Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-06-24

.onseht OF Congress by the 18th section OF the act Of
1928 reducing into the regulating the Post Of
$hce Department. IL provided shat il shall be the duty
e Iosmss'e General to report annually Congress
severy post route which shall not second year
from Its establishments have produced third OF the ex
zpenses OF carrying the mail on the same
III ts provision OF law had heen attended to- the sggre
agate oil the routes in Indiana, Illinois, aud Alabama
to have been reported uuproductve routes and Ken
Jucky, Tennessee North Carolina. and Virginia " oulJ
out Just have escaped its provisions the expenditure in
leach OF these last named States being more than double
a the amount OF receipts.
There are two States which lie, side by side nearly
equal ~ reputation extent Of territory aud in the
3nue which they yield to the department., which show re-
4por,siion oil the mail
In Vermont there received for posages appears
ny the report Of February 2s 1881, nett Sl7 Sos az
:" I'VE" hdinpshFe' 1888 SO
q ! Dn. nee nc IN ,sVor OF vermont 1924 80
3 There is paid Tor tsansportationa New Hamp-
IN Vermont, "a 9ns se
i o'nerence on the other side, 1850 30
Your committee find good reason for ,i, Ji.nro,or
& hon oil expenditure ia these two States
, EMERSON IN his letter To Nathaniel Macon of May
4'n' loVi' says that ga very early had
oeeu given 10 the r. C. enerai IN .,,,,,, -
'oseigner'or Revolutionary tory, any OF his Of
uces' MS reason Tor the exclusion of The PRtNrrp
from any connection with the Post Office D.p,r,men, il
obvious; sndif would preserve the p,e.s from
non, and prevent il IRON exeriiny cor,uptiny nn.nr
Eover the community, that Recommendation o,,rh, n, he
esteemed as precePt aud relgiousy observed in the
present anu In all future times But this sd.aonion has
passed unnoced, is degaIded, by thos., who nos,
conduct the Affairs of this Department Large sum, If
honey appear TO have been expeIded in such manner
"a. 'ne OBVIOUS tendency Of the expenditure ia In ex
tetid the influence Of the Department over ;be ,,
pres, snd through that press the People,
"huan smith, whose allow snce is stated !, n.
Blue Book. ~. 256 and 25s amounts to 100 II, .e
me proprietor OF efficient party press in C1ipensr
county, Virginia r. " 'F'Pe'
5oratIo Hill, said be the conductor of voIen, mart,
press IN The State Of New Hampshire is contrac,or =,
carry the mail less than fifteen mail routes and in;
sstead OF extra allowances his contracts are motel IL; %
- RI-yI
understand TO mean the privilege OF carrying and Jsr
4 ouung newspapers at pleasure on his mail routes
nay anu bennet for carryiu Tho nail
o' oe"eioh'e 10 Meadvle, in the State OF Pennsvva
MA IRON the LIST OF January 1928, the 3ist Of Decem
oer ieSi On the 5h OF January $780, they obtained an
extra allowance of $500 wear Tor increaseJ vI,;
ana II Is SAID that Bennett hereupon purchased am
pess IN Meadvilie' and arrsyed ON the side
a, the lettings in October $780, this route was adve
p,ea 10 RIM through in two days and seven hours E.
Plat & Co. hid for it at ST. $50; Moore Ibo e r. -
$245o aud Benjamin Bennett at <S35o nj 525 S1on,s
IN Droken bids equal, ii is believed to 81 s75 Tor the
noe route. The bid Of Benjamin Bennett is marked
is,'ef'eu ana the acceptance erased and Thar NJ n
oehne, one owner Of The press) is accented A. go sco
through In two days But the schedule which aoSesrs
nave oeen made out at the time OF executing he 80
tracts states that account Of the unusual iresbe,s al
OF bridges aud other material changes i'm the
s S u. e ION OF October, 1881, it is agresd to run
ne mau through in ftro days aud half each wav mak
nve hours longer time than Fixed at by the al
ana proposed for the other bidders Suppos
ing me DID oil Benjamin Bennett be fictitious ar ,n,Ja
8 oy arrangement merely enable the Dep.r,,nant d.
oeuer 10 transfer the contract j. b. Bennett tbers IL
stiil difference between the next lower AMI ala ri
that at which it struck td Of 81 $50 M , anu
our years TO Sc ,OSo which appears TO be the xtr,
incurred by The department place this contra CT in
we ,ahus OF newspaper editor.
Inc "mctdentdl erpenses' counreben,l;,~ a.. 80.
und oil the Department, present an INTERESTING s
nose expenses Congress exercises no conror yor ~
ne postmaster General, at his mere discretion s.i",
OF ms patronage, which he dispenses from the
revenue derived from hostages, is guided bv ina, de
erection alone in fixing the amount of that patro-, TT
may employ one printer aud travelling agent or ono
hundred oil each at his pleasure; and he NAV ma, ah -
hen as much as he pIeases IT, bv The imnrpns
cise OF ihs AND his Other unrestraine rowers ,be J
h bankrupt then, BY the construction which
"e oes'oWs on the Constitution he mot Conpress onN
may borrow any of money on the cred;, Of a.
nsion, 10 supply the deficiency Suboine is statement
ese incidental expenses ION the wear 1880 prenared
ny c'ers, at The quest OF the Committee a.romn,riad
oy view oil the contingent erpenses and If ,he
oy law Tor the salaries The of icers of the
.P",'h' which must not be confounded W IN the .s;
c'deataI expenses" BY this the Senate vii a;
mar, nom sum less than thousand dollars, these ex
ehses nnusr former administrations gradually
or many years. there being an average ANIMAL ,;,;
OF aoout one thousand dollars. In 1895 thew rad
s OF Sooisi exceeding The expe led in any
$500 Sed', anu IN the year commencing july l. 1925
embracing the period OF last rresident.I lec,;on
ney ahonnted 10 about SIS 600, being sudden ,creass
lures OF any former year sf'Pe"u''
vi these expenses. detailed account is required TO
Il . 70 congres-no report Of tie -ioIis items
'"'n Welr aggregate amount is pubIis ned The
money TO deiray them constitute which NAV H.,
my vdieu me secret service Jsid. The fund coo,non
u' which is rlaced in the hands Of tho. President
70 deiray The contingent expenses OF FOREIGN interco
IS not so properly entitled to tie appelI,don ,6,y o.,
70 hmi'ed In its amount by tie will Of Congr sss ,S
"PPiouduon Is requisite 10 its existence TH s 6,n !.
unlimited by aught but the will of him who us In AMI Il
" rom ne control OF law il ii were tn fire asure
=" an independent Government. Tint fund il ,s I;,,
ed ny he acts OF appropriation certain obie ct mi;
80 many objects as the Postnsssef-ei ersT NAV
eiec' hstsver expenses he chooses a. co.,
1'uedt 10 ms department. he paws: and the opl,- ,r
eoun' winch lie renders for is confined 10 line In HE
ieposi mus " he incidental expenses for Iast
year were S77Oi dollars" The cousenuece NJ nj; 49,,
OF tnngs, Is, that while the secret sereiro f,,nI III
snus OF NE President 10000 dollars The fund evn md
uu,ihg me current year by the G
we incidental expenses Of his department has NOW, in
rcsseu' as appears by the estimate in his last annual re-
port 70 Thrice that sum.
AZ an early day OF the present session one of vour ,
mee drew the attention of The Senate 10 is snh;c H.
q resolution Calling for account OF these exoenses o.,
"e peTou intervening between the sG,h of Ssni 10 ~
anu "e oolh september, 1893. Months eaused het -,
any answer was given TO the resolution ai,ho,,ph 40 All
~ Ny IeisIehee 10 Tie length OF the report Of Pc A.
Muster GENERAL OF this subject hereto snne- e. no . H.
OF IT might have been transcribed To,n fe per oE
DOCKS, by ioersble clerk, in one day When AFR 20
.ea'en inquiries tor this paper IL was al length for N
Tvs. uhe' communicated to the Senate, 1t appeared I'm So
SESSION. ~ company with another paper giving an
winch Tie veil OF secrecy still hangs YOUR
no COMMENT but to the paper which the lniunction
hate. ~ '"o Se-
while examining This document wirf vie ~ 10 the 20 .
ecuob Of the abuses which disclosed the aiento af
,our committee, was arrested by the extentof official 4
on"ge 10 printers which il deveope aud the anouof #
na' patronage Il exhibited in the "Blue Book - Tbs-
esOinuon OF Congress, OF the 14h Of julie 1892 drec
.Hs mere should be included ga the {presen ei-