, 1874-03-06

VIRGINIA ELECTION CASE.
Rosoiutions wero reported from the Commit
ton caso; that Davis, sitting momber, ia not on
tltlod to tho seat. and that Thomas, contestant,
-. Tho resolutions wero adopted without do
bate, and Thomas was sworn in.
LEGISLATIVE APPROXIMATION bill,
-, Tho 11ouso then went into Committee Of tho
Whole or tho Legislative Appropriation bill, A1r.
W0ODFOnD III tho chair, aud was addressed by
Dir. GARFIELD, the Chairman Of tho Commit
too on Appropriations. 1Io Haid they had boen
ut tho opening of thtH aesslon confronted with
been told that whenever such a situation oc-
,curtod, ,-whonover a Government was forced
to tho necessity Of laying now taxes
III time Of poaco, 1t was because tho dry rot Ind
struck into tho worry fra1no- work Of Tho Govorn-
mont Or OF the palty. which held ita power.
Three questions, lo said. prosecuted themselves:
First, If there was a deficit in tho far future,
what was tho cal,Ho Of lt2 Second, was there q
danger OF such deficit Third, What WIS tho
duty Of CongrosB7 On tho first point ho e1-
duotlon OF taxes. Every ycar Biuco tho war OK
copt two-18G8 aud 1875 t1o taxes had been
reduced to IN amount in the aggregate Of $685.
5O0 900, and yet at the oloso OF tho nst fiscal your
above expenditures. 1n other words, they had
been running race between two forces, cue
which cut down expenditures, and another
which cut down rovonueB. and tho ouly question
now was whether tho forco TINT cut down the
reyonues outstrippcd the other. 1t was evident
that II deficit was likely to accrue, something
hAd happened to make it accrlto snco tho close
Of tho lust fiscal year. Noforring to tho reduc-
ton of taxes, particularly thoBo on tea aud cof-
fec, iie nata that Congress- might 1nl that 1t bo-
haycd like Lady Oodiya, who took away lie tux
and built helsclt oil everlasting na,no, but 1t
might also DO lhat In doing thot, tic public credit
the United States would 80 out despool aud
like Lady Godiva rido naked through the streets
nff
theorios Of tho causo or tho supposed deficit tho
nakotl fact that the revenues had been cut down
$l4G 00o 000 Since July, 1870, and if that cut was
not sufficient to cut away s1o0, QUO, 600 Of tho
surplus he did not road addition and subtraction
tables aright. Ho sent to the Clerks desk and
had read an extract from Air. Dawes speech
in his statement Of expenditure
for the current fiscal year, tho sinking fund was
or was not included and said TINT he referred to
that part Of tho speech because Mr, Dawes had
frankly aud mantul!y acknowledged TINT Tho
sinking fund was included III his statement OF
the years expenditures, aud MAS not included in
the stasomont of tho previous years oxpenai-
cuHatlons go on horseback, refutations travel
worry slowly on foot.
Tho House had boen worry much startled, at
least for a moment, and tho country had been
current tncal year appropriations had swollen
from 1920, ,00o, o00,-t tue lgu1o Of last year,-to
s319 9,0o0, quo. In other words, that tho extraya-
ga!!co &C ct Congress- lad RSo!lon tho expenditures
Tas uoa4 IT asrtnn s'nslo stotysso ty9as; Tst 5
whom that '' eae,ses;o5S SstS was absouteiy ely
taken bodily out OF hls (Dawos) statement to
make It correct not only tho bottom had gono
from tho cauHo Of alarm, but tho alarm ought to
hayo gono with it. IIe stated to tho House the
conclusions arrived at by tho Committee on APP
proomlationB they having tlrBt settled it as n
principle that they would not undertake to cut
appropriations down ut all hazards to tho level
Of the revenues. They did not boieye In that.
ought to 10 made for It's own sake did not carry
tue Treasury through, 1t was tho business OF tho
House to provide wnyn and moa,,s to 1nako up
tile dohclt. It Was tho business OF tho House
to TX 1t when IT. oamo to- a placo whore
taxation wah necessary to till up tho doticlt.
TIC Committee OH Appropriations proposed that
whonovor tiloro waB a1 appropriation growing up
out OF tho war, or otherwise, that might Bafoly
10 Topped OF, to lop 1t of. and whon an oxpel,-
, tl!t!lro could \; be- Postponod for year without
ernmont, TO postpono it. When tho Committee
to Gut down another dollar anywhere.
10 the'l wont into dotail Of tho eBtimatos
tions 834,300,0oo below tEo gross osti
mates, at!d Ais figure was liable, ug co,lrse,
TO ho d'minibhod by various appropriations
which MikAt 10 nlRdo by Congress-, such VI hp-
preparations for tho Centennial celebration, ant!
Tor tho Washington Board Of Public Works. Ile
thought, however, that ho was perfectly sAfo In
snytnK the expenditures for the noxt fiscal year,
exclusive Of tho sinking fund, would be ro-
tlnee.l to s270 00D 000, provided tho Nousoullo,lld
asbist M the Committee on Appropriations on all
isB bills aH It hal already aHss.ot iu tho bills ro-
Eoltcd. he holleyod TINT the revival Of
blsHluoss and regtoration OF public confidence
would enablo tho Government to 20 through
this yonr md next year without additional taxa
ton, hit II. ut thu mud Of all alforts to lriuu