The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-04


1t ia difficult to tell Today what
will be the outcome of the disagree
ment between Congress and the Ex-
ecutive. That the bill will be vetoed
has been known for some time. But
the unknown, is hew Congress will
meet the veto. If anything can be
inferred from the public speeches and
private expressions of leading men,
bers, the majority, if not o. agrees
i've and confident % it was before tie
first veto, is. at this writing, more
compact and determined than it was
Immediately after the last veto. The
legislative appropriation bill was
signed by Senator Thurman yester.
day afternoon and was sent immedi-
ately to the Executive Mansion. The
President will probably send in his
veto to-day. though some Republi-
cans are OF opinion that it will not
be laid before Congress until the end
of the week.
The Southern members have I'D.
dressed q communication to the north.
ern Democratic members asking them
to outline a plan of legislative action
in the present emergency, and signi-
flying their willingness to follow
their lead. The Democratic men,
bers of the House who conceived this
plan of getting q definite expression
of policy from the Northern members
desired to have the joint committee
act upon the proposition before TAX
ing any formal step to carry it out.
Should the joint commit zee adopt the
proposition, it will be submitted for
signatures. Every Northern Demo-
crat who has been spoken to on the
subject has signifed his willingness
to follow up the policy, and insist
upon standing firm and refusing sp
propristions. The idea of the ad-
dress or document is that as the laws
sought to be repealed more directly
affect the Northern States. and as
the repeating legislstiop vas insugu-
rated ny members from the North,
they should be allowed to lead 10
defining the policy to b. pursued.
The joint conference committee will
meet either to-day or tomorrow,
when the question will DE considered
and passed upon,
The o mnittee on post fices and
pos -roads have been giving their in
tention to q system Of return letter
Offices such as has long been in use 10
England. The ohiectofa proposed
bill is'td eur The Wost speedy de-
If letters to writer's in csses
where the party addressed does no.
receive them, from any cause wha.-
ever. such as . failure to take them
from the %ofice, %illegibility of address,
indisposition to receive them. or 9TH
erwise. Ii is very obvious that in Q
country, the extent of this. where we
have postal lines 5000 miles locg. q
return letter Office At ana Roiut only.
and that oae f5inP at Washington,
ON The 2x,rume eastern boundary OF
the continent, IL insufficient for the
delivery It letters or pack
ages to the original sender. 10 case
of non delivery. The average dis
lance Of carriage of mail MATES 10
the United Ststss II about l.sla
miles. thls kSt oil itself 10 sufficient
TO demonstrate tho necessity Of the
return letter efices lbe bill proposes
to establish. All The postal reforms
in this. as in all other 'roNa,sies. are
taken fro% the Nrffsh system; they
were sngrated on that system, in
Irpite Of The strenuous opposition Of
postal officials, and were. il syeFy H.
stance the suggestions oi psrsons
disaonYseted viii tbe service. The
fast mail coach system sysiem. cheap
postage, uniform portage, and the
railway postal car we're all rrsisted.
The postofie money order system
was allowed to be conducted Is .
private enterprise BY three posto3 nee
clerks for forty yesSs. before the De-
parrment would assume its functions.
The commercial character Of the
British people demanded increased