The New York herald., 1870-01-28

and contingent expenses, as asked for In tnN book
with ths are upward Or -
=. estimates over the appropriation for the present
icar ior salaries and contingent expenses are fol-
state a Department t3s,6ao; Treasury Department,
nart department OF the Interior, $50 sos; De-
ttSa ton1 ano VI war, sd460 less; Navy Department,
| *oo,o'o; Agricultural Department, 464, $50; Post
once Department $50 500
Ihe .otal excess of estimates for salaries and con-
flngent expenses ior those iepartments over the
sppropaaaols IAN, OF This year are nve hundred aud
iWenly tight thousand four hundred ana sixty eight
| dollars. Take another Illustration Take the NAVY
fard OF washington, and Imagine how many oficera
u .ne navy, naependent OF civil officers II requires
Here Mr., Dawes read the list OF olYcers emuloyea
number was twenty and that the amount of their
| salaries was forty-two thousand six hundred and
eighly.nire dollars. Besides these the salaries OF
| the Navy Yard, amounted 70 forty-eght thousand
nine nine hundred aud 70 forty-siS dollars, making grand
ninety one thousand Six hundred and tnlrty.nyc
dollars. He suggested whether eight ten thous-
yard, would not be more enective ror the
purposes or the navy Speaking OF Admirals yachts
day II this 81, 500 q day was taken and used for
subsidzing the mercantile marine OF the country 1t
would tend TO encourage trade ana enterprise and
commerce, instead Of being mere waste and use
| less nummery.
! Referring to the suggestion made yesterday by Mr.
Butler that he (Dawes should have gone TO the de-
partinents TO Inquire INTO any supposed errors ne
was compelled 10 say just what had transplred, aud
been unfair UNJUST. When the estimates were nut
! IN the hands OF the Committee on Appropriations
| the departments were allotted among the nine mem.
bers OF the committee: ana he would say here that
the democratic members OF the committee were az
faithful as any OF them IN the discharge OF that duty.
With these balances staring them IN the face the
members OF the committee were charged with the
| duty OF visiting oil the departments and seeing
! where the estimates could be cut down the Inte-
ror Department aud the Treasury Department had
iallen 70 his lot Inc other depariments were dts
trDuted among the Otner members or the committee.
| Eight Of the nine members Of the committee mad
| spent the three weeks OF holiday in that WORK and
| had been constant visitors at the departments. Ho
himself had visited, according to tho charge imposed
upon him. the Interior Department and the Treasury
Department, and when or the committee had to
go home he had taken on his hands the war Depart
| ment The otner members OF the COMMITTEES had
balances to them and they had each reported to the
comnittee that they were for the balances bQt
cut down. II was due to the Secretary Of the Inte
rior to say that while he said 1t was impossible to
cut down the force In hts department. he could cur
tail expenditures outside III the hospital the In
sane, in tac deaf and dumb asylum and in tue
women's lying-rn hospital. (Laughter) At that
same time when the Secretary OF the Interior could
not cut down the estimates for his department. there
was a siuge Bureau there that had accommodated
from year TO year more than II could use, and with
out saying word about that surplus II was asking
s24s 900 more, and saying positively to the commit
/ tee thai II could not curtaii one penny.
! MIR. Dawes went on 10 relate like experiences In
the Treasury I Departmeat, and sa.d:-.'l went away
the counsel OF influential gentlemen In the party,
with this book OF estimates under my arm, which
mas been my constant companion Tor SIX weeks and
| was ADVISED to 70 to the President myself; and
lald these estimates and these balances before nim
| But-(aiter u short pause ana in tone or sad
! ness-I do not know that accomplished anything
| do not know but That he has more confidence In
! my colleague Butler than In myself 1t may be
| that he VIII take my colleague into hls
| bosom and warm him INTO new life ti4augh-
teri ! know not -how that may be. nor can
| calculate wnat win be the consequence or that re-
suscaton. tLaughter.l But fain would believe
that tho President believes me TO be his friend;
MAJ IN Sfnfn ma m mi nj nat
| tween myself and him, ike him so true to him
sell, 1t would be better vlndcaton OF him and OF
| me than anything that can be said He talked OF
| economy lie said that his influence should be ex-
erted 10 bring down these estimates he said that
| he had made personal examination OF the esJi-
mates for the War Department. He knew the neces-
sites OF tnat department. better than others,
sns. ana re oaGh % snss cu tue a estimates for
as they could be. After that statement
from man whose polar star IN the administration
affairs ~ economy, did not think 1t worth while
| to appeal from him TO the Secretary, who had not
been a month IN hts seat and whose second o1icial
letter to my colleague aid OF his assault on the
Committee on Appropriations in It's efforts to reduce
| the expenditures. therefore, SIR examined into
all the departments committed to my charge ana l
say Lhat every other one Of them was examined Dy
the otner members OF the committee In The Same
way and now, was Il worth while for u.s. with that
knowIege, TO try and induce the represen-
Ses Of Inc people 10 Gan aSw If ,S
suits OF laws enacted here, and here was the place
10 undo them. Many of them were addressed 70
/
and TO act on that discretion. Many OF them result
from,apuses OF long standing. There are to-day i've
hundred officers OF the army OF duty more than are
necessary supernumerarles. Can any one tell me
| what the annual draft on the Treasury for their
way in rank, as an average. and multiply
that by five hundred, aud you Will nnd
that there - paid annually 10 these supernumerary
oliicers onef miiIion TWO hunarea aud iilty thou.
| sand dollarsas salary NOBODY at the other end OF
the avenue Ii responsible for tnar; we are respon.
| slble for II, and l submit whether we ought
| not TO hold up these expenditures before our eyes
so that we may see where we can cut them down.
These are but Instances coming to us through the
administrator OF the past. but we are responsible
unless we apply the pruaing knife aud cut or these
expenditures. submit, Mr.. Chairman that here
where stood was the place and that 1t was emi.
nenuy proper that the Committee on ApprOpria- a
tions should do what 1t could 10 arouse sentiment
In the House OF Representatives, In favor OF uniting
III every effort OF any OF the departments any of
the executive offices 70 cut down these expcndi-
lures.
say tnat have maintained the three PROPOSE
tions with which M SET out long time ago IN these
casion FOR me to make that speech; thar
the speech was Irue as ! made IL, and
sir in general terms, desire to state that in tnl:
| work the committee felt, ana feels tD.day that II
had no hostility TO any branch Of the Kovernmcnt
II was making war on any branch oil the government
but with earnest desire and with full belief that
IL would have all suitable aid from others. the
mittee propose go and. II It could be sustained
IN this House. 70 make. instead Of an upward
tendency In The public expenditures, downward
tendency ana o further reduction from what
was appropriated last year; SO that The country
understand that, inasmuch as III this Congress lies
the power 10 relieve them from tue heavy burdens
OF taxation, 1t shall be done so that the country
may understand that whatever pledges OF economy
have been made shall be redeemed, and 80 that
every industry THAT can DC hghtened OF Its burden
shall have the benefit OF our Efforts in that line.
| During most of the time that Mr.. Dawes was
making his speech the aiscs IN his vicinity were
crowded with members. 80 that It was not an easy
matter for accurate report TO DO made OF his re-
| marks. lie spoke for nearly Two hours, aud when
| he concluded the committee rose.
| BfLL FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.
| Mr.. LOGAN, qrepl OF ILL.,, from the Committee ON
Military Affairs reported bill to reduce tis number
OF o(icers Ia the army. which was made the special
| order Tor Wednesday next
| EIGHT HOUR LAW
Mr.. BANKS, Tep.j Of Mass. introduced a bill TO
amend the law constituting eight bOurs days work
for government mechanics, &C., which was REFERRED
Mr.. STEVENSON introduced . Dill 70 abolish mile
age. Referred.
THE YERGER MURDER CASE.
Mr.. SCBENck, trepo OF OHIO. asked leave to Oner a
resolution calling on the President for Information e
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