New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-22

NEw-YORK TRIBUNE"-POsTAL APPROPRIATIONS
DISCUSSED.
WAsHINGToS, April 81, 1873.
In the House, yesterday, the first business
in order Was the consideration Of the bill relative to the
Washington Market Company, OF the District Of Column
bia Passed
The SPEAKER announced tie appointment OF Benja-
min Dean dem, Mass) member Of the Committee
ON Expenditures in the state Department MI.
Walker (Dem, Va.l resigned Mr.. Ackleu Dem, La J
Il member Of the Committee on the Revision OF the
Laws wee Mr. Leonard, of Louisiana, deceased, and Mr.
Ryan (Rep., KauJ member VI the same committee,
to I'LL "A vacancy.
The House then went into Committee Of the Whole
the Post Office Appropriation BIZ, with Mr. Cox dem.
OhiOl IN the chair.
pTlatOn for the publication Of post route maps was IN
creased from so 900 to $4,000
prlaion Committee submitted as substitute FOR the
section regard TO the compensation " fourhcass
pOstmasters, an amendment providing that such com,
peusatOn shall be the whole Of the box rents collected
their Offices commission ON all unpaid postage col
ected, all receipts from wastc-paper etc, and on
postage stamps aud postal cards cancelled anu ON mat
Ter actually mailed at their Offices aud providing fur
Their that such compensation shall not exceed 800 IN
any quarter, exclusive Of commissions on money
order business
ing the compensation Of pOstmasters OF the fourth class
the same as now provided by law.
Mr.. Hewitts amendment was rejected, aud Mr..
The provision OF the bill for the appointment of special
mail agents stricken out and without further action
the bill, the committee rose.
Mr.. TUCKER Dem, Val, from the Committee on
WAYS and Means, reported bill relating To the tax
tobacco, incomes, and other internal taxation. He also
reported resolution making the bill specia order for
May l.
Mr.. WHITE Rep, PENN objected to the resolution.
He did not think the committee could report such
olutOn except by unanimous consent
The resolution was then Withdrawn, and the bill re-
feTred TO tho Committee OF the Whole.
Mr.. GLOVER Dem., MOI, rising 10 question OF per-
sOnal privilege, sent 10 the Clerk desk aud mad read
article In SATURDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE which stated
that Govers Investigating Committee had caught a
Democratic fish, aud had found out that 900 had been
loaned OF the funds belonging TO the House OF Rep
atives a member OF Congress- the difficulty Of
getting back the money having led to the discovery lie
stated that had there been other person affected
that dispatch, he should have said nothing about
That paper had for several weeks past been con-
sLanUy making attacks upon himself and his
Committee but In the interest OF the officer OF the House
who touched by the dispatch III the interest OF
every gentleman the floor (since some gentlemen had
been Implicated, according To the ar le in receiving
from the SeTgeant-atArm 30 0OO, he would that
he had no knowledge OF anything Of That KIND He had
heard OF anything Of the sort IL was pure fab
rcaon and he felt 1t incumbent on him to pronounce
II 80.
derake deny that there is deflcatlon tue part
OF the dOorkeepers
Mr. GLOVER-Ths is an allegation against the Ser.
ge1nHt-Arms and had no knowledge OF the Ia
any shape until was shown tins paper few minutes
ago.
Mr.. GLOVER-l understand that It does refer " the
Sergeant-atAims.
Mr. CONCERT understood 1t to refer to a member OF
Congress.
Mr.. CONCERT do not see any reference TO ANYBODY
except "a member OF this body
Mr.. GLOYER-It refers to the officer who has charge
OF paying members OF Congress and that officer Is the
Sergeant-aArms. Now, so far as my committee Is con
oerned the statement 10 totally without foundation
believe IL 10 be fabrication Of the correspondent Of The
TRIBUNE who has been spending his time for the Last
Two weeks making slanderOGs statements.
The House ut k40 adjourned.