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Mr.. Butler renlied that it did not.

then passed.
The House then went into commit
tee of the whole on the deficiency bill.
The item Of $4,000 was inserted for
a post Office and court house at Des
Moines, Iowa, and that for the court
house at Madison, Wis, was increas-
ed from $4,000 to $4,000.
A long discussion then ensued on
the motion of Mr.. Coburn of Indiana
to add to the appropriation of $780,
600 for the New York post. office,
provision that no money should be
expended until the plan with specih-
cations had been adopted and fixed
by law, and the cost also fixed by law.
Mr.. Dawes of Massachusetts said,
while in favor of fixing a limit to the
total cost, he advocated the appropri-
alton provided for in the bill, and urg-
ed that it would involve no departure
from any plan which might hereafter
be adopted. If otherwise, the work
must soon cease and the government
be subjected to greatly increased
expense.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts, argued
that there would be no security in
limiting the cost at the outset, and
cited the cases Of the Boston Custom
House, which was originally limited to
100000, but which cost $l,064.000
the Cincinnati Custom House, which
was limited to $4,000, but which
cost $4,000; the New York Sub
Treasury, for which 100000 was
first appropriated, which cost 81 $685.
600.
In the course Of the debate, Mr..
Schenck Of Ohio defended Mr.. Mullett,
the treasury architect, and said he
should offer a resolution for an inves-
tigation by the committee on public
buildings of his whole official conduct
and all contracts made with his ap.
proyal.
A recess was then taken.
The discussion was continued by
Messrs. FarnSworth. Dawes, Butler
Stevenson and others, who were friend
Iy 10 it.
Mr.. Coburn'S amendment was re
rejected.
| On motion of Mr.. Dawes of Massa
chusetts, $4,000 was appropriated
for continuing work On the capito
grounds.
Mr.. Haight of New Jersey inquired
how much reconstruction had cost "
to the present time.
Mr.. Dawes replied that as near a.
he could ascertain it had cost abou
$2.250,O0O.
Mr.. Haight inquired whether tn,
money had not been expended rattle
TO make men loyal to the party thai
to the country.
Mr.. Dawes denied that and SAT-
the only desire was to make the mel
in the South obey the government an'
the laws.
| Mr.. Eldridge Of Wisconsin declaim
ed against the word "loyal" as
word which he despised and hated |
always reminded him of the definition
given by the contractor during tn
war. When pressed to explain VIVA
| he meant by saying he felt loyal, b
said he felt as if he wanted to stea
something or kill somebody. As 70
himself he was patriotic, not loya
The word did not belong to this cour
try. 1t only belonged to Massachr
sctts.
Mr.. Dawes moved to insert an az
preparation ofS2O,OOO to enable tn
Sisterhood of Ladies Of Mercy i
, Charleston, 5. c.. to rebuild their o.
phan asylum, destroyed during th
war, in acknowledgement of their Sc
vices to Union prisoners in the hosp
tai at Charleston.
The chair ruled the amendment OF
of order aud the House sustained Ii
= decision-60 to so.
? The motion to strike out the itel
for $4,000 for repairs to the Pres
dents mansion, was rejected, and Il
: item of $47,166 for expenses of IL
p various committees of the House, We
inserted, which completed the bill, a
l ter which the committee rose and Il
House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March Is, 1870.
SENATE.
t Mr.. Ross denied having garbled tt
2 correspondence relative to the sale
e Indian lands,a charged by some new
= paper correspondence.
' At one o'clock the Georgia bill W;
t taken up. the galleries being thronge
in anticipation of speech by NJ
/ Revels, the colored senator from Mi
i sissippi. who had been announced
: speak on the subject.
|, Mr.. Morton, who was entitled
n the floor. said he would yield it in f
i vor of the senator from Mississippi.
e Mr.. Revels then commenced his r
e marks, which, during their entire d
t livery, were listened to with close q
e tention by the Senate and audienc
It which den8ely filed the galleries.
e Mr.. Revels, after abiding briefly
g the very peculiar circumstances und
t which he addressed the Senate, salt
e a stand today on this floor to appe