The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-09
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

session, whom the doors reopcned adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House resumed the consideration OF the Bland
Silver BILL whereupon diatory motions were set on
foot BIZ Mr.. Ode OF New York, and Mr. Pierce, Of
Massachusetts, in order to consume the morning hour
Al the close OF the morning hour Mr. Bland, OF Mis-
souri,, announced his willingness to allow any amend
be added to the bill. but his proposition
not acccded to by the opponents OF the bill
GENERAL POLITICS
Mr.. HALE (rep.) OF Me-, obtained tho floor by the
parliamentary device of calling up the motion to re-
consider the vote by which the Presidents message on
the sundry Civil Appropriation bill referred some
time since TO the Committee Appropriations, and he
proceeded TO make a speech the subject OF general
politics. Discussing the controversy between the House
and the Senate, he asserted that II had never been
the and never would be the that the popular
branch of the Congress, when committed to
any just of reform, any widc-reaching ques
ton which met with the approval OF tho people, could
be stayed either by tho Senate or the Executive In
that regard, whenever that question and that time
should DO reached American history would duplicate
English history, and 1t would be found that with
House urrayed the right and the Senate or tho Ex
ecuive tho wrong the Senate the Exccu
tive would and must yield. The dominant party in tho
House of Representatives had such opportunity
Afforded it when assembled December as no party
had had That party had been elected certain
promises OF reform on questions OF civil service reform
relief from taxation and other broad and general
questions He reminded the House Of the spectacle
which the city OF Washington presented to the country
at the meeting OF Congress, when the streets and
hotels were crowded VITA applicants for tho
$50 Offices In the House. lie referred to the first Official
act of the House in tho selection Speaker Of tho
committees and he showed that OF the thirty our
standing committees the craftsmanship OF twenty one
gwen members from the section of country for
when Mr. Lamar claimed the other day much
modcsty. He also commented on the changes made in
the perSonMet OF the officers OF the House, illustrating
that qu ston by the House Post Office appointments
the Postmaster OF the last House. who had lost his leg
in Tho Union army at kcncsaw, having 10 make way
for who had been captured in the rebel army
and had served with j. L. b. Stuart's rading
cavalry, and tho subordinates tm0st OF them
old Union soldiers) having TO make way Tor
others seven OF whom had served the rebel army.
He also noted the the Journal Clerk
OF the House. Mr. Barclay, and his beng replaced by
man who Immediately set to work to make mcrchan
disc OF his Office
On this ONT no corrected Ivy Mr. Harrison, Of
ILLINOIS. and Mr. Randall, OF Pennsylvania VINO re-
he replied that the RESIGNATION was because Mr..
Barclays trusted assistants had been re-
moved and ho knew that his time was soon
which II soon necessary TO apply to many of
The new officials specifying the Journal Clerk, who
had succeeded Mr. Barclay the Doorkeeper tho clerk Of
the Military Affairs Committee and the clerk oi the
Committee Oh Ways and Means, who had boon
yicted by the New York Tribune of having named his
innocent child alter the assassin OF Abraham Lincoln
He confessed that the moment tho chairman OF tee
Committee OF Ways and Means-a iair md honorable
man-became convinced that tho charge truo he
the clerk rceling from the door OF his committee
room He then spoke OF the great public questions
with which the House should have dcait-qucstons OF
finance currency, commerce, &c, but which it had
ignored prelerrng to embark in avid crusade Of
vcstigaton In connection with these Investigations
he referred to the seizure or toiegrarns, and de-
clared that tho committee which had been guilty
OF that seizure had no more right to those kilograms
than had his purse and that had gained posses.
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stolon his house. hid under his bed and listened
all his secret conversation One of these kilograms
thus seized had been from the wife Of Cabinet Minis
ter to her husband, telling him Of baby and some
domestic matters but the committee had Tor that
Cabinet Minister and seriously demanded the cipher key
that despatch. There had been such rdicu-
lous display since 'serjcant Buziuzs famous speech
mutton chops and tomato sauce. " Passing
the que OF economy. he asserted that there were
more COMMITTEES clerks IN this House than any re-
publican House. that the expenses Of the numerous
committees were enormous, that Instead Of two steno
gsaphers committees AT former sessions he had
counted up seventeen Of them ut this He
vcntuYed 10 that tho additional expense BY
this House above the ordinary expenses OF former
years would aggregate in the neighborhood of
al 600 600 He admitted that reductions in
general appropriations would reach $a5 OO0 but tor
the consular and diplomatic system had been put
peril the navy and the army had been put short
commons, the government works had been cut Off
small salaries bad been reduced, and IN few days
thousand helpless and women would he turned out
the streets OF Washington IL might be said that no
had admitted SIS 600 600 OF reduction of tho public bur-
dens. He admitted no such thing No man could tell
what credit To be given to this House until the clos
ing day OF It's SESSION. tho 4th OF March 1871 There
had been some desirable reductions in which he was
glad have helped but, when It was found how much
these $50 600 simply post ponemcnt OF neccs-
sarv expenditures then measure OF credit
would be gwen W this House He spoke Of the South
cru claims which are pending. which he asserted
would aggregate $780, O00 900, ana would go through
democratic party obtained possession OF all
branches OF the government
SOUTHERN CLAIMS.
Mr. LAWRENCE lrep) OF Ohio, asserted that the pend
ing caitrs mostly entering wedges and that all
the southern claims would eventually aggregate
Mr. HALF lcon,inuing) SAID that 1t intended that
the North should pay those bills and that he who
long enough d scc-provded the democratic party
gained power IN all branches Of the that
that was the case.
Al this poin, of his speech Mr. Hae,s hour oxpircd
and a notion to extend his time was obsced by Mr.
Singleton. of mississippi TO whom Mr. Hale had IN
the of his speech, declined to yield. He how
ever, obtained PERMISSION to have tho rest OF his
speech printed irnnh record
RErLy
Mr.. Coz, (dcm) OF y. Y, replied to Mr. Iiaie's
speech which he ironically characterized as 'magnit
Gently Defiy." and rs magnificent collection of
minute things making up noihing in the aggregate
The gentleman from Name had not referred to the
''unosdng'' OF General Grant and his administration.
nor - al The various frauds connected with the
ccutive departments That not in the gcntleman's
line. But he had charged to the House that
II had actunily 80 reformed Itself rs that one
committee had cleared out its clerk
aud that the Committee Rules had
cleared out two othcias-one the journal c.crk and
the other the doorkceper-ior certain mproprlctcs,
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OF the House and Its organization that the COM
mltecs had been badly made up by the Speaker He
tMr Cox would not compare the committees OF The
present House with those OF the last House, made
up by the distinguished citizen OF Maine INT Blane
although believed that outsof thirty chair
manships only seven had bcen gwen to the South.
Mr.. DURHAM, (dcm. of KY only seven out OF forty
four.
Mr. Cox-of course nv friend from Maine (Mr. Hale)
would not oo. at that. The cnairmanship OF com
mitec is no; much anyhow know that fnr have
been chairman OF a committee myself loud laugher)
tai h.
the committee.
CoNoxE.
In this connection Mr. Cox proceeded 10 analyg the
committees ser,ats and to show that In every
stance except three four tand these committees OF
special interest TO the SOUTH. the majority was
composed OF Northern members. In the course
OF of his digressions he referred 10
Mr.. Conger OF Michigan (unniiy), as the rascblc
member from Michigan. at winch hr. Conrcr I'm the
same Noinl dem icd that the yentlem ms words be
taken down. Mr. Cox maze counter demand that
the gen eman himself bc taken down. to winch Mr.
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