Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-25

the House yesterday was the passage OF tho
post-office appropriation bill.
On motion of Mr. Phelps, the Senate bill
appropriating SIPS, 900 for the erection Of .
building at Paterson, N. J., was taken up,
the appropriation reduced to $50, 900, and
as amended the bill was passed. Other
bills were passed as follows: Senate bill for
the erection of public building at Vicks-
burg at an ultimate cost of $l00, 900; Sen
ate bill authorizing the construction oil
bridges across the Kentucky river and its
tributaries by the Louisville, Cincinnati
and Virginia railroad company, and bill
making Inauguration Day . holiday in tbs
District of Columbia.
Objection being made 10 further miscel-
laneous business the House, in committss
of the whole, proceeded to consider the
post-office appropriation bill. Mr.. Perkins
complained OF the inefficient mail service
which he asserted was now being given to
the Western States. and in attributing the
evil to inefficient employees, told Q storp
about q postmaster in Missouri, whom be-
declined to name, who received . supply
Of postage stamps, from Washington in
sheet form. Never having seen stamps in
that form before. the postmaster mistook
the sheet for circus poster, pasted it on
the wall, called his wife and said: 'See
what the darn fool in Washington sent me
when wrote him for stamps.. He sent .
circus poster and the darn circus riders all
look alike" Mr.. Cannon contended that
the positions of railway post-oflce employees
should be made permanent
Mr.. Blount in charge of the bill declared
that the rate of merit in the railway mail
service was to-day higher than it had ever
been before. He showed also that many of
the clerks in the railway mail service had
held over from the Republican administra-
ton.
A long discussion ensued on the question
Of subsidies and free ships, Messrs. Dingley
and Blount being the principal partici-
pants.
Mr.. Adams of Illinois, testified to the e1-
istence of considerable dissatisfaction
among business men of Chicago with the
mail service in that city.
Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee, read statistics
showing q great extension and improve
ment OF the service during the past year
and Mr.. Symmes. OF Colorado criticised.the
postoffice department for inadequate man.
agement of the star service saying that he
wanted the responsibility placed where it
belonged, and he was satisfied it should
rest on the back of the "Picayune second
assistant postmaster general"
Mr.. Peters of Kansas, also attacked the
Department as giving the West inefficient
mail service and after further discussion
ON the subjrct the bill was passed-the only
amendment being an increase Of the sppro-
priation for mail service from $500, 6OO to
$s5O, 900. The House in committee Of the
whole proceeded to the consideration Of tho
legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill.
Mr.. Buchanan, of New Jersey, in speak
ing of the bill, said that the Postmaster
General sent his invitation all through the
country to the hungry brethren to file
charges against officials against whose
names there had never been the breath of
suspicion. The men who were affected by
the charges were not allowed to see them
or TO show their utter and damnable false
hoods.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, said that the
Democratic party was in favor Of the ad-
mission Of Dakota, but il was opposed to Q
division of the Territory, because the sem
timent of the people of Dakota was against
the division.
The question should not be regarded Is .
political question.
He believed that it was to the interest of
the people of Dakota to come In as one
state.
He was in favor of the early admission
Of every one of the great Territories.
Mr.. Butterworth said that he had asked
the gentlemen whether he would oppose
the division of Dakata iflthat were Demo
cratic Territory and the gentleman had an
swered yes but he would say in the
gentleman's defence that he said ..yes,'
with q blush. (Laughter). The question
of the division of Dakata had been sub
mitted to the people and they had given .
majority in favor of the proposition, and
now, when they knocked at the door and
asked for admission, the question was not
"Are you prepared for Statehood" but
"What will be the character of the repre-
sentatives you will send hereg'
Further debate ensued, and the commit
tee rose without action on the bill Ut
authorizes the President to invite the Gov
ernments of other maritime nations to send
delegates TO marine conference to be held
at Washington on the 1st Of October, 1888,
or at such other time and place as he may
designate, and to appoint five delegates
one Of whom shall be an officer of the navy
and another an official of the life-saving
service, to represent the United States at the
conference 1t is made the object of the
conference to revise the rules OF the road
at sea, and various other matters pertain
ing to ocean navigation. An appropriation
OF SIS, 900 is made 70 meet the necessary ex-
penses of the conference.) The conference
report on the Invalid Pension Appropria-
ton bill was agreed to. The bill Is practi-
cally the same as it passed the Senate
On motion of Mr.. Belmont, of New York,
q resolution was adopted authorizing the
Committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire
into the facts connected with the imprison-
ment in an English Jail of John Curtin
Kent naturalized American citizen.
The House at S O'Clock adjourned.