National Republican., 1878-04-22
SENATE.
SATURDAY, April 20, 1873.
The Senate was not In session to-day.

HOUSE or REPRESEN
Mr.. BAKER demanded tho regular order
Immediately after tho reading of the journal
and the Speaker announced that to be the
consideration Of the unfinished business Of
last night, which was the bill in relation TO
the Washington Market Company. The bill
was passed without division.
The SPEAKER announced the following
appointments on committees to I'll existing
vacancies, viz: Mr.. DEAN on expenditures Of
the State Department; Mr.. AoRLES and Mr..
RYAN on Revision of Laws
Mr.. BLOUNT moved that the House go into
Committee of the Whole on the Post. Office ap.
preparation bill.
Mr.. REAGAN resisted tho motion, and
hoped there would be morning hour.
Mr.. cox IN. W stated that If the object
was to go to tho Speakers table and get up the
Pacific Railroad bill, that he had an arrange
ment with Mr. BLoUST that there would be
no opposition to n morning hour OH Tuesday.
The motion of Mr.. BLoUNT was agreed to, and
the House went into Committee of the Whole
on the Post. Office bill, Mr.. Cox IN. W in the
chair.
The pending question when the House was
last in committee was the motion Of Mr. WAD-
DELL to increase the appropriation for post.
route maps from S25 200 to $4,000.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. HEWITT (Ala.) moved an amendment
to strike out the clause changing the compen-
sation Of postmasters Of the fourth class so as
to prohibit illegal sales of postage stamps, so as
to leave the compensation, as at present, de-
pendent upon the sale of stamps
Mr.. BLOUNT and Mr.. FRANKLIN opposed
tho amendment, and called attention to the
frauds that had been perpctrated by these ille-
gal sales of stamps at small offices. Ii was es-
i,,,t ,t,I hat La mt Loaf
81, 100000 annually by the present mode of
compensation.
The amendment was rejected.
An amendment was adopted, on motion of
Mr. BLOUNT, limiting the compensation of
postmastcrs Of tho fourth class to sum not
greater than $3.50 por quarter, exclusive Of
money order commissions and this is to be
from all sources.
On motion Of Mr. BLOUNT the proviso
limiting the number Of special agents to the
star and steamboat service to six was stricken
out.
Mr.. cox (Ohio) moved to strike ont the
proyiso allowing S125, ,O00of the appropriation
| for transportation by rail to belused to obtain
proper facilities from the great trunk lines for
the railway postOtfi service. He wanted
| tho appropriation made general, so that the
appropriation could be applied to all lines, and
not only to those that were indefinitely known
as the great trunk lines.
| Mr.. Coxs amendment was rejected.
| Pending a motion to increase the appropra-
tion for Post Office clerks to S3,60O,000 the
committee rose.
Mr.. TUCKER, from the Committee of Ways
and Means, reported bill imposing a tax on
tobacco and on incomes, and asked that 1t be
made the special order for May l.
The assignment of May l was objected to,
and the bill was referred to the Committee of
| the Whole
Mr.. GLOVER rose to personal explanation,
and had read a dispatch published in the
New York Tribune, stating that Mr.. GLOVER
had again thrown out his not, and, rs usual,
had made haul of big Democratic fish, and
that the story was that 5000 had been loaned
to Democratic member of Congress out Of the
| funds of the House, and that the fear Of losing
it led to the exposure.
Mr.. GLOVER said that If he alone was af-
:cCted by this report he would not say word.
The paper just read from was constantly max
| ing attacks upon him and his committee, but
he was bound to deny the story just read in
| the interest of the Sergeant Arms and of all
| the members of this House.
He had no knowledge of any such thing as
was stated, and no member of his committee,
so far As he knew, had heard of it. 1t was
false and it was incrmbcnt on him to
deny il.
Mr. CONGER said he had not observed that
the Scrgcant.at. Arms was referred to in the
article. The only reference was to Democratic
member Of Congress.
Mr. GLOVER said tho Sergoant-at-Arm
must have been referred to- rs he was the Of
icer who paid the members.
| The House, then, at thrty-tiye minutes past
| four D. m adjourned.