Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-15

failed he would support that reported by
the Chairman as the next best. He hoped
bill would soon he reported providing for
a return to specie payments. The Senators
all said they were ready to return TO specie
payment. Let there be little less protes-
tation and -
Mr.. Ramsey, from the Committee on
Ppstofices, called up the bill establishing
post routes in various parts of the country.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, called attention
to the fact that mail routes had been estab-
lished Oftentimes in sectionSwhere scarcely
any persons lived, and thus expenditures OF
the department were unnecessarily in
creased. He moved an amendment that
mail service be discontinued on routes
where receipts do not reach at least one
half the expenditures.
Mr.. Clayton said the rule would not ap-
ply to thickly settled communities out
would be injurious to the Western frontier.
AIr.Morrill withdrew the amendment and
had it referred to the Committee on Post
offices and Postroads, as a resolution d.
rected such bill to be reported.
Mr.. Morrill, Of Maine, thought the postal
service of the country had grown to great
extent unnecessarily, and in these times Of
CNNll oAlOhlu W
to reduc expenditures. A prominent fea-
ture of postal service to-day is, instead of
CARRYING letters at the rate. of Transportation
of dead weight freight, the postal service
had been converted into an express sys-
TEN, yet carrying regular freight was three
hundred per cent cheaper than carrying
intelligence. The whole service was en-
baTaSsed by the express system. He was not
afterthe PostOifice Department Somuchas he
was after the chairman Of the Committee
on Postoffices and Postroads. The whole
thing had grown up under him. Uaughter.)
More Action.
Where there is a will there is a way, and
he hoped it would be said when the way
was found the will was not wanting.
When Mr.. Schurz closed, Mr.. Lewis
moved that the Senate proceed to the con-
sideratiOn of executive business. The
motion prevailed. At $50 the doors were
reopened and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Mr. Poland
from the Committee on Revision of the
Laws, reported a revision and codifcation
of the statutes up to the 1st of December,
1910, anu pIOCcCucu " give u llStO4g VI tAC
work and statements of its importance and
necessity.
After long discussion as to the mode OF
considering and acting on the bill reported
consisting of over 5000 printed pages il
was finally agreed to hold two evening ses-
| sions each week for its consideration, be
ginning Wednesday and Thursday evenings
| of next week.
The Navy as an ElectioneerinS Ma
chine.
The House then went into Committee Of
| the Whole, Z. II. Roberts in the chair, and
resumed consideration of the naval appro-
priation bill. In a discussion on an item
appropriating $4,000 for civil establish
ments at various Navy Departments, Mr.
Beck spoke of the extravaganza Of The
| Navy Department, charging that money ap
propriated had been expended for political
| purposes.
.Messrs. Hale. Starkweather and Tolley
! replied TO Mr.. Beck, the former asserting
that Mr. Beck frequently made the same
charges, and had as frequently been an
swered.
Argument ensued whether New Yorl
was at the mercy Of foreign irOn-clads
Mr.. Hale said the discussion had taken
A Fearful and Wonderful Compiled
| tiOn,
| and as he did not know what would COM
next he would move that the COMMITTEES
rise.
The committee rose without hayin.
made much progress on the bill, and TIN
House adjourned.