The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-22

Providence had inflicted upon hin
hardness of hearing, and he at
trlbute1 it somewhat to the fact o.
MS sitting so near the gentleman
from New Jersey. He knew one
gentleman more TO be pitied than
himself, and that was a cert am gen
tleman who had fastened upon his
race the charge of being liar, thief
ana perJurer, and who had been the
only member who had not heard it.
rage submitted conference re-
port on the river and harbor bill
The report, q disagreeing one. was
adopted, and a new conference or
dered.
Hlsceck, of New York, submitted
a-cOnference report on the general
deficiency appropriation bills. The
report stated that all differ
ences between the two houses have
been reconciled, except relative to
the mileage Of senators for the extra
session. The recommendation of
the committee on the conference
were adopted as far as the items not
disputed were concerned.
The House, 90 to go, refused to
recede from its disagreement
to the Senate amendment relative
to the mileage of senator's. Among
the amendments the Senate agreed
to is that for the payment Of the
physicians attending President Gar.
field. a further conference was
then ordered and a committee con.
slsting Of HiscOck, Robson and
Cox, New York; was appointed
Hlscock asked, and received unani-
nous consent to have the conference
committee incorporate in the bill
the item of S6,92S to supply the
deficiency in the appropriation fol
the payment of the salary and
mileage of members of the Forty.
seventh Congress.
Bingham, of Pennsylvania called
up the bill to modify the money or.
der system. It provides for issuing
POSTAL note at q charge of 8 cents
for Transmission through the mails
Of a sum less than So; that the
money order shall not be issued fol
more than 500, and that the fees be
as follows: For orders not exceed.
ing SO, 8 cents; exceeding SO and
not exceeding SIS, 10 cents; SI5 to
$50, Is cents; $50 to $40, 20 cents
$40 to $50, p cents; $50 to $50, sc
cents $3.50 to $40, IS cents $50 to Sse
at 40 cents; $50 to 500 at As cents,
The bill passed after the rejection
Of some amendments.
Townsend, of Illinois, offered an
amendment which was ruled out on
point Of order, reducing the letter
pes 5age to 2 cents, and abolishinp
the postage on second-class mail
matter.
The next bill considered was
passed. 1t was the Senate bill
to designate, classify and in.
dex the salaries Of persons in
the railway mail service. It di
vides them into five classes with
salaries from $500 to S1,4OO. A
formal amendment will render
necessary its return to the Senate.
The Senate bill was taken up author
iZing the postmaster general to ex-
tend post routes for a distance of
twenty-five miles beyond either
terminal point, when the mail ser
vice may be thereby improved, pro-
viding not more than one extern
sion shall be made during any con-
tract term.
Lacy of Michigan, offered an
amendment providing that when
ever contractor for postal service
falls to commence or continue the
proper performance thereof, the
pOstmaster-general may employ a
temporary service, the cost of which
shall be charged to the contractor
until he resumes the performance
of his contract, or until the contract
can be relet.
Adopted.
The bill, as amended, passed.
The bill passed to FIX the cOmpen-
satien of fourth class postmasters
1t provides that in no case shall
there be allowed any postmaster of
this class compensation greater
than $3.50 in anyone of the first
three quarters of any fiscal year,
exclusive of money order com
missions, and in the last quarter in
each fiscal year there shall be al
lowed such further sum as he may
be entitled to under the provisions
of this act, not exceeding the whole
fiscal year, 81 900, exclusive of money
order commissions.
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, from
the committee on postOffces and
post roads, reported a bill providing
that whenever it is necessary to in
crease the speed upon which the
mail is carried, under the contract
on any post route, the service shall
be readYertised for the shorter
schedule required. Placed on the
calendar; also, providing that nc
bidder for mail service shall be re
CURED to furnish, with his bid Oh
proposition, cheek or draft. Calen
dar.
Adjourned