Mr. HOWE. Mr. President, I rose a short time since because I felt called upon to correct a statement made by the Senfrom Maine, 7but which I attributed entirely to misrecollect on on his art. I rise now to correct a mistake which cannot iinpute to any failure of memory whatever. The Senator took occasion to say that a similar appropriation to this now pending was made a year ago without any objection; and I simply sought to remind him that he was not entirely correct inthat by stating the fact that there was objection made. I did not state that I made the objection. although I thought, by calling his attention to the fact that objection was made, I would remind him thatI did object to it in committee. He thought himself warranted in replying that if I did not object to it, it was contrary to my usual habit, and formed the exception to my rule of action. I cannot attribute that statement to any failure of memory, and I certainly do not assent to its accuracy. Whether he meant to speak of my conduct here on the floor of the Senate, and to characterize that as captions, beyond the conduct of other Senators, I do not know. If so, I ap eal against its justice to the records that are Iliept.here, and to the observations of those who surround me. If he meant to tell the Senate that that was my conduct in the committee over which he presides, and on which I had the honor to serve for Several years, I shall not contradict him. I shall simply leave that statement to be tried and adj udged by those who were associated with both of us on that committee. If his regard forjus ticc or for his own re utation for veracity does not commend to iiim the propriety of making some qualification of that statement, certainly I shall not enforce it upon his attention. It is proper for me to say, though, to the Senate, in whose favor I desire to hold some sort of place, thatl myself dissent from the justice of that remark utterly and altogether. I want to say one thing more: that nobody knows better than that Senator himself that I have consulted him more, not only upon questions pending before his committee, put upon questions pending here in the Senate. than I have consulted anyone else; and I rather think, ip proportion to the responsibility I have had tor the conduct of business here, ot‘tener than anybody else in the Senate; and if that remark could be made of me with any propriety by anybody, it can be made with less pgopriety by the Senfrom Maine than any dy else. But, sir, let that pass. This is one of the occasions, whether it be within my rule or otherwise, that I have thought it necessary to object to a pending proposition. I supposed it a constitutional right that I had to object; and I have stated my objection to this amendment. I do not undertake to say that I under stood the beuring and the force of it exactly when I was upon the floor before; I am not entirely sure that I understand the bearing of it now; but as I understand, the facts, as explained by the Senfrom Maine, which are thought to warrant this appropriation, are something like these: an appropriation of $250,000 was made for additional compensation to clerks and for compensation to tempo rary clerks a year ago; ot that sum $130,000 has been expended, leaving $120,000 of that appropriation nnexpended; and of that unexpended appropriation it is proposed by a clause in this amendment to appropriate some 60,000 dollars for the payment ofclerks cm ployed last year but receiving a salary of less than $1,000 a year, leaving $00,000 of the last year’s appropriation to be applied to the next year’s work; and in addition to thata nc'w appropriation of $160,000. If I am correct, that will be $220,000 for the next year’s work. Last year $130,000 ‘was thought sufficient and was made to answer the public necessities. Notwithstanding the honorable chairman of the ComFinance tells us that the public business cannot be discharged without this appropriation, I cannot, for my life, understand why $220,000 is necessary this car when $130,000 only was found necessary ast year. My understanding is that these necessities ought to be diminished instead of increased. I understood I hoped it was the fact that the number ot'onr disbursing officers, the number of the employes of the Government whose accounts are settled in that Dept, was being very materially reduced, and it seems to me there must absolutely be less work at the Treasury Dept to do the coming year than there has been the current year or the past year. If $130,000 would answer last year, I cannot understand why a larger sum should be absolutely demanded this year. But, sir, I do not propose to take any further time in discussing this amendment. I have not uttered a word upon the political aspect of this debate. The time has not come when I feel authorized to say what inyinipressions are upon those questions. I do not know that the time ever wi I come. It is not now.