The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, June IS.
SENATE,

Mr.. kirkwood, from the conference
committee on the resolution of the House
returning to the Senate the post route
bill, which the House refused TO consider
on account OF an amendment in the
nsture of a revenue BILL reported that
the committee were unable to agree
The report was laid on the table for the
present.
The amendment:r referred to is that al
lowing foreign books to go through the
mails free of duty IN accordance with the
terms of the international postal treaty.
The cenferees on the part of the Senate
proposed TO waive all discussion as
TO the question of privilege at issue be-
tween the two houses, and TO consider
the bill with the Senate amendments,
but the House conierees declined TO agree
to the proposition, for the reason that
they do not, in their belief, possess the
power, under the resolution of the
House, to consider the bill or amend.
ments.
The Senate then went into Executive
session.
When the doors were reOpened, the
resolution TO extend the session until six
o'clock Wednesday evening was passed.
The consideration OF the sundry civil
appropriation bill was resumed.
The bill to amend the law relating TO
internal revenue was received from the
House and having been read by the tel
Ter was laid over, under the rules, until
tomorrow at the instance Ct MIR. Ssr
gent.
The discussion upon the amendment TO
the sundry civil appropriation bill, for
payment of Southern mail contractors
Tor services rendered prior to the war,
was continued At some length.
Mr.. Spencer submitted an amendment
providing that sny part of the spproprls-
tion of $275,0O0 appropriated for that
purpose by the act OF March 8, 1867, not
required for payment of said msil con-
tractors. shall be used to enable the Post
master General to contract for mail
steamer service between New York and
Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans aGd Rio
de ,Taneiro, once month from each port,
and to paw Tor such services thirty do
lars mile.
Ruled out upon 8 point of order thst it
wss general legislation.
The amendment directing the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury to pay Southern
rail contractors for services rendered
prior to the war was finally agreed 10,
with amendments providing that the
claimants shslI give bond !or the return
of the money to the United States in case
it shall be subsequently discovered that
the clsims were paid by the Con federate
States, and also ths; any claimant who
shall receive payment from the United
States, after having been paid by the
Confederate government, shall be pun
ished by fine and imprisonment.
An amendment to the sundry civil sp-
preparation bill was agreed to, sppro-
priatine five and half million OF dollars
to psy the award of the Halifax fishery
commission, in pursuance OF the treaty OF
Washington. If after the correspond
ence with the British government on the
subject of conformity OF the award to
the requirements of the tresty and the
terms of questions thereby submitted to
the Constitution, the President shall deem
it his duty to make the payment without
further communication with Congress.
Mr.. Blaine called attention 10 the
| amendment already agreed upon, pro