The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-22
III. 6Hou DllOU.
Oregon Reached and Turn
ed Over to the 8-to-7
Tribunal.
Argument to Proceed To-
Day.
Tomorrow Will Be the
Critical Period of the
Nations Illness.
Don Piatt and His Little
Sedition.
PRES'T T|LDEN HEARD FROM.
PRES'T T|LDEN HEARD FROM
Repudiates " Harmonious
Action of the Com
mittees.
And Does Not Want to Be
Made a Mantle Of Sc
crecy for Chand-
ler's Rascality.
WASHINGTON, February q.
SENATE.

The session was resumed at 10 o'clock
and the Sen stors awaited the notification
of The House decision in the Nevada
case, which was received at IL 40, when
the Senate proceeded to the hall of the
House.
The Senate having returned from the
joint committee, legislative business was
resumed.
MIR. Sargent from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back the de-
tieiency appropriation bill, with sundry
amendments. Placed on the calendar.
Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, submitted a
long report in the case OF the Oregon
electors, and asked that it be printed in
the Record.
Objection being made by Messrs.
DAVIS and Herman, who claimed that the
report should be printed as the other re-
ports, Mr.. Mitchell withdrew his motion
The report was ordered to be printed
in the usual msnner.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on
Finance, reported the bill to aid in the
resua. ption OF specie pay ments. Placed
on the calendar.
A large number of reports from vari-
GUS committees were made.
At the expiration of the morning hour
the unfinished business bill to amend the
Pacific railroad acts was laid aside in
formally, with the understanding that it
should be considered as unfinished bust
ness.
The Postoffice appropriation bill was
then taken up.
The amendments reported by the
Committee on Appropriations were
agreed to as follows: decreasing the sp
propristion for special agents from sl2l,- :
500 to $4,000; that for advertising,
from $4,000 to $4,000; for compenss-
tion to postmasters, from $7,OOO,OOO 70
S7,250 900; for compensation to clerks in
pos offices, from So, ,200, 600 TO So, 800, 600;
for payment ot letter carriers, from
S75O,CO0 to 100000; for miscellsn us
and incidental expt nses, from $4,000
to 500 0CO; for transportation OF
mails, from $4,000 TO S96O,OO0; for
c rmpensstion 10 railroad and post
Office clerks from SLIPS 900 to
Sl,3O00OO; for route sget "a, from
S945, 600 to 81 .O60. 900; for mail messen
gers, from 100000 to 100000; for
ansfscture of postal cards, from $3.50,
600 to 100000; and increasing the ap-
preparation from s2,33s, ,460 to 1885,
375 from any money in the treasury to
meet the appropriations made By the
bill. in case the revenues of the Post
office Department are insufficient.
The committee also reported an
amendment sppropristing $4,000 to
enable the Postoffice Committee or.
gspIzsd las. year to complete its work.
Agreed 70.
Mr.. Hsmlin submitted an amend ment
allowing the Pcstmaster-G General $780,
600 OF the amount approristed for mail
transportation TO obtain proper facilities
from the great trunk lines Of railroads
for railroad service during the fiscal year
esding June 80, 1876. In explanation
of this amendment, Mr.. Hamlin said the
Postmsster-Genersl had no money to
DlaCe TIE ctTN iIc Ob uC" iOh1r, ehA
TO- tsy this country is Transporting
its mails on the system which existed
sixteen years ago. The reductions made
in the appropriation bills If last year,
was the cause OF il 4 commission bad
oeen appointed to inquire into the postal
service, and 1t would furnish valuable
information which would enable Con-
gress 10 make s new postal system that
would result in saving in the
transportation of mail. The Com
ni,,ee on Postofices and Post.
roads had cone 10 the conclusion
i, would not be wise to-day 10 enter
upon q system Of last mails: If Con-
sfess should undertake to extend the fsst
mail service to-day it might find embar-
rsssments after meeting the information
obtained by the Postal Conveniion- Pos
Is cars could be put upon the large trunk
roads, but they would have no copnec-
tion with the fss; mail service. The
tso great trunk lInes-the Pennsylvania
Ceutrsl and New York Central roads
we're nov INNING postal cars forty-aTe
fee, in length, and there vas not room IN
them for the proper distribution
OF msil en- route. The amendment which
be proposed VAS for the purpose OF en-
.bling the Postmaster General 70 arrange
With companies 10 place postal ears on
their loads sixty feet IN length, and
while the speed OF miles would not be
increased the facilities for distribution
voud be, and mails could therefore be
delivered earlier, a. no time would be lost
in distributing them, after reaching The
city TO which they we're destined The
amendment Of Mr.. Hamlin vas agreed
10 without division
Mr.. uAmlin then submitted the fol.
owing:
Resslsed, That the sum Of $500 600 h
hereby appropriated out Of any money