, 1874-04-17

""s occurleu i9r pnDlo purposes that the family |
was hudd!cd into s1nalor apartments than e wcro
occupied by thousands Of private families all |
ovor tito country. 1Ic declared TINT mono Of tie
Items for tho Presidential mansion woro nor |
S0sGi Mr pD6fU}fEsisfs pDUfE f,1ass, xno,,. - +,o .,,
question, because, ho eaid, Lis attention lad
6oen called to. tho subject by lis colleague,
Dawes, aonao tinno ago, in q nlnnnor TINT lad
atr4uk i, tug country: That atstomont Ind boon,
bent s400,000 during tho .er1n. liz won't Of, to
nnalyzo tho appropriations for tho Presidential
household; TINT thoy woro in no wise porqusites
6ut, on tho oe1nntrary, added to tle preait1ont'a
discomfort. There had been no increnao, and
for Q great many years.
hIr. MAY NA1tD asked Mr.. Dutier whether ho
Ind over taken Tho trouble to make III estimate
Of tho comparative cost Of tho Presidential
without taktng into accoupt the diHoronco In lilo
Valuo Of money.
Mr. BUTLER said ho had, and that tho cost
IN Washington'B time was nearly double that of
tho present time, and that. too, as timc whom
who now rcooivcu - Or ct day. 10 had hoard
q good donl Of tho simplicity Of curly Times, but
ho nag ~ MIS- hauu newspaper paragraph from
2 "Jensina "of those days, giving q deHorip-
Hancock ut n ball iu Philadelphia. He road 1t
with running comment to tho great anuBo-
mont Of tho House.
Mr.. COX said ho had supposed tto two geutlo-
men from h1asHachusotta (Butlcr and Dawes)
been surprised, therefore, to find this little
divergence Of views bctweou tl!om. uo was
surprised that hiH friend CDaweg) had taken
buck so many wiso md good things which ho
Ind becu said by Butler about the peculiarly Of
dress and about tho luxury Of tho tlaya Of Wasl-
ington and Jefferson and tIancoc! did
not effect tho frugality, tho honesty, the
On thoso small salaries. Ho % himself If dia ar not
caro- how mon trossod. lTo did not caro- about
Bumptuary Laws. lie did not caro- II Ills frlanl
from Aassachusetta came 10 in eky.blue panta-
looms and addressed the HOUSE,, II would add
lthad beon said by distinguished Now York
editor who was in Washington recently, and who
had @ given lecture in Now York on lis return.
that 1t seemed as If everybody. in tho
and that tho Governors of States only
becamo local magistrates iu order to become
United States Senators. All tho architecture
and nll tho grandeur Of Washington tended to
honest government. Ho was most surprised
that his honost, Hlmple-hearted, frugal.mindel
friend from Massachusetts (Dawes) should bo
inclned to take back sono things which 10 Ind
said before on this subject. Ho quoted from q
somebody Is represented as having in-
| quired of Butler whnt the effect Of
tho circulation of pawoa' speech in
Connecticut WAS, In which Butler is represented
ssyug vo bsd ,ts for TIE opHoleaa and
gets in tho hablt Of breaking out Of pound when
it is dark and drizzly, there is no cotn.leld in
the country eafe." luprcarions laugLtor, in
! which Dawes joined heartily, whi!o Butler sat
Arr. Cox went on Quoting from tho nowspapor
| paragraph, in which Butler is also represented
aB saying that Dawes know too much Of party Sc
cEocta, and must haye bell put around his ucck.
But who, said Coz, is the man to boil tho gontle-
nun from massachusetts Let him step forth
and do 1t. Nobody but hin.sof can do it, aud ho
has done it to-daY (alluding to sonlo remarks Of
| tial mausion).
1Ir. DAWES replied to tho remarks Of Mr..
Butlor, who, he said, vas mover SO distinguished
| III debate As when lle made and belnbored bis
own issues. He denied that llo (Dawes) had
said anything as to tho u1ueasonab1cness Of q
single appropriation for tue Presidential man
sion. What hc had said III the speech re-
| forred to had roforenco to tic a4,-
| inent. Ho admitted tAat h6 high: have boon q
distinction cloar between itoms personal to the
President aud those TINT went 10 tile carrying on
OF tho Executive establishment. Replying to
/ AIr. Cox, he denied that lo had taken back in
NOW hampshire IHe hpe6oa WHICH lie Lnu MnuG
in tho House fow years ago, md said 10 Ind
only added TO it neBsago from Tho President to
the people or Now Hampshire that, Whenever
saved to tho Treasury, that dollar would DO
saved. But Ao had changed nothing and lle
changed nothing to-day Of what 10 had said in
that speech, which had boon circulated III New
England.
Alr. DUTLER quoted from Mr.. Dawes speech
in tho House, Bonc mouths ago, to strengthen
A. 80 At1.A hal
Mr. DAWES renarked tHat ho bud mado the
correction himself.
reoted III 80 gingorIy d mannor thnt I'M afrail
the people would not understand it: The ex-
plnual0n Inns 90 many +" ifs," and IS butts" and
"auds," and 'theroforcA," that I want co bring
before tho country that these things arc 10 moro
personal perquistcH Of the President than these
desks arc the porsoua pcrquisiteH Of uembora.
or .-thnn tho Sponkar's parlor, which, ho never
can got into, iB the personal porquisite OF tho
SpoaEcr.
Mr.. COX remarked, in response to Butler, that
tho paragraph as to tho luxury Of tho early days
WIS fancy sketch..
Mr.. DUTLER-I am elad to hear it.
Ar. COA-lt WAS written by Grace Greenwood
tho other day, and published IN tho Washington
Chronicle.
Mr.. DUTLER-I am glad to hear it.
Afr. CON-{ou haye put boforo tho House aB
a fnct wl,at turns out to DO u fancy.
MT DUIA1I-NoH BIZ HAGt!6fGi luL utNs-
naror 10 talso md 30 miserable botoro tho
House, will Hta1.d corrected, but not by the
gentleman from New York.
Mr. CON-But this is fancy, and ia not so
good or SO smart I'll tho goutlomans faucy
generally.
AIr. DUTLER-paraon mo you are neither
good nor smart [LnnEiltor.]
Mr. KELLEY wanted NIr. Cox to state
whether there woro III nahy gold spoons in tho
Presidential mansion as Spy Ogle had found taoro
wI.en YnnDuren Was President.
NIr. COX-Why not address, That question to
tho other Bitlo Of tho House It does not be-
long to this sao.
MI. KEILEY-You aro bunting a(tor tho
| gold EDO o1,a.
Dir. COX-I never make this sort Of person.
nl romark here toward any member OF tAo House,
| und novor will.
nTr. KAs5ON argued against the constitution
ality Of tho incrcase Of tha Presidents Z salary,
dent after lle Ind boon elected, mud because It
| affected tue presdonts own Interest. Ho fot
| compelled to vote for tue amendment Offered by
| Mr.. Holman. ,.
Tinny, tho question came to u voto aud Mr.