, 1874-01-13

11o was succeeded by Deck, Of Kentucky, who, in
addition to tho facts neniioned n your tNratchea leat
night showed TINT IN srite o. tc vstnona proteata-
Il was remarked m1nclateiy followed tl,o presoti-
oysrwholming triumph, exceeded ie cstisles Of tic
Department ot''cn.s ~ about $l5,oooooo. pcok's
Tic rcul Thinking men,bcrs Of tiso iiouso throngoi
ent at The strange reyelnous TINT we're bcing n.ato
There wns very groAt con1m0ti0n among tioao re-
aponsible for tho successful
coNpoN1.o or TIE sxonErAnrs orrENEE,
lrerca gathered an took counsel toge.ter in m NJ
frsh1.a sor of ay referring staossy to tho book
q fssss asTns wlsnsf + nee :esy " fes1sd Ss
pay Of ho navy charged bit Deck put hin at onee
asdo with The remark tint to hal no fears he Ind
s 2 5 r. sa fG9 T. It. Ct H. sssss a Of tho
ilve-s1tha Of tho appropriation Ind besu expended,
and TINT tlso report was sufficient Of itself.
0AnftELD's DEFEHsE.
After Book had taken Ills soat, GARFIELD took tho floor
to cfeud himself which hn did in way tint will not
sophstrIes answer Ills purpose, but thoy only weak
encd s csae. lc polluted to tho fact That tho Beorc-
o was rcesnn q iii I rans az evnco
that Nohcaon had confessed TINT e doing 20 lilo
gully, md asked that tho wrong 10 condonea. This
Everybody know TINT such was not tho case Whcn
the letter was written, was supposed thut tho Navy
Department cniisting to tlI up tho quota al
lowed by faw,nohng moro. Referring to the fact Of
THE INCREASE OF APPROXIMATIONS
over tho anlot nskcd BY tho Secretaries, Garfield at
rst, attempting 70 deny IT, urged that they were really
recommended ~ tho Secretaries In 1ottcra wron by
them Subsequent to the scnding In Of their regular
ttmatcg and made grcat show Of virtlous ind1gua-
lion against what ho characterized M attempt Of
the Secretary 81 tho Treasury to ait on to tho Arrro
rrinslons Committee responsibility which belonged
strictly with the secretarics There s nothing better
ktIow1 10 en Garfield and tho.n conyetsant With the
transaction Of public buBncss tn Washington, and To-
fore Congress, than tint tho amounts actually
sary tho carryng of tho business OF the Depart
ncns, cstimated most liboraly, put in tho annual
book Of estimates, and that subsequently Secretaries
feel FREQ to recommend on al1 accounts by lottcr.
forany object belonging to tho Department at any time
III letter, mud this IS tho 1nanncr III viii ch the Jobs
put through. They not included III tie book Of
cetirntca tito amount npcratvey needed to carry
OIL tho business OF tho Government, but arc
CONSIDERED Al EXTRAS;
and, when such subsequent recommendation Is Sic
u M Mfaraa s eudsnaes e. % eF sesF H.
munts for money to cover actual run.
ming expenses by making them cover all
Gorta Of jobs but they feel at liberty, afer they have
cot forth those demands, 10 recommend other arpro-
prlaton to provide for ncasutcs not absolutely udis
peusable. a sccsetary,s recommendation docs not
BY my mems do all that must bo dono to get tlle
money out Of Tho Treasury. Thcto must be legislation
by Congress- mud tlat iogAlston will not DO grantgd
n tho face Of IN adyerto report from tho Appropria
tions Committee, And the pretcnsc-for to that II
comcs-that the Appropriations Committee dusfuiy
granted all TINT tho Secretaries ask for, md arc not
House, Ia ridiculous and unworthy to be put forth by
anybody.