The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-09
THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS.
7IfE CHES1ETT.rLD OFEr-i ~ t.Ss
INI BIIILR UR.:NtIR.

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EXtrUvEuaucr.
During the debate on the DeG,.cne, " Gin,
House yesterday. Sir. DIVES O{,... a. ,.t
MIR. Peters O,cr, OF Ma'ncN hat 60 ..g... Tin
which the rctrit IN nearly al ts fer. . .... sci
ron onc 10 q ct IN Oc-mos' ... Nor
An amendment hal Icon oir,tod Dig ~, f..u 10
Increase the ccrrens. lion Of certain s'... Mr.
DAWES opposed the amen lmout Vl;H v. u.. %, lr.
cltrcl that ne would tel the country '... ..,t,
which Is responsible FOR the cxpuul .,i...... bic
money had roiusoi to hoir its.lf u, tl.l..r.qt ot
public economy. He Id as much e '..t 90 sigty
any living man, but lie la more '.t, tho
good OF the county. There was
SOMETHING ABOVE PARTY,
and he Intended tnat the country s.o.3 .1,v, on
whom the responsibility for extrdvagauce -. ...L II
the House made APPROPRIATIONS to ncrci,. .., nav
of it, officials he would withdraw fro ti. Cia,ni,-
tee Of Conference, in which, for the last taiG., he
had been trying to impress on the Sanl,a ,l.' was
improper and ineNpcdient at this time, Ni't tho
heavy taxation resting the pe'rc. TO rp TO rais-
ing the compensation Of officials Of Cjnrrcss
lie had duty 10 perform. and he inca 'e 90 per
form H. lie did mt promise to go to o.. ca.lutry
with any false proence that this Congress como
nical unless the figures shout bear him on
Mr. ALLisoS (iiep, Iiwa) suggested tl,A Mr.
Dawes, should state that the proposition caashon
the other Side.
Mr. DAwrs-Yes hut It cannot succeed unl,.s tho
majority on this side vote Tor IT,
Mr. PETERS called attention TO the fac, inst 'hcro
WIS one member on lis side OF the House D., auina
hlmselO who secondc tho motion.
Mr.. DAWES remarked that he was not ,ururised
at ,he gentleman from Maine coming NJ TO sun,
port OF tie proposition, because tie r""oid could
bear him out In saying that the gentleman IRON
Maine had never failed to vote for
ruE HIGHEST srvs,
and the greatest Increase Of compensa and salary
ever since he had been member y! tic t,..o.
Mr. PETERS (brCaking inl-1hat Il rrqu, 'rodiy
not true. |. l. absolutely not true, lilo et1nd
here TO have such slandorous assertions pu. RI me
Mr. DAwEs-I repeat what I said. and uu'l tho
gentleman hnl on the record \ single iu, 'ance
where he has failed to come uD to the tiru a. what
] have said. will not withdraw word o! IT, In
the last Congress and in tails Congress tlc c,atle-
man from Maine las Been. in - ason and ou' Of sea-
SON always urling, always voting, always q .aking
pualicly, and more frequently privately. around lie
House, urging tue larecst expenditure and When
the gentleman from Maine chlr.cs that I am s'1,lng
what is not true, he shall have the hencat Of his
also that he has been always in favor OF
TIE BIGGEST JOBS.
Mr.. PETERS repeated that what the gentleman
from Massachusetts had said OF him was not true,
and That lie (DaFes) ought TO know II. lie had
more frequently voted against than ,or rasin. sal
aries, but the gentleman himself had voted for
giving larger CON ocnsation to the 'cm.e EN-
ployees in the various departments, and he dehed
tlat gentleman TO show any such vote on hi' tNr.
against paying Is eco to a contestant fer seat.
While the gentleman had voted for 1t. II the gen.
tleman had got as msch
PERCEPTION AND SENSE
In that as In other matters he should BE- ashamed to
10 say 10 the House that he (Mr. PETERS had given
wrongful votes. lie deried the ioul dispersion.
Mr. RANDALL Dem, P1) criticised Mr. Dawes,
and said that his course In rogari TO economy had
been that OF man rowing one way anil looking
another lie sorry 90 hear hiu threaten 10 re-
sign: but even IL he did the House would run on.
Notwithstanding the gentleman stood here and
played
THE PART or CLOWN
tSuldeu fall Of the Speakers hamner1
withdraw that expression. tLaugEtcr1
Mr. DAVIS asked pirdon of the House i he had
uscd any supplementary language, AMI intimated
that lie would apologize 10 the gentleman from
Maize his demeanor had been such as TO deserve IL.