Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, March l5.-The morn
ing hour WAS dispensed with, and the
House went into Committee of the
Whole, BlOunt in the chair, on the D pst
office appropriation bill, the pending
question being on the motion to strike
out he prOvisJ limiting the cOmpensa-
ton paid for mail transportation to land
grant roads to 50 per mt. of that al
lowed to other roads.
Holman offered as substitute for the
motion an amendment including within
the fifty second limitation clause the
Northern Pacific and Union Pacific sys-
TENS, and providing that no right now
existing i'll favor of the United States
in regard to these roads shall be deemed
impaired or waived by this actiOn.
Connolly said the pending amend
ment WAS shame and he feared an at
tempt to deceive the country.
HOrr opposed the amendment, con-
tending that it would deprive the roads
of earnings which would be applied to
the sinking fund,
Holman's amendment was adopted
by IS to IS.
The paragraph appropriating for star
route service $4,6OO. 900, together with
the reappropriatlOn of 100000 ont of
any unexpended balance appropriated
for 1888, having been reached, HOrr
moved to strike out the reappropriatiOn
clause and to increase the appropriation
to $500, 900.
TOwnshend, in the course of 4 speech
in support of the bill, went into the his
tory of the Star route frauds, which. he
claimed. had been unearthed by Dem
ocratic Congress. TOwnshend said the
outrageous crime of the Star route
frauds had wOrss result than the mere
rObbing of the treasury. Before a
committee of the House one of the
highest officials under a Republican
administration had sworn that the out
RACES perpetrated under that admins
tration had gone further than plunder,
and had resulted in the murder of q
President.
Milliken rose to PROFOUND question,
but his voice was drowned by cries of
"Order,' from the Democratic side.
However, he managed to make himself
heard after some time, with the qnes-
ton, Does the gentleman remember
another President who was killed? Who
killed him? Who stood behind The as
s.ssln, and who professed themselves
glad of it?''
EYES," replied Townshend, misunder-
standing tie question. ''he was a Stall
wart Republican,; he said he was forced
to do it by the Stalwart element of his
party
Bingham-"By the hand Of God"
Reed reviewed the status of affairs at
the time of the Democratic investiga-
ton of the Star route frauds, and said
that every time the Republican party
found criminal within it's ranks il
pursued him. Derisivs laughter and
shouts of "Ohw on the Democratic side,
together with suggestions that that
would break up the party
Blackburn reviewed in an interesting
manner the history Of the proceedings
in the House in the time of the Brady
investigation.
HOrr's motion was lost and when
Horr rose to discuss the amendment be
was cried down ~ the Democratic side.
The Republican side returned the CON-
pliment when Townshend rose to speak.
When the consideration of the frat
section was completed it became evi
dent that the bill could not be finished
this evening. and the committee rose.
Henley. from the House Committee
on Public Lands, reported bill de-
claring forfeited certain lands granted
to aid the construction of Il railroad
from the Central Pacific in California
to Portland, Oregon The bill was
placed On the House calendar.
Adjourned.