The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-29

I 'rtl d, o1d WAel nDe q ul1CeD-
intte M td,fD Elme, y led TAKEN 81
rs hanil ~ War DtiaFtInsnS ne
flllf lHllilJl5S u he eDnmit1ee had Vis-
led every other Department, and poi.
t1ayrd their balances u them. and they
hail e.Sch reported U the Committee that
they were sony IOT the balances, but that
lDg that Department the estimates could
not be cut down. II WA DUE 10 the SEC.
Rotary n tSe Interior 70 ~ that while be
said Il Was impossible 70 cut down the
force la bis Department, hs could curIall
the expenditures OGl6EtIe, in the hospital
tOr insIAnCs, and the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, and intae WOnSHA Lying iRlIH'
pital l.AughteEI Al the same time
when the Secretary u the Interior could
NOS cut doWD the Utimaleinr his depart.
menG, there WIS single bureau there that
hsd accumulated tls6O00 surplus. be-
cause Il Lad hSd appropriations from
year 70 year RioEe than II could use, and
without saying word about that surplus
II was asking $2lS0 more and saying
positively 70 tho Committee lAt II could
not CurtAn Gus pelBy,
BIZ. Dawes went On tn relate like eXIH-
rienccs in The Treasury Department, and
said II went away from the Treasury
Department discouraged ] took counsel
Of Influential gentlemen In the party with
this hook Of estimates under my arm,
which htA been my constant companion
for ak weeks, and was advised tn go "
the President myself, ind laid these Is.
tjmntp,s and the,,e balances before him
after u short pause and q tone Of As1nta's,
81 do not know that ! accomplished
anything. do not know hut that he has
more confidence In my colleague Cbutlerl
than in myself II may he that he will
take my colleague into Lis b'Ion AMI
warm him into new life I.Aughterl |
know not how that may be, nor can ] cal
CulaIe what viii be the consequences OF
that recuSitAtiOn lAughter but tain
would believe that tho President believes
Inc 10 hc his friend, and were to state the
simple truth Of what passed between my
self and him, 10 like him, so true to HIM
SELF itwOuld be o better ylndicaIion OF
him and Of me than anything that can he
said lie talked Of economy. lie said
that his influence should be excrtcd u
bring down these estimates. lie said that
he had made q personal examination Of
the estimates for tho War Department; he
knew the necessities Of that department
better than Others, and he thought the es-
Inmates for that department were cut down
w low ~ they could Le. AMER that state
ment from man whose polar star In the
administration Of affairs u economy, !
did not think It worth while 70 appeal
from him 10 the Secretary, who had not
been u month In his seat, and whose
second official act, read from the Clerks
desk here yesterday, Is letter 10 my col
league in aid Of his assault on the Com.
miitcc on Appropriations in is efforts to
reduce the expenditures, and therefore,
Sit, ! examined into all The departments
committed To my charge, and say that
every ono Of them was examined by other
members Of the Committee in the same
way. And now, was 1t worth while for
us, with that knowledge, tOtry and induce
the representative Of the people to cut
down the expenditures! The work be
longs here STany Of them were the re.
suit Of laws enacted hero, aud here WAS
the place to undo them. Many Of them
were addressed to our discretion, and here
was the place To consider aud to act on
that discretion Many Of them result
from abuses Of long standing. There are
to-day five hundred officers Of the army
oil duty more than arc necessary super.
numerariea. Can any one tell me what
the annual drni( on the Treasury for these
salaries Is? Take the pay Of mayor as
midway In rank rs an average, and multi.
ply that by five thousand, and you will
lind that there h paid annually To these
sulCrnumary Offices 81, $780, 900 rs salary
Nobody nj tho other end Of the avenue is
responsible for tlat We arc responsible
for Il, and submit whether We ought not
to hold up these expenditures before our
eyes, 50 that VIC may sec where we can
cut them down. These are but instances
coming to us through the administration
Of the past, but We arc responsible unless
We apply the pruning knife and cut oil
these expenditures.
submit, Mr.. Chairman, that here where
stood was the place, and that II was
emincntly proper that the COMMITTEES OH
Appropriations should do what II could to
arouse u sentiment in the House Of Repre-
scntalivCs in favor Of uniting In every Ct.
fort Of any Of tho Departments, or any Of
the executive officers to cut down these
cxTcndlluEcf,-l sAy that have maintain.
I'll the three propositions with which set
out II long time ago In these remarks, that
would show that ii was II fitting Occa
sion for me Ia make llat speech; that the
speech WAS true ~ l made ii, and that il
was proper that should make II; and,
sir, In general terms, desire To state that
in this work the Committee felt and feels
to-day that il had no hostility to any
brunch Of the government, and did not in
any regard desire to or suppose that It was
making war On any branch Of the govern
mcnt, hut with an earnest desire, and with
full belief that il would have all suitable
aid from others, the Committee proposes
to 20 on, and ir II could bG sustained IN
this House, to make instead Of an upward
tendency in the public expenditures, Il
downward tendency, aud further rcduC-
ton from what WAS appropriated last year
50 that the country may understand that
inasmuch rs IN this Congress lies the
power 10 relieve them from the heavy bur
liens Of taxation, ii shall he done, ~ that
the country may understand that what
ever pledges Of economy have been made
shall be redeemed, and 50 that every in
drlstry that can he lightCnctl Of its burden
shall have tho benefit Of our effort in that
line.
During most Of the time Mr.. Dawes was
speaking, the aislCs in his vicinity were
crowded with members, ~ that It was not
an easy matter for an accurate report to6
made Of his remarks. He spoke nearly
two hours When he concluded the COM
mittCG rose.
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