The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-07
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.


morning hour VOORHEES, spoke in favor
of the early consideration of the bill to
repeal the specie resumption act, and
said the Senate might as well look this
matter in the face; If it was not going
to repeal the act let it say so by its
vote; no greater question had engaged
the American Congress; he would take
every opportunity from now till the
close of the session, to insist that the
matter should be disposed of; the Sem
ate had time to pass all sorts of bills to
bridge rivulets, but no time to meet
the question which involved more peril
and distress than had ever been pro-
duced by war and pestilence; he thought
the bill could he disposed of in sixty
minutes. rs ktA4FtN
Senator Conover introduced a bill to
provide for carrying the ocean mails in
American steamships. 1t proposes to
direct the postmaster TO invite propo-
sails and make contract with the lowest
bidders for monthly mail service from
San Francisco to Hong Kong via YO-
kohama; monthly service from San
Francisco to Sidney via the Sandwich
Islands and New Zealand; for a semi
monthly service from Pensacola, FlOri-
da, and Havana to Aspinwall. The
amount of Compensation not to exceed
$50 per mile per annum for the dis
tances between the commencement and
terminus of the routes, respectively,
and service must be performed by
steamships of not less than 1000 tons
burden, American built. The bill was
referred to the committee on Postoffice
and Post Roads.
At the expiration of the morning
hour, and after a long discussion, the
Senate by vote of yeas 80. nays %,
took up the army appropriation bill.
Blaine said the bill as it came from
the House, appropriated 1876. 1929, 900;
the Senate committee raised it to $780,
189, 900, the principal additional items
being 1902, 900 for the pay of the army
and $3.50, 900 for military post near
the Blask Hills. The estimates of the
War Department were s31, ,292. 900, and
he had no doubt that considerable de-
ficiency would occur, ~ had happened
this year.
The five minute rule was applied to
all the amendments except the trans
fer to the War Department. of the In
dian Bureau, and forbidding the use of
the army as posse comitatus.
Allison moved to strike out of the
House bill the clause intending to per-
manently fix the number of enlisted
men in the army. Agreed to. The
Committee amendment increasing tile
army to 25, 600 was agreed to; 80 to 10.
= Blaine moved to amend by limiting
the signal service enlistments to 45O in
stead of 400. Agreed.
The amendment appropriating $780,
600 for military post near the Black
Hills, was agreed to.
Spencer reported from the Committee
on Military Affairs an amendment ap-
-propriating 800, 900 to build military
post in the vicinity of Milk River,
Northern Montana. Agreed to.
All sections of the House bill re-
garding the reorganization of the army
were struck out.
burnside submitted an amendment
from the Military committee providing
for a committee of two members of the
Senate Military committee, three men,
bers of the House Military committee
and regular army officers, to consider
the whole question of the reorganiza-
tion of the army, and to report to the
next Congress. Referred without dis
cussiOn.
Bayard moved as a substitute for the
transfer of the Indian Bureau to the
War Department reference of the
subject to the committee OH reorganiz-
ization of the army, just provided for.
Allison submitted an amendment di-
recting the said Commission to report
upon the question when the Indian
tribes would become self sustaining,
and at some length favored the peace
policy toward the Indians.