It is cut out entirely. root and branch. Last year very little of that appropriation was used. Yet when gentlemen recollect we are here. fiftysix millions strong. with our extended coast. when they recollect our varied interests. when they recollect the population we have. native. foreign and naturalized. when they recollect the delicate questions that must arise in the position we occupy. I think the good sense of this House will see that the Secretary of State should at least have the $10.000 that he has had for many years as a confidential fund upon which he may draw. and upon which he will not draw unless it is necessary so to do My friend from Iowa asked me about the increases. I am going to surprise my friend.
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