The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-21
Regiments
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Thus, white Massachusetts furnished
one hundred ani ninety seven regiments
and battaions lc's than New York, on
the plea OF war cxpcnd lures, u2 10 the
Dist OF December 1868, she had drawn
from the TreasurysI lS7 67l more .Lan
New York. While Massachusetts, fur
nished one hundred and ninety rcgi-
ments and ba,talions less .Lan Penn.
sylvania, on the plea Of war cspendi
lures, up TO the Dist Of December, 1868,
she had drawn from the Treasury 81 ,392,
9Si more than Pennsylvania. While
Massachusetts, furnished one hundred
aud sixty-two regiments and battalions
less than Ohio, on the plea ei war
expenditures she drew from the Treas
ury $9l ,2i3 more than Ohio
These facts, though twice charged
in the House, have never been denied.
You will observe, my friends, that the
statement OF the Second Auditor was
made December 81, 1868, and assert
and eau proove, iC allowed 10 do 40.
tk"t Massachusetts has been chin deep
in the treasury from that day 10 this
The opportunity will not be given |
{ hold ~ my hand "The Daily GhbS Of
February !. 1871, from which | read
NJ Morgan. | ask unanimous
consCat to submit the following res.
oiatiou f,r consideration at this time
"RcSoise,i, That the Secretary OF the
! Treasury Gc directed 10 report TO ibis
RI 81. .fa ,.l
by and alo.ed 20 the States adhering
10 the Union, abi 10 the citizens there
OF, for expenditures made and loses
sustained by them during the late civil
war
Mr.. Butler, OF Massachusett, |
object"
Massachuset,s objected TO investiga.
ton, and the doors or the Treasury
were slamed in the faces Of the people,
who are being robbed
WATER HAUL oP Mr. DAWES.
Ia this connection, let me call your
attention to the bill hold ia my hand,
which was introduced into the House by
Mr. Dawes. OF Massachusetts. who per.
haps in point OF shrewdness has not his
superior ia Congress. Nr. Dawes be
gan b. be REGARDED by the country as n
kind Of treasury watch dog And ]
cODfess that on entering Congress wa
struck with admiration Tor what seemci
10 be his jealous wa,cbfulness Of hat
became OF the taxes paid by the people.
! The shrewd Mr.. Dawes, whose tactics
did not AT fret comprehend, generally
makes n speech in favor OF retrebch.
mcnt day or two, some times IN hour
1r two. before he makes a dive into The
Treasury and when my friend Dawe-
does dive. be generally goes TO The bot.
tom; 10 do him justice, he seldom
ever comes up with water haul. a.
you are all aware, my friends, Dir.
Dawes is the Ingenious. he would smile
were 10 say the economical chairman
Of the committee on Appropriations.
As you know an appropriation can only
be made by authority Well, this doc.
ufsent proposing TO appropriate thirty.
five and one-haDf millions IL called the
civil service bill, and into which
civil bill our friend Dawes, the watch
dog OF the Treasury, clipped few lines
giving Massachusetts, S23l 900 for coast
defenses during the late war That
don't souBd much like civil service.
does it' The proposed appropriation
was stricken out for the trivial reason
that there was no Law authorizing the
payment Mr. Dawes received the dis
comfture with smile that was bland,
feeling sure that three times the amount
claimed would yet be paid-not because
the claim is just, but because il il the
claim OF Massachusetts,.
stssAcHUsErTs AND TIE War or 1872.
i will no: refer 10 the Hartford Con-
vention, nor TO the sympathy shown by
the Governor. Legislature and judiciary
Of Massachusetts, for England during