, 1877-02-22
Both Houses Working Busily on
the Appropriations.
The Senate. Completes The Post.0ilce
and Legislative Bills
Tint Pacific. Mnil Subsidy Creeps Into
the Former Measure.
0hittsndsn Again Tells tho Story Of His
Connection with District Jobs.
ASKS FOR MORE.
TIE PACIFIC MAIL COMPANY.

Epfdai DtApdtch to 17s Ttiokne
WAsHIsorun, D. C., Feb. ol.-Tho Tacifa
Mail Steamship subsidy job vas slid through
the Senate to-day with tho case that showed
that all dangrr OF opposition had been carefully
guarded against IA udranco+ There noVcr llas
been great lobby scheme 50 quietly and effect
tsoly worked up. Under cover Of tho excite
tnent about the Presidential question, the
agents of the Company laid tfclr plans without
tac newspapers or the opponents Of the measure
III Congress suspccting what they were at.
When the post-oeicc Appropriation bill had
been gonc through with to-day, Mr.. Ham
lin offered as IN amendment tho para
ernph containing tho subsidy Of $5ov,0oo for
monthly acrsico on this line during another
fiscal year. This was adopted In Committee Of
The Whole Without any contest, but Afterwards,
out Of REGARD lot tho feelings Of some Senators,
the form Of the appropriation WIS changed 50
- to opcn the service to competition. This
MAS, however, =
MERH BLIND,
for 1t .as provided thai tho service should bo
performed tn Amcriean-buit vessels Of over
p,DOO tons burden, and It Is well known that
thcre Is no other Amcritan COMPANY that has
eftps Of this capacity 50 that It could
compete fur the subsidy. Tho Pacific
Mall Company Is believed hero to be on Tho
verge Of bankruptcy, ntul IL ts Understood that
nn tho continuance ut this subsidy depends tho
eolvency of the concern; 20 that tho effort to
get 1t through Congress Is really
Flu1T AGAINST DEATH ITSELF.
4 rival comnany-tlc Oriental u Occit1entnl-
Is offering 10 carry tile matfs for tho sea poat-
nae Ouly, whicl. Will amount to but few thou-
sAtld utitlars year. .s.
Tho satne hifl which provides this magnificent
Etft to Stalking company Under tic. plea
ntcs only t2s0,000 fur thu carr,ayo OF
n!l tho malls between this country ami Europe.
THUS It appears TINT monthly service to China
md LtpAll costs moro than double "a much a.
an almost daily service 10 Europe. Among tho
lne6 crossing tho Atlantic is = ]lnc OF American
ships, sailing from Philadelphia, ttlat might bu
supposed to have
AS GOOD 4 CLAIM
npon Tho Government bounty for tho support OF
commcte ns tho Pacific Line. Ita service ts
Performed Ia Amcrfcar-bullt atlfpa OF over 2, OD0
tots hurdcn, but IL receives for It's weekly trips
less than ouc.tcnth tho a11lunDt. Tic Senate
proposes to continue to give to tho Pacific Mail.
Tlis amendment will probabty be rejected by
tho House, aud whom the bill gets to Confer
cneo Committee In the laat houra Of the session,
the agents Of tho Company will undoubtedly
know how to haYa tholr Job tnkcn care Of.
Spc0kcr Randall sud III relation to this SUBJ
tily to-day that he was strongly opposed 10 Its
rcnowal. II 1t should eumc beforo tho House In
such form Us to 10 open to .fcbat0 he would
he Inclined to leave tlu Speakers chair and
not say that he shnuld make up tho House por-
ton ot tho Conference Committee Oh the Post
Office bill In such way IA to insure It's tcfeat,
II is fair to prcsslmo from w1,nt he dill eaY that
the job will receive no cnn,fort from tic con.
fercesun thc part OF tho House.