St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-05
FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE.
The Senate Agrees to Big Appropria-
ton for its Benefit.
a Decision Given in the House in Favor
of Mr.. Weaver.
Important Subjects to be Favorably
Reported on.
Appropriations Agreed To.

agreed zOs
WASHINGTON, May An the senate to-
day letter received from the secretary of
the Payne investigation committee was
read in which it was stated that fraudu-
lent Interpolation had been made in the
majority report of the committee. The
letter was referred to the committee on
elections and new copies ordered printed.
After the passage of a number of private
bills. the postotfice appropriation bill was
taken up and caused considerable debate.
The committees provision for the foreign
mails as finally amended by the senate and
agreed to reads as follows:
For the transportation of foreign mails by
American built and registered steamships, to
secure the greater frequency and regularity
in Dispatch and greater speed in the car
riage of such mails to Brazil, the republics of
Mexico, Central and Southern America, the
Sandwich, West India and Windward Island,
New Caledonia, New Zealand and the Austria
liam colonies, China and Japan $S00,U00, and
the postmaster general is authorized to make,
after due advertisement for proposals, such
contract or contracts with the owners of
American steamships for term of not less
than three nor
MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
and at a rate of compensation not exceeding
SO cents a nautical mile on the trip each way,
actually Travelled between the terminal points
in the most direct and feasible sailing course
between the terminal points, as shall be found
expedient and desirable to secure the end
above set forth, and if he shall be unable to
make such contracts for any such respective
services he shall, so far as possible, cause the
mails of the United States to be carried to and
from said places, respectively, in the best and
most expeditions manner practicable in
American vessels, and for q reasonable COM
pensation, not exceeding the rate before men,
toned, and the postmaster general, if, in his
Judgment it be practicable, shall contract for
a semi-monthly service between New York
and New Orleans and the Port of Rio Janeiro,
under the provisions of this law.
The vote on the amendment as thus
amended was, yeas, 80; nays, IS. The
senators voting in the negative were:
Messrs. Beck, Berry, Blackburn, Butler,
Camden, Coke, Gray, Harris, Jones of
Arkansas. Kenna, MaXey, Morgan, Ran
som, Salisbury, Vance, Vest. Whitthone
and Wilson of Maryland. On Mr.. Plumb's
motion the sum of $4,000 was added to
the amount already in the bill for the rail-
way postal car service. One of the senate
committees
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
authorized the postmaster general Ito con-
tract for inland and foreign steamboat
mail service when it can be combined in
one route where the foreign offices are not
more than 200 miles distant from the domestic
office, on the same terms and conditions as
inland steamship services, the contract to be
made with and performed by American-built
and registered steamships
This was agreed to by the senate. while
limitation of the compensation for such
service to so cents mile each way was
struck out. In other respects the bill was
passed as reported from the senate COM
mittee.
The vote on the final passage of the bill
was. yeas 49, nays 10. Those voting in the
negative were: Messrs Berry, Coke, Gray,
Harris, Jones OF Arkansas, Kenny, Maxey,
Saulsbery. Vest and Whitthorne Mr..
Morgan offered series of resolutions which
were ordered printed and to lie on the table,
declaring that it is the duty of congress to
extend necessary mail facilities across the
seas from the principal ports of all foreign
countries with which the United States has
any considerable trade, OF where trade can
be profitably developed; that it is the duty
OF congress to provide that the American
people shall have the right to buy ships
abroad and import them at reasonable rates
of duty, and that the laws prohibiting the
importation of foreign-built ships are as un-
just and unwise as laws would be that
would prohibit the importation of all other
articles of foreign manufacture The senate
then adjourned.