The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-21
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Remarkable speech AJ. NJ: Dawes
E-seSrchiag Expoas Of OR6iaI Ery
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In the itSusc Of RspIsseRhtlves Tues
Jay the confederation Of tip Bill for tht
traliSfer Of the Philadelphia Navy Yard 4
4 league Island being updor consideration
| Nr-DawGSsJNAAe ran argument againsi
the piSsage.6I She bill He showed: thai
under II, Hs3t copld have beel t0rcet
through 6ihder, thalpreviouS question, tht
Secretary Of tlley 6&Hy e0ald sell three
millions WORRIED property AtPFivate salt
i1.tha Philadelphia Navy Yard, to whom
liz pleased and on WhAt1erns he pleased
the0nly obligation on him being tlINt h
should obtain tho approval Of the Prest
dent, who, ifOnr the nature OF his duties
could pay no personal regard GratteGttQl
tuthc proceedings. The Secretary Of th!
Navy could sell the property to spny I'of'
sOnal or pOlilical friends on any terms lH
clESc, and. cOllllsRpply the proceeds I!
such purposes .as lc pleased on League
Island. ~ - :, o,
fIr knew full well that the Navy fHri
llatl to he removed from PhIlalclphtat aud
he nssume1l that ultimately il would ~
10 league Island. That was fixed fact ;
hut other thugs wcru fixed ilCts also; and
on 0GtheIhMSsthat G,e lldS'Sge ofthe bUl
involved an annual expenditure, inlepcn'
dent of the $3.OOO,0OO. OfmUre than Il mil
liptdnIlah. 9, ,'rhs epglneGpsl report alaie
RSS hS6t Showed tkAt IL Gl2ltf u make 1.eaGht
| Island high enough Mt high water mark
To be beyond th4 pncr0achments7 Of the
tide, a6 NhGTe atca; 1n1ElInudrc ACRES
w0liltFiNve t01Ie'HIiSttl betwReh hlie and
ten fret. This would require four alHlN Il
halr million cubic yards Of earth, and NJ
ono would pretend that would ctsL less
than fifty cents II yard, making Sn altgrc'
p1tn Of iwn md Il quarter million d6llar4
| Mt II shop could be transferred 10 League
Island until Ihe surtSc9, WIS raised, unless
they wAnthl'tlIc' tNAty YErd carried to
SHiI. r...l
Mr.. Dawes went NttO, call III" attention
Of IhcIIMIse to the estimate furnished fUr
the Navy YanR trlhe next fiscal ycar "
t;Tl0wS: To Portsmouth, n. H., &I7 wv
,agaiustl $4,000 Just. year,; TO Boston
&341;341 aeAtn5EE 100000; New FOtE,
$SS;I.Jl1, against $lO0,O0O: Philadelphia
,I.S1ll ,095, against $25, 900: Washington
SSLl ,775, against $50yOOO; Norfolk, $s59,'
| $l9; Against $SO,6O6; Mare island, $99,.
A23 agiIiIsI &:I0,0OO. In short the Secre'
tary Of Navy proposed, besides the $780,
EOOtjIhr LGigilc Island, . total expenditure
for Navy Yards Of $3.601, ,394 against
$45l 600 lust year. The estimates did not
inspire dim with much confidence, aI'
Though tie ySecfe fethrgl Rromlsel q effect
Saving of $2,OOO,0O0 in the article Of cl1I
LaIunG, whicl. had cost only $15O.0OO i0E
the INst two years. This was IN aCllieYG'
ment in ,naliiematICS which found II par.
Nllrl only IN the achievement Of the Post
muster General who proposed to sarC
81, ,OOO, 900 II year BY the abolition Of tllC
tfrunking privilege, Wide tthe irankIng
matter would not produce $9tHl CON.
lie Thought If the two mAthematiCianH
who Ind prompted these two Secretaries
could hc brought tn light andset to work,
II IThry could show TINT the public debt
I might he paid lcfirc the expiration Of the
administration. The. hook Of estimates
for illc next fiscal year. chitainett apTrO-
pria,innS for public works Of $24, ,G25, ! 1S;
ap,Aiust appropriations for the same objects
last yetlr Of $5,403,OOO. The AdminiStra.
| ItlOuoG.Andrew,, johnson, hRdSsurrenderetl
tothc allegation TINT Il had been profigate
in expenditures. Tho IR0nle lqll Iricd u
IN that charge and fi1liid u guilty, AMI
had taken from i tho seGptr9 Of power
and pllI i in thc hands Of tbo liepu6llcall
ynnIitSWOlesGlpnS Of economy tp the
; administration O'thN public Servich. The
people intended to hold them 10 tlleiE
nnnhSrs; hut RhatWaS, the, ,tlht evidence
ihat they mt fnftIftO tie country Of tlIeil
determination to carry out their pledges
\ Il sWhilO, ha knew the ,uIgrRciOus position
hiat h6 .occlpicd fhea prppSels b epeak
Il bt6iniv but tHly phis pSt ~ ffitids hf the
''ff[OilsG. Tie knew that While tkithtdt were
thu wounds of friend, there was mol
much cOlnfiRt dcPIYel from them. An
drew JOilusnn, IN tho lust yGar nf his ad.
piniStraIinE Ehad estimated that h9 oeuld
, eatry dhTl l6est lbvcTplIlent tori ,Oep p,OOO
SHl tliaE amount hid -hcelr Cht dhwn over
, tWGuly millions. What lid their own
AdnlIhistratIml estimate Tint Il Would car,
ry on the Government fir the hsxL year
$Eal ,O91, ia, un increase Of over $99 QnS
00O hbnyG tho estimate Gf Andrew john
, son, anil hi increase Of $40, O,62s, ,5S1 ovGl
. the. amount appropriated for the present
, year; but this included anerror Of q ,OO.O,'
loo in the EDoting up Of the Post Once
Department, which would reduce the H.
crease to ~ 9,WOOOO, But he believed
/ that and not, enterlng lnt9 ihs estimate
wa The little sugar plum @ $sOC,WM tnl
League island, and back "l Il also %er.
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lhs Buy ~, SNpl9lla and tlle islapH o. -
Thomas 81 : }S3QglOtlDs N splHi "la lRlak y :, q
II too, were the MIlis"m 1M. WUa" ni',,o' IN
/ !lsSI hS IlIe @nate i"r ., G1c M,p npl"""V"'"'
hills as tney lGScu InT paS,f5oo LluUSe ,,,,,,,,O
Ihcrc was the new iLS'ul'Gc M nu ~. 1m;7
nj New l"rK, wnISil !lIc "5e.1eEt t,. ';.. %;,
would c;St lOut ialIna ,,lG 'o oo1, s S,;Ii;M1 S
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anu MIL tNcTt tHcS SNHUs VIZ VIM "N'