St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-16

committee or from any committee W WHICH
appropriation duties had been assigned. but
he was led to admonish the house, ana es-
pecially the Democratic side OF the house,
that it ought to follow closely the recon-
mendation Of every one Of these committees,
and to
KEEP THE APPROPRIATIONS DOWN
TO the lowest point The condition was not
one of apprehension but it was one that COM
PEELED and demanded the utmost caution on
the part of the Democratic side or the mouse
10 see that not one unnecessary doiiar was
appropriated in any of the appropriation
DIS. Mr.. O'Neill of Missouri SAID tnat there
was an honest and dishonest side to this ques-
| ton of economy. and when the house put its
hand into the pocket OF an of1ceholder and
! took out $500 to which he was entitled 1t was
not honest economy. 1t was proposed TO rop
| the assistant treasurer at St. Louis of $500
simply to enable the house to go
| before the country on this Cheap-John
| style Of retrenchment. Mr.. Morrison of
| Illinois said the estimate of revenue
ana expenditures presented by the gentleman
from New York were as incorrect as his pur-
| pose In presenting them was Unjust. He (Mr.
MorrlSon) had ha occasion some time ago to
| state that the end of the fiscal year would
| show an increase revenue and decreased eX-
penditure, and now within two weeks OF the
year, he stated on what he knew to be the facts
That he rather underStated than oVerstated
the estimate he made in his report. Every
| house or been reported to it had appropriated
| less than had been appropriated for the cur
| rent year. II was true that there came an
unexpected expenditure out OF the decision OF
the supreme court to the effect that the gov
| eminent must refund duties assessed on
| packages and covering imported goods.
| But the Democratic house was not responsible
for this. The decision had come as a result of
| Republican bungling when they passed their
tariff bill. There was plenty of money in
the treasury to-day to pay the SIC, 100000 for
| the current year, and infuture years. If the
| tariff bill were passed with Mr.. Hewitt S
amendment attached, the $40, 100000 would be
PAID into the treasury instead OF being paid
out. Mr.. Hiscock denied that he had been
| mistaken in his estimate of expenditures and
revenue.
THE TOTAL ESTIMATED REVENUE
exclusive of the postal revenue would
amount TO only $3.50, 600, 900, while the expen-
| ditures, exclusive of postal expenditures
| amounted to S344, 76G, 600, leaving deficit of
over Sl4, 000 He admitted that the APP
preparations for the next fiscal year were
lower than those for the current year, but mis-
estimates and the figures came from the
DOCKS OF the treasury and were based not on
the appropriations, but on the expenditures
OF Democratic administration in its first
year of service, when it was on it's good be-
haViOr. Mr.. Morrison could not promise what
the house would do in the next six
weeks, but he assumed that the men
at the other end of the avenue would act next
year as they had done this, and would go on
reducing expenditures. Mr.. O'NeilPs amend
ment was agreed to, as was also an amend
ment offered by Mr.. FELTON, of California, in
creasing to $4,000 fhe salary Of the assistant
treasurer at San Francisco. On motion of
Mr. Woodburn OF Nevada an amendment was
adopted making provision for the mint at
Carson City, New. No provision for this
mint was made in the bill and the amend
ft,a f
officers and employees, SO as to enable the
treasury department to resume operations
there, if it deems it advisable. On motion of
Mr.. Glover, of Missouri, an amendment wa
agreed to making provision for the pay of
officers and employees at the assay office at St.
Louis. On motion of Mr.. Symes, of Cali
fornia, an amendment was agreed to increas-
ing the salary OF the asSayer in charge Of the
Denver mint from $2,250 to $500. Mr.
Laird, OF Nebraska, moved to strike out tn e
clause appropriating $4,000 to pay the per
diem of inspectors and clerks of the general
land Office to investigate fraudulent land en-
tries. He criticised the order of Commits
sioner Sparks suspending final action on land
entries. The commissioner impeached the
testimony of 10000 honest claimants
ON THE SAY SO OF HIRELINGs
who went about the country to blackmail the
titles of honest people. The commissioner
said that in his opinion 80 per cent of the
tories were fraudulant Since when had the
presumption of law been reversed by change
of administration? Since when had it been in
consonance with American policy to
put in a lot of hireings to sit in palace car
and drink whisky and say that 80 per cent. of
the men holding titles in Nebraska and Kan
sas were holding fraudulent titles? The adj
ministration of the law could be enforced by
the people themselves, and there was no ne
cessity for the hue and cry for the impeach-
ment of 80 per cent of the titles of the West,
and he hoped that the house would administer
a merited rebuke to the officer by striking out
the paragraph. Mr.. Perkins of Kansas in
quired how many fraudulent entries there
were in the gentleman S district. mot one
out of a hundred" replied Mr.. Laird. ''There
are not 80 per cent. fraudulent?' inquired
Mr.. Perkins. 'Ninety per cent. of all the
men who say so are liars replied Mr.. Laird
Mr.. Springer of Illinois defended Commits
sioner Sparks in issuing the order suspending
final action on certain land entries, and MAIN
tanned that the commissioner was fully war
ranted in making the order. The Infor-
nation upon which the order was based
had been derived from the agents in the
interior department appointed by the pre-
vious secretary of the interior. Republicans
made the reports containing the information
and not the hirelings of the Democratic
party, as suggested by the gentleman from
Nebraska. The fraudulent appropriation of
there was but one way to meet it, and that
was to suspend final action until it could be
found that the land law had been complied
with. In making his order the commissioner
had saved thousands of acres from spoliation
and fraudulent entry. For doing this he
should receive the thanks of the people, who
desired the public lands to be held for
THE HOMES OF HONEST SETTLERS.
MT. Laird remarked that the report of the
commissioner of the land Office proceeded on
the presumDtion that Sparks was the only
honest man in the country. Yet as soon as
the attention of the secretary of the interior
was called to the maadministration of the
land office, the order was promptly set aside.
Mr.. McAdoo of New Jersey defended the ac-
ton OF the commissioner. Mr.. Perkins sug-
gested that while gentlemen living on the
Atlantic coast, who had no interest in the
matter, might defend the commissioner, no
one who knew anything about the subject
would offer any defense of the rulings
and decisions, and orders of the
commissioner. In his district court there
had not been fraudulent entry discovered,
and yet this man arrogated to himself the
right to suspend every entry. Mr.. Bayne of
Pennsylvania said that some of the orders
made by the commissioner had worked hard
ship to bona fide settlers, but it was the
bounden duty of that officer to prevent the
preparation Of fraud. Mr.. Weaver Of Iowa
contended that the order of the commissioner
could not ultimately result in the injury of
honest men, though it might result in their
temporary Inconvenience. He wanted to see
fair play towards the officer who was stand
ing up against thieves and robbers, and it
would comport with the duty of the house to
treat him justly. Mr.. Reed of Maine criti-
cised the commissioners action and declared
that every efense of that officer was an at
tack upon the secretary of the interior, who
had set aside the order of his subordinate.
After further debate the motion was re-
jected. On motion of Mr.. Throckmorton of
Texas the salary Of the commissioner of PEN
sions was fixed at $1,000. The committee then
rose and the house adjourned.
EX-PRESIDENT HAYES.
How He Used to- DefraUd the Gov
eminent of Hts Interest.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, June 15.-President
Cleveland is economical. The money paid
bV him for his coi1ntrv nIooa G01 SOO haS