The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-15
DOUBLE SHEET-THREE GENTS.

Tine Hospital remarked that he had very gOod
authority for saying that the building now being
erected was entirely unit fer the use TO which IL was
Mr., Judd asked Mr.. Farnsworth to state his au-
thority. II..r nan, -rr.. r
his informants TO the committee now investigating
the subject. l,E U.. ..'-
Mr Morgan argued that the House should not be
called upon to vote on large appropriations without
an opportunity OF understanding them lie wished
gentleman an Nr DawesS % had forgotten the role which
he had assumed some time ago as tue guardan OK
Mr.. Randall called attention to the appropriation
for the New York Post ONCE, which the Hohse mao
liked at 100000 which the Senate had raised to
$500 000 and which the conference report raised 70
sl,O00, o6O, and so as TO the Boston Post ONCE.
Mr.. Dawes explained the matter, which was fur
ther discussed by Messrs Butler Qass.) and Farms
The report Of the Post once Committee on the
subject having been read, Mr. Butler (Massl said ne
was informed that that report had never been con-
sdered in the committee
Mr.. Farnsworth remarked that the gentleman
from Massachusetts (Mr. Buter) undoubtedly knew
more about the business OF all the committees Of the
House than those committees themselves knew.
Il was very strange that the report had not been
considered in committee when II was signed by six
members OF It. That committee considered two
and half millions as sufficient for the New York
Post ONCE and one million for the Boston Post
onlce, but so much money had been already badly
spent on these buildings that those estimates were
probably too low. If the Secretary OF the Treasury
and the Postmaster General would do their duty
committee and require bids and give contracts to the
lowest responsible bidders the cost might be brought
down to the amounts recommended by the Post
once Committee and at all events he thought il
best to concur in the report Of the conference
mittee.
Mr.. Lawrence remarked that the conference re-
port recommended agreeing in lump to seventeen
Senate amendments which the House had rejected,
and to six additional appropriations, and said he
objected to acting the report unless the chairman
(Mr. Dawes explained every item, unless the re-
port was referred to the Committee on Appropria-
tons. lie would never give his vote to an appropr-
alton OF three millions for any one building In the
republic until the national debt provided for
until the great water communications of the country
were improved as they ought to be, as they were
much more necessary than those public buildings.
Mr.. 0'Neil desired to know how hard the ge ntle-
man from Massachusetts, (Mr. Dawes) had struggled
to keep down these appropriations, whether he had
equalled his efforts in that direction on the Naval
Appropriation bill? lt i'
Mr. dawes replied that he felt that he did, except
to the appraisers stores In Philadelphia laugh
ter.) He had thought that he would let up little
on them tA ~ ll-t-
Mr.. Brooks On. Y.), member OF the conference
committee, suggested that Mr. Dawes should let the
matter go over till tomorrow, and let the report be
printed In the meantime.
Mr.. Dawes said he had no objection to let that
motion be made. y i.r
Mr.. Allison made the motion and moved the pre-
vious question on 1t.
The House refused to second the previous ques-
tion. ....... 80 t.. l-Il.t
Mr.. Dawes then moved the previous question on
the adoption OF the report. Seconded