The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-07-03
FORTYDSIXTH CONGRESS.
DEBATE IN SENATE
ON RADICAL CORRUPTION.
The House Passes the New Judicial Expenses
Bill The Senate Passes the United
States Marshal BIZ.
SENATE.
WsAhinEton, D. G., June q

Washington, D. c.. June 25.
President pro TEN. Thurman was absent to day,
owing to illness. and Mr. Eaton took the chair
The Senate took up the concurrent resolution
submitted yesterday by Mr.. Beck, providing for
joint committee Of Hve Senators and Ieven Rep
resentatives TO report next December what
change, II any, should be made in the mode Of
guarding and collecting revenue, and as to whe.
therIany change should be made In the method
Of approprialing money, whether by annual or
permanent appropriations.
Mr.. Beck explained what he believed 10 be the
necessity of such an jnvestieatiOu. He thought
the heads Of departments would not object to It,
but rather welcome It, The two parties were now
nearly balanced In Congress, and 1t was q favor,
able time for an impartial review Of existing
practices. Millions of dollars could be saved hy
cutting IF useless Offices, custom houses etc He
was willing to have the sui ject referred to any OF
the Standing Committees II The Senate thought ii
ADVISE BILE. s' .1..fH
Mr.. Window (Rep Minn) read what he styled
q political speech, reviewing the record Of the
Republican and Democratic parties for the past
twenty years, and challenged any Democratic
senator 10 name single instance Of Republican
peculatton revealed by Democratic investigation.
Mr.. ssulsbury Dem. Del.) said II Mr.. Window
was so blind as not TO zee such corruption, It
would be impossible to enligher him.
Mr.. Davis Nv. Va said that in the public debt
statement Of 1869, there was difference of S94,
900 900 between the statement sent to the Senate
and the House and that published for the cOun.
try aud what the real faCR were The Commute Q
Of IuupetiUa linn iutO the ffarg Of hp TTI
Department had under consideration the facts
which would bear out this assertion.
Mr.. Salisbury said that without naming indi.
viduals be would advise Mr.. Window TO think
over the San Domingo scheme, the whisky frauds,
the Freedmen's Bureau, the Belkusp disgrace,
the manager ent of funds of the navy. etc. What
had become OF S175 0.OOO to 5000 900 appro.
priated under General Grants administration for
the navy, and IN despite of which our navy was
diserace 10 the country by Its int fciency. The
only explanation was that money WAS spen In
Jobs ard elt ctinn cOTruptiOns Has the Senai or
70 gotten Il g Credit MobilieI?
MIR. salisbury cal ed on Mr.. Window as an
honest man to admit the faults of his party and
join with the Democrats In preventing IT petion
Of such corruphons. There was even little job
in gravestOnes" for Union soldiers. He then pro
ceedpd to sp, ak on The subj CT of el, ction law
The Democrats did not Opp0se these laws because
OF the harm they really did, but because they
were standing menace to the people.
Mr.. Windom said he would simply repeat his
challenge to other side to point out single
man to be a deiaulter or corruplionist.
Mr.. Morgan Dem. Ala) said he would mention
BelknAp. ul.
Mr.. Window replied that Belknar certainly
never stole dollar from ths Government. 1t wa
not even proven that he stole from anybody HI
| submitted statement of public defalcations Il
snow that Mr.. salisbury had Overstated the
am0unts Ai.''
Mr.. Davis( w. Va wished to present another
statement ma, np by Secretary Boutwell,, show
ing over So 1000 600 Of defalcations in one depart
mant alone.
Mr.. Window denied that this statement showed
defalcations. but only uncOllected assessments
which Of course was charged against the ColleU
tors of Revenue.
Mr.. Beck denied this, and referred to the casC
OF Collector Bailey, defaulter for a large
amount, whOee sureties, among whom were Hen
~ Clews and George 0pdyke. had never beer
forced to make his defslCati n good.
Mr.. Conkling (Rep. N, " corrected Mr.. Becl
by showing that Bailey's defalcatioD was made
bViOre these gentlemen became his buIeties, anC
they were held not to be liable for it.