250 



CONGRESS. (THE ALLEGED SUBSIDY VOTE.) 



NOT VOTING Blanchard, Boyle, Brainerd, J. H. 

 Brewer, Brumm, Felix Campbell, Chalmers, Coving- 

 ton, Crisp, W. W. Culbertson, Curtin, Cutcheon, 

 Dorsheimer, Finerty, Fyan, George, D. B. Hender- 

 son, Hooper, Hurd, Jeffords, Jordan, King, Laird, 

 Libbey, McAdoo, McMillin, Morrill, Morrison, Neece, 

 Nicholls, Gates, O'Hara, -Paige. Rankin, Ossian Ray, 

 Rice, J. S. Robinson, W. E. Robinson, Shaw, Slocum, 

 Smalls, J. W. Stewart, Stone, Struble, E. B. Taylor, 

 J. D. Taylor, Thompson, Throckmorton, Towns- 

 hend, Valentine, Wakefield, Williams, J. S. Wise, 

 Wolford-54. 



On the announcement of the vote, Mr. Ran- 

 dall said : 



"Recognizing the significance of the vote 

 which has just been taken, and knowing that 

 the issue was distinctly made as against the 

 silver clause of this bill, being aware also that 

 a majority has declared against that proposi- 

 tion which under a" direct vote to strike out 

 would have carried, I therefore now assume 

 to myself the responsibility, believing that the 

 members of the Appropriations Committee if 

 I had an opportunity to confer with them 

 would unanimously sustain me, of proposing 

 to move to suspend the rules in manner as has 

 been stated in the resolution, with everything 

 connected with suspension of coinage of silver 

 eliminated from the bill and from the resolu- 

 tion." 



The Alleged Subsidy Vote. In the post-office 

 appropriation bill, as originally reported in the 

 House, the following provision was inserted : 



For transportation of mails on foreign steamships 

 and for foreign administration for intermediary, ter- 

 ritorial, and sea transit of foreign mails, $370,000. 



For transporting the mails of the United States in 

 American steamships between any port of the United 

 States and any foreign port, or between ports of the At- 

 lantic and ports of the Pacific touching at any foreign 

 port, an amount not exceeding $600,000 of the net reve- 

 nues of the Post-Office Department of the United States 

 on mail matter sent to foreign countries during the fiscal 

 year next preceding the date of the contract for said 

 service : Provided, That the contract for said service 

 shall be entered into by the Postmaster-General only 

 after legal advertisement with the lowest responsible 

 bidder, for a term not exceeding four years, and at a 

 rate not to exceed fifty cents per mile on the trip each 

 way of actual nautical miles traveled between ter- 

 minal ports for each trip actually made, which shall 

 not be increased on account of expedition or increased 

 number of trips : Provided further, That the general 

 laws regulating the transportation of inland mails 

 shall be applicable to such contracts except as herein 

 provided : And provided further, That vessels en- 

 gaged in this ^ service shall be of American registry, 

 and shall in time of war be liable to charter or pur- 

 chase by the United States at reasonable rates, and 

 all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the pro- 

 visions of this act be and the same are hereby re- 

 pealed ; and this act shall take effect from and after 

 July 1, 1885. 



amendment, Feb. 18, 1885, the House approved 

 of it by the following vote : 



YEAS Aiken, Alexander, Anderson, Ballentine, 

 Barksdale, Bayne, Beach, Bennett, Blackburn, Bland, 

 Blount, Boyle, Brainerd, Bratton, W. W. Brown, T. 

 M. Browne. Buchanan, Burns, Cabell, Caldwell, J. 

 E. Campbell, Candler, Cannon, Carleton, Clay, Clem- 

 ents, Connolly. Cosgrove, Covington, W. "R. Cox, 

 Crisp, D. B. Culberson, Davidson, L. H. Davis, Deus- 

 ter, Dibrell, Dockery, Dunn, Eaton, Eldredge, Elliott, 

 English, Ermentrout, Fiedler, Foran, Forney, Fyan, 

 Geddes, Gibson, Graves, Green, Guenther, Halsell, 

 Hammond, Hardeman, W. H. Hatch. Hemphill, G. 

 W. Hewitt, Holman, Hopkins, B. W. Jones, J. H. 

 Jones, J. K. Jones, J. T. Jones, Lanham. Le Fevre, 

 Lowry, McAdoo, McMillin, Matson, May bury, J. F. 

 Miller, Mills, Moulton, Muldrow, Murray, Neece. 

 Nieholls, Ochiltree, O'Ferrall, Paige, Peel, Petersj 

 Pierce, Post, Pry or, Pusey, Randall, Reagan, Reese, 

 Riggs, Robertson, J. H. Rogers, Rowell, Ryan, Seney, 

 Seymour, Shively, Singleton, T. G. Skinner, H. Y. 

 Smith, Snyder, Spriggs, Charles Stewart, Stockslager, 

 D. H. Suraner, Swope, J. M. Taylor, Thompson, 

 Townshend, Tully, H. G. Turner, Oscar Turner, Van 

 Alstyne, Van Eaton, Ward, A. J. Warner, Richard 

 WarnerJ Wellborn, Wilkins, Willis, James Wilson, 

 W. L. Wilson, E. B. Winans, John Winans, G. D. 

 Wise, Wolford, Wood, Worthmgton, Yaple, York- 

 131. 



NAYS Bagley,Barbour, Belford, Bingham, Bisbee, 

 Boutelle, Breitung, F. B. Brewer, J. H. Brewer, 

 Broadhead, Buckner, Budd, Burleigh, J. M. Camp- 

 bell, Cassidy, Clardy, Collins, S. 8. Cox, W. W. Cul- 

 bertson, Cullen, Cutcheon, Dargan, G. R. Davis, R. 

 T. Davis, Dinglcy, Dixon, Dorsheimer, Ellis, Ell- 

 wood, Everhart. Finerty, Follctt, Funston, Garrison, 

 George, Glascock, Greenleaf, Hanback. Harmcr. H. 

 H. Hatch, Haynes, Hill, Hiscock, Hitt, Holmes, Horr, 

 Houk, Houseman, Howey, Hunt, James, Jeffords, 

 Kean, Keifer, Kelley, Ketcham, King, Lawrence, Lib- 

 bey, Long, Lore, Levering, Lyman, McCoid, Mc- 

 Cormick, Millard, Milliken, Money, Morgan, Morse, 

 Muller, Murphy, Nelson, Nutting, O'Hara, Charles 

 O'Neill, J. J. O'Neill. Parker, Payne, Perkins, Petti- 

 bone, Poland, Price, Ranney, T. B. Reed, J. W. Reid, 

 Rosecrans, Russell, C. R. Skinner, Slocum. Smalls, 

 Spooner, Steele, Stephenson, Stevens, J. W. Stew- 

 art, Stone, Strait, Struble, J. D. Taylor, Thomas, 

 Tillman, Vance, Wadsworth, Wakefield, Wallace, 

 Washburn, Weaver, Wemple, J. D. White, Milo 

 White, Whiting 112. 



NOT VOTING G. E. Adams, J. J. Adams, Arnot, 

 Atkinson, Barr, Belraont, Blanchard, Bowen, Breck- 

 inridge, Brumm, Felix Campbell. Chalmers, Cobb, 

 Converse, Cook, Craig. Curtin, Dibble, Dowd, Dun- 

 ham, Evans, Ferrell, Findlay, Goff, Hancock, Hardy, 

 Hart, D. B. Henderson, T. J. Henderson, Henley, 

 Hepburn, Herbert, A. S. Hewitt, Hoblitzell, Holton, 

 Hooper, Hurd, Hutchins, Johnson, Jordan, Kellogg, 

 Kleiner, Lacey, Laird, Lamb, Lewis, McComas, S. H. 

 Miller, Mitchell, Morrill, Morrison, Mutchler, Gates, 

 Patton, Payson, Phelps, Potter, Rankin, G. W. Kay, 

 Ossian Ray,Rice, J. S. Robinson, W. E. Robinson, 

 Rockwell, W. F. Rogers, Shaw, A. Herr Smith, 

 Springer, Storm, C. A. Sumner, Talbot, E. B. Taylor, 

 Throckmorton, Tucker, Valentine, Wait, Weller, 

 Williams, J. S. Wise, Woodward, Young 81. 



On this matter one of tbe bitterest contests 

 of the session occurred. While the bill was 

 undef consideration in the Committee of the 

 Whole, Mr. Holman, of Indiana, moved to 

 strike out the clause in regard to contract- 

 ing with American steamships as far as the 

 second proviso. The motion was carried ; and 



when the bill was reported in the House and the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to enter 

 tne question was put as to agreeing with this into contracts for the transportation of any part of 



An amendment was then made increasing 

 the allowance for foreign mails from $370,000 

 to $425,000. The Senate, when the bill came 

 np for consideration in that body, February 23, 

 inserted the following in lieu of Mr. Holman's 

 provision : 



For transportation of foreign mails, including railway 

 transit across the Isthmus of Panama, $800,000. And 



