Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-07

.yivanla, Wells OF missouri, Ierry OF
New York.
Mileage-MeGrew of West Virginia.
Duval1 Of Louisiana, Haz'eton of New
Jersey. Golloday of Tennessee, Blair of
Missouri.
Aoeounts-Buffiingto of Msssaoh setts.
Sawyer of Wisconsin,. Harris of MISSISSIPPI
pi, Archer of Maryland. Lswis of Ken
lucky.
Expenditures 10 State Department.
Conger of Michigan, Witeley of Georgia,
Ravens of Missouri, Rogers of New York.
Myers of PennSvlvania.
Expenditures in Treasury Department
Lynch of Milne, Sgpher of Louisiana,
Hay Of Illipois, Bsrnum of Connecticut
Kendall of Nevada.
Expenditures il War Department.
Wilkins of Indians, Barber of Wi4con-
sin, Snyder of Arkansas. A cker of Penn
sylvania, KiDsell4 of New York.
Expenditures ia Navy Dep4rtmept-
Kellogg of Connecticut, Parker of Mis-
souri,, Hazleton of Wisconsin,, Bigqs of
Delaware, and Tuthill of New York
Expenditures in Post Office D. ,r'mant
Barry of Mississippi. Palmer of Penn
sylvapis, Bigley of Georgia. Roberts of
Nav York. and Shober of North C4rolina.
Expenditures in the Interior Depart
ment-Hill OF New Jersey, Smith of Ohio.
Beveridge of Illinois, Adams of Kentucky,
and Common of Texas.
Expenditures on Public Buildings
Hawley of Illinois. Morphis If Mississippi.
Shoemaker Of Pennsylvania, Wood of
New York, Duke of Virginia.
On Rulee-The Speaker, Banks Of Mas
aachnsetts. Garfield # Ohio, Cox of New
York, and Randall Of Pennsylvania.
On Printing--Beatty of Ohio, Pendle-
ton of Rhode I-land, and Price If Georgia
Library-Peters of Maine. Wheeler of
New York. and Campbell of Ohio.
Enrolled Bills-Bnok,y of Alabama,
Foster of Michigan, Bird of New Jersey
Joint Select Committee on Insurrec-
tionary States-P0land of Vermont, May
nard OF Tennessee. Soofeld of Pennsyl.
venia. Farnsworth of Illinois, Cohurn of
Indiana, Stevenson of Ohio, Butler Of
Massachusetts,, lansing of Nsw York, Cox
of New York. Beck of KentuakY, Van
Trump of Ohio, Waddell of North Caro-.
lima, Robinson of Illinois, and Hanks of
Arkansas.
Select Committee on Mi-sissippi Lavees
Mercy of Louisiana, Waldron of Iowa.
Mckee of Mjasissippi, Getz of Pennsyl-
vania, and Duke Of Virginia.
Tuesday, Dec. 9th, 1871.
In discussing the reference of the post
al telegraph bill Mr.. Niblack suggested
that the telegraphic project would entail
an immense patronage on the administra.
tion, which would have the sppointmant
Of at least s 600 employees to take charge
Of the telpgra phic business, which, in fact
made the proposition an appalling one to-
him. and would decide his vote against
it.
Mr.. Farnsworth understood that it was
proposed to incorporate with every con-
siderable post-offiae in the country, a tele-
graph office. and to make every post
master II tele2rtph operator, or else APP
point An expert operator to operate the
telegraph. The government would thus
have cogniz4nce Of all private. confien-
tial and financial hnaiuess Of the people.
The members of Congress would be i'm
portuued by their constituents to mike
their post Office telegraph statiOn The
post, fiji "a COMMITTED has been appointed
without reference to this sutj-ct and
might therefore be presumed ~ fair "a
one appointed specially. He WIS willing
tn admit that he had gone over the whole
subject, and WIS against the whole scheme
The success of the system in Great Brit
air, or any thicklv settled old country
where no postoffioes had been establish
ed for ifty years, formed no criterion for
this country. The whole thing was
monstrous in any way il could he re-
garded.
Mr.. Banks remarked that the question
of OCEAN cables vas in the iuri-dicticn Of
she foreign committee. and moved that
that point be stricken from the pending
reso1u ion.
Mr., Dawes assented and the resolution
was 80 modified.
Mr. B INKS thought it best for the inter
est% of the country to avoid special COM
mittees whenever thsre was permanent
standing committee to whom subject could
be referred.
Mr. Beck, 81 member Of special com
mittee of Last Res-ion. said that the cost
and eff4ot of the project had been under
stated to-day. There were nov 5000 It
tons in the ceuntry with 1900 miles Of
lines and 1000 employees. Under the gov
eminent plan there would he at laast 90. |
900 telegram Offices, 100000 miles of
lines and $4,000 employee He believed |
the proper committee to be that of appro-
priations, who would be very careful IN
recon mending anything that would take
from the people. not thirty five. bnt near
ly seventy million dollars. He did not |
believe that the committee would ever
sanction such q scheme or even consider |
it for moment.
Mr.. Randall wished to stop this scheme |
of plumber at its threshhold. He w4s in
formed that originally the whole of the
telegraph lines did not cost over two or
three millions, and now the company had |
the efrontery to ask Congress to take its
property at the present appreciated value. |
He would oppose the scheme because il |
would place the whole private and bu-i. |
ness trans actions of the people under the |
scrutiny of government Officials. He !
hoped that the House would squelch the
thing at once.
M. Dawes did not understand that any
project was recommended. The statement
by Mr.. Randall that tho telegraph com
psny asked Congress to purchase Its prop
erty, showed that the gentleman did moi
understand TIE matter more than a baby |
IRE Western Uaion Co. was arraying |
itself with all it's power and Influence |
against any such proposition.
Mr.. Beck remarked that while the |
Western Union Co. opposed the projec'
in the last Congress, he understood that
it had changed its position and was now
anxious for it.
Mr. Dawes said that fact did not com
mend the matter TO his approval, but thi-
was not the time to enter upon the merits
Of the whole subject.
After further discussion by Messrs
Palmer and Garfield in favor, and Connor
and King against special committee, the
subject was referred 105 to 98 TO the com
mittee on appropriations.
Mr.. Cox moved the reference of that
portion of the message relative to the new
loan, to the committee on banking, which
was rejected end the subject was left With
the ways and means committee.
The resignation of Mr.. Washburn OF
Massachusetts was presented.
A resolution was adopted for inquiry
"a to the expodiency of the establishment