The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-03
AT WASHINGTON.


and 90 cents for the porter say its thing
which any man in his senses knows not 10
be right. don't pretend he obtained any
OF this money from the treasury"
Mr.. Logan said this proceedingof the sen
ator from Nebrask was soremarkable, so I'M
precedented, he would ask tue sena TOT
whether the papers which he was referring
to we're the original papers from the at
torney-generaPs Office.
Mr. NanWyck said they were copies Of
4 vouchers, which had been called for by sen
ate resolutions.
| did the papers come into the possession
OF the senator asked Mr., Logan.
Into the possession OF the senator" re.
piled Mr.. Van Wyck.
Mr.. Logan-"Does the senator intend to
refer them to the committee"
Mr.. Van Wyck-"i intend to do so
! Mr.. Logan-"But the senator takes the
opportunity to makes general attack on
the attorney-general's department without
whatever, except to get this harrangue be-
fore the country. Continuing, Mr..
Logan said the course of the
senator from Nebraska was so undignified
and so wide "a departure from the usual
method OF proceeding in the senate that,
| without desiring TO enter into the merits of
the case, he ielt justified in saying that, il
such speech was made TO any man out-ot-
doors while the charge against these men
Tor robbing the government was going on,
the country would understand the speaker
was an attorney Tor defendants.
MIR. Van Wyck said he had felt 1t his
| duty to ascertain whether the charges made
| against the department of justice were true,
and when the treasury department had
sent vouchers bearing The attorney gener-
ais own sign manual, Brewster" showing
that 500 day was paid TO one of these at
torheys' there was no need TO
wait for the report of any commit
tee, and he felt it his duty
to make this harrangue, rs the senator
called IL, AMI get the facts before the peo.
pie, The senator from Illinois had said
that II man "out doors" bad made such u
speech, nc would be regarded as an attor-
ney Tor the defendants. "ls it possible"
said Mr.. Van WyCk, that this is the way
the gentleman or the attorney general has
TO meet these charges? II what |
nave read is true, and it is true,
surely il demands some other answer than
this, do not want to see the treasury
plundered, as plunderod it 10, whether by
conspirators III star-routes or IN any other
way. In country where justice was de-
Gently administered would it be possible
TO have an 0rdl AIRY prosecu-
ton protracted rs this star.
route has been, not once, but twi!e? The
country is being robbed aud whrt has been
saved through the energy O, the former
p0stmaster-g general ~ being spent now by a
combination of lawyers getting $3.50 per
day, l want this eXtravaganCe stopped. |
move these papers he printed and referred
III the Judiciary committee"
Motion was agreed to.
HIN N than rnat,, ka, h.I
Il dozen being present, took recess till $40
HOUSE.
Under the operation of the Pound rule,
the following proceedings occurred.
Spaldlng, under instruction from the
on Indian affairs, called up the
bull appropriatng, out of the Cheyenne and
Arrapahoe Indian funds, $1,000 for the re-
liei of Powers and Newman and others.
Passed.
lleIDert, under instruction from the com.
mttee on public buildings and grounds
called up the bill for the erection of pub.
nc building AT San Antonio Texas. Oh.
jected to.
Carpenter, under instructions from the
on education and labor, called
up the senate bull amending the act grant
ing public land TO several states and terri.
torres which may provide colleges for the
benefit of agriculture and mechanical
arts.
AT the conclusion of the morning hour,
the senate amendments to the sunIry civil
appropriation bill were non.concurred in,
The conerenc .cport on the District OF
Columbia approximation bill was agreed to.
Caswel submitted the conference report
to the post office appropriation bill, which
states continued disagreement on the
items providing for special mail facilities
and limiting compensation paid TO subsld-
lied railroads.
Robinson, of Massachusetts, moved that
The house rccede from its disagreement to
the two amendments and agree to the same.
Agreed to.
The effect OF this vote is to pass the bill
retaining the appropriation of SlS5,0OO Tor
special mail facilities and without the
clause limiting the compensation to be paid
subsidized railroads Tor mail transporta-
ton.
Bingham moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill 10 adiust the salaries of post.
masters. Bingham explained that the OBJ.
ject OF the bill was 10 adjust the salaries OF
400 postmssters. This had been rendered
necessary by the action of congress in re.
ducing the rates of postage, to take effect
tae lst of October next. The measure me,
with the approval of the department, and
was considered by the post.0iicc committee
as the best and iairest proposition that
could be drawn. The bill retains the pres,
ent class fications postmasters as to the
first class. The salaries Of postmasters
at st. Louis, Chicago, Boston and Pniladel.
phia were increased from $1,000 to $4,000,
and at Cincinnati, Baltimore, San Francisco
and Washington from 81 900 to s., 600. The
compensation to second and third. class
postmasters remained as at present. The
rate of commission granted fourth. class
postmasters has been changed, so they
would receive about the same compensation
under the cent law as they did under the
8 cent law.
Mcmillan and Holman opposed the bill
The motion was agreed to-l52 to 81, and
the bill passed;
Butterworth moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill to authorize the Southern
Pacific and other railroad companies to
unite and consolidate, so as to form a con.
tinuous line Of road from the tidal. waters OF
the Pacific ocean to the Gulf OF Mexico
lie explained The bill authorized consoli
dation of roads to form continuous line
from the Pacific to the Gulf. In order /,
meet every objection, the bill had been
amended in many particulars. Nc
authority was given to con
solidate with or 10 operate branche.
(or spure), and n provision had beer
inserted prohibiting consolidation with
any parallel or competing line. There wa,
also provision that nothing in the act
should be construed to relieve any of the
companies from the consequences of any
failure to perform any act required by any
law, or by any provision In
heir charters, nor should any.
thing TO construed to relieve
any OF the companies from theconsequsace:
Of any failure TO perform any act rsuu,rtC
by any law or by agy sion In thei
charters; nor should an, thing be oonst, ne,
| To rnyiYn Or conf m any lAnn.rrnnIa In M.