The New York herald., 1870-01-27

Chairman OF the COMMITTEES on Appropriations % TO
the propriety OF deerrlng the proposed removal AS
nna 70 .ae argument that the removal o. the Pnade
commerce OF the port he remarked that he had read
In IN tne papers the other day that the commerce Of
Philadelphia last month had dwinded down TO
000 and he thought that there coast surface
enough along the Delaware TO accommodate the
merce that Philadelphia was likely to acquire.
The bill, on motion Of Mr.. DAWES, was laid on the
taD'e-yeas "a, nays ".
Mr.. JULIAN, rep.) OF Ind, offered resolution or
inquiry as TO the appointment OF land commits
sioner 10 be charged with the SPECIAL duty oil fa
ciltating the acquisition OF homeseads by freedmen
and other landless people in the Southern states
Mr.. WILSON, rep.) or OHIO, offered resolution Of
inquiry as To The extent ana value OF the imports OF
foreign commodities susceptible of production In the
United states, as plants useful for dyestuffs med
cines food, textile and horous materials and other
economical purposes. Adopted.
Mr. JONES tdem.) OF KY. asked leave to offer
resolution declaring that the public debt should pe
paid strictly according To the contracts that the part
specified to be paid in coin SHOULD be so paid. and
the part specified 10 be PAID in currency should be
paid In currency as all other debts are paid. and
that any policy to return TO specie payment while
tue public dept exists or 70 fnnd the same the
principal payable IN COIN would be an outrage upon
the taxpayers OF the country and direct Legislation
for capital against labor.
Objection being made the resolution was not re-
ceiyed.
THE LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL APrRo-
Iii PRlArloN BILL.
The House then, at fifteen minutes past two
O'Clock, went into Committee or the Whole, Mr..
cessna IN the char, and took up the Legislative,
Executive and judicial Appropriation bill.
SPEECH OF GENERAL BUTLER ON GOVERNMENT Ex-
PENsEs.
Mr.. BUTLER. (rep) OF Mass. addressed the COM
mittee as 10 Inc expenditures OF the administration.
reinaIAm9 that II was discussion Of grave facts
aiiu nSlifes Wnlcn would be anything put interest.
lng except to those who desired to learn the exact
conulllon OF President Grants administration In
pabc opeS economy orae, n ae N o.
ne nad reduced his remarks TO writing.
lae object, he said, OF the speech OF his colleague
INT. Dawes was TO snow to the untninklng and un-
reiiectlng that the first year OF President Grants
administration called for the appropriation OF
$40 2.5S7 than for the expenditures OF the last
year OF Johnson's administration. Because OF the
corruptlons ana exIravagRnt expenditures OF that
administration the people drove IL from power. rms
was what hau gone TO the country, because the
carefully concealed fact that that S40 600 0U0 In
large degree. only appeared IN the typographical
Wnicn never mad gone TO the country. The
estimates OF S303, 900 made by Andrew
johnson and his secretaries were not FOR wnat he
what General Grant should carry it on for
OF course, the temptation oil those outgoing secre-
tarles was to make show OF economy by abandon.
ing all pubic works, ana by Understanding every
possible expenditure, so as To embarrass The ia
coming administration ana cause 1t to bring IN a
large deficiency bill, upon winch the democrats
might found charge OF extravagance against the
republican party; but In tneir widest imagination
chairman OF the Committee on Appropriations
Eanld ss the Wiling mstramenL Of their designs.
sIl GioTe fatal mlsc5sceDEi6f Sf Tue lfal' " iE.
Chairman OF the Committee on Approprla-
lions, and a sill greater deception on the
country. whether Intentional not, was III
ooyerIo9Ssin1g ,oso sas fact mat the estimates
pended balances, the balance for The navy then
being thirty eight million dollars and that FOR the
QuarteruasLer's Department OF the army SIX NH
lion dollars. Those balances were now expended,
and substantially every dollar available for the
future would nave to be appropriated from the
revenues " was hard to beileve That colleague
dldinot know tnat great and dcerninlng TACT WHICH
answered his attack upon the republican party; ana
1t was stii harder 10 believe that knowing II n.
ceaed 1t. Had ne been seduced by the lacs tnat
predecessor, Mr. Wasnburn, ILLINOIS, had by cut
tn9 down the appropriations upon the strength or
the unexpended balances got reputation for econ.
oiny ana was patted on the BACK as tne bulldog or
the treasury Was 1t not possible that ms colleague
would sacrifice the INTERESTS ard success OF parCy
To nis own sefagg randilenent In TINS connectlon2
Mr.. Butler read letter 10 himself from Secretary
Boutwell, giving The uneXpended balances oi June,
1855, as foilQws:-
war Department. Sl04. 833 2o1
Navy Department OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $3.50 b3l
Indian and Pension departments. 20,Ul7,eoo
SlVH serVlce. .t...................... III, 414 63S
Total q 81 426 45g
liesutnng his argument ne SAID that Audrey Jonn-
sons secretaries IN 1865 should have made their
estimates IN view oi those Da,anccs, while General
Grants secretaries III 1863 made their estimates
without any view Of such balances IN the Treasury,
those balances being substantially expended As to
the War department. the estimates Tor the year end
Ing June 80, 1869, were 500 600 000 ana II 70 that
were added the old war debt paid II would bring iG
to sSo0o0,o00. The army expenses for the
year ending June 50 1870, the arst year or General
Grant, were S44,oO00o0. The reduction In the army
expenditures IRON the last year ol Mr.. Jollson's
the first year OF General Grants administration
was So, y25 and the estimated reduction for the
next year was 50, l9, las; and he trusted that that
reduction would still go on. AS TO the Post ONCE
Department. his colleague knew that nearly
$l2,000,000 OF the estimated excess was clerical
error. Why omit stating that II his statement was
not the ingenious plea or al adversary OF the All
minlstrat0n endeavoring to fastcn upon 1t charge
OF extrava.1nceS lhe whole amount asked for by
the Post oiice Department, instead OF being
$50 l34 76f as appeared IN the book OF estimates,
was s27,4t2633. Ought NOT the chairman Of the
Committee on Appropriations, oelore he made an
attack upon aN administration OF which he
stood in The place or leader III the House to have
ascertaned such errorY Tut the error nad been dis
covered at the department on the 7rh OF December
and his colleague mad been notIted or II. Referring
in THIS CONNECTION 70 the proposed ABOLITION Of the
iranklng privilege ne expressed his desire TO see 1t
abolished, because IT was an impeachment and null
sance Dut lie wished TO see IL abolished Ior every
body everywhere and above all after the lmpudenJ
howng or certain newspaper ers about tne franking
privilege. lie wanted 70 see every newspaper pay
It's postage ior the use oI the frankng privilege
having The mails loaded down with IN many IN
stances dee.erous sheets, spreading advertise
ments OF quack nostrums and abortion
medicines all over the land. When the New
York Tribune paid at the same rate Ly
the poor paid for his letter, tnen the abolition
OF the franking privilege would be nigh at hand.
But while all papers wiGnln the country were sent
Tree, and weekly papers nearly Tree, ne desired a
little modesty on the part OF editors IN demanding
blC aDOltlOu VI lEduhluS privilege lOT OtueF
people.
AS 10 the Navy Department. and his colleagues
sneer at the attempted economy IN COAL ne showed
that lnsiead Oh coal Tor the navy costing ~l5J 900
year the estimates Tor coal for the TWO years 1865
ana 1869 amounted to si,3,o0oo. As to the Treasury
Department, he proceeded 10 show tnat the excess
III the estimates was caused by The legislation OF
| Congress III ordering the erection OF pubic
| WORKS sucn as The New York and Bos.
| ton Post Oflices, &C., which made difference
against last year OF over $6,0000 00o HIS colleague
had not seen lit 10 pay his respects particularly to
che State Department. perhaps because the differ
ence only s32 0o0 but tnat department. like all
the rest could stand the true test Of economy
| penditure. The expenditure Tor the pasJ year in
that department was S94, 900 less tnan the last
wear OF Mr. Johnsons administration. As to the In
terror department. ne thought he could account Tor
| sl2,UsO 600 OF the excess OF estimates The expa.
nation was to be found IN the TACT tnat now, for The
first time appropriations were made directly for the
Patent Oce instead OF being paid out OF the Patent
Onice Iund; that the Land once required $4,000
| additional for land surveys owing 10 the immense
! immigration, and that there was d difference OF
Sll, 900, 900 for pensions, owing TO an uneXpended
balapce last year, --...-,.9r
Euf his colleague had omitted to mention the ex-
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