Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-18
CONGREGATIONAL.
Senate

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE bill re-
moving the political diss bilitiss Of Roger
A. Pryor passed.
Hampton. from the Military Commit.
tee. reported q bill to complete the sur.
vsy o! the Gettysburg battlefield. move.
ments y troops, etc. Calendar.
But ids introduced q bill for Q per.
manent construction fund for the navy.
Referred.
Pending the debate on private bills
the morning hour expired, and the Sem
ate resumed consideration Of the Star
Route Deficiency bill. The amendment
prohibiting the expedition Of the service
TO the rate OF pay exceeding so per cent.
Of the original contract price was
agreed to.
Davis. Of West Virginia, submitted for
the Committee on Appropriations, an
additional section to the bill, sppro-
pristing $4,000 for public printing. in.
Guiding the cost Of printing the Con-
gressional Record. Il being part Of the
deficiency for the current fiscal year.
Davis stated that . bill was pending in
the House sppropriating S40O, 600 to
cover the whole printing deficiency. but
might not get through - soon a. this
bill, and an immediate appropriation
should be made for The necessary
printing.
Tho bill was after much discussion
aud amendment finally passed without
division.
Tho bill as passed reads: Be II en-
acted. etc., that the sum OF 81, l00, 600.
or so much thereof a. may be necessary,
il hereby appointed to meet the expenses
OF the inland mail transportation Of the
Star outes for the remainder OF the cur
rent fiscal year. During the remainder
Of the current fiscal year no further OK.
pediting OF service on any postal Star
route shall be made.
One hundred thousand dollars ID ap-
propriatsd, ss aforesaid, to enable the
Postmaster General to place new service
a. authorized by law. provided the Post.
master General shall not hereafter have
tho power to expedite the service under
any contract, either now existing or
hereafter given. to the rate OF pay ex.
ceeding fifty per cent. upon the contract
rs originally let.
Fifty thousand dollars Is appropriated
a. Aforesaid for the public printing. in
Guiding the cost OF printing the Con.
gressional Record. It being Q part Of the
deficiency for the current fiscal year.
Nothing in this Act contained shall DO
deemed or construed to affect the valid.
ity OF legality Of the acts or omissions OF
any officer OF the United States, OF to
affect any proceeding therefor.
House.
The House went into Committee Of
the Whole on the Deficiency Appropria.
ton bill.
Garfield criticised severely the purpose
Of the Democratic party to refuse to ap-
propriate for special Deputy Marshals,
but appealed. in conclusion, to the
Democrats to prevent the disasters
which their party leaders were bringing
upon the country, and expressed his
belief that such q vote would be had on
this bill a. would set at rest the poor
dregs Of the extra session.
The discussion was continued by Bur.
rows, who declared his conviction that
the purpose OF the Democratic party
was to steal the next Presidency, to
which Springer retortod by charging the
Republican party with stealing two or
three States in the, last Presidential
election.
McMahon replied to Garfield and
Burrows and then Warner took the
floor. At tho conclusion OF his speech
the general debate closed and the bill
was read by sections.
In the debate on the Deficiency sp.
preparation bill, Hayes. from the com.
mittee, defended the Public Printer from
the attacks made oil him, charging that
the Democrats were tying to gain pos
session Of tho printing Office by raising
the cry Of fraud.
Warner defended thu power OF Goa
gress to control legislation through the
purse. The general debate ceased and
the bill was read by sections for amend.
ment.
Singleton, Chairman Of the Commit.
tee on Printing, offered IN amendment
changing the method Of electing the
Congressional Printer.
McMahon a~ntasonizsd II by Q point
Of order. The Speaker discussed thor.
oughly the points Of order involved. and
decided the amendment out Of order.
This was the first decision under the
new rules.
McMahon moved to amend by appro.
pristing $3.50. 600 to pay the salaries
and expenses Of agents and surveyors
and the fees and expenses Of guagers