The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-24
THE HOUSE.

86rH DAY.-This being the second
Monday of the month, it was given
over, under the rules, to the considera-
tion of business relating to the District
of Columbia. The District business
was concluded at 4:35 p. m. A few Sem
ate bills were passed and at o'clock
the House adjourned.
9th DAY.-The House agreed to con-
slider the bill for the relief of the legal
heirs of the Maine disaster, as soon as
the postoffice appropriation bill, which
was taken up in the House, is out of the
way. During the general debate on the
postoffice bill, members eagerly took
advantage Of the latitude allowed in
committee of the whole on the 3 ate of
the Union to discuss various political
questions and the debate accordingly
covered wide range.
6STH DAY.-The rumor that the Presi-
dent fixed q day for Congress to ad-'
journ hasn't any foundation, as he has
not decided to fix date for adjourn
ment by a certain day. The postofice
appropriation bill, which was techni-
cally the subject before the House,
was almost lost track of in the debate
as on yesterday numerous topics were
discussed, but for the first time
the Cuban-Spanish question, which
had been kept in the back ground here
tofore, forged to the front. The sub
iect or Hawaiian annexation also came
in for much attention today.
69TH DAY.-No political questions
&eya discussed in the House. The
whole session was devoted strictly to
the postoffice appropriation bill, which
was taken up for amendment under the
five minute rule. The question which
consumed the major portion of the time
related to the allowance of clerk hire at
postoffices and to rural free delivery
The House increased the allowance for
rural free delivery from $50, 900 to
$500, 900 and defeated the proposition
for increased clerk hire. The amend
rural delivery was offered by Stokes,
Democrat
10th DAY.-The House spent another
day on the postoffice appropriation bill,
but only disposed of two pages of it.
Most of the day was devoted to debate
on the merits of the pneumatic tube mail
service in New York, Boston and Phila-
delphis, and the advisability of con-
tinuing the existing contracts. An ef-
fort TO strike out the appropriation of
1925, 900 was defeated, but the opponents
of the appropriation succeeded in secur-
ing an amendment providing that no
additional contracts should be made.
An amendment was adopted making it
. misdemeanorfor any person to "pad"
the mails during the period when they
are being weighed to determine the
compensation to be paid to the railroads
for their transportation. The amend
ment was recommended by the Depart
ment. The conference report on the
agricultural appropriation bill was
agreed to.
list DAY. The House passed the
postoffice appropriation bill, which has
been under discussion for three DAYS.
The main points of attack were the ap-
propriations of $50, 600, 900 for railroad
transportation of mails, and Sl7l. 900
Sfor special facilities between New York
and New Orleans, and S25, 600 for spe-
cial facilities from Kansas City to New
ton, Kansas. These items annually at
tract more or less of o contest. This
year the oppositions seemed to be less
intent All efforts to reduce the ap-
preparation for railroad Transportation
signallv failed and the vote on the
Southern mail subsidy was II to SO
against striking out.