New-York tribune., 1878-12-18
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

River and Stonington Harbor. Conn. Referred.
The House then resumed the consideration Of the Ge
neva Award bill, and addressed by Mr.. KEIFER
(Rep, 0hio) in favor OF the majority report
Mr. BURCHARD tRep. ILL.,. aud Mr.. MONROE (Rep'
Ohio, favored the minority report.
Mr. CHITTENDEN (Rep., n. " said that he repre-
sented IN this House constituency interested IN the
distribution OF the award and he bmself was interested
In t. From 1S43 until the present hour, he had been.
directly or Indirectly, part Of the Atlantic Mutual
Insurance Company than which no more benencent or
better insurance company ever existed Its profits anu
dividends had never oeen so large as they were during
the The majority report, In enect, was a Dill 10
pay insurance company, and no one else when ne
had listened to the remarks Of his colleague (Mr Potter
elusive 10 case the House be governed by clear
cold ecnnlcaties without regard to equity or eternal
justice reflection. he thought that the majority
report should not be adopted until two uoaton sses
mS% would ss United
ate its suffering citizens whose property was
nnder tne majority report absolutely nothing The
se3Ond question what was TO be the nnal disposition
no rigbti As member OF tue Atlantic Mutual Insur-
Company he would never by any act OF his toucn
lie was in favor of sending all award in the posses.
sion of the Government where the fisheries award had
United states had been euchred at Halifax
The further consideration OF the bill was postponed
Al 1;50 p. the House went into Committee OF the
Whole, with Mr. Carlisle Dem, Ky) in the chair, ON the
bill appropridtng Sf5OOOO to meet the deficiency IN tue
appropriation for postal mali service aud prohibiting
any increase n the postacar service during the present
year. ,,,,, ,.r.,.-
zion Committee, explained tle bill. He favored the
bill. but said Congress had been ignorant thst
there mad been growing up silence this system OF
pOsal-car service Congress has not been treated Win
deoiency was caargeablc the Department. and now
tue officers or tie Posi- Office Department spoke
trium2nanty Of their victory over Congress on tns
question. 80, =,
Mr. HALE rep, Me- defended the action Of the de-
parment. Tne PostmasterGenera could not have done
anything else than report TO Congress tnat here was
deficiency. He could not stop the service All ne could
was constantly aeing. and the law was ptess on
the 70 pay Tor the postal s Dis.n
Georgia did not know OF the increase IN the postal
car service he should have known Ii. II derectlon
rests anywhere It the House and the Committee
Appropriations Tie dencebcy was the result OF Tue
general system OF economy as practised by the Ap-
Mr.. CLYMER Dem., Penny claimed that there had
been concealment on the part of the Department Re-
curing TO the remark made by Mr. Foster IN regard 70
Democratic economy he SAID thHt the average saving 10
sso oSo coo Year ana II il had not been for that
economy Treasury would have been bankrupt
the n nj made by Mr. Clymer He admitted that
the saving 1877 over 1875 was $19O0OOOO and that
ne current year would show an increase OF S4OOOOO0
Under Republican administrations liberal aDpropr
atons had made that all the departments could
be Iropery run and at the close Of each year large
amounts were returned TO the Treasury department.
Unaer the Democratic administration too little was ap
propraed then deficiency bulls had to be reported
ihere have been OF DEFICIENCIES In two years
Mr.. CLYMER Dem, Penn.l1You nave never de-
ere Used AN Appropriation SINCE 1869
Mr.. FOSTER Kep.. OhiOl-Ihe decrease has been con-
ttnuaI every year from 1867 down.
Mr. Foster asked Mr. Cymer II lie denied that the ex
penses OF maintaining tie Government had been de-
Nj. HEWITT (Dem., n. VI" deny 1t and will give
the gentleman my nsus lie quoted from tue rel report
pcndltures III is7l Sl57OO0,000 III 1872. Sl53-
0ooeeo ~ lsS s7s m 90 TSeS
followed the Democratic era ana ~ 1871 tne e1Pendi ,
ya ae' 9a hd below S4o 60o If the Republican Con-
gress paid larger dehclences the Democratic Con-
would nave 0@1 o s GOO mad Seen pad by
the last Congress 70 cover appropriations made IN the
Mr.. POSTER CRep. ol-I emphatcaly deny the oor-
rectuess OF those figures. -
MI. HEWITT Den. n. Y.)-They are bills passed by
NM Mr. FOSTER said that as had stirred up such
MT. DUTtmA tDem.. Ky.j-T gentleman
got worse slnng than anyone else -
Mr.. FOSTEK-But more have been stung on your
There never was. in my Judgment, greater fraud
perpetrLted or maintained by ANY party than the fraud
Of your Democratic clam that you have reduced ex
pelses $50 OOO,O 900 year
Mr. CLiMER tDemy PENN was surprised 10 near
such language from the gentleman from ONO.
Mr. BUkCHARD rep, H. asked Mr. Hewitt why he
had gone back in his figures for three or four years
had done he would have found tnat the Repub-
lcans had decreased the expenditures from what they
were in 1867 OF 1868
CoNGER UNEEKLINGLY ALLUDEs TO THE CIPHERs.
After further general discussion the committee pro-
ceeded to consider the bill ior amendments.
Mr. PHILLIPS Rcp., KanJ moved to strike out the
provso which prohibits the increase Of postal service
during the year.
The motion to strike out was advocated by Mr..
Mitchell Qep Pennl. ana opposed by Mr. Atkins (Dem..
Tenn, Chairman OF the Conmlttee on Appropriations
In the Of his remarks Mr. ATKINS asserted ire
plying 10 Mr. FOSTER that half OF the Deficiencies for
which the Democratic party had made appropriations
had come down from the years OF Republican admins
traton and that the Democrats had been clearing up
Old scores.
Mr CONGER (Rep., Mich) also advocated the motion.
In his he Drancned of into discussion Of tue
cipher dispatches " How" he asked " do the gentle
the cipher dispatches BY crying raud-no, neg par
dom 6y silence Ten Is S SnS S 1S pn o. t 6e
Inocfacy not even the distinguished gentleman from
Gramercy Park, the head OF the investigating com-
mJtee is permitted to aude to the snljecl. lest that
gnt, man should be called upon 10 investigate II as the
country calls upon him 10 do.
Mr. SPARKS Dem, llll-You knew that the gentle
man lMr Potter was not IN his seat.
Mr.. CONGER (Rep., Mlch.l-He was in his seat not
Mr. sP1RKs Dem, NJ He is not there nov.
Mr.. CONGER REP, MisnlIfhen lie started out when
Mr. TUCKER IDem.. Val rose TO make a remark.
ward Mr. Tackerj 1.-The gentleman from Virginia is in
his seat, being fearful OF uanger when remote from the
mas he not called up the cipher dispatchesi loud
iaughter Is nobody that side honest enough, bold
about the prJngacy OF partesi Oh, Mr.. Chairman, |
cannot blame any Democrat for never audlng TO the
cipher dispatches There Is no man bold enough 10 de-
fcnd them There is no committee that dares TO ex-
anime them They stand there arrayed and backing up
Kentucky (audng to MI Durham rises here before he
retres from the Of ms greatness, TO make an at
c"uuanlcs hn IN mis- exile. Laughterl Why could |
tuey not wait discuss those questions amid the |
sernss of domestic happiness which they about
10 return soon Laughter
The hammer OF the chairman here fell; aud Mr. DUR
HAM (Den., ky) rose 10 repy.
AS Mr. COnger still tried 10 nod the floor Mr.. Durham
claimed that he had been recognized BY the cnar.
MIR CONGER (Rep MIcn)--l guess not. IL was VITO |
recognized the gentleman aughter but II the gentle
un viii speak to the subject 10 winch alluded, II
any +. eneman on that side will will gladly yield
Sir. DURHAM tDem., Ky)--Ever since have been |
member nave directed my attention TO the matter on
hnnd rarely ever going the subject under consd
Grafton for tue purpose OF making merrlment Conse.
ouenty disregard everything tnat my friend has said
ot oyial character. The cipher dispatches Will take
care OF themselves. Isuppose that the whole country
that the Administration now IN power was
eh there through fraud, and II makes difference