Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-07
NoRTYTHIRD CONGRESS
SATURDAY, March :

THE SENATE vs. not IN session TODAY
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. Tn.
Houss net for the purpose OF di.cas-in. an.
bills relating % taxstsen-
MI. Wood IN. W vas first recognized. ana
commenced HE speech BY abiding % and Qua
ting from the speeches recently made ey NJ
r H. Roberts ard Mr.. Garfield, In replv ~ M,
Dsvss. Both these gentlemen, he said. we're in
nnes we're not adequate 20 meet the dem.nS.
pe country. he would suggest another
and more sppropriass remedy, and mat was
sentisms S"s -. system which neither
nj. WOOD then said that his speech 10 .asy
You'll ,s not be In reply 20 Mr.. Dawes. other
proposed 20 DO wss % continue the te,,t,',.
elctnent OF pronigscy that Mr. Dawes hsa
orouent against his own party. But he hsa
the surface, and had not gone deep enen On me-
ne ooIupuon spd pronigscy. Mr.. Dawes, nom
MS POSITION IN the House, vss emph sticaliy the
party, and his words Therefore csrr,sa v, ~ -
them force such a. the words OF no o,hs.
member could carry. He wss upon thi. neor
ne representative OF the Secretsrv OF ,hs T',ss
sury, and what he said was suthors,.,'.s
when, therefore. he predicted q great dssrS
ency 81 the end OF the year be knew where's
he SPOKE. Mt. Wood then alluded 20 the fsct
hat MIR. Dawes In bis speech had not Incl1sfeS
he forty-tour million reserve, and his anSwer
70 Mr.. Garhelds question on that subie,t
seemed 70 imply that the large amount OF the
the treasury WAS 30 be returned as soon As the
revenues came an 60 q sufficient amount He
cared that the effort 90 replace this reserve
would create panic much more disastrous in
g consequences than the pane of last fall
WHIST the country now needed more than
any thing else q more rigid and
strict economy. To insure the prosperity Of the
country there must be n reduction OF expenses
everywhere and in all departments OF the gov
eminent. Gentlemen might say there was 4 re-
1ncuon here or reduction there, but the truth
was that there was = steady increase IN the
number OF employees, as well a. In the expendi-
lures OF the government. In order 20 show the
increase be had had tAllfes prepared from the
Official records, from which n appeared that
the whole number OF employees OF The govern
nent on the civil list In is5a a. Otq while in
1873 the number had increased 10 NJ eco Ne
then proceeded 20 show the manner In whicn
the expenditures had increased in the several
departments since 1856 10 the present time and
said there was also steady increase there
MT. Burchsrd lIll.) addressed the House first
on the subject OF the importations, and then
proceeded 70 discuss the receipts and expeudi-
lures OF the government for the past several
years. He had no quarrel with gentlemen who
advocated economy. but he dld not think IL was
wise 70 deplete the Treasury 20 too great an en-
tent by reduction OF taxes. Mr. Dawes ssid
IN his speech that the Treasury would
md itself in q deficit of forty millions-
ana II that statement were correct he MIR Bur.
chsfd) Tor one could not see where that money
was 70 come nom. Mr.. Dawes had said that
he expected 90 make some OF IL up by Abolish
ing many OF the useless custom houses; by the
consolidation Of the navy yards, Sc, hut he
did not believe that would afford much Keller
IL would be bat drop in the bucket