The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-15
CONGRESSIONAL.
THE Fonry-sEvENrn CONGRESS-
SENATE.

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Washington, Feb. 14.-A large num-
Der of petitions from temperance organ
izations, praying for legislation for pro-
hibiting the manufacture and sale of
alcoholic beverages, were presented.
A number of unimportant bills were
introduced and placed on the calen-
| dar.
Booth introduced bill authorizing
the payment of the prize money to the
officers Of the Farragut fleet for the de-
struction of the enemies vessels in
1862.
ingalls, introduced resolution, which
was adopted, calling upon the district
commissioners to see if some method
cannot be adopted that will diminish
the probability of foundations of the
city hereafter.
The following bill were introduced: !:
By ngalls-Calling upon the. district
commissioners for information as to the
damage done to Long bridge by the
flood, and whether in repairing some
method can be adopted that will
will diminish the probability of an
inundation of the city hereafter.
BY Hoar-Directing the secretary to
report to the senate the rules of admis-
sion to the customs Office at New York
approved by the president March 6, 1879,
and January 80, 1880, and such state
ment of the proceedings under the same
as may show the practical effect of the
operation of the rules upon public SER
vice
= BY Platt-Giying instruction to the
mittee on post office and post roads to
inquire whether the practice of the post
office department in letting contracts
for the transportation of mails to per-
sons who, though lowest bidders, there
fore do not intend personally to per-
form such contracts, but make them
solely for the purpose of speculation, is
infraction with the public policy, and
fany means can be devised to prevent
the same to report by the bill or other
wise.
The postal appropriation bill was pro-
ceeded with, pending the motion to
table the subsidy amendment being
withdrawn, and the various propositions
to perfect the original amendments re-
ported from the committee on post
offices being overruled as not in order
under the rule. The votes on these
propositions ranged as follows: IS to
-, IA to 81 and 16 to "a.
The amendment by Morgan to allow
steamships to be of steel as well as iron
was agreed to on viva voce vote.
Bayard regarded the doctrine of steam
ship subsidies, which he construed as
the taking of public money for private
use, as identical with communistic, and
as violation of democratic usage
and doctrine.
Whyte reviewed the history of Ameri-
can subsidy legislation, beginning with
the plan proposed by King in 1S41, ap-
propriating 81, 900, 900 annually for q
term of years for foreign service; the
bill in that instance being covered with
the same sugar coating OF equitable
distribution that is presented at this
time; and coming down to the Brazilian
experiment, he added, we were asked
within five years after that disastrous
failure to repeat tho folly. During ten
years up to 1875, in which the govern
ment had paid to the Brazil line S15,-
600, ,000, our imports were doubled while
our exports increased but one-eighth.
The Pacific mail furnished another ex-
perience that ought not to be forgotten,
and he would, If he could, draw a veil
before the eyes Of the American nation
and their owners by which ships
may be made part of our navy in foreign
war, that they be relieved Of local
taxation, and consular and pilotage fees
be paid by the government and their
burdens otherwise lightened.
Bayard asked Maxey If he favored
free Importation Of ship building