Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-21
The items of the Senate additions are as follows

You will observe that these additions are exclu.
svely for works of an important national character
The small creeks and trout streams in the bill which
could be best improved" by macadamizing were
all carefully taken care of by the House.
The Army BM-The entire addition of s90s sI4,
made by the Senate to the army bill was rendered
necessary in restoring our little army to its present
numbers from the reduced and mutilated condition.
in which it had passed the House.
The Nary BN-The small sum added bv the
Senate to the navy bill mainly for 'pay of the
navy" for equipment of vessels and for repairs
of hospitals
The Pension BiN-The Senate added S35 900 to nav
examiners 81 for each examination instead of 81 as
provided by the House. The Senate thought that
when the Government was to be made liable to nav
pensions for life by the report of these examiners
that 81 was not too much to pay for faithful and in
tellgent service.
The Military Academy BH-The Senate added
SS3 466 to this BILL mainly for completing hospital
building procuring supply of pure water and
completing the system of sewerage It was shown
that these things are much needed sanitary meas
ures and for the protection of public property in
of fire. The hosptable building has been STANDING
for two years without q roof or windows with the
winds and storms beating upon it, and serving in
its unfinished condition as standing advertisement
of the bankruptcy of the Government or the incom
potency of Congress.
The Consular and Diplomatic BiU.-The Senate
added SS3,7O0 mainly in restoring the salaries of
our foreign representatives to what thew received
last year. The compensation now paid them is dis
gracefully small The Senate thought it ought not
to be reduced.
NEEDLES MANGLING OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Biu-The
House had regarded the clerical forces of the de-
partments, in order to reduce their meagre salaries
which were fixed twenty-five years ago; it had abol
ished two Auditors Offices which were established
in 1917, when the entire money transactions of the
Government were not one-sixth as much as are now
those of of the offices proposed to be abolished it
had cut down the pay of the laborers and watchmen
who can now barely exist on their pinched compen-
sation, and in various other ways it had mancled
the public service and impaired its efficiency, In
order to cure this mischief and to provide sundry
sums imperaivcly necessary in various branches Of
the service, the Senate added S604, ZIG.
Senate added $s56600. This bill, as passed by the
Senate, appropriated S33 1873 for the wear 1879
The bill for 1878, with all the deficiencies that have
been added by this Congress- appropriated $35,5S4-
143. 1t therefore appears that the bill, as it passed
the Senate, including the additions, still Sl5S7-
no less than both Houses have agreed necessary
for 1878. The House, however, insisted upon a re-
duction in conference; and the bill finally became
law it is -, 117770 less than appropriated for
1873 There is, therefore, manifest deficiency Gre
ated for that amount which will have to be supplied
next session. The Senate can hardly be charged
with extravaganza for wanting to reduce that forth
coming deficiency as much as possible. believe we
have now glanced at all tine tens constituting the
additions made by the Senate, and think you must
agree with ME that, having due regard to the pub
lie service rather than a care merely to reduce the
aggregate of appropriations the House should have
incorporated them in the bills before sending them
to the Senate.
Correspondent How many deficiency bills did
you say had been passed by this Congress