The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-15

'N'N'' A'"'hoh iNtslkhl Nuulu no.
fix the exact day or the hour
when 1t should take place, but the
truth was selfevident II twenty OF
thirty millions a year was saved, moi
only means for n speedy resumption
would be provided, but that confidence
would be established, which must In.
evitably precede the desired result.
AZ Mr.. Randall closed he was warmly
applauded on his own side OF the
house.
Mr., Foster member OF the approprl.
alton committee, replied to what he
called the ingenius misstatements OF
the gentleman from Pennsylvania
lRandalO. The minority OF the COM
mittee had entered on its duties with
the intention to aid the majority in
making all practical reductions In the
expenditures OF the governments. The
reduction which the minority thought
could have been safely made was
S22,OOOOOO
The Speaker laid before the House n
message from the President In regard
to the river and harbOr bill, stating
that II 1t had been compulsory to ex-
pend the money therein appropriated,
he would have vetoed 1t, but as IL was
not, he would take care that no public
money should be expended on useless
works, or upon any that were not
clearly national The message created
quite sensation.
Mr.. Reagan Immediately rose and
moved Its reference TO the Committee
on Commerce, OF which he is a mem
ber and from which the bill had ORR
ginally reported, He criticized the
President for assuming that his per.
sonal Judgment and discretion were to
determine how the appropriations In
the bill were to be applied and the OBJ
Jects defined, and characterized that rs
an act of personal government" The
message was document of 40 remark
able character that he (Reagan) re-
garded ii AS II great departure from the
Constitution; 30 singular an avowal,
In advance, of the Presidents determi-
nation not to obey the law, that he
thought the peoples representatives
should not permit such message to
come before them without some ex.
preston Of dissent.
Mr.. Conger defended the message as
merely suggesting that in bill hastily
passed on the conference report, there
might be some imperfections. The
President simply showed in this mes
sage II desire to join the great army of
Southern and Northern reformers In
looking over these appropriations and
eXpend only for the welfare of the
country, He asked, ironically, of the
chairman of the Committee on Com
merce what appropriations were in
the bill for objects not national. II
there were none such there, he did not
know why that gentleman should CEN
sure the message. He could not be-
lieve these Southern v anderers, who
had come back to their fathers house
to stay, rs asserted by Mr.. Hill, Of
Georgia, and who came back with re.
form on their lips and the glory OF
retrenchment rs halo around their
heads, would have crowded into this
bill appropriations for works that were
not national in their character. He
reminded his Democratic friends of the
declaration of their chieftain, Mr.. Til
den, that the people wanted reform,
and that they should find 1t in his
heart, and said that there was not one
OF his followers in the House who had
not some reason to believe that the
work OF regeneration had commenced
In that immortal soul. Laughter. !
He asked again, still ironically, what
item In the appropriation bill was Tor
work that was not needml and desira-
bic for national prosperity, and he re-
minded his Democratic hearers that
improvements of rivers and harhors
never had been Democratic policy, on
the contrary President Polk had We.
toed every such bill, and under Presi-
dent Buchanan ct dollar had been
expended for that purpose.
The discussion continued, several
members on both sides of the House
speaking, after which the message was
referred to the Committee on Com