The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-06

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Q corruption fund, and alleged that thl
J War Department and tho Navy Depart
!, ment had covered up the figures ant
evaded giving an intelligible account o
what had become Of the money. Il IN. /.
Mr.. DAWES defended the department.
Il and reminded the House that the accounts
oithe War Department, which Mr.. BRcR
wanted furnished, amounted 10 q pile ovei
one mile long andsten feet deep. GLaugh
ter. ;tRaisl ls. ot.5'st'
Mr.. BUTLER remarked that there were
ten or twelve courts Of Investigation now
in session 9 voice, Va" and no one had
yet been able to show, that a single dollar
had been spent against the provisions Of
Mr. SIocuM-Dtd not A. II. Stewart
testify before the Senate Committee on the
New York Custom House that George
Leet, President Grants staff officer, eharg.
ed double rates for storing goods In Now
York; as,,i ''1IfFlTTT
Mr.. BUTIER-aDid that come out OF
The treasury am talking about the
Mr. sLocM-@No one alleges that
they steal directly but they did indi.
rectly."
Mi. MoRoAH-"What became of the
$4,000 stolen by Hodge and gambled
away in Wall Street ?" VT
Mr.. BuTnER-u0, yes; when / ask for
anything spent in violation OF the law
Ithey tell me about delaulters /, A dc.
iaulter who ecame. down to us from
former administration-who carried on
his career Of crime until a Republican
administration. caught, him =, TExultant
laughter on the Republican Sidel That
is all.p Nni1gs 80 SEt'isnyJ seg "a 5H
s2 Nj. MYERs And the Republican al.
ministration punished him. osiE .fsI
MI. BECK repeated his charges against
the War and Navy Departments, alleging
that $38, 100000 had been spent BY the
War Department Y In the last five
years without appropriations without the
order OF Congress, and without the action
Of the courts: It had been spent largely
for purposes Of corruption and to. keep
men loyal. He did not know what Il
had, taken to keep the gentleman from
Massachusetts (BUTEER) loyal. He knew
that In 1851, when be and BUTLER were
Democrats together, it took more trouble
to keep the gentlemen from Massachusetts
loyal than 1t did himself, and If It was
ascertained what the gentleman was
worth, and what he had been worth, then
the question might be answered. All he
knew was that TINS money had been given
IN ways that congress knew not OF.
MI. buTLER caued on the house to wit
ness nc ~ tnat ne i: nad enaeavored to keep with,
with general principles. he asked the
gentleman from Kentucky (BEcK) whether
IL was becoming q man who occupied the
place which Henry Clay, had once occu.
pied to fling vile SANDER at his opponent
Tor want oi better arguments. BE told the
anecqote oL a countryman listening to on
argument carried on by two Learned doc.
tors in Latin, who said he knew which
side was getting the worst Of the argu-
ment when he saw who got mad first
dc had served with MIR. BECK on the
Committee on Appropriations for one
Congress, and he called on him to say
whether in all his official action he had
not endeavored to protect the Treasury
as well as he (Mr. BEcK) did. He would
Etell the gentleman what 1t cost to make
hint BUTLER loyal. When, the first gun
was fired on the American flag at Fort
Sumter he went into the field without
counting the cost He wished he had
met the gentleman from Kentucky there
and been side by side with him; or he
would have been equally well pleased to
have met him on the other side. Laugh
ter and applause from the Republican
slqe.l r.. Nv, 80 - 1.. /
Mr. MORGAN made Q speech against the
Administration, charging it with corrup-
ton and exrayagance-a speech which
mr.. DAWES said ne had heard twenty
times In tne House, and had seen 1t in the
Democratic papers all over the country.
~ MI. McORARY sent to the Clerk desk,
and had feau, . letter from the Secre.
tary OF war, stating the length OF time,
numoer OF auultlonal clerks aud cost OF
supplying the information which Mr..
bEcKs resolution called for, the time re.
qnlred pelng az least Twelve months.
Ihe Committee then proceeded with
the consideration Of the bill In detail.
on monon ol mr.. GARF1ELD, an addi-
tonal secuon was inserted making II un'
lawful t9 prand, mark or letter the body
o. . soldler, and, expungiDg the word
"corporeaf from the 43d article OF war.
The Committee rose and the bill was
passed IN the House without division.
Mr. SAWYER, from the Committee on
commerce, reported the river and harbor
appropriation Dill, which was referred to
| the G0mm1ttee on Appropriations,
u Iae y House then adjourned. . ~.
me session tomorrow will be for, de-
pate only. .,-,,,. 80. ..,7-- .-, =,