, 1874-03-11
WASHINGTON.


tlorong. investigation into faota connected with
1nti'an coatracts. Adopted.
EXPLANATION.
=. MIR. ELLIS T. ROBERTS, member at tlo
Committee Ut WnyH md Menus, modified state
mutt which he hud maso IN lB apoech laBt wcok,
aud i1 which he lind burn reported NJ asserting
tint tho Secretary OF tllo Treasury Ind roconi-
tnondcd nit ncronsu OF tRxaton to tho n,notlnt of
~, 900, ,011. llu l,au moroy meant to convey
tho iloa chat tint WIN tho Inference which ho
bad drawn from tlla Secrotarya lcttor Of Doccln
!. faht to tic C0mmtttoo of Why's and Atunm,.
uu laado tho explanation nt Tho request of tho
Secretary. IIo (Isoberts) sas not authorized by
tho Secretary to make any statement dilforont
from The letter which he {the beorotnry) hN.i
In December rulutiyo to increased taxation+
rEnnIT0N1AL nLLH.
Mr.. MCKEE, IRON the Committee on Torri-
torios. reported bill for tho apport'onnoI't Of
Wyoming Torritory 'for Legislative purposes.
Passed.
Sir. FORT, from tho unno Committee, reported
q bill to prevent the useless nlH,gI,er of bnHa-
looa within tho Territories. Alter discussion tho
bill pasBod.
hloasra. Dawes and Cox wers excused from
funorn mud McsstB. bwan mud Bass wsre ap-
| pointed III their pncc.
THE urNEnA1 APPROXIMATION n1r1.
Tho House then wont into Committee Of tue
| Whole, Alr. WOODFOND in the cair, ou tho
| Legislative, Executive and judicial Appropria-
tton bill, aud was adlrosvcd by Mr, bEUK. Ho
| ronssortod tho correctness, Of tho statement
| mado by linl, and disputed by 1lr. Garfield, IN
| regard to tho estimates md app1 p1opriations
for tho current tscal yoar and Haiu that tho ar-
lnoprlatons woro S3319, ,0Q0. .000. to Which was to
10 addc VI, ,ooU ooo extra for tho navy, while tho
estimates only amounted to s3u8, ,0u0,0u0, 80 that
tho appropriations for the year wero $l6,0q0,-
QUO moro than tho estimates. Ho also said TINT
| tho expenses OF tho olrront wear wcrc iu excess
of tho preceding year. l1o asserted that the ap-
preparations Tor 1871-'72 wero s20l ,00O, 00D, ill
clu0ing 3i54, GOO, ,0D0 for BinRing-fn, for intor-
CIT OIL tho public dob:, aud all other tcns. and
TINT tho appropriations for 187273 wero $299.-
fund, otc. Ii,is loft sl4o.oo goo US
appropriations fur tho rogulnr service OF
1879, excluding tho sinking fund, etc., whilo
tho appropriations for tic regular service in
la73-l, excluding the san'o ltcu's. wore s17a,-
U0u0 000, or a32, 900, UD0 moro than IN ls72~3. Ho
Baid he hnd demonstrated boyond chance OF
mstako that tho sinking fund Nas included III
all the figures given for the expenditure Of oyory
yeur since 1S7U, and lie said that AIR Dawos hal
lono wrong i'll ta!siug back ut tho request OF
AIR. Garfield what he Ind sad III regard to tho
sinking fund. Hn had no doubt TINT Alr. Dawes
VAS gad to DO lollovcd by Mr.. Garfield III order
tnkcn it up and shown how tho gem
t!en,an from Massachusetts had boon Elan
dcrtng Lis own purity, aud tho gentleman,
| from OHIO waa again tie hero Ut tho hour,
while the buokn showed that the original atutc-
lnuut of the gentleman from Massachusetts Was
true. :,
Mr.. DAWES said that thu gentleman from
Kentucky did not quito do him justice. lie
(Dawes) had admitted OH the floor Of tho House
| TINT tlto gentleman from Ohio {Gariicld) "a.
correct. uo had siuco examined tic figures, aud
WIS still OF opinion that lilo gentleman from
Ohio was correct, with this exception, taat TUG
gentleman from Ohio Ind accidentally slated
my ~, ,061, QUO. lie. therefore,, was glad Of lllt
correction. Ho did not think, lowcyor, That tlle
gentleman from Ohio was correct in hit
other statcment in regard to Ills somnarison q
from Kentucky (bccK) waa correct III Tint re
Bpeot, ul.d while he (Dawos) should bo glad tt
llavo it tho other way, ho insisted TINT tigure4
did not carry TINT gentc1nan out in regard te
the sinking ftil1.
Mr., DEGK denounced tho Banborn contracts
tho law for winch, lo sat. Ind been engineered
Ey Mr.. Garfield, and thou passed to tue question
OF unexponded buanceB. aud churged that t1t
ui,'Sr's unsxpeudcd So8' SS na"nccs and and lrSSi,t
upon them without authority OF onnEress
antl against INV Ile said thnt 33l9, ,0o0, oo0 hat
, bcon appropriated tor tho current fiscal ysar
and that tlnt amount waB III exccss S3l. 0uo, ,n0
over the preceding year, And Ut q still InrRe
sum oyor tic year boforo tint. and that tue cx
ponditules had bcon increasing every Soar froll
) | Ibi1 up.
: Mr. BUTLER [arasH.) satd TINT, it 10 wor'
convinced That tic Secretary Of the Ircaalf
= llad allowed money to bo drawn from the Treas
| ,lry on these uncxpoudel balances IN violation
Of law. he would Introduce Tomorrow q resol1l
r ttou Tor llis impeachment. 1lo wont Oh. how
eyor to explain tie m orcstnIfos a. aud TO ass"
= Rcyertug to Mr, Bcck'n intMution about til
= Sanborn contracts, lie said lle did not know IN
lad enginccreu tlnt bill. II it wns tho gentle
mali from Ohio (G@rtlelD, that gentleman ha
,he public prints that lie (Dntler) lad ongincere
it. They did him honor oyn.nslcl. II ho In
y engineered that bill in the interest of Sanborr
:. l.o would lave seen to it Tint Sal'5oln wonl
. hayo rot tho coutract first. 11o Ind examine
: volu,uinous correspondence Bont to tllo Hons
= Oh tho subject, nud his own tButlcy'a
u nnmo was almost the only name Of y mon
: bet which d,d not appsar i'll it: Mo tn
!. tho contract, and did not know anything Of
70 until after Stubborn had got 1t. II Snnborn ha
~ aHkod linn about taking the contract. he woul
layo advised him against 1T, because thoro wos
world Insist TINT he had do,o wrong; that !!
would bo abused in tho newspapers, and TINT
o lo was sensitive Mt all lie would mover HOT none
eaouYh to 9open@s:te @ him. nf no " my ,,so NJ
4 press, ogged on aud paid by tile ycl
n n mon vic l,ad chcatod tho Goyerrmol
IN out OF its taxos. 1lo won't OIL to g'vo tae iii
:. / al,cll q coutrac.. The bicct was to uhcortai
II clAcs OF delinquent taxes duo flom railroatl
:, fron whisky dealers. aud from heirs Of rioli s
= ccssious. Among otl,or things, the Erie lai
n, road had been brought to book for half Il lnllic
l0ck tuxca.
MIR. FOSTER asked Butler how much III
Of bceu collected from tho Erio Railroad Conipan
ID Mr.. BUTLER replied ttat nono OF it Ind bc<
r collected yot, because the Eric Hailroad Col
re pnny bud Bet tho newspapers OF, Sanborn,
e. order to got tho law repealed, ind to got up
r. row in Congress oyor it until tho time for collec
H. ing these delinquent taxes ilAd rasIct
Alr. BECK asked Butler whether lie suppont
O. TINT o (l}ocl Ind referred to him in connectis
i'll with tho Sanborn contract.
10 Alr. DUTI.Eli-By no meana. On the co.
ho trurv. I tl,uuk tho Eontlo,nu, from Kentucky +
giving mt opportunity Of stasiME what cou
not otherwise hAyo Htatod.
MIR. DECk-I certainly have novcr connect
IT. tho gentleman from Massachusetts with Sill
iii ool,trnct for il thoro ls ANYTHING OH oartl tn
nut il apparent, it IL that tho contracts, from til.
NJ inception to tho present time, arc buoyaAt wi
10 corruption.
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