The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-18
THE DEFICIENCY BILL
Reported to the House BY the Appropriations
Committee and the Report Agreed To.
MORTON AGAIN RAKED FORE AyD AFT
Ely Livingston OF Gcorgin, Who P0urs
Hot Shot and Is Assisted by Mr..
Williams Of Mississippi Norton
wants Congress To Cut Adrirt the
Chief Clerk BY Legislative Action.

Washington. Feb. 17.-(special)-Mr
Cannon tRep), of Illinois. from the
Committee on Appropria tIons. reported
the urgent deficiency bill with the
amendments made by the Senate. re-
commencing concurrence In a few Cf
the amendments, and non-concurrence
in the remainder. Discussing this mat
ter Mr.. Cannon said:
II want to be strictly within the rules
OF the House. but when | read the de-
bates in the Congressional reports,
speaking for the Committee over which
nave the honor to preside. and for the
House. l must say that when we are
jumped on with hob-nailed shoes In an
other body for alleged non performance
OF cur duty / do not look upon such
criticism with delight. especially when
every word of it is based on false pre-
misses.
MIR. Sayers Dem.). of Texas, said that
while this urgent deficiency bill was
much larger than any other that had
passed ii contained more than Il million
dollars which was not in the technical
sense deficiency: which could not be
properly charged to any direliction on
the part of our last Congress
As to the work of the present Con-
sress he would say that In his opinion
the deficiency arising under the FIFTY
fourth Congress would be less than for
many years past.
Ihe report was agreed to. and Mr.
Canhon'S motion TO ask conference
on the part OF the House passed
lie speaker appointed Messrs Can
non. Northway and Saycrs as managers
OH the part Of the House
Mr. Dalzell. from the Committee on
ways ana Means. reported n substitute
for the resolutions referred 10 that com
mittee, calling upon the Secretary of the
treasury FOR informa ton in detail as to
the sales of bonds under the resumption
act of 1875. Of the REDEMPTION of ar, en-
backs national bank notes and Treasury
notes since January, 1879. The move
ment of legal tenders in lranl> reserves
ana In the Treasury; what became OF the
proceeds of the bond sales and from
what source the Treasury derived the
money to meet the excess of Government
expenditures over receipts.
Mr.. Washington (Dem). of Tennessee.
moved an amendment calling uran Tho
Secretary OF the Treasury for informa
ton as 10 the sale of bonds between 1873
and 1879.
This provoked a brief debate. I'm tho
course of which MIR. Grosvenor CRep). OF
ONO. arraigned the Democratic party
ana the present administration for its
hostility to the credit of the country.
Mr. Dalzell objected to the amend
ment, because 1t was not germane to
the object Of the original resolution, and
ii was rejected.
The resolution as reported by the
committee was agreed to.
The House then went into committee
OF the whole To consider the agricultural
appropriation bill under the l1ve-minute
rule. The attacks upon Secretary Nor
ton were renewed when the para gi.a nh
covering the appropria tions for the T3u-
reau of Animal Industry was cached
It was found that the bill legislated
the chief clerk ont OF Office and made an
assistant chief OF the bureau at salary
of $500 Mr. Livingston made the
point of order that IL was new leEisla-
tinn. He said that the gentleman select
ed for assistant chief was Il medica
doctor without knowledge Of the science
of veterinary surgery, as required by
law; tha he was to be paid 81, 500 a year.
and that the salary Of the chief clerk,
whose ofic" was provided for by OK
press provision of law. was but $4,000.
MIR. Picklcr (Rep0, of South Dakota
asked the chairman of the committee IL
il wcrr not Il fact that the chief clerk
whom 1t was sought in this manner to
legislatc out of Office was appointed
upon the joint recommendation of the
Missouri Senator's and if the movement
to oust had not heen since the recent
attack upon Secretary Morton In the
Senate by Senator Vest
Mr.. Wadswor;h said the committee
had no knowledge on the subject
The point OF order made by Mr.. I,iy-
in3ston was sustained by the Chair. and
Mr.. Livingston then moved to insert
the usual appropriation of $4,000 for
Chief Clerk Of the Bureau
This was antagonizcd by Messrs.
Wadswc"th and Hill RepD. of Connec-
ticut. on the eroun That the Secretary OF
Agriculture had informed the ccm-
mittee that the services OF Il chief clerk
We're no longer necessary.
Mr.. Williams CDemD. of Aiississippi.
member of the Committee. warmly
suDported Mr.. Livingston's lnetlon He
said the chief clerk against whom the
Se2retary's recommendation was direc-
ted. was free silver Democrat from
Missouri. II he wants to get rid OF the
man said Williams. let this brave gen
tleman, who never before found II ne
ccssary To hide behind any subterfure.
deliver the blow in the open and dismiss
him. He has the power 10 do So"
Continuing, Mr.. Williams said the du
ties OF the chief clerk were fixed
by law. They were clear and distinct.
and their discharge was essential to the
administration of the amairs OF the
bureau. 1t was puerile. he said. to
contend that the services of a chief
clerk were no longer necessary.
MIR. Livingstuns amendment was
agreed to on vote by tellers-S4 to 80.
Amendments were agreed 10 as fol-
lows.