, 1874-02-25


crail ol ilto bill tn provide for tho distribution
al la:lA[c Gocl1,ncn.n printed by .nutl,o.liy 1T
crnrcnn a','l sco;ls fnr'',sl'cd by thu AgTtcnl.
t'ithl Department., for Tho froo oxohnugo of
FREQ trn,rmstBtur oI woukly llowapnporB by mail
Within !i;o rsn,rly wloro published.
Mr. WILLARD (Vc:n,ent) n;,olo III oproaitioh
y tlio Lill. mud Tho ln.n!,'ical1unn rropnrc1 ly
iast. ttnt Tho neniLcEb III both llousos should
put thor lands into tho 1,nlltc Truaat,ry and
tn:o oft each $4,000 antl distribute 1t nlnung
tl,csr .' constituents. Quo or Tho pro'nisns OIL
TINT it wou!l do awaY with oil spociui lnvors
With a!t usou Of public properly for d,itlnn1p
i thero waa any. principle M which The hopul,-
lien isn'' Trty ,l It's toandation ~ on ros!;. !.
every department Of tl,o '' Government
,,,tE wo,ktimE .a .ba;'s; nntl yet aftor on.y PIX
privilege tloy were asked W roBtoro it, and viii,
it, to restore \ largo expenditure for publishing
Documents. How could gohtlomon Justify TINT
on my principle? liz declared it to bo 1iotori-
| ouH tint mcnlbora Of Congrosn uso( tieBo books
This Saa not j,,Btlcn. It VIVA net l.cpubItcnnio!n
On tho contrary 1t wnB l,oBtllo to the platform OH
whicl. every, Republican mcnlbcr Of tho House
hold hiH HoAt.
Nlr. BrOWELL declared himself porponally IN
favor Of tho full restoration Of lilo franking
privilege, but nH a lnoinhor Of tic Post -0fico
Committee ho should only afyocato tito passage
Of tho pending bill. Ho proceeded to read an
'fsmsn En- 1nnRiaT issst spofd ef i In avor of the bill Of tho
Committee. It tho Government authorized tho
| printing Of documents nnl procuring of pack
ages Of tceds, roots, solonB, etc, then a pro-
othorwiao it would bo hotter to dispense with tho
Department Of Agriculture altogether.
hlr. CoLTON declared himself opposed to tho
restriction Of tho frnnllng privilege, proferring
to stand by tho platform Of tho Republican M
| ing privilege ought to be abolished, md q wny
pref are1 tor reduction OF tho rate8 OF postage.
Mr: POTTER thought it bettor not to have
my Documents printed for froe circulation, but
tint they should only 10 furnished nt tho actual
cost Of printing to those who desired them. Ho
| dcclared himholf particularly in favor Of tho
| FREQ circulation Of speeches Of members, and III
| TINT connection gavo hiB sanction and approval
in tho strongest terms to tho syttom Of hav-
Ing Saturdays sot apart for genorat debate, inas-
much as by this means members wore brought
into closer relationship with their conBtitu-
entH.
Alr. BUOKNER gave notice Of IN amendment
which ho desired to offer in regard to tho distri
button Of public documents.
Mr. ROBBINS IN. O.) Baid ho had consulted
bis constituents on this very question, and tloy
had called out elamoronsly for light aud for in-
him, "Glyo us tho frankiug privilege; give rs
documents; give us spoeches; give lls books;
givo us everything" [Laughtor.] Therefore
! Mr. IT, HHzLEroN M Ii ON (ws.) said that, had he boon
in doubt az to tile policy Of tho pollding meas
urc, tint doubt would have been removed by
tlle arguments and atat,stics presented to tho
House. and which had clearly demonstrated
non It's sam .nSn. and tssy Economy ynrovdd T. rse
tso 'Ga measure eonia bo lucy carried ont rth
out adding ono dollar to tho contracts for
carrying tlio mails. 1t WAS uso!oss to conceal
tho fact Tint tho proposition to abolish tho Agr-
cultural bureau stood right behind tho oppos,t.,
tion to this bill. In hia Judgment, nothing could
| DO more untmoly and moro uncallcd for than
tlc blow aimed A. tho great and inilexiblo in-
duBtry of tho nation in the attempt to strike
| down its only recognized department in tho Gov
ernmcnt, aud what WINS true III respect 70 agri-
cultural reports applied moro or less to tho con-
| Huh reports, Presidents message, otc. Ho Eaw
no reason by the Government should resolve it.
5 "so osaor '0edisesy and s sci ii ts ts SnS repss
/ Of tho b.roaus and departments. It looked
| to him like two-ponny business for 4 great
| Government to "a. into. lIo regarded the
measure On the whole as q jut1;cous ono, mud
| mcnt making lilo FREQ distribution Of weekly
newspapers within tho county whore published
Iii III. PHELPS opposed tho bill and all tho
amendments, which proposed to re-enact tho
franking privilege. Ho opposed tho bill
| in the nnn1o of that economy which they
pratHed 30 much, and which they prac-
| tlced 80 little. After spending Weoks III
| discussion nB to tho salary of members, tho
| Chairman Of tho Committee on Printing had
como in with bill to print 25o 900 copies Of the
Agricultural Report for grntultious distribution.
How ho (plclpa) had admired the audacity Of
that n'cmbor! (Donnan.) Flow la lad pitiod
his fato If there had been suuh speeches, suoEl
protests about their poor $500 year each, what
should be tho fate Of tho man who dared to
como forward and propose to throw 100000
into tho rnE- bags and barber-SlonH Of tho
nation Tho BILL had gono through
almost without objection certainly with
out discussion. Day after day bills
had boon introduced, mud there was not q man Of
them did not ory for economy, but they had
mover been ablo to tind that particular measure
on which thoy were willing to practice. After
ridculing Mr.. Catnon for his devotion to tho
interests Of tho Grangera ho turned his atten-
ton to Nrr. Garfield, and satirized him worry hu-
in his speech botweon tue calm, cool. sensible