Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-16

i General Mex enzie for retirement, ha'
submitted its report to the war depart
ment, The board finds General Me
/ Krnzle is iucapacitated, aud that hi;
i jucapacity results from service. His
retirement Therefore follows.
HOUSE.
Washington. March l5.-The morn.
ing hour was dispensed with, and the
house went into committee of the
whole Oh the postoflice appropriation
bill. the pending question being on
the motion of Horr 10 strike out the
proyjso limiting compensation paid for
mail transportation to land grant
roads to fifty per cent. OF that allowed
other roads.
Holman offered as substitute for
the motion an amendment including
within the fifty per cent Limitation
clause the Northern Pacific and Union
| Pacific systems. and providing that
no right now existing IN favor Of the
United States in regard TO those roads
shaIl lie deemed waived or impaired
by this action.
Cannon said if gentlemen Of the
other side wanted to do the just and
effective thing. they could come into
the house with an amendment increas.
| ing the sinking fund, or 9th proviso.
so that when the bonds matured there
would he sufficient sum in that fund.
| The pending amendment was 4 shame
and fraud.
Horr opposed the amendment, con-
| tending that il would deprive the roads
Of earnings which would he applied to
the sinking fund.
| Holman's amendment was adopted
| by 50 to 90.
Horr moved 20 strike out the pro-
viso a. amended.
Holman opposed the motion.
Townshend said the vote on the mo-
ton to strike out the provis) would
test the ques ion whether the power
of the subsidized railroads was stronger
than the interests Of the people.
The motion to strike out was lost by
10 to SO.
Bingham moved TO strike out the
clause reducing five per cent. the rates
allowed to all railroad companies.
Towasheud warned the house if an
other great peril afflicted the post
| office department, it would grow out
of this question of railroad compensa-
ton, and contended that five per cent.
reduction was fair and reasonable.
Bingham's motion WAS lost.
The paragraph apprnpriating for
stac route services Si,GO1,00O, togeth-
err with the re appropriation OF $1,000
600 out of any uncxpended balance OF
the appropriation for 1883, having
been reached, Howe moved to strike
out the re appropriation clause, and in
crease the appropriation toss, $4,000
l. Il ntt nr Il. ,.f b,
io,ity side to make the re-appropria-
ton was petty trick to beat the peo-
pie into the belief that the bill appro-
priated u, 100000 less than in reality it
did.
Townshend, in the c urse Of his
speech in support OF the bill, went
rely into the history OF the STAR
route frauds, which lie claimed bad
been unealthed by Democratic con-
gress.
Common, in reply, charged that to
he shame of the Democratic congress
il had refused tocarfy out the recon-
nlendatlons of the unanimous conf
mitlce on appropriations, which
would have cut ugt the ulcer
TOwushend replied that though his
colleague may have supported those
recommendations, the body Of bis
party had voted against them. The
outrageous crime of the ster route
fraud had a worse result than robbery
Ct the treasury. Before the committee
Of the house, one of the high
est officials under the Republican
administration had sworn that the
outrages perpetrited by this admins
tration had gone further than plundei;
! that they had resulted ia the murder
OF q president.
Miliiken rose TO PROFOUND Il ques'
tiun, but his voice was drowned by
cries Of 'ord sr.n from the Democratic
side. However, lac managed TO make
himself hepri after some time with
the question, docs the gentle
man remember another president
who was killed? Who killed him?
| Who stood behind him aud VINO ex'
pressed themselves glad of li?''
"Ies, y replied ToWnsheud, misun-
derstandinG the question, Gle was a
stalwart Republican, and he was forced
To do It by the staIwart element Of his
party
Bingbam-'By The hand of God"
Reed reviewed the status of ail;.irs nj
the time of the Democratic inVestigl-
ton of thesta route frauds. A Repub-
lean assistant postmasterg general
stood charged with crime before the
world, aud in the opinion Of most OF
the world was guilty. II was also a
fact that two Republican admlnistrn.
tons had pursued that man with all
the resources of law the land allowed.
Every time the Republican party
found criminal within its ranks II
pursued him. Derislve laughter, and
cries of ''oh ~ on the Democratic
side, together with suggestion that
II would break up the party The OBJ
ject of Townshend in making speeches
about corruption WAS to Disguise the
uniairness of the bill.
Blackburn reviewed briefly an in
teresling history of the proceedings IN
the house at the time of the Brady in-
vestigatlon, giving due credit to mem
pers OF the committee on appoint
ments, Republicans and Democrats,
FOR the honesty and earnestness OF pur-
pnse which they had brought to the
discharge of their duties. That the
funds of the government had not been
economically administered by the
second assistant postmester-generai
WAS an open secret TO all the member,
OF That committee, and that he should
. have been in the penitenliary instead
OF IN position OF honor not u membei
entertained ~ reasonable doubt.
itoal's motion was lost.
when HOar rose To discuss IAt