National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-02-24
IN SENATE AND HOUSE.


hes "oiheN He'uers ll'le anu fostohire APP
propriaiion Bills Passed by The Senate
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naval Appropriation Bii fhsseu bJ tue
uouso.
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IN tue senate ycatcrday thc Des MONIES set
tiers title bill was passed--yeas 81, nays 81
Tho nostoilice approprIatIou hin was thon
ros,,,,od
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-nSoule uopate AROSE on hle coIhHit'ecS Pro'
| posed amendment striking out the house pro
vision TINT would require the secretary OF the
treasury 10 bid in competition with the pri-
NuIc parties for the manufacture OF postage
stamps, stamped envelopes, aud postal cards.
Mcssrs. German, Plumb, HRHley, Dawes,
! Beck, M0rgau and Mcl'hcrson took part in
/ the discussion.
On the question coming TO vote tho pro
| vision was struck out as recommended by the
| senate cOmmittCC-ycus -, nays ~, Tho only
! democrat voting In the affirmative was Mr.
! Beck; the only republican in the negative was
Mr. sherman.
! The senate also agreed t1 tho committees
amendments striking out the provisions iOr an
/ extra l0.Cgnt postage rate on letters intended
/ for special expedition In delivery
/ Alr. Frye offered an amendment nppropria.
| ting SsUOOJg for transportation OF foreign
mails, including transit across the lsthmus OF
! Panama, aud authorizing tho postmaster gen.
/ Crul 10 contract with the lowest responsible
! bidder for the carriage of such mails, and not
/ TO exceed 80 cents nautical mile on the trip
d
! points; but providing that such mails shall be
! carried on American steamships and tile Ag
/ grSgatc OF such contracts shall not exceed one
| half the sum appropriated by the amendment.
Mr. BayAru made the point OF order that
! Mr. tryCs amendment was general legisla'
ugn.
Mr. Beck supported the point made by Mr..
| Bayord.
! Mr.. Frye insisted that no appropriation bill
! had ever been submitted ~ congress that did
! not nave more general legislation than was
| covered by his amendment. lie. took up the
| very bill under discussion aud pointed out
| provisions of general legislation to which the
| senate had agreed, especially the provisions
| affecting the rates OF postage and Mr.. Beck
had voted for that legislation. ,...
MIR. Beck said Mr.. Fryc's amendment wGs q
subsidy to n certain small class Of men. IL
! was the old Pacific Mail gubsidy-an unjust
/ discrimination giving SlOO,OOJ out OF the
| treasury to few men now owning II few
ships There would bo no time to build any
| new ships before this subsidy would expire,
as 1t would expire with the appropriation
bill, This would enrich few pets OF congress,
| Mr.. Frye said the amendment had several
times been submitted to the senate and agreed
| TO. But he had not intended TO discuss the
! merits of the question, and since Mr.. Beck
had done so, Mr., Frye inquired whether it
| was not subsidy for q One.hOrse stage run
| ning through the back hills of Kentucky "a
| get 500 year-more than II dollar u year tOI
| every letter carried lie supposed II was not
subsidy for the rest OF the country TO make
dollars year on her mail service. But 1t be-
came subsidy when any one proposed
| TO help American steamships by paying u
fair price for carrying the United states mails
| The United states had made last year II 800.
900 out OF their foreign mail-that is to say
out of American ships. We pnid last yeaI
$4,000 for carrying all our foreign mails
| Italy in the same time paid S2OOD0DJ; France
siOOO01J; England, over 81, ,OO1,OyJ.
Mr. Frye said that the Pacific Mail Company
was always brought up Us bugaboo when
ever propOsillon Of this sort came up That
company mad expended elOOJOOOO IN Amer
ican shipyards among american mechanics
Instead of cXpcnding the same amount oi
money III shipyards in England or on the
clyde, where the senator from kentucky Mr.
Beck would have 1t expended. Instead o
100000 for the good of merchant shipping, il
Mr.. Frye could nave MS way, ne would cN
pend Si,OO,UOO, so that the American flag may
be seen IN the ports OF the world.
Messrs. Beck, Vest, Call, aud Plumb con
tlnueu the discussion.
ON Mr.. Bayards point being brought to O
vote, the amendment was held to DC in order
yeas ~, nays 70.
After some remarks by Mr.. Van Wyck, Mr.
| Fryes amendment was agreed tO-yeas 30,
nays Is. All OF the republicans, except Mr
liill, voted tor the amendment, and all OF the
democrats except Messrs. brown, Gail, Nor
gan and Fugh yoted against IL.
On motion OF MI, brown tue senate retained
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