The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-20
NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY JUNE 90 B74-rRIPLE SHEET
postal facilities rather than making the Post once

postal facilities rather than making the Post once
Department self sustaining.
Mr.. CoBuRN, Tep.) OF Ind, said there was as
much sense In saying'that the Post ONCE Depart
ment should be seii-snstaining as in saying tnat
the War Department the Navy Department or
the common school system should be made self
The Senate amendment was onconcurred in.
Mr.. kAssoN, Vep.) OF Iowa, moved provso that
no postmaster IN any city or town with popuia-
ton less than $4,000 shall receive than $4,000
per annnm, and stated ina, in several of the
states the Governors, Judges and high State ofi-
cals did not receive such high salaries as some Of
the postmasters In those States.
me amendment was rejected.
POSTAGE ON PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
All the remaining Senate amendments In the
bill were noneoncurred IN, except the last, which
exempts pubic documents from prepayment ana
limits the postage to twenty-five cents volume:
M; BukoaARD, rep OIL H., moved 10 amend by
which relieves pubic documents from prepay prepay
ment. and the last part which limits The twenty
dve cents postage to documents already printed.
Mr.. HAwLEY, OF Conn.,, regarded the Senate
amendment as to considerable extent a rest0r-
atlon OF the ranking privilege, and therefore he
objected TO 1t. He was not going to join In any
common can or slang about the ranking privilege
II had us uses but 1t had been abused and the pub
llc sentiment OF the country was against IL. The
tendency OF public sentiment had been in the
direction OF paying something for everything
party had certainly adopted that idea. lie wished
the experiment TO be adhered to for two three or
four years at least. Public sentiment was not yet
ready TO abandon the experiment or TO restore
the ranking privilege directly or indirectly.
Mr. PAhxER, trepl Of Mo-, replied to Mr. HawIey
any sense restoration OF the ranking privilege.
II did not permit documents TO go through the
ton for repeal OF the ranking privilege as moth
Ing but hunbug, and said that IN the petitions got
up by the Postmaster General names from grave
yards ana t0mbStOnes were put. For his part,
after the people had demanded that the pay OF
members OF Congress should be reduced, SO that
no member could live decently upon Ii, he did not
propose to pay postage upon public documents.
Mr.. TYNER said he desired to put himself on the
record as voting against everything that looked
like the restoration or the ranking privilege. He
believed that he was as much instructed by his
constituents, through political platforms and
through the expressions OF the pubic press and
in various other ways, to vote In favor OF the re-
peal OF the ranking privilege and against It's
gard to any other matter. political campaign
was about being entered upon, in which some
and he them that thew 20 aad he
cautious about reinstating upon the statute books
anythlng that looked like restoration of the
ranking privilege
Mr.. GARFIELD called attention to the provlso
that the Congressional Record, any part thereof,
shall go through the mails free OF postage. he re-
garded 1t as a little bit OF moral bribery. Under
that q member could have his speech under the
heading: appendix to the Congressional Record
and could have it sent through the mails tree. II
that was not species Of moral bribery ne did not
know what was.
Mr. MILLS, (dem.) of Texas moved to amend the
Senate amendment by reducing the limit OF post
age on public documents from twenty five cents to
The question then required on division OF Mr..
Burchard's motion, which was to strike out the
nrst part or the Senate amendments exemptng
public documents from prepayment.
This motion was rejected.
The next division Of Mr.. Burchard's motion.
which was to strike out the part OF the Senate
amendment which limits the provision only to
documents already published or ordered, was
The last division of Mr.. Burchard's motion, which
was TO strike out the proyso That the Congress.
SIOn0 Record or any part thereof snail be carried
tnrOuQh the mails fo--
1O7 to 90.
The Senate amendment, with Oil these modihca-
That hereafter the requirement. that postage
shall be prepaid shall not apply to public docu-
Senate or OF the House OF Representatives, or by
the President or head OF any executive depart
OF any other person entitled TO the rankng
q public &c aocaamsn f snall Exceed " the
prepaid, shall be payable by the person to whom
the same may be directed and received. and the
on the envelope containing any public
document and subscribed by the member or
other person mailing the same shan be deemed q
ment and the term public document shall be
deemed to INCLUDE all publications printed by or
der OF Congress or either House thereof or OF any
department OF the government, and II any such
documents shall not be taken rom the post office
days alter being received thereat the postmaster
may sell the same for the amount or the postage
uuc LnereO0 ana snail account 10 tile POSC OulCo
negsr.pent for the proceeds thereof.
Tie Senate amendment thus moained was non
Cured ln-yeas ll3, nays 11S the bill now goes
to conference committee.
The House then, at six O'Clock, took a recess un-
til halfpaSt seven O'Clock.
Evening Session.
The evening session OF the House was occupied
by the speech OF Mr. Butler, rep. OF Mass, on the
system of mOieties in the Internal and Custo ms
Revenue Service OF the governments. The full re-
port OF the speech and picture Of the scene which
attended Its delivery are given below
SPEECH OF Mr.. BUTLER.
Mr.. SPKAKER-Failing health and the imperative
warning OF my medical adviser of the danger OF
taking part in debate which might call for a
draught upon my physical strength kept me silent
upon the debate on the bills repeating the several
m0iety laws by means Of which system the collec-
ton OF taxes had been assured in all civilized ma
lions. Perhaps this inability was not inelicitous,
because it now permits to cali the attention (
the House to what deem the dangers to the
revenue OF 80 complete departure from
system begun under Hamilton, sanctioned
without interruption by every legisiativ Q
act without one intended exception; and
because this may now be done, too, after the
Otfcers lately executing these laws have gone out
OF office. The personal enmities and feelings
which egged on the prosecution OF the investiga-
tons OF the Committee on Ways and Means have
subsidized or failed IN their specific objects; per-
sonal ambition ana hate. which were its impeing
motives have either been satlated or failed in
their purposes; and the bill proposed oy the com-
mittee having passed the House without divi-
sion, what l may now bring to the attention OF
the House viii not have It's weight diminished by
the allegation OF a desire to defeat an alleged
measure OF reform Tor personal or private reasons.
assume the experiment OF aboiishlng moieties Is
to be tried. l. only desire, therefore, now to raise
a WARNING n on nc M In
the interest OF the dishonest and INSCRIPTIONS
importer and tax evader against the interest OF
the people rs well as the honest and conscientious
merchant.
THE MoIETy SYSTEM.
What, then, is the molety system? 1t is the giving
Of certain large rewards to official or other persons
who will take upon themselves the unpleasant