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very much worse II what Mr. Kellogg had said had
been attributed 70 him. Iaughterl

The House then took up the bill Tor the gradual
Mr.; coBuas, rep.) ofInd.. explained and adyo-
Gated the bili. He dlsayowed on the part o. tne
committee on Military Analrs any disposition o.
mttee mad nothing but profound respect and
honor for the armv. The motive OF the bl was
there could be considerable reduction IA me
military service. His personal judgment
was That the reduction provided IN me ne
thought that the government could get
on with an army OF 10000 as well as with an army
OF O,cOo men, tne man work Of the army being 20
take care OF the indian iiontIer lie proceeded
10 analyze the detail, OF the bin. He estimated
the saving 70 inc government which the passage
OF TINS oii would effect, at about 100000.
Mr.. ALBRIGHT, lrep.) OF Pa, member OF the
Military committee. approved in the man OF the
the army were presented as an Original question
he would not be disposed to vote Tor IT, lie crit
lcised, however, the various features Of the oll
particularly those In reference to the staff corps.
Mr. BUTLER, rep.) OF Mass, gave notice of an
amendment winch he intended TO offer thar the
headquarters OF The army shall never be removed
from the capital VI tie nation except IN time oi
war.
CRITICISM on THE INDIAN PEACE POLICY
MIR. NEsNiTH. tdem) OF Oregon. another mem
Der Of tie Committee on Military Affairs, stated
that IN the main he was opposed TO the biiL lie
there would be no need Of an army, hut as there
was no chance for such Utopia the army should
posed reduction in benalf OF the frontier settle
ments to which military protection was an abso
lutte necessity, and he quoted General Sherman's
expression that he would rather all the nrst
twenty pages OF the army Register torn out and
all the higher offices abolished than see
these constant attempts to interfere with the
organization were to he kept I'D no officer OF
spirit and culture would desire to remain in the
army and Congress had better abolish 1t at once
ana let the Indians take possession OF che frontier
Referring 10 the recent eulogies OF the Indians by
oil Iowa. and Shanks (rep.) OF Ind, ne ridicued
them, and characterized the Indians az a cowardy.
Sd wearing SCI
controlling the Indians BY means OF the Peace
COMMISSIONERS, who were, perhaps, Christian,
God loving God tearing men. He did not deny
that: but these qualifications were not such as 30
enable them 10 control Indians. A man should
have some practical adaptation to the purpose to
which he Is put They were told IN Scripture that
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ale grass; but ne had never heard
that ne had become ut for beef. or tnat he would
have made good milch COW.
Mr.. MAcDoUGAII, pep.) OF N. Y. another member
OF the Military COMMITTEE, proposed to amend the
seventh section in regard TO the Adjutant Gen.
erals Department by making IL consist OF one ad-
jutant general, with the rank OF prlgadier gen
eral; two assistant adjutant generals, with the
rank Of Colonel: Jour with the rank OF lieutenant
colonel and ten with the rank or MAJOR.
Mr.. BANNING, Qibl OF Ohio. spoke at length in
favor Of the reduction OF the army and conse;
an enormous amount OF money. He also advO.
Gated transfer Of the pension and Indian bureaus
thereby securing great saving OF the public funds
and at the same time more efficiency in the SER
vice. He spoke Of the great abuses in the system
OF the commutation and assignment of quarters IN
Washington and elsewhere TO army oficers, aud
gave Il lull and comprehensive review OF the pres
ent discipline and practices Of the army as now
organized.
MORALE OF THE ARMY
MI. HAwLEy. rep.) or Conn.,, anovher member
the BIZ, particularly those features OF It
which looked TO reduction Of the officers.
Rering OF Congress with the army as
utterly demoralizing. He favored the devislhg OF
some permanent organization that would insure
an honorable position to Officers. Speaking OF
West Point, he reminded the House that q smaller
proportion Of men educated there had proved un-
faithful to the country IN the late rebellion than OF
men in any other branch or the service, Dlpo-
matte, Judiciary or Legislative.
Mr. SHANKs, OF Indiana, suggested that not
single private soldier had betrayed his trust, while
quite number oil officers educated At West Poiut
had done so.
before. Referring TO the recent disturbances in
Arkansas, he paid high compliment to Captain
Rose and his company. and said tnat 1t would be
better for the government TO pay the Whole
penses OF the army Tor one year rather than not
nave had that little detachment at Little Rock. The
have arisen would have been held up as a national
reproach years hence.
tn mn sp OF Iowa
the bill and objected to other portions. He Was
opposed to those sections affecting the star corps
departments. lie thought that the force OF officers
assigned to those various stan corps was entirely
too large.
table, which motion was negative0.
The previous question was seconded, and then
the bill went over until tomorrow.
ARKANSAS COMMITTEE.
The Speaker announced the following as the
Special Committee on Arkansas Affairs = Messrs.
iora sp n snyer s sn o. Of aio and
Sloss, (dem.) OF Ala
The House then, at half-p past four O'Clock. took
recess until halfpaSt seven, the evening sc ssiOn
to be devoted to the consideration OF the bill to
amend the tarln.
Evening Session.
The House met at halt past seven and went into
in the chair on the bull to amend the Tarin and
Internal Revenue laws.
r me proceeangs opened Win discussion on
rep) of Iowa, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, 20 make the duty on that
duty for two years machinery adapted to manu-
iacture the fibre OF the r0mic plant The debate
than an aa n v oi
Butler repJ Of Aassaehasstts MI Mr. Kelley irep
Ms ep y 6hp n Mr. Sasas
(G rep Of Mass nassacnnsests; Msssrs L1ttrell
an amendment by Mr.. Gamer (fep.) OF 4. l.,
that the machinery to be admitted nee Of duty
should not be such as IS manufactured in the
United states was adopted, and, as thus amended
Mr.: Kasson,s proposition was agreed TO.
MN, Ml Myers ~ r e p o. Pa, amendments OF last
on IL the same as on other iron OF like condition,
grade and stage Of manufacture, was adopted:
At last the free list sectlOn was reached and the
first amendment offered to IL was by Mr.. PLAT
!repl OF Va, to put peas Tor seed purposes on the
free list Agreed to.
Mr. DAWES moved to put alizarlne on the free
list
Agreed to.
Mr.. CoNGER. (rep.) OF Mich, moved to strike out
"extract OF hemlock bark.n This motion gave
rise to discussion, IN which Mr.. Conger, OF Michi-
gan, and Mr.. Builder, or Massachusetts,
were the central figures, the latter
opposing the amendment in the interest OF the
shoemakers OF Lynn. Finally. Mr.. Conger's motion
was agreed to. and ''extract OF hemlocK bark"
was struck out OF the Tree list and lett where 1t il
under the existing law, at twenty per cent.
Mr.. MERRIAM. Gep.1 OF N. Y, moved to strike
quicksilver out OF the free lIst and said that to
put 1t there was merely to put the present duty,
fifteen per cent, into the pockets or the Roth.
schilds, the owners Of the Almaden mine IN Spain.
Mr. DAWES, without replying TO Mr.. Merriam.
called Tor vote an0 the motion was lost.
Mr. VANCE, (dem.D OF N Co. moved to put on the
free list salt In bulk or In packages, and made a
speech IN favor ofthe motion.
Speeches on the opposite side were made by
Nr. MAYNARD, (Tep) OF Tenn. and Mr.
HEREFORD fdem.l OF w. Va and then Mr. DAWES