The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-06-25
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
SENATE PASSES THE NAVAL
AND POSTOFFICE BILLS
The House Still Debating the Silver
Bill..The Senate Amendments, &c.

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WASHINGTON, June 24.-Senate. In
the Senate to-day the conference report
on the naval appropriation bill was
agreed to.
The postofice appropriation bill was
then taken up and considered.
Mr.. German condemned the postmas-
ter generals plan for having additional
detectives to inquire into such small
matters as whether the patrons of post
Office are satisfied that the business of
the Office is reasonably we'll performed,
whether the postmaster employs mem
bers of his own family, whether intoxi-
eating liquors are sold in the postofice
building and other small matters.
He thought that there was some
thing ridiculous about all this.
He did not want the Postmaster General
to have force under him whose avow-
ed duty it might be to go around among
the people and get sin touch with them. y
The time might come when the Post
master General would be more of po-
litician than the present one was, and
might want to promote party success by
constitutions or otherwise.
Mr.. Plumb, in charge of the bill, re-
sponded his concurrence in most of Mr..
Germans remarks but said hat the in
crease recommended was simply to in
crease the efficiency Of the existing force
of postofice inspectors. The Postmas-
ter General, he thought, entirely mis-
conceived his relations to postmasters
and their relations to him.
After further debate the bill was
passed.
The diplomatic appropriation bill was
discussed and passed with an amend
ment appropriating $65, 900 for the
United States share of the survey of the
inter continental railroad with South
America. The Senate receded from it's
disagreement to all House amendments
to the pension appropriation bill, not
agreed on in conference, and the bill
now goes to the President.
At & p. m. the Senate adjourned.
House. ..e.
WASHINGTON, June 24-( House. MIR.
Mckinley, of Ohio, from the committee
on rules, reported the following resolu-
ton:
RESOLVED, That Immediately after the
passage of this resolution, the House
proceed to consider House bill No. 1891
| (the silver billy, with Senate amend
ments, and at 2 o'clock Wednesday,
June 25th, the previous question be con-
sidepd as ordered.
On tfie adoption Of Ino, o,11-seglons question
was ordered. and twenty minutes debate
was allowed on either side.
| Mr.. Millikin, of Maine, asked whether
an amendment was in order and was in
formed that it was not.
Mr.. Bland, of Missouri, wanted to
concur in the Senate amendments.
Mr.. Blount.. of Georgia, deprecated
the practice Of controlling Legislation
exercised by the committee on rules.
1 Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, said thai
the purpose of the resolution
was to secure definite and speedy actor
upon the subject of silver, and he wa
surprised at the opposition from tn
other side.
Mr.. Springer. of Illinois, said tina
the Republicans had had their ears Il
the ground and had jast had an awaken
lug anu dG loaSt, oOmoWAdt IaIuAy,
was true the Republican leaders ha'
been Obliged to come over to the Dem
ocratic position.
On motion of Mr.. Mckinley the specis
rule was adopted without division.
, Mr. Oonger, of Iowa, chairman of th
, committee on coinage presented the n
port of the committee. It simply r,
commended that the House non-concu
in each and all of the Senate amen(
+ ments to the silver bill and request
conference on the same.
; Mr.. Bland, of Missouri, moved that tt
! House concur in the Senate amendment
. With these motions pending the deba1
y began, Mr.. Conger taking the initiativ
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