Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-02-27
The San Francisco Mint Bill Passed the
HOuse-The Indian ApprOpria-
tion Bill Completed.
The Duty on Still and Imported Wines
Fixed at Fifty Cents per Gal
lOn-The Franking PriVi-
lege Defeated.
The Naval Appropriation Bill Passed the
Senate-PrOTisiOns OF the DOcu.
-PestOffices and Post.
roads, Etc.
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, February %. The
house to-day passed bill allowing the
unexpended balance of the appropria-
ton for TIE construction of 8 branch
mint at San Francisco, to be used in the
continuation of the work. In the course
of the discussion on the bill, Mr.. Beck
condemned the Interpretation given by
the treasury department to the law
which required unexpended balances to
be covered into the treasury every two
years. By that Interpretation, seventy
two million dollars were now in the
treasury, to be used at the discretion of
the department.
The committee on appropriations has
finished the Indian appropriation bill.
1t appropriates about four million eight
hundred thousand dOllars-two millions
less than the estimates of the interior
department. Ten thousand dollars are
appropriated for the support Of the Mo-
docs.
The committee on ways and means
have agreed to report bill fixing the
duty on still and imported wines at fifty
cents per gallon, in casks, and two dol
lars per case in bottles.
pended balance of an appropriation for
the construction of a branch mint at
San Francisco was passed.
The house then resumed the consider
alton of the franking privilege. Speech-
es in its favor were made by Messrs
Danforth, Hereford, DunDell, Conger,
Burchard, O'Brien, Randall, and Biery.
MIR. E. H. Roberts moved to lay the
bill on the table. NegatiYed-ayes lis,
nays 40.
Mr.. Poland moved to reconsider the
vote of yesterday by which the main
question was ordered.
Mr. Randall moved to lay that mo-
ton on the table. Agreed to by 126 to
81.
The vote was then taken on the
amendment reported by the committee
authorizing the postmaster-general to
delay the transmission of documents
whenever the welfare of the service
shall so require, and it was rejected by
an overwhelming msjority.
The vote was then taken on the sub
stitute offered by Mr.. Hale n. Y. !, to
repeal the law which abolished the
franking privile Se. The amendment
was rejected. Yeas so, nays, 199.
Those voting in the affirmative were: Ad-
ans, Albert, Arthur, AVerill, Barber, Bell,
Butler Mass, Butler renn.L Chatfield, Ell
bridge, FsrweiI, Field, Freeman, Hogan, Hale
IN. ~, Hancock, Harmar, Harris lGs. !, Hays,
Hernuon, Herscy, Haighton, Howe, Harbell,
Hines, Kelly, Kendall, Lamar, Loftlsnd, May
Rapisr, Robbins, Sener, Shanks, SheatS, Shell
don, SloSs, Smith [La.l, Stowell, Stowbridge,
Sypher, Vance, Wallace, Walls and Wiltshire
so.
The vote was then taken on the pass
age of the bill, and it was rejected-yeas
l29, nays l3l. At the close of the roll
call, the vote being very close, there was
a good deal of excitement among the
members, those who were in favor of
the bill going around discussing the
question and canvassing for changes.
The first change was by Mr.. Todd,
from nay to yea. 1t was followed
by a similar change on the part
of Mr.. Clark Mol while Mr..
Hubbell and Mr.. Burleigh changed from
yea to nay. Messrs Butler Mass. and
Cessna, having voted with the prevail
ing side, moved to reconsider the vote
rejecting the bill, and afterwsrd with
drew the motion. 1t can be made, how
ever, tomorrow. The following is the
vote in detail.
Yeas-Adams, Albert, Albright, Arthur,
Ashe, Averill, Barber, Berry, Bowen, Bright,
Buckner, richard, Butler lTenn.L Cald-
well, Cannon, Clarke MOI, ClymeT, Cobb
Gr1tc,hfeId, banford, Davis fVa.I, DAVIS
NV. VAL Debut, Donnan, Duel, Duurell,
Durham, Eldridge, Field, Freeman, Giddlngs,
Glover, Gunchel, Hogans, tale N; \; Ham
iltOn, Hancock, Harmer, Harris lGa.l, HarTt-
son, Hatcher, Havens, Hays, HazletOn Wis.,,
Hereford. Hernden, Hersey, Houghton,
Howe, Hunter, HuDton, Hurlbut, Hynes,
Kendall, Killinger, Knapp, Lamar, Lam
port, Lohsnd, Lowe, Magee, Marshall,
Mclean, Mills, Moore, Myers, Neal, Negley,
Nesmitt, Niblack, Num-. O'Brien, Orr, Parker,
Packer Mo- Pelhsus, Perry, PM, PhiIl,IiPs, & Platt
Robbins, Robinson IOhiol Rusk, sawyer,
fya'L val southard. spear, stoweli, strait, Taylor,
thomas, Thorn 0urg, Todd, Iownsend, vance,
Wallace, White, Whitehead, Mnlteley, VII
son MIDI, Woodwork and Young tGal-l2.
Nays-ArcheT, Atkins, Banning, Barnum,
BaSyfS BaadieT. B%robeTg, % % Brown, Burlington, Bun,
dy Burleigh, Burrows, Butler Mass Cason,
Cessna, Clark N.J.h Clarke IN. j, Clayton,
Clements Cook, Cotton. Crtttenden, Crooke,
Grassland, CrOuEse, Curtis, Darails, Dobbins,
Eames, Farwell, Fort, Foster. Frye, Garfield,
Gooch, Hale Mel, Harris tVa.l, Hawthorne,
Hoar, Holman, Hoskins, HUbbell, Hyde, jew
EFT, Kasson, Kelley, Kellogg, Lamison Lans-
Lynch, McCrary, McDin [Iowab McDougalI,
Mckee, Mon Nulta, Meilish, MeTiman,
Milliken, MITCHELL, Monroe Morrison,
IN. II PendletOn, Phelps. Pierce, Pike, Po-
land, Pratt, Z. II. Roberts,W r. Roberts, Rob-
inson NIL, Ross, Sayler, SaylOr, Schumacher,
Schofeld, Scudder IN. Y.h Scudder Nv j. }, I
Sessions, Shanks, Sherwood, Smart, smith
IP4nn.l, Smith INa.l, smith n. ~, Smith
EOhiol Sprague, Stanard, Starkweether,
Stone Swami, Sypher, Tyner, Waddel, Wal
dron, Walls Ward ltll.l, W ard IN. j., Wells,
Wheeler, Whitehouse, WhitthOrne, WILDER,
Willard VT Willard Mich, Will Jams lInd.l,
Williams fMlch.i, Willie, Wilson Iowal, Will
son Ind. Il Wolfe, Woodford, Wood, and Young
lKy.F-l3ll
Mr. q. +. Hoar asked leave to offer
q resolution directing the committee on
the District Of Columbia to report forth
with a bill to compel the payment OF the
school-teachers of the district.
Mr.. Hale IN. Y objected, unless the
resolution was simply referred to COM
mittee. ..,...-,.
AIr. Hoar remarked that his object was
to remove the scandal of having the
school teachers of the capital unpaid, as
thew had not been paid for nearly twelve
months. he gave notice that he would
move to suspend the rules next Monday
for that purpose.
The house then took recess until the
evening session, which was to be for the
consideration of the bill to revise the
statutes.