National Republican., 1874-05-21

Nj DAWES, of Mass, moved to take up the
Senate resolution providing for the adjournment
ofCoagress on the 22d Of June, but Mr.. KAssoN O.,
Of Iowa, objected.
DAY OF FISAL ADJOURNMENT.
Mr.. DAWES then, as q privileged question,
offered an original resolution for al adjournment
on the 22d.
RIr. COBURN, of Ind, moved to adjourn, but
the motion was defeated.
Mr.. KASSON maVed to lay the resolution on
the table, Rejected-yeas 81, nays 135.
The previous question on Mr.. DAWES resolu.
tion was ordered by vote Of fll2 to IS.
The resolution was then adopted by vote of
las yeas to 60 nays.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs At
kins, Bie-y, Bradley, Bright. BrOmberg, Brown,
Bundy, Cannon, Cessna, Clements, Cobb of Kan,
Coburn, Cook, Grassland DOnnan, Dunnell, Ell
usZlcton Of Wis. Holman, HubbelI, Hunter,
Hurlbut, Hyde, Hynes, Kasson. Knapp, Law
EenSe, lawson; LougLrdge,, Lynch, Maynard,
kee, Ni1lack, Orr, Orth, Packard, Packer, Par
ker Of No, Platt Of Va, Pratt, Purman, RansIer,
RapIe-, Sawyer, SayIerof Ind, Sener, Sherwood,
Thornburg, Tyner, Wallace, Ward Of N. J.,
White, Whitthorne. Willard Of VT, Williams OF
Mich, Wilson Of Iowa, and Woodworth.
sASBoRS CONTRACTS.
The regular order was demanded, and the
Speaker announced that the bill in relation to the
SanbUrn contracts was in order, but, at the re-
quest OF General BUTLzK who is sick and who
desired 10 speak, the discussion was postponed un-
til Tomorrow.
THE POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION.
The House then resolved itself into Committee
of the Whole on the post office appropriation bill,
mir. PARSONS in ths chatr) By orler of the
House general debate was limited to one hour and
Mr. HOLMAN, Of Ind called attention to the in
crease Of three and quarter millions in this bill
over last year, and said it would be we'll to stop
and inquire whether this iron the extortioEs
Of railroad corporations lie referred to the tables
Showing the rate paid tho Erie railroad which
had grown follows: In 1859, SIPS 175; lS7O sl22-
575; ISL sl225T5 lsT2 SI3S COO 1878, Sl72OoO and
for the present year 1923 59S. This rate, he said,
was greater by sls7 900 than If the same space was
devoted to the transportation Of passengers.
Mr.. HOLMAN had read the confidential circu-
lar Of Giles A. Smith, inviting railroad co-opera
tlOn ia securing an increase Of compensation, and
charged that the present enormous increase was
the result of the plans then laid in 1872 by Giles
A Smith, who had held the position OF second
Increased payments to the railroads, and said 1t
was hundred per cent. more than was paid dur
ing the war when the currency was deprecated
and values of all kinds inflated.
Mr. WOOD, of n. Y, said he desired to know
Way Il was that the bill exceeded by two millions
the amount stated by the Postmaster General
that he would require, and why the deficiency,
ahowGd between he receipts and expenditures
was rut st 81, ,634 DOG, when the Postmaster Gen
erAl in his report, stated that but - CSC coo would
De perequ!rcd. He wanted some member OF the Re-
public IN party which was responsible for all these
creased expenditures were made
he thSn proeeeced TO reply TO some remarks by
Mr. e. II: ROBERTS. of n. Y, made yesterday, in
relation 10 the responsibility Of the Republican
party. He charged that Mr.. ROBERTS had taken
undue advantage Of the last ten minutes of the
aiiaEIons to party had been avoided by W himself
And by Mr. BECK and the others on that side. He
lhen proceeded to arraign.the Republican party,
Especially in New York, for alleged favortism to
defaulters and others guilty Of q violation Of the
iaT, for partisan purposes.
that he felt 1t his duty TO reply to remarks made
by Messrs. WOOD and BECK. who had, when o
bill to reI cal the tax on matches was under con-
Slderati0n, assailed the Republican party and
charged upon It the moiety system.
He again asserted that it was Republican
member who insugurated the cancellation OF the
.tnoiety law, a Republican House that bad sup
ported him. and Republican committee that had
reported the bill He, however, paid complf-
knent to the members Of the Ways and. Means
Eommittee, Democratic and Republican, who had
reform.
Mr.. RANDALL Of Pa, charged that the Re-
puDllcan party was responsible for the molety
eysten, and said the clause under which the San
Pern contracts were made was put in by almost
MI. ROBERTS said the vote was not upon that
1isCnSt question, but on the adoption OF the re-
port OF conference committee
Mr.. RANDALL said MI. Hale and him sslf
had called the attention OF the House 10 this
Slause, and the issue had been made upon IL.
Once It had been rejected in the House, but, by
feoruiting, they were able 70 pass il by a small
(Asjorfty when ft came back second time. Had
he been prophet, he could have said nothing
pnore prophetic than the words that he uttered a.
that time; He said the Democratic party had
almost solIdly opposed II, and the Republican
perty-Messrs. DAWES and RoBEaTs with the
fest-had voted for the clause.
Mr.. DAWES. So did NIBLACK.
Mr. ROBERTS said there were many other
distinct propositions voted upon m adopting the
conference report and 1t could not be claimed that
this Hes the issue. ---- =
Mr. TYNERth then took the aoor, and in reply
10 Mr. HOLMAN, he said the Smith circular was
6xposed in the Senate in darch, 1872 and In the
same month . number Of railroad corporations
bad stated that they had not signed the circular.
III had no effect in securing the legislation by
which the Increase OF compensation was allowed
He defended the rates paid the Erie and 9th or
allroads and said bE the increased rates pound