Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-04-14
SPEECH
Hon. VIM. A. Wallace
OF PENNSYLVANIA,
In the senate Of the United States. Monday.
March 18th, 1880.
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The Senate az in Committee of the
Whole, proceeded to consider the bill
(H. r. No. 1886 to provide for de-
ficiency in the appropriations for the
transportation of the mails on star
routes for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1880.
The bill was reported from the Com
mittee on Appropriations with amend.
ments.
The first amendment was, in section
l, after the word "year" in line 8, to
strike out the following words
"At or within contract prices as they
existed on February ], 1880; Prorided,
That upon any route where there has
been an increase OF the original con-
tract price during the last or the cur
rent fiscal year Tor expediting the de-
livery of mails on any such route, at
the rate Of more than $4,000 per an.
mum, the compensation for expedited
service on such route shall be reduced
to the terms of the original contract,
on and after the LIST day OF March,
1880 and nothing herein contained
shall be construed to require the re-
duction of thenumberof trips per week
over any such route below the present
number"
Mr.. WALLACE. Mr. President, by
direction OF the Committee on Appro-
priations | move TO strike out mine
hundred and seventy in the original
bill, and insert eleven hundred" in
I line 3.
Mr.. DAVIS, OF West Virginia. |
suggest to my friend from Pennsylva-
MIA that the question now is on strik-
ing out the words Just read
Mr.. WALLACE. | desire to have
this amendment come first.
MIR, DAVIS of West Virginia, Very
well.
l Mr.. WALLACE. desire to pro-
pose on behalf of the Committee on
Appropriations and amendment in line
3 of the original bill f; to strike out
"nine hundred and seventy" and in.
sert eleven hundred, !" so as to make
the appropriation Sl,l00,0OO.
The VICE.PRESlDENT. The
amendment is in order. The question
is on the amendment of the Senator
from Pennsylvania. 'H
Mr. WALLACE. Now, will the
Secretary read the bill as it will stand
| if the amendments Of the Committee
be adopted.
I The Chief Clerk read as follows
"Tbat the sum of 81, 100, 900, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, be,
and the same Is hereby, appropriated
out OF any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, TO meet the
expenses of inland mail transportation
on star routes for the remainder of the
current fiscal year. During tho ro-
mainder of the current fiscal year no
further expediting OF service or in
crease OF trips on any postal star route
shall be made.
$50. z; That the iurther sum oil
SlOO,OUO be, ana the same is hereby,
appropriated as aforesaid to enable the
Postmaster General TO place new ser
vice as authorized by law Propided,
| That the Postmaster General shall not
hereafter have the power to expedite
any contract either now existing or
hereafter given TO a rate of pay ex.
ceeding 90 per cent. upon the contract
as originally let"
Mr. WALLACE. The Senate will
see that this bill relates, as 1t now
stands, entirely to the transportation
Of the mails on star routes, Star
routes, as suppose the Senate under.
stands, include all other modes Of
transportation of the mails than those
by steamboat and railway. Thisservice
lnoludes Two hundred ana hiteen
Thousand miles Oh tho transportation
oil the mails IN every section OF the
country, whlle transportation 10y steam
boat ana railroad includes about one
hundred thousand so that there are
about twice as many routes PAID Tor
under the mead OF star service US there
are under that oil railroad and steam
ooat service;
MT. tONhblNU. Nllltho senator