Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
ESPECIAL By rr1EsaAru TO THE REcoRD-usIOs.l
Senate.

WASHINGTON, May 17th.-Booth presented in a
speech the memorial of the San Francisco Board OF
Trade regarding the proposed interoceanc cana,
which was referred.
The President pro tenn laid before the Senate a
communication from the Secretary of the Treasury,
transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolu-
ton copies of Captain John w Whites report upon
Alaska affairs together with papers relating to the
transfer OF jurisdiction Alaska from the United
States to the Treasury Department. Referred.
Bayard, from the Committee on judiciary, re-
ported the bill lately introduced by him regulating
the paw and appointment of Deputy Marshals.
Calendar.
Bayard will ask the Senate to consider it tomorrow
Vance submitted a resolution directing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to inform the Senate what
method is observed in the revenue service in SUBJ
stracting tare on foreign sugars imported in boxes
and whether said tare be greater or less than the
actual weight OF the boxes, together with the
reasons therefore if such be the case. Adopted.
On Thursday Morgan will ask consideration of his
electoral count bill
The Pos office Augmentation bill was taken up
The committee increase the appropriation for rail-
road TRANSFORMATION 800 600 by steamboats, $780,
600 bv messengers S25 600 for mail locks and
togs s75 OO0 strike our the provision authorizing
the Postmaster General to remit in favor OF the
colonies of New Zealand and New South Wales as
nneh al The cost of the overland transportation of
Australian closed mails as he NAV deem lust. and
etrka ont the nroyiso that all star routes shall be
rat after thirty days' advertisement. as now pro.
Nod Inv la = on the 1st of October 1850 when the
nav for the expedition of the schedule ordered dur
mo the fiscal wear ending June 80 1879, or June 80,
$50. shall exceed so per centum of the contract
nrice before such expedition provided, that this
proyiso shall no, prevail when the present contrac-
tor desires to continue the contract as reducedl
Wallace said all amendments increasing appro-
nriations were recommended by the Postoffice De-
partment In proposing the last-named amendment
the committee was governed by the following con-
siderstion: The language was contradictory and
almost unnteligible, but aside from that the com.
mittee held that the effect of the proviso was to
strike down the star service west of the Mississippi
river upon at least seventy routes aud they believed
il was both improvident and uuwise for when the
service was once given it uld he unwise to take
away apan These contracts were let for four years
Nearly all OF them have run eighteen months or two
wears By the proviso they would have but about
eighteen months to run from the date of the relet-
ti1r The committe. think that if Congress annuls
these contracts, the contractors will have good
cl i'm for damages Even if they assent to the al
nuIment and accept the one months extra pay pro
vided for in the contract it would cost the Govern
ment SGT, Geo. But the contracts do not provide
for annulment for any other reason than the fault OF
the contractor There is no provision for amend
ment, and large damages for such annulment could
h ohto;,,d from, tba lnvarurnaat Vhasa were the