The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-11

from a remark Of Mr.. Kelley on the bill
TO demonetiEe silver, showing that the
gentleman did at that time know the pur.
pose and effect Of the bill, his words be.
Ing, at has become impossible to retain
American silver dollars in this country
except in collections OF curiositiss." To
show that he had not drawn from his in.
ner consciousness, as Mr.. Kelley asserted,
in what he had said about the matter Of
the gentleman's communistic speeches In
Ohio, he procured from the library and
sent to the Clerks desk volume Of the
Cincinnati Commercial, from which the
Clerk read special dispatch describing
the meeting at youngstown. He (Mr.
Garfeld) submitted, whether in the state.
mentA read, and on similar statements In
the Cleveland papers, he was not justified
in speaking Of the gentleman's commun-
istic speeches in Ohio. As TO the gentle.
mans last campaign, he knew It was
generally understood then that an ex-
preston in favor Of the gentleman was
SOLICITED. He (Mr. Garfeld) had been
consulted on the subject, and II he had
had the same faith In the restoration Of
sound principles that others had, he
would have been glad to join in the efforts
made by these gentleman.
The formal discussion was soon closed
and the House went into Committee Of
the Whole on the Consular and Diplo.
matte Appropriation Bill, Mr.. Cox, Of
New York, 10 the chair. The bill APP
propriates Sl,0S6,935, reduction OF
Sl02, ,439 fIom the appropriations Of last
year, and reduction OF SIT, ,4G2 from
the estimates OF the State Department.
The salaries OF the Ministers to Great
Britain, France, Germany and Russia are
fixed at $4,000 each; to Spain, Austria,
Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and China At
$4,000 each; to Chill and Peru At $1,000
each; 10 Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Vene-
zuela, Hawaiian Islands, Argentine Re-
public and United States OF Colombia,
s., 500 each; 10 Bolivia, $1,000; Guate.
maIa, Costa Rica, Honduras, Salvador
and Nicaragua, one Minister, $4,000
Hayti, s., 900; Liberia, S2.500.
Mr.. Singleton, a member OF the COM
mittee on Appropriations, explained that
the committee had reduced the salaries OF
the four principal Ministers abroad from
Sl7, 900 TO $4,000, an amount amply suf.
fcient, considering the work TO be done
by them. He referred TO the fact that
the Consul at London received TWO dol
lars head for every American seaman
shipped at that port, and every dollar Of
that tax upon commerce was used at the
Consulate, and not one covered into the
Treasury. That was what made the posi-
tion Of Consul so much sought alter.
Mr.. Cox, Of Ohio, inquired whether the
law did not require all such fees to be
turned into the Treasury.
Mr.. Singleton replied that il did not.
Mr.. Hewitt, OF New York, thought the
gentleman from Mississippi was mis-
taken. All fees collected for shipping
seamen were either paid into the Treas.
ury or accounted for 10 the accounts Of
the Consul.
Mr.. Singleton, continuing, said that
the Appropriation Committee had en-.
deayored, on one hand, to guard against
any retrenchment which might impair
the service, and, on the other, to prevent
any unnecessary expenditure OF the pub
lie money. His own opinion was that
the present system Of service might be
much simplitied, and that two or three
Ministers, stationed at some central
points in Europe, with competent corps |
ot agents, would answer every purpose.
Alter speech by Mr.. HIbbell, in ia
vor OF the extension OF our foreign COM
merce, the committee rose, and the House
adjourned.