, 1870-02-04

comm..tee on Appropriations for their effort 10
tiseteioIr. III. s1tmired iDsn all the depart
eniA cuo nitu d 10 my charke, aid the sar.nls
oicer detartr ertz Were examined By sha other
men be,s OF the ConmlFteu to the gaG4e ~ny.
Ard rp., Sir, alter rh,s WORK ts dune Wl41 ia
be3r Testimony 10 he deatIe for economy suica
actustes each Que Of hese SrcIetaEt-., and 10
sha1l result 10 Z REDUCTION Of the EXP nd;tute
Wtnopt lpInrI TO the pn3l!c service. But. SIR,
rneJ are 10 aIess measure cottrollsd hT tae'r
bureaus: ttese 'he abuses extss. some c1eaeu ~
Ia =, ron Inherited from their predecessors. aai
o1hers sanctioned BY mage. to be cnr.i bJ 1rgis,
ls1,on IN these halls II 1sfn These bureaus 10
great extent INIT the enormous esttua:es hare
been conu ertcR tpou naa tne'f Origin
And uuw, ar, was T worth Wble for NJ Hta
the tnowedRe sc tnus ootainea. 10 ttI 70 IL.
upon the sttictcst economy tn tne pn4d1c c1peu-
uilulee: Msny Of thee excessive estlu.:-s
were ne Iesu!s Of nrs enfetEo s astE aoa a.ts
were addressed to our discretion. and here
vas Tho place for Its exercise. Many OF tnrsn arc
iuds Cd. Wby. s'f. there ara nTe hundred ON :eEs
OF me army 10 day who ore on d1tJ; aye nun-
hsed ocse ;osn afe Leceskafy; merelf supefna-
tue T1ta*urJ .ne!r tala1ies aree Take As,or'a
pay - mid *s5 between them al'-1 am tol1 aJ
dist1rgulshed officers OF the armY init thst II
VIII nEd tbs. arnnalIr thete Ia p.td TO TIC sup.r-
pnne,ary ofase1s s, go ooo sad certainly 20 one
a1 ts,por o. sIe M asir and taon't .he,ber We ons.i
NOT 70 hold up these expenditures Def0re oar eyes
10 that We Gay see Eherf = can cut The n dora.
These are Instances OF leaks tuu1tnR tatp1z1-
oat The aontristfaron Of aratrr, snd We are
retpopsole unless We pat s:op to these waas-
Ing leak. and cat Of these useless expenditures:
/ snD1it, hr. Cha1mau, that hert Rhera I
stood Has lee place for me to resist extraTa-
Ranee, apd that 1t wsA entnenslJ proper, II Ea1t
fassert "a ip this discussion we're stue-sud that
it ta Irne think have pfnved-that It Vas eIl-
nsnIly proper .hAt the Committee ou Ap2ruurtR-
tious slout do what they could to atn1se q se1s-
Hept IN the Houtc Of Representatives to uote
oetsrn ep1s, ~ any OF sne executive ofacers, 70
cut oowp these expenditures ..-.
Dow claim, Ar. CnAltusn, that have nste
| rrpf the three ptDpo5Elona WITH Eh:ch Set our
'arg iiEe ago n entering upon thess Re r1rk%
1k,ated enat woE4d show thal /. Was fitting &C.
cas.on ior ne TO nake ttAe speech. taat he as1er
lions 1n thas speech xefe Iua, and that II WAS
prnpet should mako it. hare SO asuwn; saero
lesteN.
And, tit. In genera terms, desire to s'ase
thst ii tbls work tho cotumis'ee fei- and teel
tl-day, that they hare 10 hostility 10 sns other
hraEch Of tho government, sud 1har IN 20
regard do thtJ desire 70 hare 1t k1pposed
thas they ve1e uaiEk ~a- opoE any cseer branch
sire snd tbs tam e1eectatlor Shat they VIII hare
81 sQIable Ad from OTHER qoxtrr& inst ths{ pro-
pete to go &C, and II tafy 1Fe 4utsetned in lhss
Aoute, 10 make 4 do~nwsTl, Instead OF m Upward
lei dercy IL the public expenditures rexl Ysar,
7nd, tt re possible. further reduction upon the
aHonEt appropriated last year: 80 1has the cocu-
Try E4y rest 2esured trRt IN 80 far ~ II snis Coa
gress heA the power to re'!ere then from the bur-
cnEutry shall understand tnAt wnatereE Of pteRcs
CT ecounuy hase beco g1veu ther shstl cc tedeem-
ed 70 thar every inAcs.1y that can b. lgnteptd Of
TIA hu. danA ehaI have the benefit of cur enr:z IN
pteh " the public e1pendtuEr:s small he reduced
| 1ud the s1lde1a OF taxation dEmtutsheCs