Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-22
HOUSE,

| Dir. Butler, OF Massachusetts,, from the
Reconstruction Committee reported q bill
for full and general grace of amnesty and
| oblivion of wrongful acts and doings or
omissions Of all persons engaged in war
of the late rebellion. Ordered printed and
reeommitted.
Mr.. Schenck, reported back the funding
bill with one slight verbal amendment and
asked it be made q special order in the
House for Tuesday next, Mr. Randall
| objected, and Mr.. Schenck withdrew it,
saying he would take the chances of its
being made a special order in the House
next Monday under suspension ofthe rules.
| An Ancient Claim.
! Among the bills reported was one by Mr.
Ella, reciting that $678, 1862 was due by the
United States to the State of Massachu-
sets for interest on expenditure during
the war Of 1872; that one-third of it had
been assignedto the State of Maine. and that
the claim of both States had been assigned
to the European and North American Rail-
road Company, directing certificates to be
issued for the same to that company.
Whittemorc's Credentials Returned
20 Him.
ItClJluU
the action of the Committee on Military
Affairs and of the House, In reporting a
resolution declaring Mr.. Whittemore, by
selling a military and naval cadetship
unworthy a seat in the House; reciting his
election and presentation of credentials,
and resolving that the House decline to
allow said Whittemore to be sworn in as a
Representative of the forty-frst Congress,
and direct his credentials to be returned to
him.
After discussion, Mr.. Poland endeayored
to obtain reference to the credentials to the
Judiciary Committee, but Mr.. Logan de-
clined to admit such resolution, and moved
the previous question, under the operation
of which his resolution was adopted-I31
to24.
ArneH, Maynard and smith Vote
Nay.
Those voting nay were Messrs. Arnell,
Aver, Brooks, of Mass, Butler, of Mass,
Cessna, Cobb, of Ala, Farnsworth, Hoar,
Jencks, Kelly, Knapp, Maynard, Morrell,
of Maine, Newsham, Poland, Roots, Sawyer,
Smith, of Tenn, Soffee, Taylor, Twitchell
and Whitmore
The House then went into committee on
sundry civil expenses bills.
A Years Expenditures. .-.
Mr.. Dawes, Chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations, deemed this the proper
occasion, it being the last general appro-
priation bill, to review the work of the
Committee and House In regard to public
expenditures. He reminded the House of
the remarks made by himself in the early
part Of the session, comparing the esti-
mates for next year with the estimates of
the last administration for the present
year, and showing q balance alarmingly
against the former. These remarks were
much commented on and no two gentle
men have since been able to agree on the
figures for either year. 4
He takes some pride in submitting a re-
suit to the House. The estimates for the year
ending June 80, 1871, exclusive of what
are called permanent appropriations, were
155, 096, 727. The Committee had reported
appropriations amounting to 141, 753, SOP,
being a reduction of 10, 343, 225. The ap-
preparation of the present year were AS,
al, AL, being 6,987, 939 more than for
next year. These figures did not include
permanent appropriations, such rs for
payment of interest on the public debt,
collections on customs, etc. If these were
added the result would be estimates for the
coming year at 29S,315, S42; appropriations
recommended by the Committee 284, 972,-
CIT; appropriations for the present year,
including permanent appropriations 297,-
173, 923, being IL, 90, 606 more than the
appropriations recommended for the next
fiscal year.
The House then proceeded to the con-
sideration of the bill in detail. 1t appro-
PIRATES II, 778, 1000, including the Ne.
tropolitan Police of the District of Column
bia 211, O50 90, Columbia Hospital and liv-
ing in hospital 100000, and 500, 600
for the New York postoffice.
The National Deafmutes.
Mr. Beamen moved to strike out the
item of S4,O87.0O for the completion of the
main central building of Columbia Institu-
ton for the Deaf and Dnmb. This gave
rise to long discussion, in which Messrs
Butler and Dawes, of Massachusetts, took
prominent parts, the former condemning
the extravaganza of appropriations for that
institution, declaring that it cost 10, 10000
to educate each deaf and dumb pupil. He
ridiculed any attempt to show that they
can do what God Almighty ordained they
should not do. 1t was very well for ex-
hibition-very well for Barnum- not
for legislature. Without disposing of
the question, the committee rose and the
House adjourned.