The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-18


ed the Southern people, and denied thai
there had been any discrimination
against the negro; on the contrary every
thing had been done 70 qualify him tol
citizenship. The negroes voted with the
Democrats because they Were convinced
that the Democrats were honest and de
sired to do right by them. He gave no
tice that this investigation should be fol
and fair one. Itmust go into p natylya
MIA and see what had been done there, int
Massachusetts, New York and out westtc
Colorado and Nevada. .,,y,,,atJ II
| Mr.. Teller denied that there had beer
\ any frauds on the part Of The, Republican,
| in Colorado and invited the fullest investi
CATION. -. y.
The question being on the resolution o.
Blaine, as amended, II was agreed to-
yeas SO, nays 9. 49,, /
Mr.. Grover and Salisbury said they
we're paired with Plumb and Conoyer, but
did not say how they would vote on the
resolution. y ~ tSEs <
Mr.. Davis, OF Illinois, announced that d
the Senator from Ohio lphuFmanG was
present he would vote aye ESEi 81 (
: Mr.. Morrill, called up the House resolu-
ton providing for holiday recess and It
was SO amended so as to apply to both the
House and Senate. FsehT " / .3ba
Mr.. Blaine moved to amend to have re-
cess from Friday, December 10th, TO TIES
day, January 7th. A count OF the Senate
showed % in fayer OF the amendment and
2S opposed. 1f ft. -"
The Vice President-the Chair votes
aye. The amendment is agreed TO. j..
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7s HOUSE. -..5
Some bills having been introduced and
referred, consideration was resumed OF the
Geneva award bill and Mr.. Keller advo-
ted the majority report. Messrs. Hum
phrey, Buchard, Monroe and Luttrell ia
.yored the minority report, Further con-
sideration OF the bill was postponed, and
the House went into Committee OF the
Whole Carlisle in the Chair on the bill
appropriating $3.50, 900 to meet the deicien-
cy in the appropriation for the postal mail
service and prohibiting any increasein the
postal car service during the present year.
Mr.. Blount, o member OF the Appropri-
alton Committee, explained the bill, and
showed an increase n the cost OF the POS
tai car service. Thatincrease had been at
the rate OF 81 per cent, not on the postal
car service itself, but on the whole rail.
road service. Since July IS, 1873, it1iad
increased As per cent on the postal car
service itself. The deficiency had arisen
in the determination Of the Department
against the will of Congress that the
service should be Increased. Congress had
been ignorant that there had been grow
ing up in silence this system-of postal ear
service. Congress has not been treated
with common courtesy by the Postottice
Department. The deficiency was charges
BILE TO the Department, and now the oth-
GERS OF tile Postoffice Department spoke
triumphantly OF their victory over Con-
gress on this question. 4 Co.
Mr.. Hale defended the action OF the
Department. The Postmaster General
could not have done else than. report
10 Congress that there was deficiency.
He could not stop the service. Alt he
could do was to notify Congress. The
weight OF the mailswas constantly increas-
ing. and the law pitiless on the Postmaster
General to pay for the postal service. / Z
Mr.. Foster said: II the gentlemen. from
Georgia (Blount) did not know OF IN in
crease in the postal l-car service he sh9uld
have known It. The Department had es-
timated last year 50, 7O0,0 600 as the cost for
,ha mail service md but s9.e00, 600 had
Laen annronriated. thus giving rise to o.
Jet;c;enrv II the dereliction rests any
ghsre n ison the House and. d.ou-the Com.
,,ittee nm A Anpropriations. The deficiency
was the result OF the general system Of
@economyi, s al practit.ed by the A ppropria-
finn Committees Itigst,.ns,,e,sH !.
Mr. iTymer said: There had been con-,
caaImenf an the part OF the Department
enJ the Assistant Postmaster General or
M unhordinates had been direlict in his
duty. He declared that the average saw
ins h, tlie esSoyernmentby by,thei Democratic
,'a1tv was we'll on 10 thirty million OF doll
I"rs Z year, @ and II Il had not been for the
scanamv the Treasury would have been
SorLrn1t ' - =. -, ~,hm /,
Mr Toster fexnressed his n,nazeinent at
tho statement made by Mr.. Clymer. He
admitted that the saving In n over 70
was 10 millions and that the saving the
next wear was 81 ,6g5, 900, but said that the
cnrref,t wear would show an increase OF 4
million. Under the Republican admins
tration liberal appropriations had been
made 30 ali DEPARTMENTS could be properly
| r,n and mt the close Of each wear large
amamnts M @ were returned 10 the Treasury
Dansrtment Under the Democratic .ad-
ro;p;stration too little was appropriated,
snd da;c;encv hills had 10 be reported,
Snc. my deScien:y bills amounted to Is mil.
ion ion IN > years while IN The ! preceding
ncara ,,S, ~ thsre had been only IL millions.
es, sc,na, i facts were as shown by, figures Of
issT Az i "n nanortmant tbatifof oyears
- .IiI nsmacraiic , a.lministration the reduc.
a. t;on nf saI hsen about % millions while, for
sioa 3 nraoooJ;na .saa @ ~ years the Republican ad.
I,;p;s,Totinn ;yti reductions had been about %
;'t'A la;IIian ''0''' M ~. Z
'n11; M clvmer-You have never decreased
nm nm Ianpropriation since ls69.V nanS
IN III apRsS N, IiiecTease has been con.
MI nj Foss 49,, yoar from 1887 down.
'i1Iri Mr Fostsr eDe asked Mr.. CIvmer il he de-
ne.arnmsnt nlea ,na6 sn hi been " decreased every
uo,e S.os s;nee 'S7s save. one. trEE.,L,srl |
Hf. sesf HIS H,w E n NJ VIII ,leny and will
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