New-York tribune., 1875-02-12
HOi,sE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


Mr.. RANDALL (Dem., PENN presented re-
onstrance aEast the renewal OF the tax Oh tea aho
coffee. Referred.
A MODIFIED FRANKING PRIVILEGE.
Tho House then went into Committee OF the Whole
Ctr NcCrarv OF Iowa IN the chair and resumed the
consideration Of the PoStOfce Appropriation BILL the
prudiuc amendment being one offered by !dr CODuin
tRcn Iud) providing that all seeds furnished by the
Acrrutu,.l Departuen and all public documents sent
nv EalatGrs and REPRESENTATIVES 10 lHtr constituents
snail be carried through the mails free OF POSTAGE
MIR COBURN advocated his amendments, and stated
That 10 greater calamity cOud DcIdl inc pCOpS IiId
lie vtbd.aa from them Of free and trustworthy in
ornaon IN reference The operations OF the Govern
neLt. The reports published IN the newspapers were
vrry wen in their way, bu they were CaTOled partial
Governed hy p3tca personal bias, ana were neces-
.arly condensed lie in favor OF Tree documents 0r
Mr.. FORT Rep., IIl.l offered as a substitute for Mr.;
C0buIu's amendment one fixing the postage on pubic
document, at two cents volume, ana on seeoe at t%o
cents package. He advocated his prop slton on l4e
grOunG that there likelihood OF having the frank
Nj. FORf-In my Judgment it is better to have the
frankiug privilege repealed until the people themselves
satisfied that II ought to be restored non. os.oro
Mr.. NEGLEY-YOur proposition 10 III part reStora
tion Of the ranking privilege. .. o.. o-- % ,,,o
Mr.. FORI-No SIR; because IL proposes 10 py " ,io
Government all that costs TO transport the
The repeal Of the frankng privilege was really Ia Tue
interests II lhp express companies
Mr.. NEGLEY-I admit that.
MI PARKER Rep.. n. H)-Are yOu in favor OF the
restoration " the Irankl1g privilege - 60. .....o
Mr.. FORT-At present would not iaVor us res'ofa-
Mr NEGLEY-we publish these documents free and
why not distribute them fTeef -,
might just well be called upon to pay iOr he printing
of those documents as TO pay for thelr dtrioutl9n,
Last session paid hundreds and hundreds OF dolars Tor
postage on documents ana garden seeds. ,,-
MI SPEER Dem, PennJ preferred Mr. C0oulM t ~ 3
amendment, but OF It's failure he hoped that MT
Forts substitute would be adopted IL was species oI
moral cowaIdice for Congress TO appropriate money 1or
postage department. OF Government ana IAN 10
appropriate II for the postage OF mehDeIs oi
In distributing public documents Ihefe was no sebse
II was nOtLiug Lut an act OF bald cOwardice He ad-
mltted that h OF the towards, wh0 undet tne
terenerl and under the lash OF the metropolitan news
papers voted to repeal the frankng privilege. ana IL
was only OF his that he was ever ashamed Oh
Mr.. WILSON (iep., IOwa) opposed DOth amendments
and argued that of the given for the increase
have 10 nav their postage In future that under
standing should be observed IN good faith.
Dem., Texas) and BECK (Dem. Ky.l, both OF whom
took ground against the abolition OF the HanklDe
Mr.. Forts amendment rejected and Mr. COburn's
Mr. RANDALL Dtm., PeEnD offered an amendment
requiring official and newspaper pOs-ohce staP 70 70 Dc
p-1cured under contract made with the lowest Oddef
affer due advertisements, ana he made statement III
explanation OF II which be stated bis Doet that
saving $4,000 could be thus Effected The ahehGmeA
Was rciectcd "a point Of order. -
Tue Committee then rose and reported the bill -.
MI TYNEi. (hep, lnGl renaIKed tnet 10 % "OuiG ngi
'iv Mr. TANDALL (Den Pcnn) objected and suggested
20 Wr TyLcT 10 20 and finish tue Appropriation bi
20 as 10 have excuse fOr an extra session lBe oO
iec:Iop preyalcd, and the voting on tae iii was pro
All fhr aupndmcnts cOncurred in without
diNisior cXrcpt Mr. COburn's on Wulch Mr. MILLAIL
open v, IN ana others Cel1anded the Yeas ana NAYS
The vote was taken, and cas W. Nays 10
The bill passed.
THE NEW TAX AND TARIFF BILL
The House then went into Committee Of the Whole
Mr. hale Of Maine in the chair, on the TdTf BILL en-
titled, "A bill further TO protect the Sinking Fu1d aho
to provide for the e1gencles of the Government
Mr. DAWES Qsep, Ma 81, Chairman OF the COmlhltte'
Ways ana Means addressed the House M support o
the bill. lie reminded the House that exactly yea
he ID cndcaVOred to show that there no neces
city for increased taxation, but lie would endeaV0
ton As lie had sincerely believed at that lime that the
Government could get along without resOrtDg TO The
most unwecOne Of measures for the purpose of m8kIug
and expenses OF the Government meet,
he was win the sincerity now compelled urge
ON tbe House that there other practical method
nj doing 40 than resOrting TO taXa0n His sincerity
US moi diminished by tine reflection that In tn,
course OF events this tue last time ht
w0uld address the House on any such subject
There had then been two grounds on winch he hat
hoped avoid the necessity OF Increased taxation
These were "a confident hope that theIe would he gen
prai revival Of business aud that there would Do re
duetiOn expenses. The estimate Oi the toal recep
Of the Government for that year was at mat um'
% 777 72 aud 10 was expected that out OF that amoun
aDOnt SJOJ0OO could be applied TO the sunk
n0 Fund The actual receipts for that year were S1oi
0oO bat there was surplus Of only - 1882 over AM
sGove the current expenses Of the Government. Las
I,cemb.r be Secretary of the Treasury estimated IN
xeeeDt aud tor the fiscal year ~ be slch tA