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Show GENERAL. 1'URTV-THMU) YoXKKKSS. HOUSE. Washington, IS Tn the cornmif-tce cornmif-tce of the whole on the legislative appropriation bill, the parairrapi relative to mileage nf United States marshals pnvkrd a long discjsfion, in the course of which Beck ppoke of the department of justice as "honeycombed with iraudH," and Spear of Pennsylvania alluded to the western district of Ar-k Ar-k nsus anil the district of North Carolina Car-olina as being run by political thieves, vaniptres and Bcounirels. Hale of Maine, and M iynard defended the department of justice. The result of the discussion on a vote, was that the provision in the lasturmv appinpria-tion appinpria-tion bill providing an allowance for mileage is not tn hp construed as ap-p'uing ap-p'uing to legal traveling feea of Unit-id Unit-id Stlea marshals or dr-putie. Xo fee.-, however, txte l be, allowpii for constructive mileage, and nil claims lor mileaje are tn be accompanied by sworn proof tnat the dnUnce ior which the milenge cl dm- d wtta actually ac-tually necessarily traveled. Wnen the pvragr.tph for thedep-irt-ment of justice was reieheil. Berk moved to strike it out, and -renewed his attack on that department, declaring de-claring that the attorney general w;a a more guilty man in connection with the adairs of Louisiana than Judge Durell himself, who had resigned re-signed and confessed his gui't. He charged that the depirtment of jusiice had nppcaleJ from the decisions deci-sions of the court nf i-Uinu in tho cotton cases and had dismiss' d appeals ap-peals whenever the friends of the department were employed and had their tees arranged; that thr department depart-ment had used the army for th basest pusposes, and was a riepart-ment riepart-ment of injustice instead of justice. When the proper lime came he Tould if he got the opportunity ninke good What he bad said about the attorney generl and (lie'fepartment of jusiice Speer also again alUieked the department de-partment ot justice tmd stated that ttie attorney g neral had not complied com-plied with the la which required a report to be mailo of theexpruditiu es ot its contingent fund Garfield replied lo Beck and Specr, and defended the judiciary commit tee, saying that while it had not always al-ways been as economical as it ought, there had been a steady, e -meet work in cutting down expenses both bv rongr"! and the depirimeut itsell He contrasted republican aud democratic dem-ocratic uswge in making appropria tiona, and severely criticized Speer's speech and the democratic party, declaring de-claring the latter had bankrupted the country, and now alter the republican repub-lican party hd come forward and saveo it me aemocrats were barking about economy. Speer replied sharply to GarfieldV strictures, and declared he wunld nv.t Mubmit for himself or his party to a rebuke from him; if they had erred, the man who lilted the rod of correction correc-tion over them should lie one on hose pathway light alone had shone and not one wnn lnvd co:ne out of the mists aud clouds of suspicion, il not .of guilt. The motion to strike out was re- j jected, and the bill finally completed and reported to the house. Then a discupHnn arose over the tent by the postollice department of a house on E atrvet. b-lonmug tu Alex. Sin ppanl, for S-i.oOO a year, which it was alleged.' only co-t $l;i,0O0, and coufi nut oh let tor $-,uyu. The rent i was ml i ic-t-d to $-2,2t)0. I An amendment abolishing the cap-itol cap-itol police and hubfciiiuting watchmen watch-men whs rejected. All the other amendments were agreed to in gross, and the t'ill passed. A resolution whs adopted permitting permit-ting the -omniittee on condition of the pouth to proceed either us a committee com-mittee or suh-comnnttee to Louisiana to make investigation. Fort of Illinois announced the death of his colleague Rice, and moved for a committee of five members mem-bers to accompany the remains lo Illinois. Adopted. Ad.ourned till Monday. |