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mo and quarter millions less than the bill of

Putting all these things together he thought
the reductions on appropriation bills would be
a little more than SS,000000
Mr. Randall of Pa, criticised the expendi-
lures under the head of public printing and
binding.
MIR. Wood of N. Y. asserted that outside of
the interest on the public debt there was hard
w any reduction in the annual expenditures OF
the Governn ent.
MIR Cox asked Mr.. Garfield what was the
amount of the discrepancy he confessed to be-
tween his estimates and the statement of the
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr.. Garfield discained having mado any
confession.
Mr.. Beck of KY criticised the item of S.
100000 for the judiciary department, and as
serted that the civil service fund was prostitute
ed to the basest purposes by the Attorney
General.
MIR, Sener chairman of the Committee on
Expenditures in the Department of Justice,
defended that committee from the insinuations
made in Beck's speech that the committee had
not sufficiently probed the transactions OF the
department.
MIR. Sypher of La, chairman of the Com
mittee on Expenditures in the Treasury De-
partment defended his committee from a like
intimatiOn.
Mr. Speer a member of Mr. Sener's commit
tee, gave it as his opinion from Investigations
he had made, that the Judiciary Department
was rotten from stem to stern He intimated
that the item of $3,O000O0 which is to coveri
among other things, the expenses that may be
incurred in the enforcement of the act of Feb.
%, 1871, relative to rights of citizens to VOC. or
any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary
thereto was intended to apply to legislation to
be forced through at the present session.
Mr.. Sener claimed that his committee had
marched square up to its duty and had not
found the Attorney-General to be as much
smeared as the gentleman seemed to think.
Mr. Beck returned to the charge against the
Attorney General, connecting him with the
| safe burglary business and saying that Har-
rington had won ibs spurs when he had his
| safe broken open, and in furtherance of that
conspiracy had become fit to be appointed AS
| sistant Attorney General of the United States.
Mr.. Chittenden of New York, broke into the
| Observation-Disclosures he was aware that what
| he would say would have no more effect than
| the attempt of canary bird to break the back
of a rhinoceros 0aughter), still that conscious
| ness would not prevent him going on the record
as a prophet. He warned the Republican side
of the House that the time was coming when
| obnoxious tariff bills could not be passed while
| 5000, 900 items were appropriated bndly. No
| commercial establishment could live and pur-
| sue policy like that, neither could the gov
| eminent without becoming dIshonored bank
| rupt. This was the old rut which was leading
| the government to ruin, and the government
would have to get out of that rut. No COM
mercial establishment in the land could live
| without reducing expenses one-third.
| Mr.. Hale of Maine, having been recognized
| DIV the clldlf, TtIudTkeu JDdb D6 cApSCCoo thO
| gentleman from New York (ChittendeD) had
| got a speech prepared on the last war with
| Great Britain, and would, therefore, yield the
floor to him. daughter "a member to Chit
| tenden, )''Go for him ="
| MIR. Chittenden-I will 90 for him in way
he little expects. In my opposition to the tar
| iff bill the other cay was supposed to be
| speaking for my interests. The fact was L
| spoke against them.
| Mr.. Hale of Maine-I hope the gentleman
| at l,.,, Of
| Mr. Chttenden-On Friday morning went to
| the chairman of the committee of the whole
| (Hale) and asked him to recognize me so as to
| give some facts showing the abSnrdlty OF the
| tariff bill. He did not promise to do SO. Next
| day there were fifteen speeches made by Penn
| sylvania members, and only one by New York
| member
| Mr. Cox-I do not complain of it; if the Re-
| publican party can stand that, L can. (Laugh-
| teri But it will not be so forever. As to pre-
| pairing speeches, never prepared speech IN
my life. | came here to speak and vote honest
| ly for my country.
Mr. Robbins Of North Carolina, denounced
the Republican party for the intimidation of
| 100000 of white people at the South, and
said it was wrong to put such money into the
hands of a man like the Attorney General, who
worked for radicalism and not for his country.
Mr.. Hale of Maine ridiculed the danger to
| the Republican party as set forth by Mr.. Chit
| tenden.
Mr.. Speer of Pennsylvania, expressed his
| surprise at Sener's admitting the extent OF
frauds in the western districts of Arkansas,
| and then endeavoring to shield the Attorney
| General, who was responsible directly or indi-
| rectly for those frauds. That gentleman (Sen-
| er) was endeavoring to ride two horses at the
| same time, and no circus rider ever did that
| while horses were going in opposite directions
The gentleman was for reform and wished az
| the same time to justify the Attorney General,
but the Attorney General and reform were not
| travelling in the same line.
Mr. Sener reminded Mr.. Spear that the
| frauds in the western district of Arkansas were
brought to light by detective sent there by
the Attorney General.
| Mr.. Butler suggested to the Democrats that
| if they believed the Attorney General to be SO
] bad they ought to impeach him but not to
BLACKBOARD him. He would not attack man
| who could not defend himself.
The discussion drifted through devious
ways into the question of political troubles in
| Alabama and of the use there of what is known
| as the Overflow of bacon for the influencing
| of votes. On this point noisy alteration
took place between Luttrell of Cal a member
of the Alabama committee, and Mr.. Pelham OF
| Alabama, the former asserting and the latter
| denying the use of such bacon to induce col
| ored voters to vote the Republican ticket
| Mr.. Sheats of Alabama asserted there never
| had been pound of that bacon used to int1u-
ence voters and denounced al a lie the charge
| that Republicans had inundated Democratic
voters in Alabama either by bacon or any
| other improper means. Uaughter.)
A scene of great confusion and uproar took
place in which the principal actor was Mr.
| Luttrel of Cal, who called for the reading of
an affidavit and then when it was partly read
| sought to stop the reading in order that he
| might occupy the remainder of his five minutes
by speech
| Several Republicans insisted that the paper
| should be read and Mr.. Luttrell asserted that
the other side was trying to stifle free speech.
AT length G. Il. Hoar interfered in the be-
| half of Luttrell, claiming that he had right
| to suspend the reading of the paper and to pro-
coed with his remarks, under the ruling OF
| the chair to that effect.
The disorder gradually lessened and the COM
mittee dritted away from the Alabama episode
and proceeded with the consideration OF the
bill.
The committee, after disposins of out of GO
| pages of the bill, rose.
Mr. Sypher of La, rising to personal ex-
planation, took exception to Mr.. EldriGge hav-
| ing printed in the Record a personal fling at
him (Sypher) in the remark: 81 do not want to
| hear from the gentleman from Louisiana that
| the people have suffered enough from his sort. "
This remark was not in the regular report OF
the proceedings, but had been added by Ell
bridge. now" said Sypher, off there is any
| meauer sort than his sort they must be mighty
low. (Shouts of "order, order, take 1t down,
| etc. Ii it is supplementary L Withdraw it.
do not wish to transcend the rules of the
House."
Eldredge-I said that meant it.
Sypher The act of attacking a member un-
der the guise of making personal explanation
(alluding to Eldredge's correction OF the Rec
ord) can only be characterized as cowardly and
contemplate.
Eldredge-I made no personal explanation,
although it is so headed in the Record. did
not consider it a personal explanation. There
had been mistake IN the report of my speech.
L reproduced the speech as nearly as possible,
and asked leave to publish it. / have nothing
to take back.
The House at o'clock took q recess still y
o'clock The evening session will be for the
sundry civil Appropriation bill.