The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
DoINGs OF CoNGRE IS.
Senate


Some objection was made by Mr., ingalls,
and Mr.. Plumb TO an item recommended by
the Senate committee to reimburse the estate
of A, T., Merrill of Mississippi, SCI, 600, for
supplies to tho United States army during
tho war.
Mr., Hoar, Mr., Pike and Mr., Dawes of
Mass, said the man was consistently loyal
and had had strong Endorsement as such by
Gen, Grant and other Union officers, Tho
amendment was agreed to and the bill passed,
Mr.. Beck read the clause of the Presidents mes,
sage relating to the foreign mail provision of
last year, in which the President sa it had
been found inexpedient for the postmaster
general TO carry out tho provisions OF the
last years appropriation relating to this
subject; that the amount appropriated would
not have proved sufficient to carry out he
purpose, nor could contracts have been made
under law at arate adequate to bring the aggrc-
gate within the amount OF the Appropriation,
Senators ON tho other side, Mr.. Beck said,
had not been slow to endeavor to embarrnss
the administration for political advantage,
But they were going too far in enGo lVorlhg
to force on the President and the postmaster
general notwithstanding their protest,
course they had shown was not for the good
IF the public service, and which would only
result in giving a bounty or subsidy to a few
persons.
Mr. Hale of Maine, asked whether any
practical difficulty would arise in properly
distributing the money, providing that con-
gre agreed on this policy of aiding in sccur-
ing foreign trade.
MIR Beck denied that he would get any adj
iitional foreign trade by means Of this
olicy.
Mr. Beck dwclt with emphasis on the spec
tacle of an active commercial people permit
ting their mails to lie in the postoflice day
after day waiting for slow, subsidized yes,
eel to sail, while there was swift vessel at
the dock ready to carry the mails at once.
Under the proposed arrangement the post
master general might know that a foreign
ship, which was ready to SAIL would insure
the delivery of the mail five or even ten days
ahead of the slow American built ship, but
he would be compelled to allow the mails to
wait for days until the slow vessel was ready
to sail
Mr.. Hale spoke Oh the amendment which
appropriates 5000 to pay for carrying the
United States mails to Central and South
America, Australia, China and Japan, at the
rate of 81 mile for each outward trip, He
did not care whether it was called q subsidy
or compensation for carrying the mails, or an
aid to the securing of larger foreign COM
MERGE 1t undoubtedly was an attempt to
facilitate commerce.
Mr.. Jones, of Ark, from the committee on
Indian affairs, reported favorably the bill,
which recently passed the House. to provide
that the lands of the Old Cherokee reserva-
ton shall be placed under the control of tho
general land-ofilco to be sold in the same
manner as her public lands of the United
| States.
i Mr.. Bowen, Of Col, reported favorably
from the committee on Indian affairs the bill
to authorize the secretary of the interior tc
appoint two commissioners who with the
agent for the Southern Ute indians, now To-
Gated in southwestern Colorado, shall con-
stitute q comssion to remove the Southern
| Ute Indians from their present reservation ia
the Uintah valley reservation in Utah.