Show by Telecy telegraph 2 raph congressional 5 SENATE E X A T M washington D C 24 21 edmunds from judiciary the committee reported reportedly report edlu na mended the same bl bill 11 passed by the senate last session for the distribution of the geneva award the bill differs radically from the house bill on the same subject it provides for a corni commission hission instead of a court and differs in various other particulars the consideration of the louis louls louisiana bill was resumed merriman mer Mor niman riman finished ili lil his s speech commenced yesterday tile ilo ile lio bill arguing c that arce nice mcenery nery was the tho he lawful gov governor e anor an dought to take tahe forcible posses possession glon gion of the tile office r H HOUSE USE washington D 25 5 L the house rent went vent into a coln coin committee cittee of tho the whole 0 on n the legislative appropriation i bill the amendment pending yesterday appropriating a million dollars fur the payment of the court or of appeals was ad adopted opted nesmith moved to strike outs from the paragraph relating to the department of justice fourteen hundred dollars for the caro and subsistence of horses and six hun dred for repairs of carriages and harness he spoke of the attorney gene generals sixteen hundred hunared dollar and remarked that lawyers of his ris the attorney general generals calibre in his state Stat erode rode oil on the outside of a fifty dollar mule laughter there wasa was a spanish proverb to the effect that if you put a beggar on horseback lie he will ride to the devil I 1 1 1 negley objected to the comparison of officers or of the government to a beggar on horseback nesmith cli 1 I simply the mule laughter chairman the ithe gentleman from oregon will continue being careful to keep in order nesmith gli gil 1 I was only quoting a spanish proverb which says put a beggar an horseback and ile he will ride to the devil I 1 have no ob objection j ec to the termination of the journey in that particular direction but I 1 dont want the pepie people to pay for the transportation Laugh laughter tr dunham said that as one of the subcommittee committee sub on the contingent expenses of the department of justice he had investigated the subject and would be prepared shortly to make a report of ef extravagance in that department but he now desired the chairman of the committee on appropriations to state how many horses were provided for in this fourteen hundred dollar item garfield replied that he be supposed as many as the sum would take care or of I 1 dun dunham h am insisted upon an explicit an answer surer swier which garfield failing to give dunham accused him of want of candor and some unpleasant personal passages occurred between the two garneld garfield explained that the reasons for inserting the item were vere that it was necessary for the attorney general to use a carriage dall dali daily dally I 1 in his public business and that it t had been always customary for the government to supply horses and carriage if the house wished to strike out the item they could do so but he ilu deprecated the attack upon the attorney genera 1 L it was true that that officer hau bau been furnished with a sixteen hundred dollar carriage which was wrong but it was purchased by a subordinate who had charge of the fund without the knowledge of the tho attorney general who regretted it wood denied that the tile practice of the heads of departments using public horses and carriages vate convenience dated back of the republican administration and wheeler in reply produced a voucher showing that in 1859 floyd secretary of war was charged with two hundred dollars the difference between an old uld wagon and a nin fin nine fine e carriage hoar thought a decent conveyance should be furnished the attorney general and asked nesmith if he would like to have the attorney general ride down pennsylvania avenue on a mule nesmith replied that he hai had ha J seen the attorney general on a mule in ini oregon and he ilo added that phillip the second of spain rode a mule through the streets of ladrid madrid A when he marry mary of england and sacred history gave an ae account count of a better man than either elther of them riding one of those thou useful animals that had no pride ot of ancestry auti auci no hope of posterity finally Ne smiths Neam itla motion to strike out the tile item was a agreed reed to 86 to 69 G F hoar offered au an amedd prohibiting any officer of the tile gov government re receiving elvin eivin 01 auy ams ays als compensation pe pensa ansa tion directly or indirectly oth other or than his regular salary miary miars and such suell fees as may be atu attached ached thereto or from making private use of a auy nuy uy property except such is as may be by law appropriated for ills his use add opted wilson moved an tin amendment providing that the tile clerks marshals and district attorneys of the united states circuit courts or district courts shall reside in their respective districts aud and give personal attention I 1 to the duties of their offices and in case of tilo tile removal of any s sueh such u 1 ch officer from the district or ot of failure personally to attend to his duties except in cases of sickness bickne ss the office shall be deemed vacant adopted rd do opted ted the third section of the bill increasing the office hours of th tho the departments from six to seven was struck out the thelast jast last section providing that on the first of july of each eacil year the unexpended balances of tho the appropriations that shall have remained on the books of the treasury u ry for two fiscal years shall shail be carried to the surplus fund was amended by making an exception in favor of river and harbor improvements lighthouses and certain public buildings the consideration of the tile bill was concluded the committee rose the main question was ordered and the house adjourned |