Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-10
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SACRAMENTO, May 9.-SENATE
Special order, Nelson's MOI ion TO
Reconsider the vote by which the
Senate refused 10 recede from
Sears's amendment. The motion
to reconsider prevailed, ayes 10.
noes 18. The report il current that
the Senate will recede when alb.
sentees get here. Grove Johnson
moved call Of the S-nate.
AssEMBLY.-Wilhout doing any
business, on motion of Howard,
adjourned. No message had been
received from the Senate on the
Tax Levy and Road bills, and there
was nothing before the House save
the Apportionment bill. AS many
members of both parties were all
sent all desired to do nothing.
Passengers s"Usb.
FRESNO. Cal May S.-Edain
Wepzel, Mrs Whitock, Mr. f a
Benton, J f Foulds, San Francisco;
L J Rose. San Gabriel; Mrs z A
Humbert, Virginia City; Mr. N p
Laugford, ST Paul, MINI; Mr. d
Maggie, Los Angeles; Mr. J Ma!lett,
Oakland
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-Ida
Foster. q young lady about 90 years
of age, committed suicide in ra-
vine near Piedmont Springs, Ala.
media county,Syesterday afternoon,
by taking stryehine She. was at
the time in company with one
Miles B. Dodge, a rather notorious
character about town, who is sup
posed to have effected her ruin.
The,case, however, IL not altogether
clear Dodge at present Is in Oak.
land Jail held as witness. His state
ments are rather incuherebt
Less,ng Out N -u Ca.tv-c,s.
WASHINGTON. May9-On th+7th
inst. awards for carrying mails in
various parts of the country under
the miscellaneous advertisement of
March 10th were finally decided
upon at the Post. Off &c. Depart.
ment. The letting of these con-
tracts Is not what is known as reg
ular letting, but consists of SER
vice on such routes az, from var.
ious causes, cannot be advertised
and let at the usual time and in the
usual manner In opening the pro-
posa!s for contract u aterial de.
departure was made from the usual
custom in such cases. The law
reads that "all proposals for carry.
ing the mails shall, before being
turned over to the contract offices,
he opened and marked" Hereto
fore, with one exception, occurring
several years ago, the custom has
been merely to open bids and
acme officials at the De oart.
fregt says is practically Of no
was @ and evidently not what the
south ltemplated, for as no record
S,ss ,dds others could be added af-
2 e. e opening of bids, and the
3 9 Ks could be filled in so as to
ire contracts or be Withdrawn
to give some favored bidder
contract, or could be changed
the came purpose. Some years
sgo quite scandal was created in
the department by some of these
very doings, and several en-
ployes Of the contract Of
fice were dismisse In consequence
But still, with the exception
before alluded to, no change in the
manner of opening the bids was
made. The present opening was
made by Postmaster-General
James, who authorized the change
to be made, which was as follows:
After the bids were opened they
were stamped with the date Of
opening and with an engraved de-
vice Of which there is but one Ia
existence. They we're then NUM-
bered cOnsecutively, arranged by
routes and q list made of them.
giving the mum her of the bid, the
name OF the bidder and the mum Der
cfthe route on which the service IL
to be made, the amount Of the
bid and any defect in the tormality
or irregularities discovered. After
this the bids we're turned over 10
the contract office and list furn.
l6uou W -tuc EOStldSJeT-uoDcId
with the engraved device men
toned. Before this when the bid.
were turned over to the contract
Office they were always either un
der the eyes Of Conn missioner,
appointed to examine and marh
them, or put In the vault, the Keys
of which were In the exclusive pos.
session Of one Of the Com mIesion
ers. 1t will be seen that under thIi
plan there IL no opportunity what
ever for tampering with the bid
by any one disposed to do SO in the
department without certain discov
cry, and that no bids can he ab
attracted for new ones admitted. 1
is go good q plan that the Post
master General will probably caus,
II to be adopte d for all future open
ings of bids for Star routes an,
other contracts.
PseceeiSgs Of the U. =. Ssnsse.
WARRINGTON, May S-SENATl
kellogg offered . resolution call
Ing on the Postm Asser- Genera
and the secretary Of War, OF th
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