, 1874-12-17
WASHINGTON.
To Frank or Not to
Fra1lk---That is
a Question.
An Honest Congress Ought
Not to Be Perplexed 4:zsss -
by It.
And tt Really Will Occasion No
Trouble This Winter.
A Debate for Effect in the House
Yeterday.
Mr.. Irwin, of Pacific Mail
Fame, Visited by In
quisitors.
lie Is Taken with a "Fcvcrs at q
Critical Moment.
And "Feels Bad" when Asked
to Name His Accom-
plices.
Delicate and Interesting Condition Of
tho CiVil-Rigllts Bill.
Judge Beokwith and Dan Mum Be-
fore Commissioner Douglass.
Cochrane, Of Chicago, viii Be Appoint
ed Supervising Architect.
Features Of Hurlbut's Govern
ment Railway Bill.
Delicate and Interesting Condition Of
tho CiVil-Rights Bill.
Judge Beokwith and Dan Mum Be-
fore Commissioner Douglass.
Cochrane, Of Chicago, will Be Appoint.
ed Supervising Architect.
Features Of Hlrlbut's Govern
ment Railway Bill.
THE FRANKlNG PRIVILEGE,
OLD ruD- DOC. COME AGAIN.

Special Dfspateh to The Chicago 7tibuH.
WAsufSaroS. D. G., Dec. l6.--The familiar
old "publio doCumont" md tho frankinG
privilege haro reappeared in tho House. Tho
aubicct came up on tho consideration Of tho ap-
preparation OF 100000 for official stamps for
tho Treasury Department. Tho debate brought
out m intimatlon from Mr. Hoar and othors that
tho results OF tho abolition Of tho franking priv
1lcgo havo not fulfilled tho promises Of Mr..
Creswcll in hia appeals to tho Houso for it's
abolition. Creswell promised that tho
revenues Of the Department would there.
aiuco tho frank.w abolished the deficiencies and
not tho royopuos Of tho Poet-0 Office Department
hsvo beon increased. but he urged farther that
tho experiment of doing without the privilege
ad no Sssn 1s fs ss baes he 'a s9o h hs
franking privilege Ind been in operation: Wilt
lam D. Kelley aud Horace D. Afauyald had tho
etfrontry to vote for tie immediate restoration
OF tho frank. Kolley claimed ttlat 1t waa tho
fraudulent Misrepresentation Of tho Postmaster
General. Creawcu had claimed that the repeal
would save 85,000,000. The repeal has, on the
contrary, cntaifed additional expenses. 1t muAk
be remembered with all this that Bonamy Price
Gays Kolloy is a lunatio.
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
ITO The Associated fTess.1
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Doc. 16.-In tho House
to-day, tho Legislative Appropriation bill being
under consideration, paragraph for tho pnr-
chase Of poatagc-stampa for the Treasury Do
partment gnvc rise to discussion in which the
question Of tho restoration Of tho franldng
privilege camD up. G. +. Hoar asked hir. Gar
iield whether there had been any diminutlou of
OF tho franking privilege.
hlr, Garfield aaid ho did not know, but ho be-
lieved that woro it not for that nbo'ition the
post-0ilico dotioit would l,ayo been grontor.
Mr. 1Ioar-Doea not tho gentleman know that
thedofcit has increased
blr. Garfio!d--I know that tho deficit has In
creased, but I belieyo that tho repeal Of tho
fraukiug privilege has to q considerable extont
incroased the revenues Of tho Post'Onice De-
partment: How much do not know, nm
compelled, however, to say that do not believo
that tho rcpenl Of the iranking privilege has
been aB great blessing rs / believed at tho
time it would be; atili, do not think We should
give 1t up without . full trial. ! do not think
tl.at one years triul is enough, Tint year
WAS an ANUS nsiraoihs; a difficult
year; year Of famine md distress
not fair ycar to judge OF tho effect Of tho r.
form. Let uB give it another year'8 trial lot
HouBo, and then, with this double vision, no can
dotormino tho question.
Nil. NEL1EY
hoped tho paragraph would DO struck out, and
thu f1anking privilege restored. He had it not
| on bis consconco that he had over voted for itE
| repoal, aud he had tho satisfaction Of knowing
| that wherever hia voto implied favor to Iii
| restoration bo had >givon it. He bo-
loved that the free circulation Of agg!aul.
| tufal reports in ono year moro than paid
ali tho frauds that might havo boen
p1acticoa nndor It.. The repeal had boon obtained
BY fraud, IN tho getting~up Of melnorlals by Or
dor ot tia poatmaster-don to hls II, you sub
| ord!nateB, and there WIS further frand Oh ths
rostn,aater-Gonorals official statement TINT tht
ropca! would save $4,000, 900 year. 1t had no
saved 81, 600, 900, nor $100, ,0oD. llo asked reb
tosntion ot tho peoples right-the fsoa inter
course botwcou tho people aud their representa-
| tiycs.
atn. MAYNARD
condemned tho repeal Of the fsank!ng privilege
| aB tending to remove the Government still fur
| thor from the people. SO tar from being 0 70,
form Ia the true eanea ot tho word, it tlad opcr
atol solely to cut on FREQ communication
botwebn the people md their representatives.
After further discussion, tho motion to strikt
out tho items for official postaso'stamps was
rejected-7l 10 II.