The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04
GENERAL WASHINGTON NOTES.
W
Gen. Brady Again Defends the Star Postal
Service.

WASHINGTON Feb a.-Tho House Sub Com
mittee on ApprogrihtIans resumed TO day the
the Star routn postal service. Gen. Brndy fur
nished much information ~ 70 the manner Of
letting contracts unnn STAR routes ana defended
the manngemoDt nt the service ~ tile best DOS
Eible dndcr the rrrsent laws.
THE DUTY ON srEEl. RAILS
Tho Committee Of Ways and Means com
menced this morning the hearing OF arguments
on the subject of tina duty steel rails. The
bill under consideration is that introduced by
Mr. Covert, OF New York nxing tha duty oll
steel rails AZ $40 par ton. tho present duty
being sas.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
AT a meeting nf tha House Commerce Com
mittee day, Rspresentative McLane submit
ted Ii suhstituto for the Reagan Interstate com
meree hili. providing for board of five rail
road supervisors. to consist OF the Secretary
and Assistant Secretary Of tho Interior Com
the Assistant Attorney General for tho De.
pArtment ot tho lnlerar. who shall nave luris
diction CT al controversies arising out of inter-
state TRANSPORTATION, aud SHALL report annually
to Congress. Suh-eommtttaes we're appointed to
consider this bill and 10 perfect tho Reagan
APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
The House Commttee on Public buildings
and Grounds agreed toaay IL report lavarahty
70 the House 4 bill prnNtding for the trans ter
tsoT the the War @ to W. Trsasnry Dnpart ment Of
nah. Ga. to be used as Il postotflce and Hppro-
priating 5000 Tor necessary alterations and
tcbHls. ut toultNlltes HlSo HETt'hn To report
iavorably on the bill appropriating S5o0po for a
public building at Greensboro n o. one half
70 be expended the first year.
NOMINATIONS by THE PRESIDENT
The President sent to the Senate to-day tia
nominations of Mrs +. G. Bainhridge as post
mistress at Fortress Monroe. Va. and Robert
-. Wallace, as United States Marshal for the
District OF South Carolina.
ADVERSE REPORT ON THE WARNER SILVER BILL.
The Senate Finance COMMITTEES this morning
decided TO report adversely on House bill rela-
tive 10 coinage and coin and bullion csrtifi
bill, - sti'sA
POSTMASTER GENERAL KEYS ANSWER IN THE
LOTTERY CASE.
The Postmaster Geuera, has filed in the Die.
triet Supreme Court his answer to tha bill of nj
A. Dauphin. president Of the Louisiana I,of
asked for was denied by the court some weeks
ago, in order that the case might first be argued
on Its merits
The answer OF the Postmaster General d.
murs to the htH OF complaint on the ground
That the order complained of was issued by him
IN MS ofneial character rs Postmaster Gen
eral. aud under discretion and authority con
ferred upon him By law. That the court has no
jurisdiction, and the ease is not one which
eQuitably entities comp faiaant to relief That
the order was addressed 10 fha nost-
master In New Orleans aud not ex-
ecuted or put In operation by defendant
That the bill OF complaint does not show any
any title to the relief prayed for. nor any
privity of contract between the parties to it for
delivery of letters to complainant; and finally
that the writer's OF the letters are necessary
parties to any such suit. and should have been
made so Complainant will Immediately Join