Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-17

York editor, who was in Washington re-
Gently, and who had given lecture in New
York ON his return, that il seemed as i
everybody in the States desired to come Il
Washington, and that the Governors of the
States only became local magistrates in or
der to become United States Senators. Al
the architecture and all the grandeur Of
Washington tended to lessen
The Old Democratic Idea
of frugal, simple, honest government.
| lie was surprised that his honest, simple
hearted, frugal minded friend from Masss-
chusetts, (Mr. Dawes,) should oe inclined
to take back some things which he said
before on this subject. He quoted from a
newspaper paragraph statement I'm which
somebody is represented as having enquiled
of Mr.. Butler what the effect of the circula-
tion of Mr.. Dawes speech in Connecticut
was, in which Mr.. Butler is represented as
saying ''Bad for the Republican partyn and
adding sswhen
| An Old Brindie Steer
| like Dawes gets in the habit OF
breaking out Of the pound when it is dark
and driZzly, there is no cornfcld in the
country safe" [Uproarious laughter, in
which Dawes joined heartily, while Butler
sat looking solemn and stolid, as if he did
not see the fun of the thingJ
MIR. Cox went on, quoting from the news
paper in which Mr.. Butler is also repre-
sented as saying s.Dawes knew too much of
the party secrets and must have bell put
roundhis neck, = but who,said Cox, is the man
to bell the gentleman from Massachusetts.
Let him step forth and do it. Nobody but
himself can do it and he has done it to-day.
Ialiuding 10 some remarks of Dawes in de-
fence OF the items for the Presidential
mansionl.
Dawes Apologies.
Mr.. Dawes replied TO the remarks Of Mr..
Butler who, he said, was never so distin-
guished in debate as when he made and
belabOred his own issues. He denied that
he,( Dawes, had said anything as to the un-
reasOnableness of single appropriation for
the Presidents mansion. What he had
said in the speech referred to, had reference
to the app OpriatiOns for the executive es-
tabliShment. He admitted that he might
have been little more explicit in his words
and not made distinction between the
items personal to the President and those
that went to the carrying of the executive
establishment.
Replying to Mr.. Cox, Mr.. Dawes denied
that he had taken back in New Hampshire
speech what he had said in the House a
few months ago, and said he had only add
ed to it q message from the President TO
the people Of New HAMPSHIRE. that wben-
ever it could be pointed out that dollar
could be saved to the Treasury that dollar
would be saved. But that he changed
nothing and he changed nothing TODAY of
vvhaf hf hnl 81 f,,f f1.aE 4.
been circulated i'm New England.
Mr.. Butler quotedfrom Mr.. Dawes speech
in the House some months ago to strength
EN- the criticism which lie (Butler) had
made on it.
Mr. Dawes said that he had made the
correction himself
Mr.. Butler-PardOn me-but it was cor
rected in so gingerly a manner that l am
afraid the people would not understand it,
The explanation has so many '.ifS,' and
"buts,' and sands" and ''therefores," that
1 want to bring ii before the country that
these things are no more personal perquis-
ties of the President than these desks are
personal perquisites of the members, or
than the Speakers paIlor, which lie never
can get into, is personal perquisite of the
Speaker.
Mr.. Cox remarked, in response to Mr..
Butler, that the paragraph as to the luxury
Of early days was
A Fancy sketch.
MIR. Butler-I am glad TO hear it.
Mr.COx-It was written by Grace Green
wood, the other day, and published in the
Washington Chronicle.
Mr.. Butlsr-I am glad to hear it.
Mr.. COX-YOu bave put before the
House, as fact, what turns out to be a
fancy.
Mr.. Butler-No sir; whenever 1 put a
newspaper so false and so miserable before
the House, / will stand corrected, but not
by the gentleman from New York.
Mr. COx-But this is fancy and is not so
good or so smart as the gentleman's fancy
generally.
Mr.. Butler-Pardon me. You are
neither good nor smart. (Laughter).
Mr.. Kelley wanted Mr.. Cox to state
whether there were as many
Gold Spoons
in the Presidential mansion rs Mr.. Spyogle |
had found there when Mr.. Van Buren, was |
President.
Mr.. COx-Why not address that question |
to the other side OF the House? 1t does not |
belong TO this side.
Mr.. Keiley-YOu are hunting after the
gold spoons.
MIR. COX-I never made this sort of per-
sonal remark here toward any member of
The House and never will.
Mr.. KasOn (Republiean) argued against
-he eonstitutiOnality Of the increase of the
Presidents salary, because the act had been
signed by the President after he had been
elected, and because it affected the Presi-
ient's own interest. He felt compelled to
7Ote for the amendment offered by Mr..
Holman.
Finally the question came to a vote and
MIR. Holman's amendment was rejected.
rhe Whole Civil List Needs Reform.
Mr.. E. K. Hoar moved to increase the
salaries Of the two Assistant Secretaries of
State from $, 500 to $1,000.
Mr.. kellogg moved to make it s.. 800.
Mr.. Serer moved to make it $4,000.
After a long discussion in which Mr..
fairfield, of Ohio, suggested that there
hould be a commission during the next
ecess to revise the salaries of the whole
ivil list, all the amendments were re-
ecfed.
a Bold Bid for Public Pan.
Mr.. Purman, (Republican from Florida,)
moved to strike out the proyiso which for
ids the publication of laws in newspapers
Iter March, 1875. He advocated his amend
nent rs preventing the abolition Of a sub
idy of $4,000 to Republican newspapers.
lie also protested against the repeal of the
ranking privilege, which had been one of
he greatest acts of injustice ever perpe-
-ated on the people living outside of the
lrge cities.
Mr.. DOnnel advocated Mr.. Purman's
not on the ground of subsidiz- J
lg news papers, but because that mode of
the laws was the Cnly means of
n early dissemination of a knowledge Of
he laws among the people.
Mr.. Speer remarked that in Pennsylva-
ia the laws were published in t. o county I
ewspapers only in the county of each Of
he two Senators and that these papers were
OF read by one person out of every
lousand of the population. He ventured
say that the laws rs opubliShed in these
20 papers were not read by ten persons
nd any body who advocated such an abuse
1 the plea of spreading intelligence was
lly making a Ounce of himself. s.
MIR. Garfield opposed the publication of II
e laws in two newspapers in each State
a cost of $4,000 as an undefended and q
defensible proposition. All that there G
as Of N was aS Mr. purman had fr,uEIv | q