The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-08-17
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., August IA.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., August IA.
The House met at 10 O'Clock, in continu-
alton of the Saturday session.
Mr.. SINGLETON proceeded to address
the House on the condition of public az.
fairs in Mississippi.
He gave an emphatic denial to the state
ments made in the House and Senate, that
there had been frauds committed in the re-
cent election in that State, and said that
no such thing had been charged on the
part of the Government OF Mississippi, or
of the election judges.
Mr.. HENRY WATTERSON, the men,
Der from K Kentucky, presented himself and
took his oath of office.
Mr.. RANDALL submitted the report OF
the committee Of conference on the Indian
appropriation bill. The report was sgreed
to without discrssion.
Mr.. RANDALL then proceeded to make
some general remarks on several appropri-
ations.
Mr.. RANDALL gave an extended ac-
count of the reduction policy Of the House,
charging the Senate with having defeated
still greater economy contemplated by the
House. He defended various appropria-
tion bills as sufficient, and arraigned the
Republican party as obstructive to econo-
my and given to extravaganza. He dwelt
at length on various reforms proposed BY
the Democratic House for checking extrav-
agant expenditures and securing economy
and efficiency in the public service, and
showed how many hundreds of employs
we're in departments who were not needed.
He defended the position Of the House on
the reduction Of the Presidents salary from
$50, 900 to So, 600, and expressed his sin-
cere conviction that the people would see
the matter in its true light as TO the pro-
posed reduction of compensation of Sena-
tors and Members of the House. The Sem
ate had urged against the abolition of bank
ing p -iviieee, but the Senate had since
passed bill to restore the banking, an ac-
ton which certainly would not escape criti-
cism.
Another valuable result which had been
accomplished had been the enactment of q
provision against the political assessment of
government employees. He gave the follow
ing recapitulation of the appropriation
bills:
The estimate of the Dep artments, for this
year, were S203, ,099 025. The bills n re-
ported BY the committee on appropriations,
SeIe ~Aos ,Soo loo, Oils as pdeseu W thc
House, Sl3S, ,752 $40; bills Is passed the
Senate, Sl5s. .26O, SOS; bills as enacted in
laws, $li7, "a, ,O95, as against appropria-
tiOns Tor last year OF Sl17 ,663, ,329, being
reduction Of S29, ga, ,35a. Mr.. Randall, in
conclusIon, said that early in the session,
he had said tie expenditures would be re-
duced between thirty and forty millions.
This statement was then regarded a. an ex-
agzeratioa, but events had demonstrated its
correctnea. He regretted to cay that in
the struggle with the Senate, the House
had been compelled to give way TO the ex-
tent OF ten milliona. He hope! in another
year that the Senate would concur with the
House in that regard, aad he asserted that
with chief magistrate acting in harmony
With the Purpae of the present House,
further reduction could readily be made Of
ten million dollars.
He believed the natural and permanent
way to the resumption of specie payment
vas in the reduction of COVE, ,nment ex-
pensea Al Mr.. Randall closed he vas
warmly applauded On his own side.