, 1880-05-07

bers OF the Committee tint tho Bill viii be
completed Saturday and formally adopted, In |
which event 1t will hc presented to tho House
early next week.
THE LOBBY.
E1-MEslBEns ABUSING THEIR rR1viLEoRs.
sreetaf Dtspdteh N Tho Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, u. C., May e.-The trouble
over the star route appropriation is hardly
over. Although tho mail contractors and the
lobby received very serious defeat In tho
House to-day In the adoption Of Nlorey's
amendment to relet contracts on expedited
routes after Oct 1, the contractors and
their friends on tho floor say that this amend
mint wns carried under misrepresentation,
and they will tomorrow make an attempt to
reconsider tho vote. Tonight tho lobby Is
busy getting its furces together for to.1tlor-
rows work. All day long this lobby hns
been boldly working OH the floor Of the
House and In the corridors of tho CAPITOL.
An ex-1membcr and ex-Collcctor of Gus
toms at Charleston, S. c., was busy
calling members from tho c1oak.room
to the floor to vote. The spectacle has bcen
so shameful thnt Representative Blount, Of
tho Appropriations Committee, proposes to
call tho attention Of tho House to the abuse
by cx-1nelnbers Of the privileges of the floor.
This privilege is confined to those who are
not Interested in any claim or directly In any
bill pending before Congress. Representa-
tive Blackburn has an amendment to the
rules, now pending before the House, proviu-
Ing TINT when any member Of the I1ouso
knows OF the violation Of this privilege he
n,ay report 1t to tho Committee on Rules.
Mr.. Blount has already called attention to
tno, as ,eh.,J.,u esape's a.,s,.an VI -, mo
loo. Us Lobbyists during the debate
from making special mention Of tho facts, as
he las been Interested against the Increase nf
compensation for expedited service, and It
might have been charged that he made the
nttncks for the purpose OF defeating the De-
partnent scheme. hen, hnweyer, the light
Out To- lie Hama te instancps IN @ y II wyiich ax.
members have 13sed thstr nry1Ieres IL pt ~ r. in.
crease 'aelf usefulness nl1n ssa as 1oooslsts'
TEL TEE DEBATE.
!, WAsnlSG!9N, 2. G. May 6:EThe morning
hour belng dispensed Wlsh, the House went
Int {, Go,nti'Lttes ct s ths Whole Carlisle ip TIE
ch9tr) On the Postoitiee Approximation BILL,
an amendment to strike out the prorlso for
cuftallment or diScontinuance OF the star
service on star mall routes upon Which IT,
creased compensation for increased expcdi-
TRACT price has been allowed during 1870 and
During the discussion, before the adoption
Of tho amendment, Mr. ilazglton called at-
thing i asked for, but when step was taken
sestot the Mississippi River the Committee
"lyhat an outrage o. the TreasuryW Ile
man was q consumn,ate coward, whether he
belonged 70 tho Conmtttee on Approprla-
tsons or not, who would inlpugn thy motives
q o aY a f o as as - d ts asRass we eP
charge 1t with open. fraud unless hn could
make good hts assertions by the record. Ono
gentleman satd that tho contracts should bo
ife@ Tsxss sagaS} ses.;snasd dc that aS
enaG GnafISe s2I1a 6a ee @ @ re sen
tho Hnusn ana chtained f. II" Ind hrn;;pht
In q bill for the payment Of S300. GOO 10
Southern mall. contractors. and had
stated On hts sacred honor that
any W Of thon,. and it hail Appeared @ afterwards % d
that some had been paid. All A1r. Ilazeltoh
Vas 50 bold H. charging Other men Witt
fraud, he was himselfl IN position TO Invite
the cllarity Of tho House md country:
no one WIS moro rcudy to acknowledge It.
But the gentleman !s hardly warranted, from
my Whole course OF life, In saying that i need
veil MY action before the House or shrink
away from thH discharge OF my duty and
from exposing Yflla!nUus c0ntEacts OF the
0fr. Money offered an amendment proylf-
ing TINT all star routes shall be telet utter
thirty days. advertisement, rs now provided
by Inv, on the lst Of October, 1850. on WHICH
fiscal Years l67O and 1850 s(ltlI exceed 80 ner
cent OF tho contract prizes before such exI,c-
litIo1l, provided that this rr0viso 8lnll not
to continue tho contract as reduced. Agreed
to-seMS, 81 Mh3 y ~,