The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29

Mr.. Singleton, vino had charge of the bill
as q member of the Committee on Appro-
priations, advocated the principles of econ
omy on which the bill was formed, and
argued that the general depression of BUSH
ness throughout the country rendered this
economy an imperative duty. He said that
official salaries had grown out OF all proper
ton to what they had been in the better days
of the republic. When Ed ward Everett was
minister to England. Gen. Cass TO France, and
Wheaton to Prussia, the salary then paid to
these men was satisfactory, and what was it :?
Nine thousand dollars year. He had never
heard of the ministers of those days writing
essays on poker or dealing in the stocks of
Emma mines, In order to add to their means.
Laughter They were gentlemen OF the
highest order Of responsibility, sans peur ct
sGns reproche.
Mr.. Singleton, in the course of further
remarks, referred to what Mr.. Hale, Of
Maine, had said last week in reference to
that he was tired Of these reflections upon
Southern men. He was himself Southern
man from the hair of his head to the soles
OF his feet, but he had not come here for the
purpose of getting up discord. He had
come for the purpose OF peace, and he want
ed Southern Representatives treated like
gentlemen. He accused the Republican
politicians in the House with an effort to
create discord, and thereby make political
capital. but he knew the people saw through
this design.
Mr.. Hale, (Rep-) asked him to state what
the other schemes we're.
Mr.. Singleton replied that another was
the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Mr.. Hale: Is not the refundingof the cot
Mr.. Singleton: do not propose to discuss
that question now.
Mr.. Willis, (Dem y of New York: The
Democratic party does not propose to help
the South by building u Southern Pacific
Railroad. We will leave it to opr Repui.-
lican friends to do so.
Mr.. Douglas, OF Virginia. asked Mr.. Hale
by what authOfity he spoke of the gentle
man from Mississippi (Singleton) AS the
OF the Southern Democracy
Mr.. Hale replied that his authority was
the position which that gentleman Occu-
pied as a Southern man; because he spoke
distinctly tor the Southern Democracy, and
also because he (SingIeton) had been Sc
lected as one of the Southern representa-
tives on the money committee Of the House
the Appropriation Com mittee.
Mr.. Holman, (Dem.) of Indiana, declared
that the Democratic party OF the House
was neither for the Southern Pacific Rail-
road, nor for the refunding of the cotton
tax.
Mr.. Douglass, of Virginia, denied the
can member, to designate the member from
Mississippi, or member from any other
State, as the representative man of the
Southern Democracy.
He (Douglass) represented part of the
Southern constituency, but he was not
prepared to inform the gentleman from
Maine what might be or what ght not be
the ultimate action of the Southern Demo-
Gratis on this floor on these measures. He
was not member of the Southern Democ-
racy but he was member of the National
Democracy which had come here to reform
some of tile abuses of the government.
Mr.. Hale My friend from Mississippi is
more frank than the gentleman from Vir-
ginia, and has given up the monition OF
what we may expect from that section. 1
did not expect by q single question, to stir
up so much OF hornets nest as seem to
have done. My friend from Indiana (HOl-
many. who opposes the Southern Pacific
Mr.. Randall (Dem.), of Penn, chairman
of the Committee on Appropriations, re-
marked that it would be time enough for
the Democratic party in the House to be
held responsible for its acts when it had
taken action on the measures.
Mr.. Singleton disclaimed being considered
a representative of the party. He had sim
ply expressed his own views, and nobody
else was to be held responsible for them.