New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
FOR THE RELIEF OF GREELY.
THE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION PASSED.

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Observation-Disclosures ONLY 10 CO.
IsY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNE'l
,rsu,ScroN Jan. Ex-senator Hale, in behat
Of the Committee on Naval Analrs, Iepoi'ou i'Io
I'll, -dav the House joint resolution for the reei
s ths Greelv expedition. He asked for its prompt
- 'asaooe in view of the fact that every hour was
rnnortant if the Greely party was to be saved from
,ar.,-,t,on An expedition, in his opinion, should
S,art from New-York not later than May l. lie eA-
s,oirod why no specified SUN had been appro-
Y";atod in the bill, it being the opinion OF
.ho committee that it would he lmposslole
% 6v the amount needed, even approximately >,
,ros ;mpossble to tell how much the vesseiS "ouiu
oost W here they were to be purchased, what Wouu
hoo,tAnt Of the outfit the number or men 10 oe on
,Ioved and other details, the expenses ana cost oi
,h,cb could not be computed at the present tme
oaron,ttee had thought il best to leave II III inc
,o,yer of the President to eXpend such amounts a.
a. his eninion were required to accomplish inc oo-
iect set forth in the resolution.
CRITICISM BY Mr.. INGALLS,.
Mr.. ingalls, declared that he was unWiii'he ~
vote In favor of giving the freSiueh'
mower. The stupidity, amounting almost " ,nioo
nT;tv disnlsyed in the management of the last eX-
s;,;an Ala not seem 10 encourage people to be-
,iove that the one proposed would result IN DONG
r,rcb GOOD He was not willing TO say that the
p,os,dent should be allowed the control or sum
,ho limits of which were not stated. The chalrih"n
90 +bo Committee informed the Senate that $l ooo,
ooo was too high figure at WHICH
+o estimate the cost OF uhe ONP'
dition Another member OF the coi'iini''1o -
ooserted that 100000 would be sumcleht lor .,'o
nnrnose How much was wantedf 10 e'No 'n0
President such powers as contemplated III 'no
lution would be in defiance OF the spirit III "niID
nnblio money should beapproprated. Inc ocna'0
he thought was Just as competent as the fresii0n'
IN fx the amount. 1t was not buslnesslhe 10 Pio-
Good in the wav proposed Nobody could tell "noio
tbe whole matter would end if the President was
exnosed to the pressure Of humaniaIldh''
Whichever sum was named he was willing to nave
mt in the bill He himself was In favor OF %9O0'
600 if that was SUFFICIENT, OF even P1'VO0'0'V'
AMENDMENTS PROPOSED AND LOsI'
Mr.. Beck agreed with the Senator from Kansas,
and thought that while the Senate would oe Iouiiu
willing to vote whatever amount was necessary II
vould be wrong to leave the matter OF eApehui-
ture entirely TO the discretion of the President. MI
ingalls, thereupon proposed to fix the amount dV
81 600 900. This amendment was voted down.
An amendment by Mr.. COckre to place 1t at malt
that sum met the same fate. Mr.. Brown suggeSttsu
5000 600 but was equally unsuccessiul: MT
Maxey wanted to make it $700,0O0,, but hlS pro
posal too met with opposition. ne IeSoiut!oh
finally passed, the Democrats, with tne exception
of Messrs. FAIR, Butler Jones, OF floTida ana JACK
son voting against it, he only hepuDllcan oppoSeu
TO its passage was Mr.. lngaIls. -
An amendment submitted by Mir. SALISBURY, pro
Wiling that the men who shall form the relicf party
shall be volunteers, was agreed TO- MI S5ui
saving that he did not wish that any man shOuIu De
forced to go on such dreadful voyage against HIS
will.