National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-12

NJ HawIey' ~ gopn questioned the propri.
ety OF excsbting the country weekiles. Ht
there ahoniJ no a eenerai apnlicatlon. He called
inc Attention ~ tbe onse fp Inc iact that ii was
throngb Inc nTgensy ~ ihIs clasa of papers that
nriyyriege i""''''" 'o' ''' ~
NJ I'M ofN 4 denied that IL was through
tho inhnenca ~ ths country naners hut the voice
~ Inc nconie VI WV
A. apweppdr,on, nronoaed nv Mr. UIhbar,l Of
n II naniardnS maggs llne manyacrints and neNs.
nansy mannsrytnts Ia beiong 10 Inc thlri class of
nmar a9e eT T NJ M pnhsrts ~ ming the
0ostege IN daiiv naners AT lb cenis ter onarter.
After soms other minor amendments inc mi
was passed.
from ,be PreaIient yetolng tho hii Tor the relief
az Jamea A. McCnIIongh. late collector Of Inc
Firm district Of Missouri. Referred to the Com.
hiso. a nnmbep NJ Executive communications.
which were referred 10 annronrlate Committees
The Iionse thsn went into Tommitiee Of the
whnIe
"" M THE ARMY APPROPRIATION HtII.
debate being umited 10 one honr
Nj nirrey ~ Pa VINO hal charge Of the hill.
vIeilej hsi} ~ tbe lima 10 Mr. Wool ~ n "
ySn IN ,nsn yIe,ded inc ,ime aiio,,eI lin m NJ
pao.nysit ~ X Y 10 SenIv 10 Inc remasts m IA
hv NJ Chlnman ~ n ~ snme ia Va aimee
- ''' Nh RoossyEIT sPEaSs IGs1S,
Mr. RooseyeIt comniained N The maIIqnIty
NJ, iis dnnIah ,6at ho Ma svsS mahs nV
about inc man Riley. who was dlacharged by the
hoard 81 Pubic WorsS. and produced An sf,da.
vii al his saving that he never made Inc remaTks
impnted 10 him lie next held m four comics on
inc Teport Of the BOARD Of Public Works, Each he
said ntrnorted 10 he Inc regular report and VET
there were no two alike, he sRIi that he hal
made three aIdresses In tho Uouse nnon The
aiialrs OF the District, and each time the boarl
and sSsn 'S rr,ed ont tbSt he had is|site
IIa also presented a cony Of the Teport Of Gen
BibcOck, and compared his figures with those OF
which they agreed, and that was probably fraud
on one aide and a mistake on the other,
Iie defended hla estimate Of the coat, and said
he made the computation upon all the assess
ments which he roulJ Obtain. lie tOoE eight
streets and TWO ayenues-aIi he could obtaln-
and based HIS estimate upon an average OF these.
This morning he received three more, which
raiseti The average lie charged that the Dele
rate from The District had based his average
Iipon two OF the streets that had been done At
the cheapest cost. lie said II his figures were
wrong. they were the figures Of the board, and
he was not Responsible FOR them. lie said that
citizens OF Warrington came To hlm-not Demo
Gratis, but nine times out OF ten Republicans, and
often colored mcn-who told him Of the doInQs
Of he Rosrd Of Public WorSs with fear asd
trembling, fearing persecution by the board Of
done with the advice Of the advisory hoard, and
lature, in which not 4 WORT Was said 81 concrete
payenents.
dRS. cuIPMAg ASswERs.
r. m. d.
low the statements Of the gentleman where they
had been extrayaQantiy made. lie would not
admit that the gentleman was the one to come
here with clean hands aud cry out Tammany No.
with his certificate OF election from Tamn any,
and moi from the people' lie had assaiied t6e
personal character OF citizens OF this District
who were In every rspcct his peers. They had
been born here and grown up among the people.
They were selt-ma1e men. They had had great
difficulties to encounter, and had been persecnted
at every step, and had here m ayenue-he would
said thai Inc report I The hoard Of Public
Works did not profess to he precisely correct;
hut he asserted that II was substantially 80.
lie next ALLUDED to the report OF Zen. Bah
cock, am showed how the discrepancies Oc-
rupt, and il was shown to hin by the gentleman
from New YORK or any one else, he would not he
the last TO denounce them. He had gone before
the people oi tns Dstct pn seneIal oc y,
uu ,.e PTpP ,a,t,Ion c,n," .son M :, I'M,
n,ic iue OPp ,snv , all ~. "" ar ,san
III .ol ,ha SxnrI I, Vii, rsSsr ss,d meIe.
.,e ~ mi n,s,Slrt ma, viii tnrn anJ Isn5 IL
gate W 'nls Dst & WI Iu n,l, su ~, 'eh' "'
$500. ,.., L nas s Anan Arrh'rN''''oN Mill
va" N, ' S,oUghton. ot Mich. ofrercl an amend.
t' ',rS al M a. ~, ,,,,ts
sss,V ne 70, " ISr NJ
uaI.nk wv ", u -" ''a' H"N"' "'''' WI
Souutn' " aI,' W., y. ~ ~ a, ~ W
Ing the pay Of Pa{inasters CLERKS ~ tle same pay
as wy eieIks % M h,auo ~ w I,
ahI ~ naaii ~ NM ~ H. Sin5s, a, So,,
YORK, oiier S an amendment authorizing IL,
KS a 70 pph'in ias,.n, si,ian, ,,,O
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eTS,, ,yy'n,,,no thu, ros. sod -s7o-,1 an. hu
ine yS Wy, ' n, ~ ~ a ''f''''" ny WI
n IN n nUuss' M MAJ ngsssJa rs,o,utIon ss,
.p1a ~ " n.s'as ,,,iiesY 70, H. ~, ~
ns sIa y, ans ene T KY s,a,n nn Us ~ a
the western gallery for ladies And ordering tina
cpnn o M N.Y. '"''' ''''''
oG,VVn, ~ XIII ,yhl,h war, exr,ri Ia, hv m,
eNpiIaon =, n ny nSsns "o"' 'es'''"a' w
NJ $1,000 M aIa,a,i ra.o,,,lo, tina, NJ, nm,
NJ. Sanea o NJ .eso ~, mat ga n'
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''So p m'
Evening Session
At the evening session Mr.. Blair, OF Mich, iron
the Committee on Claims, reported u bill u
amend section two OF the deficiency apprOpria
| ton bin OF March ., 1871, so that the word
c"%e poiatoes PPd tobacco taken by competen
authority and used by the army or navy, an,
also the rent OF houses and buildings so takel
and used: 49,, ,..-,,---..,,
trent Of houses and buildings so taken an
used"
nTm mn and As in he negative No quorum.
Mr., blair asked that the hill he recommitted.
Mr., BecF, OF KY, objected, and said he fayore
the bill anu not The amendment, but should Oh
lect to any other hill being passed without
quorum, lie wanted a quorum, and II might a
well be had on this as on any other bill. II
! moved n call of the House,
Pending this motion, Mr.. DOx, Of Ala, move
that the House adjourn. Rejected.
on the motion for a call Of the House, the vot
stood: AYES OF, noes Il,
Two more than a quorum having voted, III
question WAS again taken by tellers on I'll
amendment proposed by Mr.. Hale to the bill r.
ported by NJ. blair The amendment was n
lected,
The third reading Of the hill was ordered, whe