The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-24

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Of the tarin W 1876 witkeabp m3aiheat0aas snbnitta
by Mr.. MSAmxu nKas M dinsyi a&aa, a# atie4d
msnt " ths 4pseHgmentet Av AvERs os Ttnnexkee,
MrCfAtCE, HNoIth cNona and several other gen
leinen raae points OF order that the amendment
moi gerniane 10 the bill
The CHAIRMAN decided the point Of order "a be we'll
taken. for the that the bill under consideration
provided iur the service OF the Post Office Department
and the amendment proposed 70 regulate duties upon
MI MONTGOMERY appealed from the decision OF me
Chair on the ground chat the House had heretofore
tsolsicd precedent
n Mr. CLAY, Of Kentucky, moved that the appeal be
ldd on The table which motion prevailed ayes los,
noes not counted aslsi GOA. ii iea,si 49, slsss
OVERLAND mnI.tualas H4fxtB IA
The question recurring tue amendment Of Mr.,
Aynr, providing that the contract entered into between
the Post Office Department and battercld Company,
fof carrying the overland mail from the mississippi river
~ san Francisco be ratified and confirmed and Butter
hed Company be requrei to carry the mail according
~ that contract 40 sslt 'e y s.t.-i'ai ast s,5s
" Mr., REAGAN, OF Texas moved TO amend that amend
meat by providing further that any contract for carrying
the mail be changed under the authority of Congress- IL
shall be the duty OF the Postmaster General to
ior contracts Aforesaid which amendment re-.
jceted 49, ~ 49, - 49, y, rssis.st y KS = ~ W
The question again recurring on the amendment Of Mr.
AWAY
81 Me- ATKINS of Tennessee, moved that It be amended
by providing further that tbs pge-empon rights granted
employed 10 ttlc mall shall be
ec II they shall fail to carry the mail upon the route
selected, and according to the contract Mr. A. stated
that II he had not made mscucuntion Butteed Co.
would receive hetee ninety nix and one hundred thou
sand OF the public land Iii the contract 20 be
abogaed he thought tho grant Of land should BIO abro
gated also. q 49, y. fsFi s.li ~ M
= Mr. PHELPS, OF Missouri opposed the amendment !;
and the question being taken il rejected ayes so,
noes IS
The question recurring on the amendment of Mr..
AWAY IN fast II lsasfts 4fag 5s 4 as
Mr. COBB, Of Alabama, moved that it be amended by
providing further that the act Of 1885, granting preemp
on rights to mail contractors be rcpeac and after its
repeal should not affect any contract contracts hereto
fore made aud provided for by law.
b Mr. KELSEY, of New York, made point OF order
that the amendment proposed to change existing law
~ The CHAIRMAN overruled the point Of order;
s Mr. HOWARD Of Michigan, appealed fron, the dcci-
cson Of the Chair and the question being taken the
appeal sustained BY the committee S. noes "a
s SO the amendment held TO be In order and the
question being taken it was rejected. 8 Oh E2sg} Sd
The question recurring on the amendment Of Mr.
y, Mr. GOOClI, of MASSACHUSETTS,. moved that il be
amended by striking out the words compelling Butter
field Company ''to carry the mail according to con-
tract and inserting the words and provided Also that
the said contractors shall be required TO transport the
mail upon such route they may select !" which amcnd
| mcnt prcvaiiod---ayes 80, noes 81. ~ sls3 Is sG see
The question recurring upon the amendment
amended it was taken and decided In the Affirmative
poviso to the second section OF the bill providing that
nothing contained ia the bill shall be construed To dis
continue the contract for carrying the mail from the
Mississippi river to San Francisco, should the public In
tcrest demand It's continuance; which amendment did
not prevail ayes SO, noes rs, 49,
THE POST OFFICE BUILDING. ~ s. 81 sss@8
~ Mr. BRANCH, OF North Carolina moved to add AN
additional paragraph to the second section providing that
the heretofore appropriated erection of post
office buildings shall remain IN the treasury uncxpendc
until the close Of the present fiscal year. and hereby
reappropatcd to the objects to which they APP
picable by law. y $3.50 49,
Mr. PHELPS, Of Missouri moved that tho words ITO
which they applicable by law be stricken out .
which amendment was rejected. IA - E w y ss5.si =,
The question recurring upon the amendment Of Mr..
DEFICIENCY
Mr. STANTON, OF Ohio, moved that the word /" fifty
nine be stricken from the second section approprating
49, 1888 1928 to supply deficiencies in the revenue of the
Post Office Department and the word sixty inserted
that this appropriation would be for the instead
of the present fiscal year lie stated that his object In
doing SO WAS to compel the Committee of Ways and
Means to report deficiency bill, aaaao Aat l8ag@
+ Mr.. PHELPS, of Missouri apposcd the amendment
remarkng that because there deficiency la tho re-
cept Of the Post Office Department. and Congress had
not appropriated sufficient to meet it, the gentleman
would not vote it IN this Till, but desired to have 10
ported in separate bill lie understood deficiency to
exist where they failed to appropriate money to meet the
OK. endturcs Of the government. NJ tssss $50
The question being takcn the amendment
jected-ayes II, noes y Is s8 "a ossa8 "a wa gsg
I The question recurring upon the amendment of Mr.
BRA ScM~ ssass 81 s8ffss E83 ga 9-a9sb ID seaE
Mr. JONES, Of Pennsylvania, moved that the enact.
ing clause OF the bill be stricken out which motion
not agreed to-aycs 6l, noes So. SsSf ~ 81 ana "a 3
I The amendment If Mr. BRANCH ti,en agreed to-
ayes "a, noes 2o.r issa8t laltq&8esg &g ass ss{e
s nurrEnriEID CONTRACT AGAIN.
q MI BONIlAM Of South Carolina, moved that q pro-
yso be added to the second section Of the bill 10 tho
effect that nothing thcrcin contained shall be construed
10 compel the Postmaster General to continue the con
Mr.. CRAIG OF Missouri, moved to add 10 the amend
mcnt OF Mr.. BoSAM proyiso directing the Postmaster
General To order an increase of service aud speed the
route between ST. Joseph Missouri and Placcrvc, Call
fonia to twice week each provided the contractor
shall not receive than fifty per cent OF the pro
compensation paid for such additional service Pending
which ss,ss Yssaes $3.50 s sttss sssl hl4.a5gss
r. Mr.. HUGHES, Of Indiana, moved that the cnacting
clause Of the bill DO stricken out which motion did not
prevail--aycs "a, 81. $500 ssa ssss x esf -
The amendment 70 the amendment rejected am,
the question recurring ON the amendment Of Mr.. BoS
HAM, 1t was taken and decided in the negative m
Ra PAYMENT nEFlcIEScns. ~ A'ea ass
Mr.. PHELPS of Missouri, then moved TO add an adj
onal section providing that If the OF the Post
Office Department shall be insufficient to deffay the APP
any there be at the expiration Of the official year. shall
bc paid out Of any money In the treasury not otherwise
appropriated. wv 1870
Mr.. HUGHES, of Indiana, moved that the amend
ment be stricken out and provise inserted, which, "for
the purpose of raising to meet the appropriations
hcrsnbeforc mentioned repealed the tariff of 1857 and
revived the tariff of 1876 which amendment ruled