The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-25
THE FlFTY-FlRST CONGRESS.
SENATOR GoRNAN CRITICIsES ONE or
MI. TLNAMAKER'S PLANS.


lives. who Arc to Get in Touch VIII
the People" MAY he Used na FoiitlcR
Agents Bills appropriation 100000,
900 PnS-cd-The House to Vote TO-DAY
on senate Amendments 10 tho silver Elli
W,enfyGToH. Juno 24-The Senate to-day
after agreeing to tho conference report on the
Naynl APPROXIMATION bill, proceeded to the con
.ideration OF tho Post ONCE Appropriation
bill. Tho following are tho amendments recon-
nended by tho Committee on Appropriations
Increasing the item for mail depredations Post Omc'
nspectors fees and expenses from $3.50 oOh To S3oWO
Increasing tho items for clerks In Post Onces from
sL2ouUO to s7,5bhOOO
Reducing the Uom for mail locks and keys IRON
gb1OoO TO $4,000
Increasing the item for transportation OF foreign
mails from S6e4 OOV to S7i2OOo and adding to the item
these words: And from this appropriation the Post
10 hereby authorized to eSpend the sum
of e4s 600 or go much thereof may be necessary to
cover onohalt OF the cost of transportation compensa
ton and expense of clerks DO employed in asserting
and pouching mails In transit on steamships between the
United States and other postal Administrations In the in
tsrnatonal postal union"
In relation to tho first amendment Mr. Cor
man smoke In condemnation OF the Postmaster
Generals plan for having additional detectives
to inquire into such small matters as whether
the patrons OF the Post Oflice are Satisfied that
the business OF the office Is reasonably we'll
performed: whether the Postmaster EMPLOYS
members OF his own family. and whether In
toxicating liquors arc sold in the Post Offlco
building. He thought that there was some
thing rather ridiculous about all this. Under
the Postm asst err G enerals theory. oil tho Post
Offices OF the country were under his super
vision: everything was centred in Washing
ton; and the policy OF q hundred years OF re-
lying on tho people OF each locality TO ascer-
tain whether a Postmaster was discharGing
his duty ut tho little cross roads Post Office
was to be departed from. The existing sys-
tenn had worked we'll In tho past. There was
no reason why the Postmaster General should
now enter on the work OF ascertaining how
much whiskey was drunk In Post Office
building: or whether the Postmaster had his
wife or daughter attending the Post ONCE.
Ample provision was made for the employ
ment OF special agents 10 inquire into mail
depredations and such things; but what he OBJ
jected TO was the proposition OF the Postmas-
tore eneral 10 enter upon q system such as no
had suggested In n statement made by Lin be-
fore the House Post Ofllce Committee-di-
vldng the country into twenty-six districts
with a chief detective for ench district. and
with n corps Of detectives to be used for visit
ing localities and getting in touch with the
people," The Postmaster General had moth
ing to do with tho people except TO obey their
will. lie Mr.. German did not want any Post
master General TO have force under him
whose avowcd duty 1t might be to 20 around
among the people and get in touch with
them" The time might como when the Post
master-General would be more OF politician
than the present ono was. and might want to
promote party success by contributions or
oinerWlSc. -, ,,,, g,
his concurrence in most If Mr.. Germans re-
marks, but said that the increase recommend-
ed was simply to increase the efficiency of the
In reply to n question Mr.. Plumb said that
the appropriations in the bill amounted TO
$724Gl lSS, hcing $7U47,36l more than the es-
timuted revenue.
The amendments were agreed to and the bill
The Scnae then proceeded to the considera-
ton OF the Diplomatic and Consular ApproDri-
zion bill. The principal amendments recon-
mended by tho Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
arc as follows:
InrrCasing the compensation of Ministers to the Ar
genuine kcpHns. ana inc nj natss Of "i"mSia
lroa $50" to s7iUo and q; the Consul,;ensral 10
Mexico from 500 To $1,000 and changing the classes
Inserting provisions to out the work q The In
of irrational coin or CONS and for pre- .imi"ary
increasing the item Tor The s'arv md expenses of
eomm"rSia agent at Bona in the lower Congo basin
Mr.. Sherman. from. the Committee on For
eiGn Relations, moved to increase tho compen-
sation OF the Minister 70 Turkey from $3O0 70
read a letter IRON Secretary Blaine recon-
mendng it.
amendment. Mr.. Sherman replied to Mr.. |
Hal"'s remarks. and argued in support OF the
b.oa 6 was also 6Y
and tho bill itself
The conference report on the Pension APP
nrOpTiatiOn bill having been nreSentel MIR.
German moved that tho Senate recede from
the only amendment not arranged in confer |
ence-that tor the appointment OF two addi- |
tional pension agents-saying that there was
no possibility of the House agreeing toit
Tho motion was agreed to. and the Pension
Appropriation bill now goes 10 the President.
The appropriations carried IN the three bill
py inc fsn S toaa Se " b Rs9Fy
46l699, the Diplomatic and Consular bill
$l.720,33j, and the Naval bill $23,l2G,O3j.
House of Representatives.
After tho journal had been read Mr.. Springer
OF Illinois called attention to the fact that it
showed that the Legislative Appropriation
bill as amended by the Senate had been re-
ferred to the Appropriations Committee with
out reference to tho House He said that II
anything had been decided in tho case of the
Silver bill it was that the reference should be
made in opon House, and that the bill should
have gone TO tho Committee OF the Whole.
Tho Speaker said tho usual custom had been
followed, that the record duly informed tho
House OF tho references. and no therefore de-
clarel tho journal approved
MIR. Mckinley OF OHIO from tho Committee |
on Rules, reported tho following resolution:
RrsO'rrd, That immediately after tic passage of this
resolution tile House proceed consider llouEe bill
5,Si The silver BIN with senate amendments amt at
O'Clock Wednesday June ~ tue previous question 10
considered u, ordered.
II demanded tho previous question on tho |
adoption OF the resolution, which was ordered. |
md twenty minutes debate was allowed ON |
either side.
Mr.. McMilliE Of Tennessee proceeded TO criti- |
else the action Of he Committee on Rules. He |
cited tho action OF the committee when the SII- |
yer bill was first considered in cutting OF the |
right of amendment and debate. and said that |
this was another proposition Of the same kind |
iron luI mia IN ind h.. II,,