Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-12

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Mr.. Dawes of Mass, meved that when
the Hopae adjourn today II DO till Monday. |
Mr.! Cobntn, OF Ind, said there we're SOW |
cIai gentlemen who desired 10 speak, and |
he hoped The gehtIenian would modify his |
motion 90 a. 10 allow q aeasionl for debate |
only ~ In Oommltiee Of Mo Whole. z. II
Z, M. Dawes accepted the modlheauon, ana
ne spsaicr sald Inc Tentieman from In
dana NJ Cobufn1. would preside % nor
row AZ IN Commiltes or the whole, NJ. 70
burn having uugrnatsd the session Tor
debate. tThh announeemsut caused
smile through The hall, tsa. lgia.u.
Tho house fhen considered rcportA from
the COMMITTEES On Patents m. ~
r. Ftlel tnE TAnfTT BILL.
On motion Of Mr.. Bchenck, the House |
went Into COMMITTEES Of the Whole on the
.,sria blu. (Mn Wheeler, Of N.Y. In the
M, Mebarshy, Of New York, addressed
the COMMITTEES IN favor OF the bill.
DEFICIENCY APPROXIMATION BILL. 4
when Nj. Mccarthy closed the comInlttee
aid aside the tariff blu and took up the de-
| nciency appropriation bill.
Mr.. Beck, Of Kentucky, member OF the
| Committee on Appropriations, In speaking
upon the blu, said the introduction Of this
| measure was al variance with the utierances
| OF tho Speaker Of the House and OF the
chairman Of the Committee on Appfopria-
| lions, both Of whom had told the country
that the policy OF thu Admlnlstrailon wa
retropehment, aud that no balances or dsn-
eiencles were 70 be brought In. nc si.o
| Hampshire, In which he Mr.. Dawcsl stated
that he was charged with message from
/ TIA Presideut that there would be no great
| and mutual sums required for the Govern
/ meat during the current year.
| He then referred 70 . message recently
sent 70 the House by Secretary Boutwell,, In
reply 10 q resolution OF The House, In which
Ne was called upon 70 stats the unexponded
| balances, and said the sum OF nIneiy-four
millions and over had been withhsld In the
estimate, aud that this must be added 10 the
sums expended this year. This Information,
4 he charged, had been withheld from the
people not only BY the Secretary Of tho
| Treasury, but also BY Mr.. Blaine In late
letter on The subject, and BY Nj. Dawes In
his New Hampshire speech. The amount OF
was a little over two millions OF dollars, but
before II was passed through the Senate II
would DO increased 10 ave millions OF dollars,
and the country would bo surprised n u was
not greater. lie commanded that upon true
showing Il would Be Demonstrated that tho
Interest-bcaring debt Of the country was a.
great to-day a. twas in March, 1859, the
monthly statements Of the Treasury Depart
mont 70 the contrary notwithstanding.
The expeuseso OF the Government were nov
much greater because clerks were paid out
Of what was called The one per cent. fund
fund which had not been taken Into con-
alteration In the general estimates, and
which was paid bcaldes the amounts appro-
prlatod Ia the several bills. He exhibited q
list OF four thousand clerks who he said
were all receiving pay largely In ereess Of
tho amount appropriated and allowed them
By law. These extra payments and other
amounting, a. he said before, TO nlnel flour
million dollars, and about which the House
and the country nothing.
Tho Speaker OF the House In his letter and
Mr.. Dawes In his New Hampshire speech
had said thai the expenses had diminished,
and that there was not, and would not be as
much stealing this year AZ there was last.
He( Mr.. Beck admitted that those statements
were true. But he reminded the House that
II there was stealing under Mr.. Johnson's
administration, II was ehargoablo 10 the
Radical party then a. Il ID now, for most Of
the stealing took place now In the Internal
Revenue Bureau, and In that Bureau, under
Johnson's administration, as now, the Offices
were allied BY Radical ofiee-holders. Mr..
johnson tried for months and months TO get
rid OF Rollins, under whom all this stealing
was gong oul Anu tue hepuphoAu phy
! always refused to allow the removal. II
there was stealing, therefore, Il was charge.
able 10 the Rapieai party.
Mr.. Beck, In continuation, said there were
, large sums expended elsewhere, and all
came ut OF unexpended balances, Of which
the II use had no account, and u was thli
that sWelled the expenditures 70 such NJ
! enormous extent. He had no doubt OF IN,
: Thorough honesty OF Mr.. Boutwell,, bui
ssNk lsa wvaralA nIlV
through his hngers. In his remarks, how
, ever, Mr. Beck took occasion 70 say that h
did not wish 10 be understood a. oppoeinf
, the pending bill, for no believed II was abso
} lutely necessary 10 the conduct OF the Gov
eminent that the amounts therein nAmet
, ahou I be appropriated.
) Nj Coz, OF n. T., said he had conun
! drum which he wonld like Mr.. Dawes Il
answer. chad made one statement on thu
floor OF this House, and had made a state
I msnt somewhat different In the populal
forum and before the people Of New HAmp
shire. He wanted the gentleman 10 explalr
| these conflicting statementa, 90 that h,
II might reclaim the confidence Of the House
, what BIO wanted 10 know was whether tn,
: gentleman blew hot upon the door Of tn
:. House, and blew cold In New Hampshire
, He would Ike 10 have this question answered
4 Mr.. Dawes said that he had on preViou
5 occasion said that ID was Of no great conse
quence what his record was, but II be hai
Z made a false statement no must loose tn
/, confidence Of the House. He desired tn
J. House 10 believe him honest In his state
/ ments, whether he know anything the Housl
{ might judge. The gentleman from New
: York Mr.. Coxl had charged him with max
. ing one GtAiement hero and another In New
{ Hampahlre. He reAnlrmed what he ha'
4 said here, and appealed TO the Globe for
: record OF what he had aAld. He reanirmet
what he had said In New Hampshire, which
. had been quite correctly correctly stated her
1 to-day.
i The difficulty with the gentleman from
a New York was that he aid not seom 10 know
. what he had said here. In no words that b
uttered here did he say that this Adminii
+ tlon was more extravakant than that Q
\ Andrew johnson. he did State that IN
+ ostlmates for The next year were create
than they were In the book OF estimates 70
4 this year by the predicate administration Q
} | Andrew Johuoon. He aAld In New Hamr
+ shlre that the estimates were too much, an
3 he took the responsibility Of saying so. II
. aiso sAid then that no took 10 the people Q
Q New Hampshiro from the President OF III
a United Btatea, and he gave them that me-
= eage. But no had said nothing In hia speec
= in thls House that Justify the remark OF ID
gentleman from New York, Mr.. Cor. Their
: WAS nothing In the fAets that JUSTIFIED tn
remark. ltE
. Mr.. MeFesiy, or nlInoln, produced cop
1 OF Mr.. Dawes spoech and wanted 10 cal
. his attention 70 what be did say.
n Mr. Dawes declined 10 yield. He wante
. now 10 answer Mr.. Beck and Mr.. Cor, an
Il two 81 time was enough. He said Nj
8 Beck's statement a. 70 the expenditure Q
. nincty-iour millions was based upon a state
ment OF unexpended balances recently trani
! mltted 10 the House, and II was not props
4 basis nom which 70 argue, because tha
d amount was for different year, and not 70
. tho current year. Theao unexpcnded bA
i ancea come In al different periods, and th
: gentleman must waIl until next July, befor
) be can strike the sum total OF unsxpende
4 balances under President Grants admin
: tration. These unexpended balances AT
Q made up at the several bureaus, and
4 parallel oolumnA they put down the amour
q OF estimates required Tor the current yea
Tho gentleman nom Kentucky haA take