The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-22

70 no other limitation or obstruction" He explained
that there was fermer legislation which required
that no part OF the money should be expended until
ater contIacts were made for the compleuon OF tne
whole building at an expense not exceeding three
mlliong.
The Committee on Appropriations had become
satisfied tnat II would take the three millions to
erect the building from the sill mp, as it had been
necessary to sink the lower Easements s6 feet below
the surface would be three millions, and the ex-
penditure below the surface would be In addition
to that making the whole cost OF the building
Mr. Farnsworth went at some length into the his
agreed upon BY the i've New York architects R1 who
had combined their respective designs, would have
given more roomy and convenient building at less
tracts given out for the supply OF granite in which
some members of the House were interested.
Mr. Cox replied to Mr.. Farnsworth. He referred
TO the enormous outlays Of the Government on the
works at Rock Island, Ill, and said that the appro-
priation for The New York Post once was net for
the benefit OF the city, but of the whole country and
that the item was not extravagant
After some further discussion the amendment
offered by Mr. Dawes was agreed TO-
The next item, for the Boston Post ONCE also
eiclted some dlscussion arising from opposition to
Mr.. Butler, of Mass, replied to Mr. Farnsworth's
insnuation There were some things he satd
which man could not avoid. He could not avoid
when going along street having mud-cast scat
There was not one word Of truth in it. The accu-
sation was mat the Secretary Of the Treasury the
Supervising Architect, and everybody who had to
",
fraudulent, all wrong, and this charge was made by
man whose majority had dwinded tenfold from
14O00 to 1400, and against Methodist preacher too
Naughter.) He had but one observation to make
and that was that he who accused all the world con-
victed only one, and that one himself.
He was like the man who, being drunk himself
saw all the world staggering before him. The men,
per from Illinois saw nothing but wrong, fraud,
ruption, misfeasanee and malfeasance in everybody
else. tLaughter.)
An item for furniture in the Treasury Department
brought out MI. Farsnworth again In an attack upon
the architect OF the Treasury Department, and he
mentioned the incident OF two expensive mirrors
beng toted about to adorn and beautify the
house OF distinguished member OF Congress in
washington City, and that one OF them, costing
the transportation back and forward, -
Mr.. Eldridge asked Mr.. Farnsworth to what men,
Der OF Congress he referred? Was he Democrat2
Mr. Farnsworth replied that his politics were OF
that uncertain kind that 1t was difficult to tell what
they were. He had been a Democrat and every
thing by turns but nothing long. (Laughter)
MIR. Farnsworth said that he had not stated that
the house OF the member from Massachusetts had
been graced with mirrors belonging to the Treasury
but as 1t seemed that the coat fitted that member
he would now say that 1t had been proved before a
proof again, that that members house was graced
with mirrors belonging to the United States Govern
ment and that some OF those mirrors had been lost
In their transmission to and from the Treasury.
He held in his hand a document that would prove
70 any unpreJudced jury that the member from
Massachusetts was interested in The stone quarry
from which granite was taken for the Boston Post
Ofce 1t was as well understood in the city of Bos-
ton as any other fact that was notorious there
The quarry universally called 'Butler's
Quarry" The testimony taken showed that a
man named French, dstiller, former oiicer
on the staff Of the member from Massachusetts, but
who could not get commission from Governor
Andrew on account OF his notorious bad character,
had been taken down into the members district and
used there in connection with quarry.
That man had come on to Washington because
his dstillery had been seized for violation of the
revenue laws,a went to consult the member from
Massachusetts, who was usually consulted in such
cases. He had happened to mention that he had
some spare money and to ask how he should invest
IT, and the member from Massachusetts had ad-
vised him to buy stone quarry, and il had hap
pened that that was about the very day when the
first appropriation Of 5000, coo was made by Congress
for the Boston Post ONCE This dstiller had never
owned stone quarry, and knew nothing about the
business but he went and purchased an old aban-
doned stone quarry, and Immediately afterwards,
under the advice and assistance OF the member
from Massachusetts,, he procured contract,
although he was the highest bidder for the granite
for the entire building of the Boston Post ONCE,
although there was statute which made It high
misdemeanor for any officer OF the Govern
ment TO make any contract beyond
the appropriation already made. He was not to be
told. under these circumstances, that the member
from Massachusetts was not interested in that con-
tract
An item for contingent expenses OF the House
being under consideration, Mr.. Dawes eXplaired
that the principal cause Of the exhaustion of the
contingent fund was the payment to contestants for
seats in the House, who had received during the
present Congress STs,000 besides S2s 0OC paid for
expenses In connection with those cases.