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Show The remakes of Senator Davis of West Virginia in referencs to the great discrepancies shown in the financial reports of the treasury department, de-partment, in the public debt statements, state-ments, etc., in the senate on Thursday Thurs-day were replied to by senator Bout-well, Bout-well, who stated that these discrep-anci'is discrep-anci'is wero nothing new to those familiar fa-miliar with the methods of transact 1114 the business of tho department, lie explained these methods at length, and said that if Davis had applied ap-plied to the present secretary of the treasury for information he would probably havo gone away satisfied. satis-fied. The debate was cut short by tho adjournment of the senate until Monday, when the subject will como up A3 unfinished business. A little Vavettigaiion of the business of the treasury d"pnrtment may be productive pro-ductive ol beneficial results. Senator DavU nii'mnted opinion that the tre.uury boolts hod been tampered with, a suspicion which Boutwell atrcnv repudiated |