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

0iIIce. MI he President himself said hs
was satiShed the estimates u thRt Depart.
ment could not be Felnee1 He condRed
himself strictly to the tSlus he made In
| the cher gDeech sid be had not drawn
1ny cumpaFisOn between tlla GXpenssI Of
| IOhnsonS administration and GIANTS ad-
mEnIItratIOn, and point blank refused 70
plead 70 the new iA5ues 70 adr0itly set up
by Butler, FOrney, and OtherS, He gave
4 PreSidenI Grant md his Cabinet credit for
lFeducing The public debt, expelling rasCals
lfrom the public service, hithfulneas In col
IlectinR the revenues and entire honesty
OF administration Of the Government.
He proved the necessity Of the POSI-
ton taken by tho Committee by showing
ltIISt . comparison Of the appropriations
made last winter for the inst year Of our
administration with the estimates submit.
lied for the second year thereof, indicated
an upward tendency Of expenditure, In
stead Of the downward tendeEcy 70 which
The Republican party i pledged, and vim
dicated the prOpHCty OF his first speech ny
showing how the committee had laOOrSl
with the President and his Cabinet, and
how Congress itBelf Is responsible through
the law Il passes for every dollar OF proper
expenditure made by any administration,
and that il was necessary to arrest the at
tentlon Of Congress and the country, be,
cause the committee WAR everywhere met
lin its efforts at economy. by the assertion
that the Executive could only carry out
the will Of Congress. ItmAy, without the
least exaggeratiOn, bC said that no man IN
Congress ever more completely vtndicated
his course and the course Of his committee
In the discharge Of n great trust He re-
viewed his former speech and proved by
reference TO page and line Of the Official
book Of estimates that every material
figure was correctly given, and called uie
House and the country to take notice that
not one Of the Departments knew any
thing about the crrOrs and balances now
presented when tho Committee was
consulting them about the appropriation
tiOn bills, and very aptly said that II
some of the bureaus must now have
crNlit Il II, because tho GFrOfs and balances
have been HUNTED up EEinee I'd MAIDS his
tirst speech. HerepOrled the result 0Ehis
interview ut the White House, and show
4 cd that the President was as sOltcit0ls aS
anybotyitO have the estimates cut down,
and u aid Congress In It's work OEec0nO-
my, and answered the whole brood Of hs
accusers and mAligneN by stating that up
" a week ago not one pt the ncInPen OF
| the Cabinet objected to The showing made M
in the book OCCstlnAttN, or even pretcm'etl
that they could make better exhibit OF
their departmCnts than L. therein male.
The whole speech was Ofsuch u character
that he must lc u fool who hereafter
charges Mr.. Dawes with having deserted
his pdFty, made war on the administration,
fIlsitlcd the record before the country, or
proved iaithlesS or incompetent in his pO-
Sition al the head OfthG Committee Of AP-
preparations. Dealing 80 much As he did
with figures ,sOmc parts or rhiSspeeCh was Of
course tedious, hut large proportion Of
} the members Of the House Sat close about
him to the end.
BuTLHR's lNTERRUITIONS.-Mr But
lcr's course to-day was in marked contrast
with Cllat OF 1Ir. Dawes yesterday. Then
Mr.. Butler had his full say without inter
ruptiOn, Mr.. Dawes only rising Rt the cleSe
of the hour to nsk that Mr. Butler might
have whatever time lie desired today.
Mr.. Butler began his interruptions before
Mr.. Dawes had been on the floor twenty
minutes, and kept them up with more or
less frequency 70 the last, sometimes rs.
lug to his feet and sometimes speaking
from his seat In n spiteful or threatening
manner. He will Of course sock an early
opportunity to reply. Doubtless he will be
sharp Ns usual In his personalities, hut he
cannot damage the record OF MIR. Dawes
on this question, and Mr. Dawes report
Of what the President said must make
tolerabIy apparent to everybody that the
Executive does not heed Mr. Buffers de-
tense.
The BRETIsH INDIAN POLTcY.-Thcre
was laid before the House this evening
long and readable report on the history,
arrangement and present condition ot the
Indians In British North America, pre-
paretl by +. w. Blake, our consul ut Ham
IltOn, Canada, and made in pursuance OF
Instructions from the State Department.
II is written in humane spiritand claims
10 show the result Of nm honest policy in
dealing with the Indians. II details the
progress Of civilization among the tribes,
Sneaks Of the methods by which peace Is
preserved, and uphOltls the policy Of In
tcVrity in all Indian transactions, AdvO-
Gates Indian reservations anil the COniining
I Of trihes To farm lots. II discusses the
system Of wards and guardianship, and
, holds that II Is wise and sound, and re-
Commends that Indian agents he allowed
to hold office during good behavior. lt.is
in direct line Of our best Indian policy,
and give preCpdcnts justifying the Presi-
: dents views on this question. Mr., Blake
Is in favor Of the guardianship system, hut
thinks we should snOn increase the civil
: and political powens Of the most highly
civilized Indians, Tho rep"rt IS to be
I printed.
TIE FRANHTNO PRIvILEGE.-Thc House
has done its part toward aboltshlng the
Franking privilege The PostOftice Com
mittee brought In its bill providing that
sI(Cr the lst Of next July no matter shall
20 through the mail free, General Farms
worth proposed to make Il the order for
some day next week, and give chance
for discussion, but as soon as Il wAspre-
! sentcd Mr.. Cullom ut once called out to
> have It nut on itS passage Immediately,
and was sustained BY thirty or forty other
e gentlemen so decidedly that Mr.. Farms
worth consented TO go ON with the bill.
There WIS an exceedingly noisy debate Of
: over an hour, in which good many sharp
things were shid and number Of amend
) ments offered TO exempt county neWSpa:
) pers from the operation of the bill. All
l these propositions were rejected, and the
: bill put through with whirl, just a. Il
) came from the Committee, with only four
teen votes in the negative II is hardly
G possible that the Senate will actupOn Il In
such manner, hut something Of the kind
Is likely to pass during the session.
, CoRMx on TIIE GOLD COSSPIRAcT.-
+ The Gold Conspiracy Committee has fin.
ally got hold Of Goblin, who came over
H-s' Nya,,, Nv,.l, 1naE V,;Tht In NhnrIpa NJ an