The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-27
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
THE HOUSE pERATEs. AMENDS AND
PASSES THE p0sTyFFIEE AP-
PREPARATION hill.


A Personal Exp'snation-phl' of Ham
sas, ON his Ear-Disorderiy
hceues In Size H"uss.
WASHINGTON, April 26-Ihe Senate was
not in session to-day.
she Hause.
Mr.. Hubbol of Michigan, from the Com
mittec on Commerce, reported q bll felhtitlg
to vessels not propelled hy sail on steam. IL
exempts from admeaeurement bafges, etc.
that ply between the United States and for
agn territories. Passed ,
MIR. Blount, Of Georgia, moved That the
House 90 into committee of the whole aud
,4,n,,tna Consideration of the Postoilice appro-
priation bill
vate bin day and also objection day; ana he
honed that there would be n morning hour.
tfhe House decided to go into committee,
Mr. Mills of Texas. III the chair.
q The pending question was upon the amend
ment Of Mr.. Townsend of Ohio, to increase
: the appropriation for compensation to clerks
in the postof1ice from $3,440,p00 to $3,G0o,oOO.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, moved an amend
tnent to the paragraph relating to letter-car-
riera increasing the amount to S2OOD.00o, but
providing that the salaries now paid the car
hers shall not be increased,
Mr. Waddell Of North Carolina, said that
the effect Of this amendment would be to m
crease the appropriation aggregate, WINE IL
Mr.. Banning, Of Ohio, offered substitute
for Mr. Cannon's amendment, providing that
there shall ho two classes Of lettrr-cariiera'
that those of the first class shall be calrlnis
who have served ono year or more ami ol the
second class who have served less than one
year. Those of the first class shall receive
$1,000, and those OF tho second class SSoo, ana
all original appointments shall be mace 10
second class
The amendment was ruled out on the point
OF order that it changed existing laws.
Mr. Cannon's amendment was rejected after
discussion.
Mr. Williams, of Wisconsin. moved to add
$4,000 TO the appropriation for railway
postoflice clerks. Rejected
An amendment increasing the appropria-
ton for route agents S250D0 was also rejected,
but the appropriation Tor mai route hesseh-
gers was increased $4,000.
IL discussing all the above amendments the
Democrats urged the Importance Of the ser,
vice and the necessity Of extending 1t and
properly eomnensatnE the empoy 'irsrsa a,
amendment. which was adopted, requiring
that all disbursements made on account Of
preparation OF post route mups shait be mace
by bonded officers.
The committees then rose, and the bill as
amended WAS reported to the House. Mr..
Blount demanded separate Votes on all the
amendment made In committee.
On the first amendment, increasing, the ap.,
nropration for mail dcpredatiUnS and special
agents 100000, the yeas and ntys Were de-
nlandcd, and thr amendment was agreed to.
Yeas. 102 nays, 81
Tho next amendment was to strike out the
proyisp reducing the per diem OF special
agents from ST. to So and, pending its consid-
Grafton, Mr. Rice, of Ohio. moved to adjourn.
The latter motion was rejected, and the
amendment made In committee was CON
Cured IN.
The amendment increasing the appropria-
ton for post route maps to 900 was rejected
by one vote: yeas ~, nays aO.
The amendment increasing the appropria-
ton for the compensation to ell rks in post
offices 100000 was also rejected; yeas 80.
nays 81.
ihe amendment increasing the amount for
mail route messengers was also rejected. The
other amendments were all concurred in, and
the bill was passed as amended.
Thebill MS originally reported recommended
the sum Of S33,090,376, or $9S7,779 less than
was reported for the current fiscal year; the
committee Of the whole increased the aggre.
gate $3.50, 600, but when the bill was reported
back to the House all of the Increase was
stricken out except $4,000 There is. there
fore, only that difference between the bill as
reported and as passed.
Mr.. Phillips, of kans as. rose to a question
OF privilege. and said that he found In the
Record this morning, a speech which pur-
ported to have been delivered by Mr.. Money,
OF Mississippi, on Wednesday last II was
leave to print It, With that speech was pub
lished statement which purpurted to be a
list of bills introduced during the Forty-fifth
Congress by Northern men for the benefit OF
Northern enterprises and Northern people.
and which amounted in the aggregate to
81, sos, $4,000.
But that was not the worst of 1t. Mr.
Money asserted In the same table that he MR.
preparation of 81, 800, 100000 He knew that
they could do remarkable things in Missis
sippi In the way OF arithmetic at elections.
Mr.. Singleton of Mississippi, raised the
point Of order that this was not aquestion OF
Mr. Phillips said he had been attacked when
he was charged with introducing this i'm
mense bill. The bill he had introduced was
for survey of the Mississippi river and ap-
priated $4,000, or so much thereof as might
be necessary.
Mr. Turner. of Kentucky, said that there
was no justification for the gentleman elaim
ing. the floor on this as a question of privilege
Mr.. Phillips said he would soon get
through, If he was permitted to go on.
The Republicans urged him to go on. while
the Democrats called him to order, and Mr.
Finley, of Ohio, In the confusion, excitedly in
quired If it was a question of privilege for
gentleman to make q comparison between the
statements IN printed speech, and the facts
and the truth In the case. Laughter.
The Speaker did not think the gentlemans
remarks thus far indicated question OF priv
Mr.; Mcmahon suggested that he have leave
to print
Mr.. Phillips said charge had been made
against him, and he felt bound to explain, but
he wanted to remind the gentlemen that when
they talked Of claims. they should remember
that the North had expended $4,000 900
to suppress the late rebellion, and most of that
money WAS expended In the South. lap
plause on the Republican sdel
The Speaker, after restoring order, said he
did not think the gentlemans remark par
took either OF the nature OF personal ex-
PLANTATION or Question of privilege.
Several efforts We're made to adjourn over
until Monday. but they were unavailng, and
the House at go p. m. adjourned until to-
morrow.
The Ranking and currency Committee.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-Geo. S. Coe and
j. w, Seligman, or New York. were before