Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1885-12-18

saving the expenditure Of public money.
The gentleman from New fork his'
cockl had stated that he (kandalll
thought II to his discredit that on one
occasion, In order to execute certain
policv. he had found 1t incumbent upon
him to delay the Appropriation bills.
He (Randall) submitted that as to the
Tariff. River and Harbor aud Interstate
Commerce bills, the Committee on Ap.
proprialions never had interposed ex-
cept when 1t was essential that Congress
should pass the Appropriation bills. The
policy which the Committee on Appro-
priations had adopted when under the
control OF the Democratic party had
been one Of economy. and he failed to
lind anywhere declarations Of his party
In convention where that principle was
not announced as the one that would be
followed II the people entrusted 1t with
power. He tRandall) had come here
during the war, and he was not
going to refer to what his course
Of conduct had been during that imme.
date period, but when that war was
over he wanted the country to go
straight back to strict construction oil
the constitution, to the teaching of the
founder Of Democracy, Jefferson. he
said that there should be no money ap-
propriated for any purposes unless there
was direct authority in the constitu tIon
Of the United States TO that end. The
River and Harbor bill was only objected
to when it went outside OF the
constitution and Congress- had no
right to collect taxes In order
to make such Q distribution OF
them. He remembered very well the
declaration Of the late candidate for the
Presidency on the other side when he
proposed to divide the surplus funds In
the Treasury among the States. The
peoples reply had been that this govern.
ment possessed no power to take from
the people OF the United States taxes to
distribute among the States, and that
the great affection thereto was that It
made the States the vsssals Of the Fed
ersl government. He did not say that
Que set Of men were abler than another;
not that it possessed more integrity OF
purpose than another. He insisted on
the proposed change solely because he
believed it was entering ON dangerous
field Of appropriation OF the pnblic
money, and he affirmed with
positiveness that TO distribute
these moneys was TO take away that
unity and harmony Of action which was
essential to every party in power. that
it might come up to the requirements OF
the pledges that had placed it In power.
Morrison Of Illinois said the assump-
ton Of the gentleman from Pennsylvania
that anybody found fault with the Ap-
preparation Committee or any member OF
It because 1t had helped 10 reduce ex-
penditures, was in large part gratuitous.
and the assumption or Inference intended
to be drawn from these rules that every
body who had participated in making
this report had for his purpose an in
crease Of expenditures, or that the adop-
ton Of this report would increase ex-
psnditares, was equally gratuitous.
After few remarks by Burrows, OF
Michigan. In support Of the proposed
chsnge, the revision was read by clauses
for amendment.
Springer, OF Illinois, offered an amend
ment for the division of the Committee
on Railways and Canals into two com
mittses, and this proposition was favored
by Henderson, Of illinois, Murphy. Of
Iowa, and others Of the advocates OF the
Hennepia Canal project. who ccntendsd
that the interests OF railways and canals
were 90 antagonislic one to the other
that they should not be combined under
the Jurisdiction Of one committee. The
House, however, refused to order di-
vision by vote Of " to 1888.
A proposition to create "Constitu-
tionai Amendment" Committee, present
ed by Mr.. Bayne, Of Pennsylvania, hav-
ing been defeated through the vigorous
opposition Of Tucker. Of Virginia,
an amendment was offered by Payne.
Of New York, TO give the Committee on
the Revision of the Laws Jurisdiction
over the proposed amendments to the
constitution. THE amendment was lost.
The membership Of the Committee on
Accounts was increased to nine.
Springer, of Illinois, made several at
tsmpts to abolish several committees
which he deemed useless, declaring that
some Of them did no business except to
select clerks, but his efforts were unsuc-
cessful. Pending an effort on his part
to abolish the committees Of public ex-
penditures in various departments and
to create one committee on expenditures
in the Executive Department. the House
| adjourned.