The New York herald., 1878-03-13
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.


Mr.. SourHARD, (dem.) OF OHIO rising to = personal
explanation, proceeded 10 explain that the JOINT reso.
luton introduced by him weeks ago, In relation
TO having three Presidents bad been introduced by re.
quest. IL had been. drawn by another person and
placed his hands to be referred proper com.
mittee. He went on to show, however, that the idea
or having more than executive ihoai was not SO
chmercal as the press had been representing It, but
that it Lad many advocates in this country and OK
ampcs in ancient history He also stated the various
efforts which he had made TO havo It appear IN the
first instance the public press Of the country that
no had introduced IL. by request and was not the
author of the joint resolution but all
this his connection with 1t had been tho subject OF
persistent msrepresent ations
Mr. SPRISuER (dem) OF H., gave notice that no
would call up tomorrow the Massachusetts contested
election case Of Doan against Field.
THE DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATION BILL
Al quarter to one tho House went into Committee
OF the Whole Mr Cox, OF Now York, the chair) on
the Diplomatic APPROPRIATED bill.
MR.. HALE.
Mr. HALE, (rcp.) Of No., spoke OF tho great impor.
tance OF the OF the country II was OF
vital consequence 10 commerce. II the last SER
vice which any discriminating nation having much
commerce aud desiring II to grow would discourage.
1t was because ths pending Dill assailcd both tho
diplomatic and consular service that no was
now oa the floor Tne gentleman who had
sippD had spoken the other day about tho
necessity OF economy. He (Mr. Halc) admitted that
tended and discr,minaeiy applied, was primal dnly
oil the Legisaturc but he asserted that OF
gentlemen who set themselves up as advocates OF
economy could anord or should be permitted 10 direct
their strokes in asingio direction that would crlppie
tho government, while they were mort ana lax In
the direction OF schemes that raid the Treasury
aud would IN the end bankrupt IL. He rcmiuded Mr.
Singleton that hts name had not appeared voting
against bill for the relief OF owners OF disiileI
sprits In bonded warehouses, which might havo de-
peted the Treasury TO the amount OF IRON S. 500
TO S. oOo,oOo Neither had any OF the majority mem
bcrs on the Appropriation Com mtec votod against it.
BILLS IN THE INTEREST OF SOUTH.
He rccountcd the various bills that pending at
this session intended TO draw large amounts from
the Treasury and mostly for tho benefit the South
ern section OF the country and In regard TO winch
said that their support would como mostly from the
democratic sidc OF the House aud tho opposition 10
them from tho republican side. Among them no
enumerated the bi to pension tho soldiers Of tho
Mexican and Indian wars, which would take from
So 900 900 to 600 900 year tho Treasury tho
GJNings claim, which involved tho principle OF pay
ing southern mail contractors, and which would tako
ABOUT 900, 900 IRON tho Treasury; Texas Pacific
Railroad bilI representing $780, 900 900 10 be
by tho governments; tho Mississippi Iovco bill nvoiv
ing S25 00OO; tho bill to refund the cotton tax n-
vovDg $780, O0O 000 tho bill reopen tho old cotton
seizure cases, and tho bill to abolish the Southern
Claims Commits
Mr.. SINGLETON reminded Mr. Hale Of the 81, 900, 600
which the government had 10 pay to Canada ior tho
fish taken by the gentlemans s nsttuents.
Mr.. HALE asked Mr. Singleton whether that had any
bearing ON pending legislation. Ho would venture TO
say, however that when The bill To appropriate that
IS 900 900 came before tho Housc its strongest
opposition would como from a Nortnern state
He went on TO say that tho tronble that every
man who had prosecuted any one OF those bills land
there were 400 oi thdm), every member VINO had
ported one OF them rom committee (and there .wcro
dozens OF theml, would stand up IN his place and
claim that IRON his Wow tho legislation which no
sought 10 engraft the statute books was just and
right
CHEEsEPAKISG ECONOMY.
Tho radical fault was that the same gentlemen woro
clamoripg tor ''cheeseparIng economy" That was
the trouble. Members on tho other slde made. q
cry and q prctext OF economy by reducing
clerks, by crampng consols, by turning out
Ministers. but whenever they conIron nted
wit any Of the classes oil claims to which he had
fcrred II was AZ inevitable that water runs down
MIL that they would voto for them aud would advo.
cate them, 10 thoy did not so thoy would not
daro 10 homo and taco their constituents lie had
not felt like sitting still and listening to their homilIes
ABOUT retrenchmont and reform without calling tho
attention OF the House ana OF tho country the
feto bills that had already been presented many
oil which had already been reported looking
pelion OF the Troasury lie proceeded to contrast tho
small salaries paid by tho United Statcs to thor
Ministers and consua abroad with those paid by
the English, French, German and Russian gov
ernmenta and said that " they weSs further cui