The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-14
House OF Representatives.

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ins'ru'tins the Committee on Public Lands TO
innuirn wnnt assistance can ~. t,ivnn hv the
C,ycrr,,nr, IN ,,tiz,.n. who d..sire ~ rrni,rn,s
To- the west for the purpos" OF farming.
Mr.. Towushrnd Dem. ILL., Introduced rcso-
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'u'oh 'heu"'''n-' W' 'p'l"'''' on b"hfng
AMI Currency Ia inquire INTO the cNI"dl"n Of
winding up the national banks. withdrawn,
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tH'lt 'lr'uul"h' Nhd SUBSTITUTING SrechhacAs
Of other similar currency
Tine House then went into Comtnit,eo ~ the
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"hVi'' MI hi"'N"ulh 'beih'' n.y. III INC 'hair
On the Deficiency bill.
lThc '.tai amount nii rorria j. sa2i0G6, of which
- iN,e- r. for the a., u, the nav siipa Tor Nav,
n''t 81 The amount duo senenan Brolhsr- Of London
"a @ r ~ NJ '1l'',i ann i' '
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in.ion until Tie Interior DE ,rni, NJ building repair a
MI bIou" 'p'n''' 'h'l sau that Tor lo'@
1873. 1874. md 1873 III" estimates for the pay Of
the navy amounted To 81. 800 900 and for 1870 To
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Democratic the stlmatn jumped To 7.Gno 600 to
pnv 5nn mon. and the estimate for 1878 WINS
:, 3Ou.OOO. Al tn beginning OF tho last Con-
gross subcommittee JAILED At tht Navy De-
phrtm"nt. ANA were informed lht IN" depart
in"nt could get along with t625o.Wr. The
force of tho navy hnving been reduced 10 7. 300
men. they were then told thu IN" appropriation
Tor pay could W. ,lurrd 81 ,OuU,OW more, ana
II WIS reduced f5r.Or. After the adjournment
AN order had been issued by tho secretary Of
IN" Navy tltoh'sonl the purpo-" of which WAS
in"Ncite th" navy against tn" majority n the
liouS" ~ tllr last session "Vt ry dollar rs Nri
for 10y The Department had been voted, cx-
""It tJu,WD. liz WIS surprised that m"
present de facto Secretary Of the Navy
should claim that the present def
rl"ney belonged To- IN. last fiscal year.
II the appropriations were made up To the ali
so.ute requirement of the .ssrvicr. then the Sc.
relnry had IN violation of law, taken from the
Treasury eight or min" millions ~ dolnrs The
appropriations for the iiTrrcnt bureaus had
b,cn used IN Us 'rimuatrly For instance
there was Il den '"n'y in the pay NJ the Marine
Corps, although every dollar needed To pay that
corps had been appropr nte |. The MONEY Ind
been used for other purposes. The House
owed il 10 the people to invest cato rclcntlsss.y.
and il would do So.
Mr.. Eden Dem. III inquired whether some
means could not be- devised 10 prevent 81 n
mlsnpplicnion ot funds.
Mr.. Blount said that all necessary legislation
for the purposr already existed. The only rem
edy for the evil wis IN the moral sense of the
people, who should hold to Just accountability
thos" who had been for years permitting an
improper use Of the funds In the Trca-ury
MIR. Good" Dem. Val was for having an in
v'stigation. but thought the appropriation
should be- made without DELAY,
Mr.. Hale ni p. Me- censurcd Mr.. Biount for
making mn atinck ON kob"son; The bin did not