The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-11
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
WASHINGTON March 10, 1874.
Mr.. SHERWOOD (rep) of Ohio, presented memorial Of
Mrs. 5. r. L. Williams, President Of Ohio womans
Suffrage Association protesting against Senator
hnghuysen's bill regulating suffrage in Utah Territory
Mr. CLARK dem.) OF Mo-, presented resolution Of the
Patrons OF usbandry of the state of Missouri appealing
to Congress the Of the navgati
OF the Mississippi River and its tributaries by ample
preparations for that purpose.
Also demonstrating against the appropriations OF the
public lands by Congress aid private or
porations and recommending that proceeds such
sales be given to the State for school fund.
Mr.. ELLIS H. ROBERTS, repJ Of N. Y, member Of the
Committee ION Ways and Means, modified a statement
which he had made in his speech last and in which
he had been understood asserting that the Secretary
of the Treasury had recommended of taxa
ton to the amount of $4,000 COO He had merely
to the idea that that the inference which he
had drawn from the secretarys letter of December last
to the Committee Ways and Means He made the
at the Of az be
asked Mr. Roberts whether he understood that
the imposition OF increased taxation and he r
@ the
no longer desired any additional to be imposedy
tary Of the Treasury TO make any statement different
on and TO
Da AWE rs As dS o
SsSss s;S H
@ e 70 ds a from m he hsa asd
and stated wherein Thai dderence Consisted lie Mf:
had he f a ss
s hut s He 6 a% to 81 ON 1 Il
the had led bs
any other officer of the government to feel that there
to urge s' axaon His only saciiude was to
he req sur u IN fhat
atsr az he was not anite 50 anxious for TAXATION AKA
from Massachusetts would not assume from ms Mr.
& 70 the Sse OF words whe
by his letter that the Secretary desired any other organ
whom the House was SO much accustomed to rely.
on motion OF Mt LUT1EEL Of Cal the Secretary
necessity tor better roads at the Mare Island Navy Yard,
resolution win references 70 the bronze statue OF Jeier:
Mr. MCKEE, GepJ, Of Miss from the Committee on
Wyoming territory rR legislative purposes Fasssd
USELESS SLAUGHTER OF sUriALoEs.
ported bill prevent the useless slaughter q buaoes
@ any ' R wSaG
Or desiroy any female buffalo q any o
needed ior food Or for the markei The bin gave
question The desruc lion Of these animals Of
the policy OF establishing game laws tor the adyantage
the wild indian, &c The opinion Of the sec,
of s o the HHSfa that the the
Indian abundance of bufaloes the Sc nti-
one which Ii carried out TO It's logical conclusion would
Justly The DESTRUCTION Of the sh in the rivers the Wild
that to the subsistence the Indian Finally the
APPROPRIATION
heae AZ e e minutes to two eoes went into
the chair on the legislative Executive ana judicial
DEM KY He undertook prove the correctness Of
n S5 s b bad made d whG S
estimates ana APPROPRIATIONS for the current
dsss the 1as ss5'S 10 TO %ne ss
wa to be added the e eS,rs 9T the navy while
appropriations for The year sl5OOjOo0 than
the Of the pre-
esas wears eTeG thas the M % ria ion tor
sinking fund tor the interest on the public debt aud all
sssG 81 a the Sinking sd
rec aR sef s 81 s as xd ts ss for the
sadRg mD a tHns s@ Tsr' cs s % hass
den m Sey1 aS the the msa
@ and Tor the of f hS DONE year nfe
taking back at the request OF Mr. garfield what he lad
ssld IN n regard to the sinking fund he had no doubt
in order to shield his party and The new;papers had
sLAsDEnIsG HIS OWN PARTY
and the gentleman from Ohio again the hero Of
the hour while the acts were, and The books showed,
that the original statement OF the gentleman from Mas
1s sad the gentleman from Kentucky
the floor the House tnat The gentleman from ohio
figures st Of The opinion that the
ONO Wss correct with this the
sSO00o1o while it was only s2geo1OW He, therefore,
that gentleman from Ohio was correct in his other
statement in regard to his comparison Of the expenai
r Beck was correct in that respect and while he (Mf
sisted that the figures did not carry that gentleman out
in regard RnI, to the sinking Innd ssed vr n, ,
in reference the statement in MIR. pa speech
business Mr Dawes declined to get into any contro,
versy with his colleague.
Mr. BFGx proceeded with his speech ashns around
BY Mr. CARRIED and then passing 70 The question OF u.
hoding the szq9ol Of unexpended balances and draw
n npGn He Claimed S hs e had sw s
s5lsoOoOo had been approPrated tor the current fiscal
oyer the preceding year And q snli arger over
the ssn se Every ea f ne had
~. M SETTLER rRocLAIMs us rySocnScr.
WINGED that the secretary Of the treasury had allowed
money to be drawn from he Treasury on these unex-
tomorrow resolution TOR his impeachment lie went
hat law had not Rere re S
Mr. Beck's intimation about the sanborn contrlcts
eesneereo tna bill m w3s the rsaeman wn rom dhd
@ he lad The pub net Phha he
CMr. Buter had engineered 1t; lhey did hun honor
OF sanborn ne would have 70 that sanborn would
have got the contract first. He had examined the
volumnous correspondence sent to the House on the
subject ana his own (Mr Buters( name was almost the
only name Of n member which did not appear in It.. He
had never recommended that Sanborn should have
tract did know anything of Ii until after
sanborn had got It, II Mr. sanborn had asked him about
taking the he would advised him against
It, because there envious malicious men, lying
men, who would insist that he had done wrong that he
would be abused in the newspapers and that II he was
sensitive AZ all he would never get money enough TO COM
pensate him. But he had not asked his advice. Tbs
administration had been attacked in this matter by
corrupt press egged and paid by the very who
had cheated the government out Of Its taxes. He went
on 70 give history Of the law and the reasons tor
cases OF delinquent taxes due from railroads, from
whskev dealers aud from the heirs rich ons