The New York herald., 1876-02-04
ROUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.

WASHINGTON. Feb. B. 1876.
Nr GLOVER, (dem.l Of Mo-, offered a resolution re-
citing the belief that certain political and personal in
auence has been exerted TO secure the removal of
federal judge and the appointment Of another in Colo
rado Territory, Tor the corrupt purpose Of procuring
certain orders and decrees concerning certain mining
interests now in litigation and directing the Attorney
General to furnish copies OF letters and papers asking
for the removal OF Judge Beord and for the appoint
ment of Judge Stone his stead Referred the Ju
dciary Committee
THE CONSULAR DIPLOMATIC BILL.
The House, at two o'clock, went into Committee of
the Whole, Mr.. Hoskins, OF New York, in the chair
on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation BILL
which approprates $922. s47.
Mr. SINGLETON, tdem) e Miss, who had charge
of the bill as member Of the Committee on Appro-
priatons, advocated the principles OF economy on
which the bill got up, aud argued that the gen
eral depression OF business throughout the country
rendered this economy imperative duty. He said
that official salaries had grown Of all proportion
what they had been in the better days the Republic
when Edward Everett was Minister 20 England Gen.
era Cass 20 France and Mr. Wheaton TO Prussia. The
salary then paid these was quite satisfactory
and what was III Nine thousand dollars year. HI
had never heard OF the ministers OF those days writing
essays on poker or dealing in the stock Of Emma Mines
In order TO add to their means. (Laughter) They
gentlemen OF the highest order OF respectabty
peur et sans reproche
days ministers not only received outfit but also
limit TO cover the expenses OF their return homel
Mr.. KAssoN, rep OF Iowa. suggested that diplomatic
salaries had been Increased in 1855 bya democratic Con-
grcsa
Mr.. SINGLETON went to point out the items in
which reductions were made in the bill, and gave the
aggregate reduction compared with the Diplomatic
APPROPRIATION ohl last year az about s4oo 200 he
government Tor the last year. outside of the interest
on the public debt we're about Sl7O,0 000 while in
1866 the expenses OF the government only about
$63 0OO 000 and he asked what the OF the
vast increase expendturcS 1t account OF
the extravaganza ndulged by all the departments Of
the government
Mr. SINGLETON in the course Of further remarks re-
ferred to what Mr. Hale, OF Name had said last week
in reference claims of Southern citizens and said
that he tired of these reflections upon Southern
He was himself Southern man, from the top of
his head the sole Of hrs foot, but he had
here Tor the purpose OF getting up discord.
He had come for the purpose Of peace,
tives treated like gentlemen He accused the
republican politicians in the House with the effort
create dscord and thereby make political capital But
he knew that the people saw through that disguise.
The South he said had three schemes TO accomplish
this Congress; one was to improve and protect the
levees OF the Mississippi and to reclaim the auvia
soil of the delta which would be Of value than
all the Black Hills IN the country 1000 900 bales of
cotton could be raised this reclaimed land
Mr. HALE asked him 10 state what the other schemes
weref
Mr. SINGLETON replied that another was the Southern
Pacific Railroad.
An extended collocuy followed during which several
Northern democrats stated that the democracy
1
Mr. SINGLETON dsclamed being considered a repre-
sentative OF his party He had simply expressed his
views, and nobody else be held responsible
for them.
Mr. MONROE, trep) of Ohio, criticised the economic
features of the bill in the reduction OF salaries
the suppression of the missions 70 Greece, Hayti and
the South American Republics He expressed his belief
that OF the nobes and grandest fields OF
in the future would be the States OF South America
and he thought that the American people ought be
the of that field He knew that the existing
commerce there small, but lie asked whether the
United States prepared 10 accept the low and
condition of its commerce as Interchangeable thing
Did Congress proclaim 70 the civilized world
that the United States did to be great
mercia Power, but meant have erased from
the list OF commercial natonsS He could believe
that that the opinion OF this House
! Without action the bill the committee rose
| PRESIDENT
| The SPEAKER laid before the House message from
the President returning, without his approval act
transferring the custody of certain Indian funds
from the Secretary Of the Interior the Treasurer
the United States with communication from the Sec
rotary OF the Interior setting that the
| The message and the accompanying documents
having been read, Mr. RANDALL Of Pennsylvania,
stated that the bill had come from the
| Committee Appropriations; that the Secre-
tary OF the Interior had suggested an amend
ment TO it, that that amendment incorporated in
the bill and that very strange thing that IL
should be objected TO by the department whose
| instance II had been prepared.
The message referred TO the Committee Ap-
preparations and then, at hall past four O'Clock, the
| House adjourned.