The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-28

submitting the remarks wnich he did Bat far more
important thnn That was the other inquiry whether
what he said upon that occasion WAS true ind lie
stood today, after more than a week since It's de-
livery 10 submit To tie judgment of his peers that
not only was u nj season Tor dtlvering the speech,
but that wha he uttered was In all essential and I'm.
portant particulars,
rHr Truth.
. Mt. DAWES then " oc,Oatd, With the book or ca
timatcs in his bands, T., refer TO item amer item OF
the estimates OF tie varinrs dcpar, ,ments, and to
show that his original statements In regard to tho
excess OF estimates over the appropriations OF last
year were In every respect corrtct. felt II dutv
,So ,Sr me to contribute hut What was IN my power
ments expenses was upward, to induce those who
are responsible In these ins In the admin stration
the tendency should be downward. not upward.
nsnything Ia a test as to whether the tendency to
expenditure Is upward or downward in the depart
merits IL will he found In the Two items ior salaries
and contingent expenditures, and ask the Commit
ee TO isten, and say whether the salaries and con
uncent expenses as askcl for In this book OF tsti
mate, arr upward or downward US compared vitn
the expenses for the present year. The excess OF os
TOR saaries and coi ingcnt expenses Ia as follows:
Executive D. rtmcnf, proper 900 0o1; State De.
partment, sss.5O; lrcisury Department, s259.09O;
Department " the IutetOr tSS,s0s; Department
OF War, 90 40 less: Navy Department ,51,GTO;
Agncul,ura, Dcpnrime"t tC4,63O; Post Once De-
partment kjJ,sOo.
the TOTAL ErcEss
of estimates for salines and cOntingeu, expenses
this year Is sb2s,4GS. Take another Illustration.
fake the Nav Yard OF Washington, and imagine
now many OF INC NnVN, independent oil CIVIL
officers Il requires to take care OF IL IRE total Of
salaries for the Navy Yard OF Washington Is tg1 B3
lie sas esled whether 5000 or 10000 properly dis
tributei IN private ard would not be more enoc
two for the purposes OF the Navy Speaking OF
ApaiRALs' YACHTS,
he asserted that they cost each OF them q 800 day
II this fa5O0 day were t,k"n and used for subsi.
disinx the mercantile marine OF the country, 1t
would tend TO encourage trade, and enterprise. and
commerce, instead OF being mere
WASTE AND rsrLtss rLunxxRr.
II due As In n he In srior 10
that while he said II was impossible TO cot down
the force In bis Department be could eursail erpen-
the deaf and dumb asylum, and In the women's
ly,nsin;hOsPital. lLaush,er.l AZ that came time
down the estimates Of hts Dos artmcnt, there vss a
single buIeau there that had accumulated $4,000
year to year more than Il could use; and without
saying word about tnat surplus It was asking FOR
esisocc% % more, and saying positively 70 the Com
Tux rRssipsxr sxpsAciso CEN. nrrLrn
81 went away ffom the Treasury Department dis.
couraeod was advised TO 20 to the President my.
| befne nim. Bot (,fter short pause and In tone
Of ssdnessh do not know that accomplished any.
thing. do not know bot hat he has mors cont.
| dcnce In my colleague Butter taan In myself II
NAV bc that lie win take my colleague inio his bo
| som and wHrm HIM into new hfe: tL"uyhter.l I
| know not how that NAV nor can oa cuate what
NAV he the consequences OF that resuscl,o1 laugh.
teri, but iaIh would believe that th Prssiden DO
| lieVes me TO be his freud; and were ] 10 state
the simple truth Of wtAt passed between my,eif and
| him, 40 like HIM. 30 true u himscL T. II would be
better vlndc,ton OF him and me than any thing
that eau be said He talked OF economv. III .a,d
that Ills influence .hould be eSetted To bring down
sonai examination OF Tic e.t,na,ss for the War De.
| rsrmcnt. he knew tue necessities Of that De
partmrnt better tnan Others and he thou mt that tho
| estimates 'or that Department cot down as
low as theJ could b.. Alter that stniemcrt. from
man whose star In the administration OF affairs Is
econ % dld no, tnlnk worm while to appeal
Willie MIR. Dawes was speaking tho aisles In his
IGteN ttlNg I.l lxAlt IA
she number of ofncer. IN n. army. which was made
| Mr. BANKS dtcr., Mass) introduced q bill to
| amend the law constituting eight hour = days work
for Government, mech 1nlc-. sc. wheh reterred
| senate.
Petitions were presented by Messrs. Ramsey,
Drat" Pratt, Peterson, Conkiing, and Feoton, for
| Ict,tlons present d by Mr. Fcnton contains the
slgna,ures OF Assn citizens q Now York City. a
Scar ans Fund and Rctrea, OF New York, asking
TOR congressionai ae,ion 10 secure adequate pro
tor the support OF c. AID disabi,d men arriving
At tho port OF New York also Il resolution from the
Board OF Trace Of Buffalo, !or the repeal Of the In
MI PArTnMsoS .,s. Rsp n : rcnorted fayorsoy
upon collections from subordinate o'hcias 10
make sents to their superior OIL oers. Passed.
| John +. Lewis and John W. JohL son, Senators
eject from virginia, we're qualified.
rue ouRnEScI BILL
was then taken up, and Mr.. Howe (lep, wis.,, Mr.
sawyer lReps $. Cl Nj; MorrlIl gteo;, vtJ snj
MIR. Morton (tep. 1nd y addressed the Senate.
MIR. MoRros ssid tho proposition 70 LIMIT the In.
crease to St500oc, the ground that this amo un,
would satisfy the south and West for a rear or two
was conf sscdiy halfway measure. lie would
her have Congress grant TOO much than too itte
and T. crcfore ptopoe'd tie iner,ase OF t60 0OOGD0
hr. CAssEnLr (Deu.. Gu said that California had
never rclecoJ tue eurreucy Of the Govern m,nt, but
wLl- uslng awful gold and silver they had 81 ways
lten ready 10 receive paper nt lts iar value There
could be, be Thought, no valid ar-umeut against
their ght to do that
mir; CoRBErT lllep., Oregon explain that in the
Pac nc Suite, amer the premium on gold had nd.
vancd, 1t was very dIfncut to establish a banking
slsen' und'r the Na'ionsl Currency nc. There was
but one oank In tae State OF Oregon, that ort-
| land VII ch issued "A atlonll bank note.
| MIR. PArTEHsos sIid New England had boen made
the scdpegoat IN the present discussion without sum
| cient prov Ocion. She had been IN Ide accountable
Tor the s'ringency o the money maract Vt the West
and south The facts were that IN the FIRST ban king
an It 1s- provided that $i6OO00,0O TO DO dts
tributed aceOrd TO capital and business OF the
vanouA States. In the nt Il act that provision vas
le uut, but In the act Of iS6o was renewed, bc-
cause the Govern mcDt fUu Nd itself OF money
Con ress did not tink II best 70 issue gr-en-
hacks or ltEal tenders, because BY so doing they
were lnterruptin. the business OF the country and II
wHs necG-uury business should continue IN order
that the wnr might be carried on. But the Govern.
mcnt nteded more money, and the money was
necessary BY witch New England money
could be secured to the Goy,rnmc to
cry on thc war; 0nd 90 tie State banks were
| harks unprOduc I've. New Englanl was thus forced
10 take this national bank ste. *; aud gentlemen
| should not now come here from th South unl West,
and complain tha she has the li1n. share Of olrcu.
lation sue had mpy done her duty n,ier compul.
sion. II not her iau. that The South and 20
| had not taken their quota
| Mr., CAMEHoS rep, Pa moved TO adjourn, and
| at II tho oelato aGJOurnrd.
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