Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-02-10

q You have been making them .
dozen times" returned Dir. Wise.
1.-THE gentleman will address his
remarks to the Chair" suggested Mr..
White.
Z Mr.. Wise ~ address them TO you
and call you to order
Z Mr.. White: ''The question raise is
this: That any person who comes with
out his mace to arrest member and
lays violent hands on him is unworthy
to be an officer of the House."
Mr.. Hammond said that this ques-
ton had been already passed upon by
the Chair, and that no appeal had been
taken. The debate, therefore, was out
of order without regard to the merits
Of the case.
The Speaker sustained the point Of
order.
Mr.. White then wished to appeal
from the decision OF the Chair ruling
that he had not presented question Of
personal privilege, but the Speaker re-
piled that the appeal came too late.
The House then, at 1880 p. NJ, went
into Committee Of the Whole tMr.
Springer, Of Illinois, in the chair on the
pcst-office appropriation bill. After
quarter Of an hour spent in futile
effort TO come to some determination
as to the length of time to be
consumed in general debate, Mr..
Townshend proceeded to explain
the provisions Of the bill, which he
characterized as the most important
postal appropriation bill which had ever
been reported to Congress. 1t appro-
priated. he stated, go, 253, 200, being
e3,212,SO0 less than the amsunt carried
by law for the current year. The
amount Of revenues estimated for 1886
was s5l,272,S2O. If the bill were
passed in its present form it would
carry every dollar needed for the pub
lie service, but as large as was the APP
preparation, the greater temperance OF
the bill was due to the changes made
in the postal laws. The most impor-
tant of these changes was one in the
method Of compensating railways for
mail service, which would save the Gov
eminent over 81, 5O0,0 900 per annum.
At the close of Mr.. Townshend's
speech the committee rose, and Mr..
Townshend moved that ali general de-
bate be limited to five hours.
Mr.. Willis wished to have the debate
limited to one hour and half, but Mr..
Townshend declined to yield to a mo-
ton to this effect, and Mr.. Randall sug-
gested that five hours was not too long
to debate bill of this magnitude. The
river-and-harbor bill had been debated
for a week.
Mr.. Willis said that this had been
done in opposition to the wishes of his
committee. He wanted the river-and-
harbor bill passed, but it appeared to
be the desire of the Appropriation Com
mittee to defeat it.
Mr.. Townshend's motion was agreed
to, and the committee resumed its ses-
sion.
The bill was debated by Messrs.
Horr, of Michigan; Aiken, of South
Carolina; Ryan, of Kansas; Money,
of Mississippi, and Hunt, of Louisiana.
Mr.. Ryan, in the course of his re-
marks, called the attention of the COM
mittee to the backward condition of the
appropriation bills. Only one Of the
thirteen general appropriation bills had
gone to the President, and there were
only nineteen legislative days of the
session remaining. The peril of an ex
ira session was imminent. and it be-
hooyed the House, if it would avoid
such session and all its disastrous
consequences to the country, to pro-
coed rapidly to the disposal of the APP
preparation bills.
Pending further debate the committee
rose.
A resolution was adopted reserving
the whole Of the east gallery of the
House for the accommodation Of fami-
lies Of senator's and members during
the counting of the electoral vote We'd
nesday next.
The House then, at $50 p. NJ, took
a recess until IL o'clock tomorrow.