New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-18
.xLVIth CONGRESS-IId SESSION.

REGULAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
ru POST OFFICE BILL PASSED IN THE sEhAfh-A
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT IN Ah"AHD ~
the FISHERIES QUESTIONABLE RiNEh AMI
HARBoR BILL PASSED IN THE HoCeF.
-spNATE WASHINGTON. Nav IT. 1880.
Tn che Senate to-day o communication was
-.os,xsd from the Secretary of the Treasury rs 70
hsthsr the passage Of the bull repeating certain nd+n
,ptts and permanent annual appropriations "ou1o nH
the for the sinking fund the
of the District OF Columbia The Secretary gives -
his onniou that the passage OF the bill tn qubOh "ou
In no way aieet the payment OF such interest
Mr. BoorH tRep.. Call presented 3 memorial ID re-
~ TO the InteroeeaDic Canal and made some re MARKS
the BIZ for toe erection of public building AZ f00rA
bill accent sSS Fsy tor se .Ss safe OF
portion OF their reservation osr+ ,nd ratify the
Dill waS sa Sy the Shosbones, Bannacks aud
sbeephaers OF idaho. for the sale OF poi'''" %
s hi, TO enable the Commissioner OF Agriculture 70
ts.t the practcabiiiy OF manuf cturug ane vas
aTee scale from tho sorghum or Chinese sugar can0 wac
nlacsd on the caleDdir. ,r..ou. 30 Io,ds
The senate bill TO prov de tor ne anS Mams of the
Ina,en territory reported with amendments d rho
A bill rrpOItssi viii amendment 10 eA'e"O Tug
The House bill authorizing compromIse Oh sIe LEWIS
was reported with amendm Mt ,o.,oa ,ror, the same
Mr. BAYAkD ta%enment. the bIli lately n'rodrced
by him regulating the bay ana appon'h'"' VI U'P"S
me po, Office Appropriation bill was read for action
on the committee amendments ,or,s "a follows:
me ,mmittee recommend amendments ~ We -
the apprep.SO0 for r. @ G ooS S
railroad routes from S949Ov ~ ., Sof9 G10 or mail
messengers 500 600 "a 200 r IIF ont the
vson anihorIzng the General to remit
In favor of the Colonies OF N,w.zealanI ana
,o, Of The Australian closed mails as he may derm
jus'. and striking OUT tne d,,or thirty DAYS
s now provided by law on the LIST q"
oeIoSer dssS On duTn the zeal year edmc
3O IS79 or June so, 1850, shall exceed % per ccn
me be nroSsd shall not prevail w pr
tractor desires continue the contract as +b
amendments increasing appr priations we're recon-.
ended by the Post 0tee Department Ia W0s oV
erned by the following considerations ,os. ,n,p,e,
ugi6ic But aside from that the committee heta snT
the effect of the psovso was 5rh er "o 81 least
seventy routes und they believed was oOd prD
dent aud nnsise for when s service was ou'0
"S M RFCK Spm moved to amend the text before
the committee s was that
there shall be no decrease in the present number OF
aS6ye retired TO IN the reletng herein proyt for"
Mr. GARLAND dem. Ark offered the tomGWInS i a.
Ss the contractors here referred may at an time
fr the DAssess to Of
The contracts, no said were annui"bIe ny ,I 100 Io
neut OF the Government Tnis bln proposed S Te -
sermons thing, Between private cit gems IL NOuiiu "
called highway robbery TO break contract slup'y oe
cans. physic force existed 10 break IT, -,
MIR. MAXEY (Dem. Texl hoped ne woulu sEoM. go:
before ne assisted the passage OF an eX pest aco Jaw
retroactive law, or a law impairng the oOhS"'oh
contracts. .,-.-A. 49, c,o,.ar,u,e on
as OF the parties TO tue contract eouiu Di g "
will The contractor has his remedy By suit ut law
Mi. CARPENTER REP WIZ said iherr was no pI'
htbten against Impairment OF contracu
but after the passage OF the lhnrrnSh aet, Nhe nc
teTiay altered contracts between the Govtrnment 6s
corporations, ne was hOtslhepAreu 10 say ina
Con Kress could not pass lnlparlng contracts
Mr. TELLER (ReO., COl.)-Dd not the supreme Soul
decide that the act did not impair cOntraclsi
Mr. CARPENTER-EveTybod knows u no. put 4. a. ~
ansakIng OF the facts He went on to say mat whetht
Congress could could not impair contracts pc pr
tested against its doing both GU grOuhoS oi JsuC
aud because honesty IL the best policy. ,,,, o.,
The amendments proposed by meSsIS. GlIlAnv an
Beef rejected, and the COMMITTEE autuuiheu
striking out the House provsO was agreed TO- ~,
The committee, amendment 20 slrlke Out tuS nOua
cause relating to Australian mails was reJecIeu-Se"
90 NAYS, %. - l.. 5000 .or,od N
MI NAXEY moved to add to the clause appropr lsIiI
Sc 900 purchase OF cardcaucelng anu iu
n,acnines But no Datent maclnne kha
be purchased until the proper .tlee[s snti nav 1
secured and protected the Cover mcnt ard It's once
he payment Of royalty thereon olhtrWse tis
IN tne contract its nee, AMI against al sDt Ior
frpgement OF any alleged patent Tor siinAr nachines
fhe h,iI was then read third time al d passed.
MI MORGAN Dem, AsaJ introduced JOINT resoI
ton appropriating $4,000 for publishing Consular
ports. Referred -, $500.
The Presiding Offcer laid before the Senate mesSs
from The President OF the United states III reEu w
Fortune Bay fisheries question. .,. ,
AT 4:5O d. IA. Senate went into executive seSsO
and when the doors were reopcned adjourned