Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-28
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Washir Final Passage OF the Ban.
lsper, .gtou, Feb. 26-The house having
- .sed with the morning hour, went in.
committee of the whole, Mr.. Scales in the
chair, on the star service deficiency bill.
Mr.. Page opposed the bill a. striking at
lO7 great lines Of the star service in the weet.
No member had shown any fraud in the re-
port of the poslofioe department.
Nj. Bedford characterized the bill as an
Infamous measure.
Mr.. Baker submitted . substitute appro-
Eria.iug $97O.OOO to meet the expenses of
the INLAND mail transportation on star routes
fOr the remainder of the current fiscal year
Ut or within contract prices, az they existed
February I, 1880. provided that on any
where, there hiss been an increase OF
the original contract price during The last
current fiscal year tor expediting this deliv.
err OF the mails on any such route shall be
reduced to the terms Of the original contract
on or after March I. 1880, and nothing
herein contained shall be constructed TO F.
require a reduction of the number of trips
per week on any such route, and during the
present fiscal year no further expediting Of
tho service on any postal star route shall be
made. Section Q apprOpristes 500. 600 to
enable the pOstmasler.seneral to place new
service as authorized by law. He said that
whenever y question touching the impeach
ment Of pOslOfactals was presented II would
be time enough to indulge 10 bitter cr,m-
%,nationS agsinst that department, but NJ
such question was before the house now.
The substitute reported by HIM would give
TO every state and territory the same num
Der Of mail deliveries that they had now.
It would only affect the rate of speed.
Mr.. Clymer said that when the post
master General asked fer an appropriation
0f 81. 1908. 900 last year he vas running the
department At a cost Of E6,4OO,OO0. The
blue book for the first time since It's publ
cation omitted the statement of the cost oil
cunning the postofice department. Whs,
was the object? Should the second assist
ant postmaster general, Violate the spirit OF
the Law, Override the legislative part Of the
government, make congress his servant,
and drive them 10 lis will against their
better judgment?
MI. COnger humorously alluded to Mr..
Clymeris fearful manner comparing it with
the occasion when he spoke on the i'm
parchment trial of Belknap, and accused
UAs. SIyLACA VI CVuSIhOlClOty StdtCuJCute
regarding the hill, which Mr.. Clymer de
MED.
General debate having closed, Mr.. Blount
moved % Q substitute for the first section
the first section Of tue bill reported to-day
by Mr.. Baker.
Mr.. Hayes said he would be willing to
vote .$5,000.000 if IL were needed Ii keep
up an efficient star service.
Mr.. Upson said an attempt was being
made to force the present bill through under
the whip and spur, without it's being under.
stood BY the house or BY the committee on
appropriations itself. The committee was
entirely at sea. 1t had yesterday brought in
a bill which would . ' to the government
only 100000. To-day. BY a substitute, it
was proposed to cut down the service over
100000. And why? The members Of the
committee had given no reason for it. Their
mouths had been frothy and bloody and
a6re with open and general denunciation Of
the postmaster-general and his subordinates,
but they had not placed their fingers upon q
single fraud, and he challenged them Ia
point to q single substantial reason why the
bill should be adopted in it's pres. mt shape,
Mr.. Blount's substitute was agreed to-
yeas 153. nays not counted.
Mr.. Blount moved to amend the second
section BY striking ont the appropriation Of
100000 to increase the service on existing
routes.
Mr.. Cannon, in advocating the amend.
ment, taid that in his opinion the expendi.
ture COW being made on the star routes wae
not wise. As a representative he expressed
that opinion boldly and fearlessly. In pol
itics he was q republican, yet he stood on
all questions of expenditure of money on
his character and freedom as q representa-
tive, and no cracking of the party whip in
the hands Of the gentleman from Cslifornis
Page) BY talking about riders or reinforce.
meHts from the ''solid SOUTH" TAlludine
to the remsrck of Mr.. Pages that it was
hard to beat the "solid south" when rein
forced by his side of the house.. Politics
had nothing to do with the mater. Ifit was
to be made a political test whether these
$4,000 were to be poured into the lap OF
half q dozen contractors on those enormous
routes, then he wa not a politician.
MI. Dunnell offered an amendment per-
hitting the 100000 appropriated for the
purpose of enabling the postmaster general
to place the rev service authorized by Law
to be used. Also for the increase OF the
service ou existing routes other than those
reduced BY the first section. Adopted.
Blount's amendment was then adopted.
The committee then rose and reported
the bill TO the house and it passed.