The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-03-12

HOYT & CO., Proprietor
-ggFrsspOuaeues- anderson, 4nteahgenOei'>-
wAsH1seres, D. C., March 2, 1874
For more than week an animated oeoa.0
ran on:;n the House upon 8 bill to partially
restnre,' the, franking ;priyilege, and to allow
newspapers to go fres in the counsles Nnefe
nnhi;shed and 70 exchanges: Many able and
witty speeches have been made, and more sta
tist;eal knowledge was given out than any an
covasreouewspaper could find room for in 9
wear. The division Tine on the question could tat
notabsI traced all the time, but there were
strong indicationsith that it lay chiefly between
the; owners s, os, the city newspapers ana Inc
co,,S,try press, and between city and country
ronu,at;ons. Mr. Garfield made the statement
chat the act repeating the franking privilege
had heen disastrous to;the country newspapers
as the postage on the great city newspapers
or Cd many of them, was no more shan Oh tne
small local papers, and the discrimination was
directly ayainss the latter. He held this dis-
crinination, to, be unjust, because tl the Guy
readers of papers are better able to pay postage
accsoord:ng Ding to quantity Of matter, and the city
ransrs. ). s1.. have advantages which the country.
nanars cannot have, and he thought it impolt-
ic to discourage the country press, on the
ground that they more nearly reject tne puoiio
opinion thaan ehe city press. OF course such
an opinion could not be advanced Without oe-
ing challenged and when challenged tne
merits If Of the. press both Of city and country
were placed on the Congressional anvil 1or
vigorous hamnmering. It came out that CITY
editorials are mostly written late at nign9' up
Eve or six fights Of stairs, by people win Vag-
abond tendencies, in q frame of miHd one re-
move from despair in relation to their next
meal, which is always a matter OF consioeraDie
uncertainty; while the country editor meets
and conyerses M, with Intelligent mechanics ana
farmers, whose blood flows pure and strong
from healthy hearts, and courses. through @ their
veins with lifs-giving energy, rendering tine
brain vigorous the head clear, and the soul
true 10 the highest sense of duty and RESPONSE
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In the country the people know the editor
and know when and how much to trust MS
veracity. and what confidence to place IN MS
statements; but the city scribbler may be
clandestine individual. who. approaches the
Office through back alley after dark, never
seen of men, and who comes IN contact wlsn
humanity only in its low eststes, and most un-
healthy moral conditions. He prepares his
mind for writing the fash editorials BY reading
the sickening details of brawls, reports OF cases
in the police courts, and by picking up such
unhealthy garbage as floats through the social
sluns of artificial society in cities. The city
people get free delivery of letters at great
expense to the government, and If that can De
done for them, it would seem that once week
the farmer and mechanic might have his news
paper free. .,a,
Mr.. Phelps, of New Jersey, rich, New
Yorker. in fact, and said to be q. large owner
Of stock in the Tribune, made quite humorous
speech against doing anything for the country
press. r,
Mr.. Cobb, q new member from Kansas, adVo-
Gated the sending out of the Agricultural and
other important Reports free, and Gen. Butler
thought Congressional speeches were great ed
ucstors of the masses, and should go free. AS
the newspapers have no room to print Con-
eressional speeches in full, and the postage Is
too serious an item to permit the members sup
Diving their constituents, it is manifest~that
without the franEing privilege, Congressman
might as we'll not make speech, and when 1t
comes 10 that, he might as well not be Goa
oressuau. so far as the eclat of reputation is
concerned; so, between the needs of the far
mer, the country editor, the granger, and the
member, the franking privilege is not so despe-
rate as was thought.
The bill was ardently and ably supported by
Danford, of Ohio; Hereford, of West Viz
einia; Dunuell, of Minnesota; and Conger, OF
Michigan. :, Some of these gentlemen dwelt
strongly on the point that vast sums of money
are spent by The Government in collecting ag-
ricnltural and other information, and then, to
awe q small sum for press-work, paper, and
postage, it is proposed to store it all away in
few libraries, ott.ef reach of those who most
need it. r
The House finally rejected the bill by three
majority. ss.f .....ls.. ,a, - =
The leading feature of interest in the Senate
has been the dashing speech Of Senator Schurz
ON the finances. Mr.. IS. is specie:payment
man out and out, and no matter on what SUBJ
iect he speaks, his clear, lucid style, and sle-
esnce of manner in delivery, cause him to be
listened to with rapt attention. Senator Nor
ton replied for the mere-currency men with MS