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Show TELEGRAPHIC hash inc. roiv. A Variety ol Coimnl 1 1 Work Ill1 Army. Iiidiini uud l'U.ltlll ItlllH. Washington, 10. Tint lumne rom-mitleij rom-mitleij on approjirutionf , ami'mUri tliij unny bill thin inuniin hy mldii'K I'jOU tit ilie Hillary ol briyailior ncn-oral, ncn-oral, thus nBtoriiiK it tu iU prenent siitiua. An inUlilioni.l eceiien wbh ulsu udJed to the bill, providing that the pmtident shall, from tune to time, ili-si'iiute live ollicort?, who tthall cxiiiiiinu into nil eniuphktntn, chargi's, eti;., itai tmt olliin'rn in tlie army, and rt'purt tlicrron; piovidin licit nooll'iL-ur whoso rank or pro-no tiiii, Hhall ho a fleeted by the action ol 'iii h hoard tliall bo a mm, bur of it, and two of said board tthall bo of a rank higher than that of the officer wlicvau conduct may bu under invus'.i-t'ation. invus'.i-t'ation. 'I'h.. lnrli-in ..nr,Fm;.,i; 1.111 .... linally amendi'd and pa."si;d by the house, provides the ful lowing amointtd for incidental expcnscH ot the service: In California, $;SU,0O0; Oregon, $10,-OiX): $10,-OiX): Wasldnton, $50,000; Nevada, f,00i); Idaho, .'i.OO0; Montana, $",-000; $",-000; Utah, $IO.U)0; New Mexico, $10,-000; $10,-000; Arizona, 0,000. No portion of these .mounts can be paid to em-plmt'., em-plmt'., the bill providing that they shall bo detailed or appointed and paid1y the war department. Delegate Eikina mado an oarncat cltoiL to ueeure an increased appropriation appro-priation for the caro and tfiihsUlencc ol the Apaches in Arizona and New-Mexico, New-Mexico, bin the house voted only the $100,000 reeon i mended by the appropriation appro-priation committee. On molion of Maginnid of Montana a provision was inserted to breakup the power which the Indian agents now prsiesd in controlling the irade with the Indians. The amendment provides that any pcrsun viio receive- a eerhficate from a United Slates district judge or territorial supreme court judge that he is ol a good moral character and Illness to lie in the Indian cain'.ry shall receive a trailing hci :;se when !.e presenu it to the agent, which license shall be forth-tviih forth-tviih apuroved by liie department when forwai'tied to Washington. A very spirited discussion arose on an amendment otlcrcd by Seclye ot Mas.-aehuselLs, to appropriate fo.OOO for the support and civilization of the Indians at Itound valley, Hoppa valley, val-ley, Tide river, and Mission agencies in California. Luttrcll oppostxl it aa miiieecesary, and denounced the managemenl of the reservations in his district as corrupt. He narrated charts against Agent Bnrchard, and in reply toa question by Tage whether Inspector Van Devir had not exonerated exoner-ated Burchard after a full investigation, investiga-tion, Luttrcll intimatfd that Van Devir had made a whitewashing report re-port to pleano the department. This called out Seclye in a eulogy on Burchard. Bur-chard. and Wilson of Iowa, in defense de-fense ot Van Devir's character, which he warmly declared should not be fispericd in his presence. The amendment was carried bv a large majority. The bill reported frutn the postal committee and passed by the home with the expectation of entirely break-ing break-ing up the draw bidding system, embodies em-bodies the experience- and best judgment judg-ment both of the committee and the postollice department. It requires bidders and their sureties to mak au oath on their boiuls that they respect-1 ively own real estate worth double the amount of the bond, and aho under oath thereto answer the prescribe-d interrogatories as to the location, etc., of their property. The bill provides that in case an accepted bidder failg to commence se-vice, the department can oQer the contract to the next lowest bidder who will take it, or may read-verlise read-verlise the route, hut in case of the failing of the contractors, the postmaster-general may either accept the' next lowest bid, or, if he cousidera it too high, he may go outside the list and contract with any person wi'ling to perioral the service at such a price as ho may consider reasonable, giving preference, however, to bidders on i Iho list as against outside Darties. In case no eatistaclory contract can be thus 6-JCured, the route shall be re.'.d-vertised. re.'.d-vertised. Temporary contract without with-out advertisement are to be limited to six months and to prices not exceed ing those previously paid for the refiu--ar service. The bill prescribes pen-allies pen-allies of tines not exceeding $5,000 and imprisonment not more than twelve months for the wrongful re-t re-t fusal or the failure of the accepted bidders to enter into their contracts or to refuse lo perform the service at.er iho contract is awarded. |