The Portland daily press., 1895-01-10

| SolidIy Against the Bill-An Unsuccess-
| full Attempt to Secure Second Glass
| Postage for the L. A. WIS Organ. The
| Gospel of Good Roads-Two New Con-
| suls for Armenia.
Washington, January 9.--In the House
| today, Mr. Cultivate reported resolu-
| tion from the committee on rules to gov
ern further consideration of the curren-
cy bill.
Inquiries were made by Messrs.
Beltzhoover of Pennsylvania and
Bland of Missouri as to the
statutes of amendment which the
( former proposes to offer authorizing the
sale of $780, 900. oOo bonds, and suostl-
| tute of which Mr.. Lamar has given no.
tice, providing for the free coinage OF
silver at a ratio of 16 to l.
They were informed by Mr.. outh-
waite that the resolution did not favor
nor discriminate any amendment or sub
stitute; they would all stand on their
merits, and be subject to the rules OF
the House.
Mr.. Bland wanted Mr.. Cultivate to
agree that he (Mr. Bland) should have
an opportunity to offer his free coinage
amendment and have it voted upon.
Mr. Outhw ate declined to enter into
any arrangement respecting the lana
substitute or other amendments. -
In response to question by Mr.. Reed
of Maine. Mr.. Outh waite said the object
O the resolution was to bring to con-
clusion within reasonable time the
consideration of the currency Dill, Wnlcn
has been before the House nearly TWO
weeks. The great. appropFlation oilis
remained to be acted upon only one, ana
that the smallest, having yet passed She
Senate and the committee on rules IS De-
ing daily besieged by the friends OF the
Nicaragua Canal bill, Pacific railroad
refunding bill, and other vastly import
ant measures. for time for their consld-
erationt. The rule granted ample time
for the consideration OF the DILL uhoer
the five minute rule.
MI. Reed said the situarion seemed to
him unfortunate, in that probably moth
ing would save the bill, and the House
was discussing the best method or get
ting rid of it. That would prevent the
House from passing any remedial legls-
lation whatever. The resolution before
the question, and made any righteous
conclusion impossible. The suggestion
of Mr.. Dingley that the state bank sec
tions be first considered, and then the
matters of detail, struck him as good
one. The Republicans, he said, are not
responsi BILE for the situation. he did
NOT know that they should interfere in
The matter at all, and it was question
upon which he had serious doubts
whether anything should be done on
that side Of the House, and he would
suggest to the gentleman from Ohlo,
(Mr. Outhwalte) before bringing the res
olution to vote of the House, that he
consent to modification of IFS terms to
permit discussion first upon the most
important parts of the bill.
Mr.. Cultivate demanded the previous
question on the passage OF the resolu-
The vote upon Mr.. Outhwaite's de-
mand was Ayes, 90; noes, 101. {
A vote by yeas and nays was demand
ed by Mr.. Cultivate, and resulted:
Yeas, 1874; noes, 13O.
The Republicans voted solidly in the
negative.
The result of the vote is regarded as
helm the practical defeat of the bill,
and was received IN silence.
Immediately after the announcement
of the vote, Mr.. Outhwaite said: " Mr..
Speaker, / withdraw the resolution
Il he House went into committee OF the
whole for tine consideration of the diplo-
matte and consular appropriations bill.
MIR. McCreary stated ethe bill con-
tanned total appropriation of 81. 562,-
11fi. or $500 less than the appropriation
for the current year. MIR. McCreary had
read letter from Secretary Gresham
suggesting, in view OF the recent distur-
bances in Armenia, the appointment of
consuIs at Erzeroum and HarpooG for
the nrotection Of American missionaries
in that country.
On motion consuIares at Erzeroum
and Harpoot were provided for, and
with the addition of these consulates the
total aomunt carried in the bill is S1,
565,11 The bill was reported to the
House as amended and passed.
The House, in committee of the whole
considered the post Office appropriation
bill. The bill recommended an appro-
priation of ss9, 442, 952, or s1,6l6, $50 less
than the estimates. The appropriation
for the current fiscal year is SS7, 236, 500,
and the estimated post revenue for the
fiscal years of 1886 is $50 wy, aof, an IN
crease of eight per cent 10 meet what
ever deficiency might occur in the sever
al concentrations made by the bill, a
sum equal to such deficiency of the rev.
enues of the post Office department is ap-
propriated from the treasury.
THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE.
The matter OIL lHo IcCoAe ouduSoS LII
tine New York post office was brought
ND by Mr.. Quiggs of New York, who said
the commission had been at work in
that Office with the result that 500 clerks
had their salaries raised, 200 had
been reduced and several score lad
been dismissed. He asserted that the
clerks reduced were old employees, of
whose capacity there was no doubt. Mr..
Ouigg offered the following amendments
Provided, That sthe association organ
lied to secure improvements in the con-
dition of the public roads and highways,
and consisting of not less than 1000
mem bers maintaining publication,
published at least once month in
the interest of the said association, be
entitled to distribute such publication
through the post office at second class
rates. He explained that this was in
tended to secure transmission through
the mails of the organ OF the League
of American Wheelmen, which is de-
MED by the postmaster general. Despite
the declaration of Congress In the last
post Office appropriation bill,o It's inter
pretation of the law regarding this class
of pu blications, on the sole ground that
the organization is not founded upon
slodge" principle, because its subordi-
,,@a t,ro n oh as are DESIGNATED aS sdivia-