Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-01-27
EVENING STAR.
CONGREsSIONAL



Tency bill being under consideration
Mr.. Sumner said he tsoduced the bill offered
by him yesterday Tuesday as an amendment
tor the PRESENT. and would now offer as an
amendment the riTst section Of the bill, which
would allow the national bank circulation to be
creased to i've hundred millions.
Mr.. sherman declared the speech of Mr.. Sum-
ner to be iilu i've, and intended to divert atten-
ton from the tTue merits of the bill under
alteration. There is gro sly unfair dstribu-
iiOn OF the circulation, Is against the South and
West. and that inequality must be corrected, no
matter how the Senator may attempt to cover il
mp by wandering OFF to every other subject con-
Hected with the finances DIR. ). then reviewed
the ball of Mr. Sumner, declaring that it was IS
plainly measure of reputation as that intro
House. 1t proposed to compel the bond holders
TO take bonds at per cent. interest and sur
render their present bonds, and if they refuse to
do -. to confiscate their interest Mr.. s. then
continued to advocate the bill as reported by
the committee. He said that s45, 600 600 ad IL
tional circulation would be sufficient to last the
that time we would be approaching specie pay
ments.
Mr.. SKINNER denied that he sought to comp,i-
more simple than that proposed by the com
mittee.
MIR. Thurman opposed the amendment OF Mr..
MIR. Morton offered as an amendment to in
crease the amount Of national bank circulation
S52,6vo,0O, instead of 900, as proposed
by the bill, and also to withdraw from the
States in excess s13 900 900, which added to the
other would make SOS 900 900, which he Thought
would supply the South and West.
Mr.. Morrill, Mel said that New England had
rot got her unequal share by any species of
legerdemain, as had been minated, but fairly,
according to the provisions Of the law.
Mr. Warner had no aspersiOns to cast upon
New England, but he wanted relief for his own
section and the bill As presented by the Finance
Committee Was n practical measure of relief
ana he hoped its friends would resist ali amend,
nents which nav hazard its passage.
The Senate then, without further action, adj
jOuTned-
HOUSE.--After our report closed
TN notion of Mr.. Dawes (MaSs.) the House
resolved itself into Committee of the Whole on
legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropria-
t'On Bill
Genersl Butler said that Mr.. Dawes. In oppos-
nag the passage of the League Island appropra-
lions, wandered from the merits of that meas
IRE, and took occasion TO make an attack upon
The Executive Tor Its professions of economy, not
carried out in practice. The fact is, that the
Secretaries of the outgoing Administration en-
deayOred to embarIaSs the incoming Admins
tatiOn by under estimates, making II necessary
TO PAS a large deficiency bill, upon which the
Democrats might found a charge of extraya-
gAnce s AGAINST the republican party A still
chairman Of the Committee on Appropria-
tons. and a still greater deception on the cOun-
try. whether intentional or not, was in the fact
thst the estimates OF Andrew johnson and the
appropriations by Congress were based on
The fat that every department mad large uHex-
pended balances at the close of the wear and IL
Was in view of these balances that he (CieneraI
Butler.l as a member of the Committee on APP
Preparations. agreed to cut down even the other
Hi>e too low estimates of Andrew johnson.
There we're immense stocks of provisions, cloth
ing. coal snd iron on hand, and there was much
surplus material to be sold. While the appro-
PrlatiOn asked for by Andrew johnson appears
al So 100, II was much nearer in fact $780,
0S0.GDO. tecauSe of these available balances
Why did not the learned chairman give these
facts when he made his onslaught on the admin
iStTstiOn- These balances are now expended
and SUBSTANTIALLY every dollar that Is available
for the future must be appropriated from the
revenues of the Government. IL is hard to
believe that the chairman did not know this un-
deniable fact which answers his attack upon the
Republican party; it is still harder to believe
that knowing he conceals il.
General Butler then read a letter from Secre-
iary Boutwell,, substantiating his assertion that
there were large uneSpended balances on the
Both of June. 1855, and then took up the = part
ments seTiatim to shown that Mr.. Dawes was
neither 1air nor just in his opinion when speak
ing OF the Post Office Department. General
Butler gave certain newspapers a rap for what
he called their impudent bowling about the
ranking privilege, and asked a little more mod
esIy ON their part when they demand its aboli-
OF il.
Gen. Butler next reviewed in detail the criti-
cIsns Of Mr. Dawes on the Treasury estimates,
lnGalgiHg in some seatbing comments, and ask
irg in conclusion how his colleague could with
cut an examination of those facts have arraign-
ed his party, his Administration. and his friend
LeiOre the country for extravaganza and almost
MANIFESTATION ia Office. In his sweeping de-
avenue. Mr.. Dawes had forgotten to mention
the eNtTavagant estimates at this end of the
avenue, or did not pull the beam out Of his
own eye, tor over million of legislative excess
of estimates IL charged in his Comparisons be-
tween the appropriations and the estimates i'm
the hfty-nine millions, which he places TO the
eNtrayagances of General Grants administra-
u0n- He charged that Nr. Daweahad not fairly
treated the Administration, but had gone out of
his way to attack IT. The gentleman had sde
certain statements about the Departments and
their estimates. when the truth was that he had
not been near the Departments to ascertain the
truth Of matters about which he talked, and he
owed sn apology To every Republican member
of the House for the accusations he had male
against The Administration. The country be-
heyed, from what Mr.. Dawes said, and papers
of the country 20 stated, that he had visited all
the Departments, and asked them to reduce the
estimates. In view OF these statements he But
teT) haG addressed letters To several OF the See
retaries- and all made reply that Mr.. Dawes had
not asked them to reduce the estimates. At
least they had no recollection oft.
In view OF the charges against the aiministra-
ton, was II wonderful that democrats shouli
applaud this speech? They would ls indeed
very ungrateful If they did net subscribe for at
least 10000 copies oil the speech. liz was the
hest campaign document they could have had,
and what made IL the best was the fact that il
came from one OF the Republican household,
who was chairman of the committee that hal
charge OF these matters. He then went on to
argue that the fault with Mr.. Dawes was that
Re waS too conservative in his feelings; too slow
mOti0nej. and had been too slow to perceive the
signs Of progress in the times. With his conser-
vative views he had been guilty OF MANY singular
things, and was unworthy OF Republican sup
port he would still saw to his colleague, as the
BTitOn SAID 10 his country: England, with all
Thy faults, love thee STILL When the thir-
e,nth amendment to the Constitution, which
gave liberty 10 millions, was under considera-
;lcn, his colleagues voice never raised for
IT. Whenthe fourteenth amendment was under
consideration again his colleagues voice was
silent. When the fifteenth amendment WAS un-
der consideration, again his colleagues voice
vas silent. IL is true that upon all these ques-
tons the gentleman's name appeared upon the
roll-call, but with all his c0nser vatsm he never
uttered a word in favor of these measures.
In conclusion Mr.. Butler argued that this was
not personal matter; that the very existence
Oi the Republican party depended upon the
truth or his own or his colleagues statements
IL they were not true, why endanger all of us
without the most thorough investigatiOn-why
Mas not every examination exhausted before
that speech was made? Men are most DANGER
Gus when they pretend friendship to strike a
blow-when they SAY to their friends, - Brother,
= 1t wen with thee" and strike them then un-
der the fifth rib
Mr.. Dawes said that when the committee next
went into Committee of the Whole he would
call its attention to the occasion for making the
speech which had just been commented on; to
the truth of what was contained in that speech
and to the Propriety of making it, and he would
endeayor to cOniine himself to these three
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