The New York herald., 1870-01-28

IN favor OF aboishing the franking privl-
would be 10 abolish the stupendous amount OF pub
Tic printing done bv order OF Congress-. NO more
heavy books and documents will be sent free through
tue mails and, therefore, they would not be printed.
IL was generally supposed thar members OF Congress
, made good deal Of popularity and respect ior
themselves by sending books and documents 10
thelr constituents. That was mistake. Take, Tor
instance the Agricultural Report the most popular
500 copies for distribution among his constituents.
ae nau, himself about $1,000 votes and he DID not
understand why - 2OD Of them should be taxed 10
supply 500 OF them with that book SO II was With
every other book printed.
Mr. BECK ldem.) OF Ky asked whether the Com
t, t,ee On APPROPRIATIONS cut down 'he posi- once
estimates $4,000 O0l the Post once COMMITTEES
would sustain 1t IN dong so.
Mr. FARNswoRrH rephedsthat the ComnitIee on
Approprlaiioas would be saie IN cutting down very
much the appropriations for puolic printing, which
Treasury was
Mr.. LAFLlN, rep, orN. y, chairman OF the Com
, m.tee on Irinting, remarked that the gentleman
from ILLINOIS tMr. farnsw0rth) had MADE the strong
est point he could MAKE IN favor OF the bin, which he
SAID u would e sen The public printing but he
could not sanction the statement that 1t would effect
saving OF 81 100000 or near such sum OF money
IN that way. He wished to say ana to proclaim to
what the fact was Year in and year out in
respectable and influential papers he saw the
Ing amounted TO a million OF dollars, ana
IL haa oeen stated perhaps ia the most
In New York. aud recognized as good republican
authority at least, that where the government print
Ing, few years ago, cost only two nundrcd thou
sand dollars, IL now cost two milion dollars.
The statement was not sustained by the facts. II
tnere nau been any tendency 10 extravagance In
pubic printing II certainly did not apply 10 the last
three Congresses. He desired to say in behalf Of
Congress taat Congress was being held respon slbe
a over tie country FOR expenditures tnat are made
beyond and outside OF the vote authorizing the pub
| lie printing. The last report OF the Congress
siona Printer showed that the amount of
| printing binding, lithograpnng ana engrav
! ing ordered by the House OF Representatives,
tue last year was four hundre ana forty thou
sand four hundred and twenty-five dollars,
| ana OF that amount over three hundred and 6Ity
| thousand dollars were expended on three books
h aae Agrcaiturai Report, costlng lutte over one
! hundred thousand dollars; the Mechanical Report,
litte over Two hundred thousand dollars. and the
Gto6e the balance. Could the farmers oi the country
two cents a volume for the Agricultural Report SO
much Tor the printing for the House. The printing
for the Senate cost hundred and nineteen thous-
| and dollars aud when THESE two amounts, tour
! hundred and iorty thousand four hundred and
| twenty-five dollars aud one hundred and nineteen
the cost OF the public printing for the two houses
He was asked Dy the chairman OF the Committee on
Appropriations II he could tell how much The print
| ing OF the departments had cost He mad not the
| figures al hand, but he would venture to make the
| statement IN round numbers that the printfng for
| tne departments Tor the same tlme was between
| eight and ntne hundred thousand dollars
| Mr. LARLiN-So newfere near 81, 100, 900.
| Mr.. lNGERsoLL inquired whether the bill cut Off
free exchanges Of newspapers.
| Mr.. FARNsWoRTH replied that 1t did. IL did not
require the prepayment OF postage on newspapers,
but it did require the payment OF the postage all
/ newspapers and all letters.
| Flnaly the discussion was closed and the bill
| Dassed-yeas ia, nays IA, as foows:-
YrAsnMsssrs xaams, Al.sp Amber Ames, Archer
ssan.s sssy sess ssasSn N snsSa% 'Pa sira
@ srSSs nrs Ma hrss saT Of
Churchii, clarke, Cleveland, Cobb Of Wis, Cobb
SS9ss ''Ss Ssa
D' Sasa PSs ss.r Ef f,s sa s
Gilhan, Solladay Greene, Hale Haml . Hamilton, Hsw-
sersol Jsncsss Jones Of Judd, Julian KcIieyKeioss,
xs hynes % h.
Gormct MoCrsry aedraw Mekeliy, asrcur Moore Of n.
oNs fAssard rsesar "yf Paine, sfSi:s, FAX
rs. r rsa1a ssae %s s.ns,s s
gent. Sawyer schenck Schumacher seoheld, shnnks Shell
S a ohs
s'as
TrmSle Twi;shel Tynsr upso9, Van Aaken, Van Horn.
'Ssa
Miisms Wilson o mnn' Wilson Of Ohio wnans, wnches
sss Bo. Butler of rsan a.woa
sherrod, stone Wood and Woodward-I '''s''' '''''
THE PENNSYLVANIA CONTESTED ELECTION CASE.
Mr.. CnunGaILL H,g rep, OF n y. from the Commit
Foster was no, entitled TO seat from the Twenty
first Congressional district OF Pennsylvania, ant
tlat John Covode was, and gave notice that III
would call up the resolution for action next TUGS
Tue LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL AppRo
| PKfATfON BILL.
The House, at half past three O'Clock. went into
Committee OF the Whole Mr.. Cessna in the char, on
the Legislative, Executive and judicial ApprOpria.
tton oil.
Mr. MYERS called the attention OF the chairman
or tue Committee on Appropriations (Mr. Dawes 10
the fact that the appropriations for construction ana
| steam engineering were exhausted. In consequence
an order had been sent out a few days ago 10 the
several navy yards to suspend all work In those bu
reaus after February l. He said five thousand men
how H9s Se an pni OF e and
informed Of the fact olicialiy. When he should be
| the committee would no doubt take action.
MR.. DAWES DEFENCE OF HIS SPEECH ON GOVERN
| MENT EXPENSES.
Mr.. DAWES then addressed the committee in reply
to Mr. Butlers speech of Yesterday, undertakinu to
prove that mis- own speech, which had been arraigned
yesterday, was made on fitting occasion that the
! speech was true, ana that IL was proper that he
should make II. He mad been charged with having,
his eyes open, pr0stuted his oical position to tue
OF his own credits but would have been more to his
taste could he have left the speech 10 It's place before
| thing that was said on this moor must ultimately
come. SO long as the criticism OF his speech
mad been confined to what was contained In
ton ever to trouble the House or those who
read Its proceedings with anything regard
to 1t; but when tho motives tnat actuated HIM IN It's
| delivery were deliberately mpugned on the floor of
the House there was no alternative left HIM but to
/ ask It's Indulgence to the extent which he har indie
Gated; and therefore he would proceed directly and
without further preface to inquire what occasion he
had to make that speech. That speech was DE.
!,
| involving Immediately, as ne thought, and ulIi
matey. certainly, the expenditure OF large sum OF
public money. He mad been charged with the duty
in company with eight other members OF the House,
OF taking care OF the public expenditures,
| mittee that that was proper OCCASION,
through OF Its members, TO express to the
House the OF its objection to the bill and 1t had
iailen toas lot TO give uterance to those reasons
He had been made the spokesman Of the CommIttee
on Appropriations and, AZ SUCH, had made the
speech that was the occasion for the speech Of his
colleague, and he submitted to the judgment OF the
! House whether IT was proper occasion Jor 1t. II
had seemed SO plain path OF duty 10 MIN that II
| had never occurred 10 him that anybody would ever
intimate tnat he hadseized an improper occasion foI
submitting the remarks which he did. Bnt far more
important that was the other inquiry. whether wnai
wnat he said upon that occasion true ana stood
to-day. after more tnan week since It's delivery
submit to the judgment Of his peers that not only
was 1T fit season for delivering the speech but tina,
what he uttered was, IN all essential ana important
particulars tine truth.
| Mr. DAWES then proceeded, with the book OF
estimates IN his hands TO refer to item alter item
| tho estimates OF the various departments. and to
show that his original statement IN regard TO the
| excess or estimates APPROXIMATIONS of last