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mcnts whom nothing romnina OF q circuit but
humorous dothchod fragments.
-1ro. Ill

Tho proposed government bghtom fnaNoh ~
and and prosoritoa puaiainlont BY
hitting ''S Or ssss{v'pg AGas msssagss wit5sat
official perml,esion'.. Nov, when wo consaGr sa.'
,ioes which. employ tho Telegraph, ita use is
daily becoming moro common aud familiar; that
IosIdoB tho public Offices for tho transmission Of
from town to town and from city to
Indispensable adjunct Of oyery police statlon,
fro nlnrm stock aud produce exchange mid llIl-
tlerwritors agonoy for tho reporting aud roli:f
Of voanols that In tho FREQ hand Of railway OIL
and In those OF merchants and 1nailtfac-
utorB 1t communicates botwoon tho ofllco Of BALE
mud rlacos Of production; TINT It Is already sold
as toy for chlldron to play with, and Tint tho
Of ear tend more snd
docs 1t not bocomo obvious TINT tho proposed
Govornmort control Of Bloh an fundamentally
embraces grcat many, more intoroats than
thono represented ny 4.t 1ho 'ost ueo ,orano ano
espionage 40 foreign to our poop1o that
practically 1t can novor bo oxeoutod: Indeed, It
Is mucl tho Bamo thing ns Il the Government,
stea,n for tho exclusive transmission OF tho
mails, ahould mako itB uso for oil othor pur-
poaos a plattor nubjcet to official permission.
Civil aervico reform and tho fo-
Gtf41nt OF HTCAt HlUIHjUA lAUAOtOuCo AAo
things mitch talkod-of Of late rs among tho mo-
eoSsitios Of our national situation; but what
civil service roform or any other bonoticlni re-
form ia to DO oxpeotod In nationn! affairs, II tho
Government fe to be invested with tho roaeh OF
power over tho husineaa, wealth politics and press
Of tho country, as this scheine contomplat9a
or what tho restraining influence on 1nonopolos
whom tho Government has become tho monopo,.
list, and has added to tho patronage which 1t
now possesses all that pertains to tho corpora
tons which II propoaca to digeat and assimilato.
Il It too much to affirm that M Administration
once In powor with auch inffuonees at ise
control md disposition, could make its
inolinationa The true idoa Of Owl Service
Reform, that only ono which will ever provo
effective, iB to bc found in carrying gut tho
original theory TINT tho Federal Govern, IT.
mott limited sphere Of action consistent
with its own safety and existence,
ind in reducing tho patronage at it's disposal to
the minimum, and not in frat increasing the
amount Of patronage and thon mating sulcs aore 70
ton, ton aad 5''Dk e be- delivered at tho samo
time from itH influence Whether, therefore,
under tho scheme OF Federal interference,
more efficient and choaPor tolo8raphio facilities
whether 1t iB necessity for tho Signal Service
to control exclusively tho wires for its own pur-
poses. or whotllor tho interest OF any
particular are o, a;cy ;Sy o.ona TO eS M N
minor iaiorA'yi Importance s: inasnuoh as tho roal
question involved tho ono before which all othors
shrink into comparative insignincance Ia, Will
tho people consent to the Inauguration Of q
whicRh WHICH revivos tho old medieval doctrine Of tho
necessity Of State Interference with tho
purauits and business Of tho people,
aud oyory stop in tho carrying
out of which is departure from ropublicanism
enS,s and AZ approach towards d0spoS''m and mon
In regard to tho Hubbard proposition, Mr..
Wolls shows that in this, as in tho caao OF the
proposition Of the Postmaster General, tho thing
primarily sought for is Federal Interference,
and that, too, In sphere Of business which IN
| no degree pertains to the functions Of Nopuo-
| l(can State but apart from this circumstance,
which alone ought to furnish 9 sufficient reason
for uncompromislng opposition On l1;1 tho PR. ph1
Federal Government strictly to its original
basis, tho simple, impartial statement of the
proposal of Mr. Hubbard, would aeom OF itsolf
TO constitute tho most unansveraalo argument
against its Endorsement and acceptance that
in tho outset, to tho Government: "H yot
will assume ill the expenses Of tho aor7ico
other than what dopond on. the more
operating and maintaining Of the WiIos. namely l.,
cient for operators, Instruments and 6atterla
at all tho stations, all clorlss, bookkecpers
and messenger service, al . fMel. nghtte =
ataps raper and ,asa snSe4HRee oM 1o;stas ae
use the various lost o!heo y, iHci!asles H4ats W. W
may require, relieve US from al stat9 s,9 an an
aast t. se ess do eepts ohs sr a
us Us Government agents from nll rogponslbilit
to the people for oil mistakes ana nrnaen saa
trubt ana ne VII nndestaSs to transnt tsm es
ont. And, ms II THIS -. wero re',,o nc ee
enough, tho bills laas reported psov.tae ~, ae
crushing out and doatroylng 1ao pLopo4t.y ~ ~
franchises Of all oxisting companies ~ III
posing tax Of s cents on eaoh deapstch SGT q.
nes ether rn aHsts
rolieved from auch burdens and endowed WIT
such privileges rs n1F. Hubbard PROPOSES, n VOL.
DO abe to offer equal lesuotions in fasea cannt
DO doubted and, II 50, then Mr. Hubbard J., Won
aeom to DO debarred from clai1n,ng thnt ms pr, !,
poaal offers any more 1avorane M Da'la 70 Il
Government for negotatng Uaa ,os 1he or eatann anrl
mcht Oh eAeApek io'oo sAA@s' "ee.s " II
by the organizations already porformlne q
service. He therefore, IN realty, asl