Daily globe., 1878-03-08
House of Representatives..

WASHINGTON, March Mr. Hartridge
from the judiciary committee, reported back
the bill removing the political disabilities of
Robert II. Chiffon, of Georgia. Passed.
The speaker then called the committees for
reports and Mr.. Mcmahon, from the commit
tee on accounts, reported resolution author
lzlng thc committee on rules to employ seven
experts, to be assigned by the speaker to such
committees of investigation as may seem
proper.
Mr.. Foster said this was but proposition to
increase the number of dead-beats from Ohio,
who last year drew thousands of dollars from
the contingent fund of the House.
Mr. McMahon said that gentleman was ac-
quaintcd with all the gentlemen who had come
into Office by fraud recently. (Laughter.)
Mr.. Foster-1 am acquainted with the chair
man of the military committee.
MIR. McMahon-And also with another person
not necessary to name, and indeed you PLAYED
an important part in his induction to office
He went on to say that when the Republican
party had been in power in the House it had
not needed clerks as experts. 1t only needed q
white-wash bucket and brush to put wash
on. With regard to the term expert" it
meant a fellow with keen nose for Republi-
can rascalities.
Mr. Conger-I supposed it meant something
canine. Daughter.)
Mr.. McMahon-NQs am not referring to you
now. G.aughter.)
Mr., Springer offered substitute authorizing
the committees on expenditures in the several
departments of the government to employ each
a clerk or expert. pending investigation and
also authorizing the committee on post Offices
and post roads to employ two experts. The
substitute was adopted, yeas 155, nays l0.
The House then went into committee of the
whole on the deficiency bill, the pending amend
ment being the one offered yesterday by Mr..
Hanna, increasing the number of clerks author
lied to be employed in the treasury department
from ~ to IS, and making proportionate in
crease IN the amount appropriated for the pay
of such clerks.
discussion ensued as to the relative merits
of Republican and Democratic Houses in the
matter of economy, during which Dir. Foster
said the Democrats sat for two years in the House
without successfully investigating the bureau
OF engraving and printing, and it had been
left to the present secretary of the treasury to
reduce the expenses of that bureau more than
100000. That gentleman, who was one Of
the best administrative officers the country has
ever seen, had been saving a million below the
appropriations made by the Democratic party
i'll last Congress.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Hanna was
rejected.
Mr. Baker, of Indiana, offered an amend
ment requiring the clerkships in all depart
ments to be distributed among the citizens of
the various States and Territories in proportion
70 population, but on an objection by Mr. Dur
nam, was ruled out OF order.
Mr. Cox IN. Y.l twitted the Republican side
of the House with its opposition to reforms
and economy, and said that in the first session
of last Congress there had been reduction of
S5o.ooo,Ooo, and IN IN the second session a redue-
tion of S10,0000 600.
dr. roster asserted that the books showed
only reduction OF Sio,ooo,UOO IN the last
Congress, and that against this, there was q
deficiency of Sc 600, 600,
AN item OF twenty Thousand dollars for
entries, trespasses on public lands and cases of
oihclai misconduct was the subject OF consider
able discussion In connection with the timber
frauds.
After speeches IN opposition by Messrs. Page,
Patterson and Hooker, MIR. Townsend, of New
York, elucidated the whole subject by an anec-
dote OF an old colored man In North Carolina,
VINO olerea G a very nicely dressed chicken to
eiaVeief; Inc traveller asked MIN "nere ne got
a 1ne cnlcken: " are you northern man, asked the
ualhey Les. r AZ are you Ir1end OF the coiored
nlan. Ies. wen; thell, you never ask sucn q
auestion again. lLaughter.l 80 IL was with
ehese gentlemen ne ana 1nelr constituents. Inc
secie'Ly VI .ne ihleltol snouiu never ASK tnem
M ICY sos sn.n =. III .l
WI. ros.et io.eine" l' " lIS question u ene
relative merits OF the hepublcan and Demo
cla.ic nouses IL ele mater VI economy ana as
'tao 4a Ias. $500 AZ a' .e s1a
600 e1on ooa oa ;s iasg sou 600 ooo
~" 10 Nav-I " IL. ny
vi, a., IN, ,1-nil u m'" - ..1
r nanuaii "a. speaA.l, H.. ess.iIsu 1asa elae the ns
81 tha co-n m - raI;at; 90 ouai.
from which Mr. Cox had quoted to-day, were
exactly correct, and that the House had sue
cceded, notwithstanding the opposition of the
republican side OF the House and Senate in