Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-11
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, March 10.-Mr. Sherwood
presented a memorial from the President of
the Ohio WOman's Suffrage Association
protesting against Mr.. Freiinghuysen's bill
regulating suffrage in Utah.
Mr.. Clark, of Missouri, presented a resO-
luton of the Patrons of Husbandry of Mis-
souri,, appealing to Congress to secure
the improvement Of the navigation Of the
Mississippi river and its tributaries by am
pie appropriations; also demonstrating
against the appropriation Of public lands 70
aid private schemes or corporations, and
recommending that the proceeds Of such
sales be given to the States for a school
fund.
Mr.. Thomas offered areSolutiOn instruct
ing the Judiciary Committee to inquire and
report what legislation is necessary to com
pei West Virginia to assume and pay its
proportion of the debt of Virginia at the
time of the separation and organization Of
West Virginia.
Mr.. Adams offered resolution instruct
inc the Committee on Indian Affairs to
make a thorough investigation into the
facts connected with Indian contracts. Ap-
proved.
TweedIedum and Tweedledee.
on WAYS and Means, modified a statement
which he had made in his speech last week,
and in which he had been understood as
asserting that the Secretary of the Treasu-
~ had recommended an increase of taxa.
ton to the amount of 81, 100000, he had
merely meant to convey the idea that that
was the inference which ne had drawn
from the Secretary's letter of December
last to the Committee on Ways and Means.
He made the explanation at the request of
the Secretary. He (ROberts) was not au-
thorized by the Secretary of the Treasury
to make any statement different from the
letter which he Che Secretary had sub
mitted to the Committee ON Ways and
Means in December, relative to increased
| taxation.
Mr.. Mckee, from the Committee on Ter
ritories, reported bill for the appOrtiOn-
ment of Wyoming Territory for Legisla-
| tive purposes. Passed.
Mr.. Fort, of the same committee, re-
ported a bill to prevent the useless slaugh-
ter of butialoes in the territories. After
discussion the bill passed.
MeSsrs. Dawes and Cox were excused
from serving on the committee TO attendthe
Fillmore funeral, and MeSsrs. Swami and
Bars were appointed in their place.
Beck Supplements Dawes Great
speech.
The House then went into Committee OF
| the Whole, Mr. WOOdford in the chair, on
the legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bills, and was addressed by Mr..
| Beck. He reaSSerted the correctness of the
statement made by him and disputed by
Mr. Garfield in regard to the estim ties and
and said that the appropriations were S319,-
10000, to which was to be added $4,000,
| 600 extra for the navy, while the estimates
only amounted to S305,000,000, so that the
appropriations for the year were S15,OO0,
| 600 more than the. estimates. He also said
that the expenses of the current year were
in excess Of the preceding year. He as
serted that the appropriations for 1S71-72
were SOL 100000, including Sl54,OO0,O00
for the sinking fund, for interest on the
public debt and all other items, and that
the appropriations for 1S72-7S were
$500. COOS 600, including S159,000,0 900 for the
sinking fund. etc. This left S24Q,O00,000
as the appropriations for the regular service
of 1S72-73, excluding tie sinking fund,
ETC., while the appropriations for the regu-
lar service in 1894, excluding the same
items, were S1T2, 100000, or 81 millions
more than IS72-T3. He said he had de-
monstrated, beyond the chance of mistake,
that the sinking fund was included in all
the figures given for the expenditures of
every year since 1870, and he said that
Mr.. Dawes had
Done Wrong I'm Taking Mack,
at the request of Mr.. Garfield, what he had
said in regard TO the sinking fund. He had
no doubt Mr.. Dawes was glad to be relieved
by Mr.. Garfield, in order to shield his
party. The newspapers had taken it up,
and shown how the gentleman from Aassa-
chusetts had been slandering his own party,
and the gentleman from Ohio was against