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

troyidence had inflicted upon him
hardness of hearing, and he at
trlDute1 it somewhat to the fact Of
MS sitting so near the gentleman
from New Jersey. \ He knew one
gentleman more TO be pitied than
himself, and that was a cert an gen
tlemaH who had fastened upon his
race the charge of being liar, thief
ana perJurer, and who had been the
emily member who had not heard it.
Page submitted a conference re-
port on the river and harbor bill.
The report, a disagreeing one. was
adopted, and a new conference or
dered.
Hlscock, of New York, submitted
a-conterence 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. II
The House, SO to 90, refused to
recede from its disagreement
TO the Senate amendment relative
to the mileage of senators. Among
the amendments the Senate agreed
to is that for the payment of the
physicians attending President Gar.
held. A further conference was
then ordered and a committee con.
slstlng Of Hiscock, RobesOn and
Cox, (New York; was appointed
Hiscock asked, and received unani.
NOUS consent to have the conference
committee incorporate in the bill
the item of $6,92S to supply the
deficiency in the appropriation fol
the payment of the salary anC
mileage of members of the Forty
seventh Congress.
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, caIleC
up the bill to modify the money or
der system. 1t provides for issuing
a POSTAL note at . charge of 8 cent?
for Transmission through the mails
Of a sum less than So; that tn,
money order shall not be issued 70
more than 500, and that the fees b,
as follows: For orders not exceed
ing SO, 8 cents; exceeding SO an,
not exceeding SIS, 10 cents; SIS Il
$50, Is cents; $50 to $40, 20 cents
$40 to $50, % cents; $50 to $50, 8
cents $50 to $40, IS cents $50 to s.
at 40 cents; $50 to 500 at As cents
The bill passed after the rejection
Of some amendments.
| Townsend, of Illinois, offered a.
amendment which was ruled out OF
} point OF order, reducing the lette
pes age to 2 cents, and abOlishin
the postage on second-class ma
matter. -i.
The next bill considered wa
passed. 1t was the Senate bi
to designate, classify and il
dex the salaries Of persons i
the railway mail service. 1t d
vides them into five classes wit
salaries from $500 to S1,40O.
formal amendment will renda
necessary its return to the Senate
The Senate bill was taken up author
izing the postmaster general to ex
tend post routes for q distance O
twenty-five miles beyond eithe
. terminal point, when the mail SCI
vice may be thereby improved, PFC
viding not more than one exteT
sion shall be made during any COZ
tract term.
Lacy of Michigan, offered a
, amendment providing that wher
ever a contractor for postal serviC
r falls to commence or continue th
: proper performance thereof, I'll
, postmaster-general may employ
temporary service, the cost of whiC
, shall be charged to the contracto
: until he resumes the performanC
of his contract, or until the contra,
E can be relet.
I Adopted.
The bill, as amended, passed.
3 The bill passed to tx the comper
! sation Of fourth class postmaster
1t provides that in no case shs
= there be allowed any postmaster
+ this class compensation great,
than $3.50 in anyone of the fir
h three quarters of any fiscal yea
) exclusive of money order cor
|, missions, and in the last quarter
each fiscal year there shall be &
: lowed such further sum as he ma
n be entitled to under the provision
a of this act, not exceeding the who
+ fiscal year, 81 |, 900, exclusive of none
n order commissions.
]. Bingham, Of Pennsylvania, fro
: the committee on postOfGces al
< pest roads, reported a bill preVidiI
q that whenever it is necessary to i
Il crease the speed upon which Il
/: mail is carried, under the contra
v on any post route, the service shi
r be readYertiSed for the short
e schedule required. Placed on t
i calendar; also. providing that
bidder for mail service shall be
n quired to furnish, with his bid
e. proposition, cheek or draft. Gale
dar.
G. Adjourned.