, 1876-08-13

Special Dispatch to 7ze Tribune
NAsH1SGroS, D. c., Aug. E2.-One Of th'
seycrrst arraignmeuts Of the Democratic man
| agemen1s in the present Congress was made to
day BY Senator Window. Mr.. Window tool
the floor to repe1 certain statements made re
pcatelly here and elsewhere in relation to the
| reduction Of expenses Of the Government
lie asked aud obtained leave tc
print certain annotated tables in the
Record without reading them. He said that the
President has table carefully prepared, aud
purporting to be 4 statement Of reductions
made By the House. By comparison with the
appropriations for the preceding year this table,
he said, showed saving Of $38,516, ,3l2.0f, and
ii its preparation not only had arithmetic and
logic, but truth itself had been SCI at defiance.
Hc then proceeded to point out that in the table
the Deficiency bill for 1876 had been included,
while it
Had NO RELATION TO THE APPROPRIATIONS
Second, an appropriation Of $5oo,ooo for the
Centennial had been included in last years
appropriation, but the appropriation of
81, 100000 for the succeeding year was
wholly omitted in the tables. The House
had this year appropriated all the unexpcndcd
balances that could be raked up. This money
would have been carried into the Treas
ury lad it not been reapproprf
ated; The table omitted appropriations
of $200, 900 for ti,e survey OF the Yellowstone,
$500, 600 for the Washington monument, $780,
OOU for nints and assay office, and 500, QUO for
repariug Pennsylvania avenue, and others Ut
this class, making al aggregate o1 about
s., SOC, ,OOo. In the matter of public printing,
the amount had been greatly decreased, while
more work had been ordered, and the numerous
Investigation Committees, which had searched
the prisons and jaiIs and the slums OF society
for witnesses, would
ALL WANT THEIR EVIDENCE PRINTED,
and large sum will have to be appropriated
after the election to dcfray the expense The
appropriation for mints and assay offices had
been reduced, as every coin produced at the
1niilts yields profit to the United States, SO
the reduction wus really q loss to the Govern
rnent.
Another reduction WAS the appropriation for
examining the Rebel archives. These archives
had furnished evidence by which millions had
been saved by defeating illegal claims
against the Government, and he had just
this labor fm which an appropriation of $1,000
had been refused, had just saved the SUM Of
$50, ,0UO to the Government. This was the Dem
ucratic economy that would cover up the evi-
dence and allow claimants to plundeF the
Treasury.
Another fpem was the cutting Of the nominal
appropriations for official stamps for the several
branches Of tho Government, and authorizing
the several Departments to draw on the Post
masterGensTal for them without their appear
ing Oh tue appropriation bills. Another way
had beeu an arbitrary reduction In the clerical
force OF the Departments
WITHOUT REGARD 70 ECONOMY Or f1fEDt-
ENCT,
and III the face of:tbe Recommendations OF near
ly every bureau officer. Another means was
q horizontal reduction Of 10 per cent.
Hc showed the. inconsistencies OF the applf-
cation OF the rule to the salaries OF members or
Congress and dcrks alike, and denounced the
scheme as piece Of sheer demasog-
ism inaugurad:d By those who, three
Years agu, wu:e the most active Tor an
Increase of tlleir owu pay. They would make
tile proposed iuction to conc1iiate the people,
while the poor clerk who was to submit 10
like reduction had no back-pay fund to full back
upon
ANOTHER MANS or DEMOCRATIC ECoNoAY
was rcpudiat ion Of national obligations. The
Court Of Cls inns WAS creature OF Congress,
and its awards, had been made under laws pre-
scribed by Congress, and yet this House had re-
Initiated its awards, with knowledge Of
Iii the facts before it. He said it
was ut the outset determined to lay On
tllc iron Hl1c, and make reduction OF
S;u0O3UOO, anti IN the attempt to carry it out
the knife had gone crashing through regardless
t,f Law, trcu5y obligations, the ,lationaI honor
aud the safety of tae Public Treasury, and yet
tLey had fallen short of the amount $40 600 900.
The rcason N'hy this result was reached was be-
Cause to carry up the full figures would make
tLs m2t+:r to A312ee1t The actual saving ef-