The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-13

| llIRU bIllttES VI tIle HTEuys JHb UTGE 0UlHG
/ Of the committee was 10 ascertain the number
| of men in the army on given day. and 1t eouIt
not be ascertained because facts were concealed
| but apart from that, he denied the assumption
| of the Secretary that the recruiting after July
was not in violation Of the law. He denied thu
| right to recruit in the absence of an appropria
tlon; Charles the First attempted that and los
| The Anglo-s Saxon race had for years been bat
ting against the right of rulers to keep the army
in the absence of appropriation. In the name
| Of the country he protested against the assump
| ton. He repeated the trouble was that the
committee had not been met with candor. by tht
War Department when they demanded infotma
| ton. There was lack Of franBness. He, as one
member of the mmittee, would carefully scru-
The recruiting after July was. in his opinion
II. violation Of law.
Mr.. aar field said he thought the House and
Secretary Of War, and tho gentleman from
New York. and not unfavorably to the Seers-
tary Dit the gentleman want the Secretary to
dissolve the army after July 1? Did he want that
y should gallop away by disease nnd death un-
til 1t became u mere shadow VIII the gentle
man claim that the President could not assign
an oillcer, to duty in the absence Of IN appropri-
ation2 The law of the United States tixss the
army and 1t is not dissolved by reason, Of faiure
to make IN appr9priaii,on; Because the seere-
he IL charged with q crime and misdemeanor
aud threatened with impeaehtnent At least
that is Haunted in his face.
The country would understand the motives of
these accusations. it WIS tho legal duty of the
President and Secretary to maintain an army,
nnd a assaults upon the Secretary were as unjus,
tiflable MS any upon the army would be cruel and
Pacific coast IL had cost the government moth
hg beeagse the people whose homes
might, If II choose pay these men for their ser
vices. but II so, he wanted 1t to be sauarely and
positively made
Hewitt said that If there was II failure of the
army appropriation 1t was because the Presi-
dent had 4 not called Congress together,, He had
He said thnt II certain statements were true the
Secretary was liable to Impeachment. All tho
difficulty between the Secretary and Congress
had grown out Of lack Of frankness and con-
cehlment of facts.
Mr.. Conger said he did not stand on this floor
to defend the Secretary of War from the charge
bad been but too recently on his floor. and all
knew him rs O man of thorough frankness
nor would he defend Gen. sherman: tho people
knew his services to the country better than he
knew his aceusor on this floor. He then pro-
| ceeded to argue that us the law fixed the army
at %. 900 men, 1t was the duty of the Secretary
| and President to keep 1t UP to the standard
whether there was an approximation or not.
Mr.. Banning said as the Forty-fourth Con-
gress had adjourned without making an .appro,,
Congress, the army had besn kept up in viola
tion of law, If II had been called together
there would haye. been No violation of law,
Mr. Dunnell defended the Secretary, and said
he was opposed to the bill because 1t sacrificed
everything to the interests of the Texas border
Inc previous question was then seconded.
and the bill pas sed as amended.
Mr.. Ewing was then entitled to the floor on
the resumption repeal. but yielded that the roll
of States could be called for bills for reference.
large number of bills were introduced and
referred The majority. were of a private
character and for relief. The most important
were the following.
BY Mr., Banning: A bill providing for addi-
tional telegraphic communication between the
United States and Europe.
BY Mr.. Cook: A bill providing for payment
for cotton seized after May. 1865: also d bill re-
ferring to taxes paid on raw cotton from 1868 to
1868.
By Mr. Ellis A bill relating TO the distribution
OF the proceeds of captured and abandoned
property In the United States Treasury.
by Mr. Gibson: 10 repeal the 22d section of
the act incorporating the Texas and Pacific
Railroad, and to re-enact said section in favor
of the New Orleans Pacific Railroad.
, BY Mr.. Knott To revive and continue the
Court Of Alabama Claims,
BY Mr. Morrison: bill to simplify the ap-
prnisement Of goods. wares and merchandise
subject to ad vaiOrem duty.
BY Mr. Brcntland: To provide for uniform
naturaiz ization laws and & uniform certificate of
naturalization.
=, BY Mr. Phillips, of Kansas: To provide for
the payment Of duties on imports in legal notes
to provide for such payment when notes are
quoted at par.
On motion of Mr.. Springer the Secretary Of
State was requested to inform the House what
amount Of indemnity had been paid by the Span
tsh governmsnt for the execution of Ryan and
others In Cuba. and what disposition had been
made Of the fund
The House then. at 445 o'clock. adjourned.