, 1875-02-11
THE Po9T.OFFICE BILL.

IAE MEASuHt ~ NEP1ltlElF III AHrA INI1AA%
:reciaf biapa'ch to The t2t'aaa Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. l1.-Yhe Heusn
1rent tho lay on tho I'osL-0t'ico Appropriation
bill. Tho amount appropriated Ia per cent
more thnll WAS III Tho bill Inst year. Tho OK
p,aua.iou Of this difference in tint tho business
of tho Department increases annually about 10
Scr cont. Tho effect Of tho business depression
sf last year il Recs il, tho incraascd deficonoy-
appropriation In this bill, which in considerably
hrgor than last year. The denato III tho Com
mittce Of tho Whole wnB animated, and tho
Holleo adjourned without completing tho bill.
paragraph, which cpeafc tho law granting Tho
ldtio.,n sulHi,y to tho l'atihc Mail Steamship
Company WIZ passed. witlont Il word OF debate,
,nd without a division. Tltis paragraph was
tnncliotl lats In ihe day. Nlletl tho vote upon 1t
FMS called tAIfOrhth member hcAirBd tllat HOTlc
explanation tu Tho roaAnn of tho repeal should
b. given. lolHl yoGifcrntinna from all eides Of
tic iIaII were Immediately hoard shouting We
rant no explanation. fotc;" and tho section
,ontnG votes. These rotas wore froln tho Ia.
ILc cuaRt. Tho paragraph relative tn
THE r,l'rpESsA.iuS OF RAlinoADs
excited considerable opposition. 1t wns attempts
III to rayifu tin old st0r, Of nj, alleged COLL
.praey to increaeo tho compensation. but MI
Amendment to change tho bill nf tho Committee
Nas rejected tho Committee Btauding by tic bill
by n vote of 103 tu 45.
LILO newspapers lfo IGt 10 10 permitted 10 I'LL.
FertiEe tho a1l,iual mRil-lettinGs A great variety
Of propositions relative to tho advcftiBinR Of
tllcAe lettings was submitted, tito result lleing
t!lat Oil amendment sGs accepted recruiting Tic
uAl-lettinGH in each STATE atltt Territory to he
eo'fsI,icuul1tIy poEtel iii cnch poal-pllico ftr
thirty days boforo each lotting. This aefoatB all
appropriations !nr tho advertising Of t1'eso lot
tinss, anll It is sad will saro half million dol
latn to tho Treasury.
Thore was much opposition to the plan to in
crease tho
sALAnIEs OF FoRrMAsTEns
in Chicago aud other cities 10 10000, md In
Few York to $3,U00. Tho REPRESENTATIVES from
OF their respective Fost1nastors, but no ono wan
found to say word for Chicago. It vas
inRBtcd that The salaries Of PoBtmaHters should
correspond With tie amount Of tho business
OF their ofIres. and with tlIo amount OF
lhoir bond Tho Chairman OF the Eomtnittco
nation, that Committee was OF the opiuton that
tho sa,009 offices arc the bpst paid III the gift Of
Tho Government. The House refused to accept
any Of these amendments, and tho hi!i WAS left
exactly III tho present Law now stands.
What Is
yEnY MECH L1EE THE rnAsK1sa PRIVILEGE
again came up, and upon it the IIouao adjourned.
Tho Democrats nro very RuxosB TINT the Hopnl-
licaua should pass q taw providing in some
way Tor the transmission pf public doeD.
monts. Ihoy arc eutiro1V willing that tho
Republicans should ASSUME the responsibility
Of an apparent attomrt to roYiyo tho fruuking
privilege, Tor it saoms likely. in tho ovcnt Of tic
nun-paAnaSe Of the measure this session, that
the political demands upon tho Democratic Cnn-
gressmen Tor docu1perta mud campaign purposes
will bo snch that they will In some way practt-
caIiy restore tho franking privilege. A few lIa-
sce'nad disposed to give tho Democrats this
rDut.