of postage of exchange papers
between ne wspaper offices
III. a
Ar. Iuger-oil and other gentlemen said the bill
VS. then against the free dissemination of know
ledge Tor the people, and while they wanted the
franking privilege repealed they were opposed
Ia H., hill having this effect upon the newspa-
pPrS.
sIr. Stoughton (Mich.) asked leave To offer an
amendment tn cover the objection, but unani-
IuOu, consent, which was required, was refused
The hill was passed-ycas ia. nays H.
Mr.. Churchill, =. ~ from Committee on
Elections. reported in the contested election
. Foster Gnvn.le. Tho resolution, nf h..
majority cf the committee declares Mr. Covode
'Efiil,i 70 his ; eat.
Mr.. Randall, pa from the minority of the
committee, made a dissenting report.
The cas- Will come uI' on TUESDAY next.
4 iir House then went into COmraittcc OF the
Whole on the Legislative Appropriation Bill, Mr..
Nj Hyrrs Pa asked Mr.. Dsvi-, who had the
r,vF. TO yield to him fer > moment, and called
attention Jo the fact that some of the naval APP
r-oiEist.Ous had been exhausted. and that a
number of men were about 10 be discharged in
sJDIl,J- gncc.
Mr. Dawes then took the floor. and said he
wcrld Proceed 10 answer she indictment that
hai been made against him of having without
lire examination ami consideration made an in
.iic;m,nt against the Republican party and
s-,.'st the Administration.
t;t,r referring to ether figures. Mr.. Dawes
SD L. found in the speech ~ Mr.. Butler GER
tain sentences attrihatcd 10 him. Sir. Dawes
uut 10 there with quotation marks. and Ian
-Uar- which he has! never used But he con-
-ci-d himself with the thought that one gets
G>s'i {" these things. With the proposed saving
eli 'iic fO>t Office Department; by the abolition
of thc Thanking privilege. il was stated that ct
tea~t .'+'v would H. saved. Ii now seems to
81 admitted that the Only wav tire saving is to
niadc = by compelling the Government to
V.y IL own postage. That would have 10 he
'i"ii@. ~ an appropriation from Congress. and
fni- locked much 10 him like taking money out
81 C1iJ rocket and putting IL in another. IL wa,
i.i> account that he had u,sd the expression
that Ia thought the mathematics OF the Post
'fH.C: Department was at fa3it-
~" ihrn referred to the statement of the Sec
ErtaEs al the Nav about tliC saving in coal,
ana showed. by reference to the book of e,Ji-
iHafc> that he correct in his first statements
that the saving could rot Re effected. He then
went on to- show that in al his speeches he had
cCniI dTetfthe estimates for The year, ending
~, aUi lS.0. He lad faithfully compared the
estimates Of this administrative with the e,ti-
mates of an administration that had gone down
before pubic sentiment for its prOrigacy. and
figures might be piled upon figures, and column
might be TaTshAlled after column, TO show the
difference between this and Andrew ,ichn-on's
administration, but IL wOuli EOt affect the
general result or anything lie had said upon the
subject. The figures might be tortured 10 suit
centlennen's views, Tut that would not disprove
what he had said The peculiar way of making
the estimates at the Treasury Department
md thsy wanted to explain their own
error after they had mi,ied the committee.
Tie EI.i stated the estimates they came
=" hfH, and coming from the proper depart
1T. liz had n right Ia suppose them correct.
We've told YESTERDAY. he said. that Andrew
-chU>oH'> administration made the estimates
ia>t year rot for what he would carry on the
Gov" rI.ment, but for what he wanted the in
coming administration to carry on the Govern
mont The appropriations were made, are
told. ~ a measure OF hostility To the incoming
s,fnlr ',;ratlon; Vet We are informed OF this and
ter ih" nTst time. and by a gentleman who was
appointment member of the committee that re-
sorted upon the appropriations for the year
en,u.. Jane ~, 1879. He called the attention
oI the House TO the fact that when Mr.. Butler
wa> ON the Appropriation Committee last year
he Was IN the line of spending uneNpenied bal
2rces. while the chairman Of lis committee was
80 carefully guarding the funds that he obtained
the raae of the watchdog of the Treasury
Mr. pave, again quotei at length from his for
ni;T speech and t.ien made a comparison with
the hook of estimates to show the general cor
rertnfSN az al the statements he had made.
Mr.. Dawes then referred IT, the fact that Mr..
Eui4,s had had read Yesterday . letter from the
he3d If "a Department that Mr.. Dawes had
never been there To inquire about the estimates
That v n ycTy a,tate, but the gentleman said
Npthlt arort other meInbcrs Of the commits,
having been there. Ii was not "a fair pro,.o,i-
;lnE- therefore, To- sav that because lac Mr.
'''tvrs was not AZ the War Department there
tore 10 invest CATION was n,dV. His COMMITTEES
had N'rhod III the performance OF their duties
ga a manner thai deserved the utpIOs: corn
tn"udati0n. and when the distribution of work
w:> H.'t,.c II was decided that each member of
IL. committee shOuld take certain DepartnppfS
~ The distribution he Mr.. Dawes was assigned
10 the Departments OF the Interior and TTe..-
urN- and. in order 10 relieve a rncm,,.r
who wanted 10 20 home during the recrs.
nc a'-o agreed 70 take the War DCpsrtmant
In iEc performance of h. duty he had called
uI"H t'c Secretary of the int.rior and In.
after fsd informed him that he could not cut
Down a. appropriations below the estimate,
-"tm''tt'- He Could not. the Secretary said
cat c"Ns anything inside OF as Department
bu' ht -dit he might possibly make a reduction
va S'iu' outside matters for instance at the
i''~i'.t't Tor the Insane: ~ the Deaf and Dnmh
A. luin. or az the Columbia Iying-in UosnitaI
tnJ Ne cOuif maze no other reduction anJ al
The same time, while thi, Secretary wa .avins
!nis, ;Eere was an uneSIcnded balance of S{p :
800 in one OF the bureaus OF hi, Department
MI Dawes then went to the Treasury DeI.art-
nlcHt. and was assured b. the Secretary there
th;'t u was impossible in any way to cut down
The estimates and then. acting under the t,I-
wee OF hi> friends, b. went to the President of
thc nited states. He oid not know whether
ne hai ihc confidence "f the President or not
~ might Le that his colleague Mr.. But,rrI had
n"re OF the confidence, and that the Pre.i
cent hsi taken his colleague To his bosom
AMI gwen him new LIE. He did moi Lnn.
now mat might be. nor could he ar
.uiate lhe chances IL such wa, the c.s,
BUT lac tDawcs) Was assured that the PreSid.n,
bcliefcd hIm To BE- his friend. When he ca,ia,
upon the President the latter talked of eco
omy. tie said his earnest desire Was IN hrin,
uovB the estimates. He said he had uad,. :
thorough examination Of the estimates OF tba
War Department, because he best knew the ne
cessities OF that Department and the estimates
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