The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-01-12

ABUSE OF THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE
AGAIN.-Weh have frequently called at
tention to the abuse growing ont of the
franking privilege. The people now
heavily taxed have a right to complain,
and It is the duty Of the press to expose
| the rascality which helps to carry up the
cost Of our mail service several millions
beyond its actual receipts. IF members
of Congress knowingly allow others to
use their franked envelopes to promote
private schemes, then we say that they
are particeps crimiais in cheating Uncle
| Sam out ofhiss ustdues. 3
1t is evident that so long as a stamped
frank is recognized as va.id by the Post
Office authorities, there can he no diff
Guilty in reproducing the frank of any
member Of either House of Congress,
the only expense being the cost Of cut
ting the fac sinnile of his signature.
The only safe and proper method OF
guarding against frauds and abuses of
this sort is to abolish fran king altogeth
er..-Scieatifc american.
1B-As an act Of justice TO our dis
tinguished NJ. c., we are inclined to the
belief that lie doesn't use stamped
frank at least his famous Photographic
circulars to his peculiar friends, and the
chronological journal Pub. Toc.' he
sent us, (Which contained his photo
graph and full description OF the pro
minent g bumps that Prof. Fowler
found on his cranium,) were not so
frsnked. If it's the stamped frrnk,'
that has beeu used to promote the pirate
needs of NJ C.'s, Hon. George isn't at
all calpable, and well defend him from
ahe charge!
Since tipping the above. VIC were
shown a stamped frank of our distin-
guished representative the same that
covered one of his lithographic- nrgen
cE convention letters. whereat we were
greatly astonished, and the only way We
can account for this departure from the
chirog is, he had so many to send. he
had ut time TO write MS frank
MORE ssSTAMrED FRANKS "A few
DAYS since a pa, kage containing Ca
tarrIl Snuff reached a citizen Of Rich
mond through our Post Office, with the
'stgmped fraRk Of Mr. Hfumall, NJ G.;
She postage -, which tl3af Uncle San,
was honestly cntiIcd o. Amounted to
about fifteen cesits
Another M. c from the ttusf. ap
pears 10 kaEe leaned his slammed
flank % q shoe house i Lynn, AE.as.,
as several II Our Saoc Dealers received
| circulars, slnaes bis frank the other Gay.
So we go
TIE Oldest man in MINES ota, Louis
La Boute, died last week at the age of
lo4, leaving a widow aged 90.
Hon. Martin W. Bates, Elk GIFTED
States Senator from Delaware. (1s57 to
1851. died at Dover on Friday.
The new suspension bridge at Niagara
Falls, was thrown open to the public on
Saturday. 1t is the longest span on the
continent.
A Timely RESOLUTION. The United
States Senate passed on Friday last, by
vote of Al against ), a resolution ex-
pressive Of this nations sympathy for
the Spanish people in their struggle for
more liberal form of government The
resolution is timely and we'll worded.
Here it is:
"Resolred, That the people of the Uni
ted States, sympathizing with the people
Of Spain in their effort to establish a
more liberal form of govern ment, ex-
press their confident hope that it will be
conducted TO the end in such way as to
promote the triumph of liberal institu
tions; and they earnestly appeal to the
people, not to allow the present opportu
nifty to pass, without securing the imme
diate emancipation Of slaves and the final
abolition of slavery throughout the Span
isIl dominion