The New York herald., 1876-01-27
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

WASHINGTON Jan. 26 1870
Mr. CLARK, tdem.l Of Mo-, from the Post Office Com
ittee called up the bill regulating postage third
class mail 1t provides that all malabe matter
lof tho third class referred in and
pf the Revised Statutes may weigh exceeding four
hounds each package and that the postage thereon
phan be cent for every two ounces or fraction
Shersoi Mr.. Clark explained that this bill proposed
no repeal the which passed in the last hours
ahe last n the form of amendment inserted
sobscurely the sundry Civil Appropriation bill, with
Ehe evident intention OF misleading the Housel That
Aw increased the postage third class from
pne per 10 cent per ounce, from
blight cents to sixteen cents per pound This bill
proposed TO reinstate the postage third class mail
matter before for ounces.
Mr. CANNON, rep.l Of III, addressed the House in
1nrLher explanation and advocacy OF the bill. Remarks
,n advocacy OF the bill also made by Mr. Garfield,
lDf Ohio, and Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania and the bill
was passed without division
MILIrAKr ACADEMY BILL.
The House then, al two O'clock into Committee
NJ the Whole, Mr. HosSins, OF New York. in The
Ehair, the Military Academy Appropriation
Dill winch appropriates $23l ,24l, and
hddressee by Mr.. Hale. Of Name, who
NAve carefully prepared and Philosophical review
lDf the natural tendency Of governments increase
hher expenses promising IL with the remark that
governments, ike families, cost more and they
row and that their cost Is apt 10 increase like that Of
FAMILIES geomerical ratio with their growth After
arguing that the majority OF the House merely
FOLLOWING the wake OF the last Congress IN the matter
hi reform he passed the discussion the Military
hppropration bill and criticised the proposed reduc
nion Of pay Of the professors and assistant profess
&ors and remarked that some Of Tie professors had
been at West Point for iorty years and Of
Eelebrity who mad gwen all their time ana strength to
Ne rrest work before them The bis ut down their
Rresent receipts largely. de did not know for what
sxact sum professor could live at West Point Il driven
% extremItes, but he knew thai there were certain
kAemands upon professors Income which did not
fest upon him elsewhere. In this connection he read
thxtracts from letter nom professor AZ West Point
Representing the great expense OF living al that place
PIE also opposed the proposed reduction OF the pay and
allowances OF the West Point cadets, which now
Amouned TO S6Os per year, and which u was proposed
% reduce 70 S5+0-a reduction OF Sos. It might be
kad that this was not large sum, eus any man who
PAS been hving on an income Of 5000 knew that $40
knAde the difference between comfort perhaps, and
being constantly pnched These cadets caue from
very disirict OF the country, from the families
kpoor as well IRON the we'll TO do. he would
hst their allowance remain as IS. He would strike
mo blow, directly or indirectly, thai great military
gchool which had furnished some OF the greatest GEM
lmAnders OF the present day The people not been
in,nna,nins OF he saIares OF West Polo, ~
Sradets what they hsd been complaining OF was ran
broad subsidies and the like They were demand
hng that 'rings" and frauds should be broken
laxstence, should be broken up and thai the
kwhiskey ring should be broken up. Congress could
lnot legelate TOO closely those subjects II could
not sustain aud uphold The ADMINISTRATION too strongly
ian iLs efforts break Gp those rings Congress might
nlso curta extravagaace IN public buildings enormous
ls,ructures which perhaps needed or ~ any
rate NOT needed to-day On these Su1leets both SIDES
ofthe House could join hands aud re.reDch and save
lmopey: but In the OF salaries Fixed BY the gov
ernment he asked n body believed that the people
ers com planning that their public servants were beng
pad too much The salaries OF national officers gener
lnlly were small compared with those foreign coun-
ltnes small compared With those Of several
iof The States Federal judges were not paid % we Or
the courts expensvcy as the JUDGES and courts
hn foreign countries and in some Of the States Ameri
Can Ministers aoroad to-day competing 10 foreign
courts with ministers and even consuls who received
douDc and triple their salaries, and especially he did
not believe that there any cal upon them Tor The
ixeduction OF pay Of professors or cadeta
Mr. HAMILTON, tdenll OF y. j., member OF The Com
irnlticc on Appropriations having charge OF the biz
rcpcd 10 the OF Mr. Hale and asserted thai
figures and facts showed there was large tor re
trenchrnenL The estimates IN for the Military
Academy Amounted 10 $4SI 600 but the Committee on
Approrr ations had cut them down S243, GAL, ang
fhe committee believed that reduction could bo made
without mpairng the utility Of the institution TO any
extent IL was a mere looping on Of extravagance
He serted that the present compensation OF tho su
rerfnicndent Of The academy was better than that
nny government officer except the President recev
ins as he did, way or other, BY direct pay, b.
petcnntage for longevity, allowance BY forage allow
snoe by quarters, rAiions and thing OF another
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