Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-12

the appropriation for public printing
was passed.
The joint resolution providing fOl
the appointment Of Joint committee
20 consider all matters relative to the
| lndIan tribes, was discussed by Har-
Ian, Stewart and Thurman, and final
I ly the latter moved its indefinite DOst-
| pOnement, which was defeated bv the
| casting vote of the President
and went over to make way for the
/ Tennessee bill.
/ Mr.. Wilson submitted and adyOca-
ted an amendment, to allow the issue
Oh lO-iO per cent. bonds, exchange
aoie Ior the 3-2ls at the discretion of
the Secretary OF the Treasury.
The amendment to the second Sec
tiOn, to extend the time in which the
4 per cent. bonds should be paid from
~ to 40 years, was agreed to; and Mr..
Wilson's amendment was then re-
jected.
Mr. Norton offered an amendment
20 the third section, which, he said
proposed the retirement Of the legal
tenders, by funding them into a bond
without issuing an equal amount Of
national bank notes, and thus prOvid-
ing tor contraction.
1OUse.--SeveraI bills for the extern
sion of patents passed.
Mr.. Schenck desired the House to %
into committee of the whole on the
tariff bill, and Mr.. Dawes on the de-
ticiency bill, and pending the discus
sion, Mr.. Schenck offered a resolution
which was adopted, asking the Secra-
tary Of the Treasury and Connnis-
siOner Of Internal Revenue for an
opinion On the expediency of abolish
ing the collection of import duties
and the internal reveue tax, and on
the shares of penalties to officers or
iniOrmeFs.
The House then went into a Com
mittee Of the Whole on the tariff bill.
and Mr.. Mccarthy spoke in favor Of
the tariff, but desiring a reduction of
the duties on tea, coffee, sugar and
spices. Much of his remarks v ere
devoted to the salt question. and
argument for the protection of home
articles.
The tariff bill was then laid aside,
anu ghe committee proceeded to the
consideration Of the deficiency bill,
approprlausg an aggregate of s.. AZ, :
III including the following items:
Public printing and binding, s2O0. 600: /:
iithOgraphing and engrOssing. SI5. 900 /:
reconstruction expenses, S385, 600.
Mr.. Beck said he did not propose to
be able to say anything % OverwheIm
anybody nor was he making a state
ment Tor the purpose of making anv
unjust criticisms on the chairman of
the Committee on Approximations.
lie had seen nothing from that GENTLE
man except 3 desire to econ0mize.
but when that gentleman and the
speaker OF the House announce that
there had been expended sixty mil
lions less during the first wear
OF President Grants admins
tratIon than were expended dur
ing the same time of President
JohnsOn'5 administration, and that
these figures were taken from the Off
cial records, he would say that they
were both mistaken, in his Judgment,
to the extent of not less than sixty or
.seventy-tive millions. His opinion
was that the expenditures of the Gov
erament for the current wear were
nearly S400, ,00O, 900 more than any
Otheri the figures Of the gentleman
could estimate, certainly, nearer than
they were TO SS14, ,000, 900. Why did he
say so? Because, the Secretary OF
the Treasury failed tOgive any account
OF the UneXpelded balance on hand at
the close of the Last fiscal year, as he
was required by law tOdo.