Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-19
CONGRESSIONAL
S>naes.

Committee on Poslon ices to r, ,ort a to
the power OF the p, .stmaster General to
modify mail contracts. expedite time, in
crease the number Of trips. etc. Adopted.
The Senate considered the Hot Springs
question. pending which it adjourned.
House.
The House went into Committee OF
tho Whole on the Special Deficiency
bill.
Dibbrill offered an amendment that
the Commissioner shall not withhold q
pension from any pensioner Of the war
Of 1912 who was granted q pension
under the Act OF 1871, and was dropped
for ~disloyalty and rsinstated by the Act
Of March o.
Hiscock raised . point against the
amendment, and the Chair sustained
him.
The amendment sppropriating &c..
665. 900 for the payment Of pensions WAS
adopted. A fvs-minuts debate ensued
on tho amendment sppropriating $780,
900 for Marshals and Deputy Msrshals.
Hiscock's amendment Is also pending.
extending the appropriation to the spe.
cial deputies.
The Postal Committee has directed its
Chairman to report Q post route bill for
new routes in different sections OF tho
country.
Shelly offered resolution. which will
Be considered next week. that II is exps.
dent to establish ocean mail steamship
routes, to DO served by American.built
vessels at proper compensation.
The House Committee on Revision OF
the Laws instructed Townsend to report
Sinsleton's Telegraph bill.
Hiscock's amendment was defeated by
Q vote Of l07 to l24.
Springer offered an amendment sp.
propriating $1,000 for the payment OF
special Deputies. provided that hsrsaf.
ter special and general Deputy Marshals
receive 50 per day for election work.
and shall DO appointed by the United
States Circuit Court Judges. and NOT
less than two nor o than three
appointments shall be made for any pro-
cinct.
In the House. during the discussion
on the appropriation to pay United
States Msrshals, Page called attention to
the fact that ut the last election in Cali.
fornia the Democratic as well a. the
Republican party had believed that the
United States law should DO invoked Tor
the protection OF citizens on election
day. There had been four parties in
the field. and the condition oil San Fran.
cisco had rendered il necessary for the
authorities to take all precautions in
order to secure . peaceful and Tree elec-
ton. The best citizens OF the State,
without regard to party, had asked to
have those Msrshals appointed.
Hiscock and Kisfer raised points OF
order against it, which were ovsrruled.
Weaver offered an amendment to the
amendment that where there are three
political parties or more three Deputy
Marshals DO appointed. no two OF whom
shall belong to the same political party.
Adopted.
Garfield offered an amendment raising
the per diem OF deputies to SO.
Coz opposed 1t, recognizing special
Deputy Narshals and Federal jurisdio-
ton over elections. The Supreme Court
had said there was NO such thing as q
Federal election. For his part bio would
not recognise the Supreme Court a. now
hacked. partisan and demoralized. above
the popular branch OF the Legislature OF
the country. Applause by Democrats.
Keiier was not surprised that Cox set
himself above the Supreme Court. nor
to hear the applause At CoI's statement.
The lives Of the Supreme Court Judges
gave the lie to II.
Davis OF California said 1t had been
stated that special deputies had been
paid by the Republican party. He ohal-
lenged any man to prove II. He as
serted that the charge was absolutely
false.
Springer denounced as untrue the
statement that the Democratic party de-
sired fraud. It was unfair to surround
the polls with an unlimited number OF
partisans to carry the election for q par
ticular party. He hoped his amendment,
which would remedy that evil. would DO
adopted.
Horr thought II q remarkable srgu.
ment for Democrats that they could not
violate the law because the Republicans
once violated 1t. He said it was time for
Congress to go to work and do some
business. Nothing that should have been
done had yet been done. This motion
(Garfsld's substituts) was 30 amended
as to leave II in the exact words OF the
Springer amendment ss amended with
the exception Of excluding from its pro.
visions Deputy Marshals.
The vote stood III to ia.
Adjourned.