The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-21
TALK In CONGRESS.
nrnArE IN TIM HOUSE OVER THE
POsTOFPlCE APPROPRlA-
TON RlLL.
A Personal Explanation The New York
lTribune's Usua! Lie About DemO-
cratic Congressmen.

lTribune's Usual Lie About emO-
cratic ConxressTnen.
WASHINGTON, April 2o.-The Senate was
!, not In session to-day.
The House.
Mr. Baker, of Indiana, demanded the regu..
lar order Immediately after the reading ol
the journal, and the Speaker announced that
to be the consideration OF last nlEhts IN
finished business which was the bill in reia-
ton tO the Washington Market company;
The bill was passed without amendment ana
without a division.
The Speaker announced inc iollo".nR Hp-
pointmei,ts on com mlttees, to fill existing va
Cancies. viz: Mr. Dean, of Massachusetts, on
Exnenditures of tho State Department. Mr..
Aeklen, of Louisiana. and Mr. Reagan, of
Texas on Revision Of Laws.
Mr.. Blount, Of Georgia.. moved that the
House 90 into committees Of the whole on the
postofIice appropriation bill.
Mr.. Reagan, OF Texas resisted the motion,
and hoped there would be u morning hour.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, stated that IL the
object wns to GO to the Speakers table and
take up the Pacific Railroad bill that he had
an Arrangement with Mr.. Blount that there
would be NO opposition TO Il morning hour on
The motion Of Mr.. Blouut was agreed TO.
and the House went into committee OF the
whole on the postofIlce bill.
IMr. Cox, Of New York, In the chair
The pending, question, when the House ", vas
Waddell to increase the appropriation for
most route maps from 5000 to $4O,0 900 The
amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Hewitt, OF Alabama, moved mn amend
meDt to strike out the clause changing the
compensation OF postmast,rs Of the fourth
class 30 as to prohibit illegal 8 lies OF postage
stamps, 80 rs tn leave th,ir compensation, rs
at present, dependent upon the sale OF stamps
Mr.. Blount and Mr. Franklin, 81 Missouri
opposed the amendment and called attention
70 the fraud that had been perpetrateh by
Theses illegal sales of stamps at small offices.
1t was estimated that the government lost
over 81. 900, 900 annually by the present mode
OF compensation. The amendment was re-
iected.
Mr.. Dunnell, OF Minnesota, offered an
amendment increasing the salaries OF post
masters of tn. fourth class.
Mr. Blount made point OF order against 1t,
that IL was new Legislation.
The Chair decided he point well taken.
Amendments were adopted, TN motion OF
Mr.. Blount limiting the c,mpens 'tion of
postmasters Of the fourth class to a sum not
greater than $3.50, exclusive 81 money order
commissions, and this Is to be from all
sources.
On motion OF Mr. Blount the proviso limit
ing the number ri special agents to the st 'ge
and steamboat service to six was stricken out.
Mr. Vance, of North ,aroina, offered an
amendment requiring rate of speed for
mail trains between Washington aud New
Orleans Of Twenty-Five mil s per hour. Ruled
islation.
Mr.. Cox, Of Ohio. moved to strike out the
proviso allowing Sl25,O00 OF the appropriation
for transportation by railroads to be used to
obtain proper facilities from the great trunk
lines for the railroad POSSIBILITIES service. He
wanted the appropriation made general. SO
that the appropriate N could be applied to all
lines, and not only to those that were ndeti-
nitely known as great trunk lines. Mr.. Cox
amendment was rejected
Pending motion to increase the appropri-
alton for postotfice clerks to $3,0O0,OOO the
committee rose.
Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia. from the Commit
tee on Ways ami Means, reported bill i'm
posing tax on tobacco and on incomes aud
asked that 1t be made the special order for
May /. The assignment OF May 1 was OBJ
iected TO- and the bill was referred to the com
mittee Of the whole.
Mr.. Glover, OF Missouri, arose to personal
explanation, and had read dispatch, pub
lished In t,,-day's New York Tribune stating
that Mr.. Glover had again thrown out his
net and, as usual had made haul OF big
Democratic fish, and that the story was that
$4,000 had been loaned to q Democratic mem
Der OF Congress out OF the funds OF the
House, and that the fear of losing 1t led to the
exposure.
by this report he would not say q word. The
paper Just read from WAS consta ntly making
attacks upon him and his Committee, but he
was bound to deny the story just real, In the
interest OF the SefReant-aJ-Ar1nS anu OF I'll
the members Of this House. He had NJ
knowledge Of any such thing as was stated
and no member Of his committee, so far as ne
knew ever heard Of It, 1t was false, and II
was incumbent on him tn deny It..
Mr.. Conger said he had not observed that
the Sergeant-at-Arms was referred to In the
article. The only reference was to q Demo
cratic member OF Congress.
Mr.. Glover said that the Sergeant-at-Arms
must have been referred to, rs he was the Of
ficer who paid the members
The House then at 4 :35 p. m. adjourned.