Mr. DOOLITTLE. The truth is that to men who are capable of discharing these high duties, if the Government wou d retain them in its employ, it must pay them sufficient for them to live respectably with their families. We know that in the case of watchmen and laborers there is a sufficiently large compensation paid to them compared with what is paid to the same class of persons in other employments throuvhout the country. In answer to my friendfrom Elaine, I as most distinctly that in refer once.to all the ends of bureaus in all the Depts, I have no objection, indeed I would favor putting their salaries at $4,000 a year. I think it ought to be done. On the subject of the salaries of the clerks which are provided for in this bill, I will say that the sala ries of some of the heads of divisions are raised. The head of the Dept told the committee that he supposes that in the Land Office, since the present Commissioner has been there, there has been analmost entire change of the clerical force 3 times, because when aman got into the Dept and ot sufficiently accustomed to its duties in the and Office, he was a man who could command a much higher salary outside of the Dept; he had only to resign in the Dept and go into other employment; and the best clerks, the most efficient clerks, were being taken constantly out of the Dept, and therefore the necessit of givin some higher compensation to the c iefs of ivisions. While the bill does this, the whole compensation paid to the cler ical force of the Dept of the Interior, as will appear by the printed statement before the Senate, is not increased. but it is lessened by some 12,000 dollars. In the Deptproper, the number actually employed or authorize by law now is 17, with an aggregate compensation of $25, 900. The number proposed is 16, at an aggregate compensation of $27,000. There is an increase. n the GLO there are 155 actually employed or authorized by law at an aggregate compensation of $208, 600. The number proposed to be employed is 140, with an aggre gate compensation of $208,000 a decrease of $600. In the Indian Office the number actu ally employed or authorized by law is 33, with an a gregate compensation of $45, 500. The number proposed is 33, with an aggregate comeusation of $51, 600. There is an increase. n the Pension Office the number actually employed or authorized by law is 177, with an a regate compensation of $242,000. The num or propose is 147, with an aggregate compensation of $221, 200 a decrease of nearly 21,000 dollars. The number is decreased and the ComrPensions is enabled to employ men of greater capacity at higher salaries and competent to perform more service.