New-York tribune., 1874-05-07
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. DAWES (Rep., Mass), Chairman of the
Committee Ways and Means, remarked that on Mon
day last he had opposed the motion to have the hour Of
meeting changed to ii o'clock. He had done so IN con-
sdeTaOn of amount OF business 10 be performed by
tho Committee on Ways and Means but the pressure Of
business Congress compelled him to yield all op
position to that notion and he asked unanimous
that until otherwise ordered, the House
Mr SHELDON QRep., Ll)-On condition that there be
rGe sIEAKER-If the House meet at II O'Clock the
necessity for evening sessions VIII be dispensed wltl
Mr. PELHAM rep, Aia)-l object TO the motion.
MI. GARFIELD Gs.p., Ohio, Chairman or the Com
mittee on Appropriditons-"e must either meet at IL
O'Clock or STAY here TIL August.
NJ. IAWLEY GIsp, liz, Chairman Of the Committee
on Caim,- do NOT see the use OF committees meeting
nt or 10 O'clOc6 every morning. There IS now more
business reported from commit tees than can be attended
10. There are over 90 bills on the general calendar.
MT. DAWES-Thc Committee on Ways and Means has
I@foTc IA can he caed mat Committee has business
before it which country will not excuse II 1t does
not report have asked 10 make the motion because /
felt that having OPP sed It hast Monday, II becomes
do something toward forwarding the business OF the
House. TIE Committee on Ways and Means has met
every day at lGcocE ana for considerable part OF the
session has held evening sessions till 10 O'clock.
After some further discussion Mr.. PELHAM refused
TO withdraw his objection, and Mr. HANLEI tHep., lD
notice that lie would make the motion next Mon
day under "a suspension OF tine rules.
Mr.. HAWLEY Qsep., HI, from the Committee on Nil
ttary Affairs reported back the senate bill for the relief
of the settlers on ne Fort Randall military reservation
Az tins stage OF the proceedings Mr.. PELHAM Usp.,
Ala) Withdrew lis objection 10 the motion 10 uN the
daily hour OF meeting AZ II O'CLOCK aud II was so or
dcred.
THE CENTENNIAL APPROPRIATION BILL
The House then went into Committee OF the Whole,
Mr. HOSKINS (Rep.. y. " in the chair. on the Centen
NAL Appropriation bill and addressed by Mr.. COBB
Rep KIn) in opposition 10 it. He described the meas
ure as being presented dressed in its Sunday BEST
chapcroned and croomed by the DISTINGUISHED gentle
as wide as the continent. aided by his colleague Ir
HyeIs) who like tward Of Lancaster, was one OF the
sweetest and oveAtst gentlemen ever Trained IN tne
proai.aity Of nature. It's advocacy, however. would
have been Incomplete without the aid OF the 1usrious
gentlemen Connecticut (r Hawley), President OF
the Centennial Board. There was also an outside iOrce
swarminS in the lchbes ana committee rooms and IN
support the measure. The presence OF that outside
force had demonstrated yesterday in the crowded
galleries and in tho applause with which speeches IN
favor Of the bill had been greeted.
The people of the West would have happier Centen-
home than all the SpiendOr and pageantry OF the
Wollds Fair could afFrd II they not IN debt for
the roofs that sheltered them There was a denst OF OF
100000 ia the yearly revenue. Tue tea ana coffee OF
the poor was proposed TO be taxed higher Poor
clerks ID @ ,S haG Ra Were H1g
tion of members had been reduced so that it would
barely support them. Niggardly legislation in
all matters Of Government was neees-
az one a." stroke FOR the Centennial. Great as
might be the exhibition at Philadelphia. 1t would not
equal the exhibition of folly and stupidity and crime
which Congress would exhibit in the passage Of this BILL
Mr.. HARRISON (Rep., Tenn) advocated the bill aud
merits unaffected by what certain gentlemen might
have said IN the incipiency of the movement He be-
ieved that more would be accomplished for ne deye-
opment Of the country by this proposed exhibition than
10y any other means that could possibly bs devised,
and that II would aid In cemeDing that real union De-
tween all sections Of the country whlGh was SO deslra.
Die and necessary The greatest need OF the country
bratiob would aid IN that work.
Mr. FRYE Rep, Me), said that lie had been listening
TO the debate and grouping In his mind the facts that
entirely beyond dispute. 1t was fact that this
republic would on the n OF July & 1879 see It's hum
that there nothing In all the history OF the past
hundred years which should compel the American peo-
pic ln shame, or III sorrow or 10 hnmty 10 refuse 10
celebrate Its hundredth birthday. II was fact that
the Declaration Of Independence had been pre-
pared, signed, and promulgated in Philadelphia,
and that settled the question as 10 where the
that Congress 1871 had provided that 1t should be
International exhibition IL was fact lhat the Presi-
nation to the world 1t fact that thirteen or four
teen foreign governments had accepted the Invitation
1t was fact that the President had informed Congress
that the failure Of the enterprise would be deplorabe
aud that the Centennial Commissioners reported that
tainty Then the question home as TO what
bis duty MAS h, hs Fs SouG o SS nSs SE
tion In the eyes Of the whole world There was
one other door open. as was intimated by the gen
teman from Massachusetts, (Nr. f. T. Hoar) and that
WAS that this nation bankrupt DID members fail
10 recoeot that ben the Government required S4OOO-
700 day the money from the people' That the
srong VINO fought the battles OF the country came
rom the peoplel if tho men who labor day by day
we're asked where the money would come from to save
tho glory OF the Republic they would it would come
from where IL came before. Let his colleague (Mr.
Hae) 20 down to his own District and ask the hardy
fisherman where the money would come from 10
save the faith OF the nation. aud they would tell him,
will give tOdays catch, and II that's not enough
will throw our boat into the bargain"
Mr.. HALE (kep, Mel thinK they would htte
Mr. FRYE-I think they would little rather have the
Committee on Ways and Means provide some way by
winch the 100000 s5.O0OOo Of taxes Withheld by
roh corporations shond be pad and let 20 toward
the paynent or the National debt see no escape Tor
me bu 10 support this BILL unless the Government Is
bankrupt Forty millions Of people. measureless sea
board, MYERS lakes, canals netWOrK OF railways man
uiaCtures agriculture, fertile prares mines OF IRON,
coal copper silver and gold, commerce au1 shlpDu-
ing sprngin iuto life and activity ana yet the ma
non bankrupt That KIND OF talk Nigh ltseI 10
Inc Committee Appropriations, Dut that committee
would have work convince the natlOn that IL was
bankrupt when they reported bills paying w q hioh'h
Ior "A boY bru III their boots and sl7OO year loi "a
man 10 opeu their door TO Kick bis Dees against tue
marble floor OF the Capitol and report millions OF uOi
.rs for public buildings in Chicago, New-hOf anu
Tnston Ile door OF bankruptcy, IN my Judgment,
IL moi pcn ana have 20 step back TO the Only dOor
that IA ousn ] see the one hand disgrace 10 nv
country and on the other hand 4 see NY
r0untlyy with new power and new glory among
the nations of the earth. BY celebrating ths event as
bas been provided Tor. believe tbat the galheIhR o
the people togethes IN Pnladephia wi cenient @ sHYn
nniOn make IL more enduring thail tnc etoInai ns
II tia. IL ssnumenalism. let some VI tnoso Henen0n