The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-05-27

4 Measure Thas viii do Away With
Much Inconvenience and Some
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Much Inconvenisnce and Some
One Of the greatest defects OF the
present postal system Of this country
10 the delay attending the return Of
such letters to the writer's rs are re-
fused or cannot be delivered. A
person living in Chicago, for instance,
writes and sends IN important letter
In Springfield. but the person tor
whom it Was intended does not live
there, or. II he does. refuses to receive
the letter. BY the present law, after
the lapse Of certain time, If it is not
called for il Is advertised, and then
sent to the Dead Letter Office ut
Washington, where it is opened AMI
forwarded to the writer. A letter
may have been sent from San Francis
CO to a place only u few miles from
that city, and yet it must be forward
ed across the continent tn Wash.
ington before j, can b. returned to
him. The long delay resulting from
this method often cAns-s great incnn
veniece and even serious loss to bnth
parties The Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads Of the House
are considering legislation ou this
subject. They will. probably. agree
to measure. the substance If which
is contained in n bill introduced by
Mr.. Money. to facilitate the delivery
Of letters. and their speedy return to
writers ofsuch u are refused ar can
not be delivered. 1t authorizes and
empowers the Pstmaster.General tn
establish such Post Offices rs return
letter offices rs he may deem neces-
sary for the purpose Of the act. and
to prescribe such rules and regulations
for the government aud management
If return letter offices ~ he may deem
proper. 1t is suggested that il Offices
IF this character were established in
all remOter cities of the country il
would result in great saving Of time,
and prevent much trouble tn parties
interested. This system is in vogue
in the British provinces. anil recon-
meuds itsetf to the postal authorities
Of this country.
a Good After- Dinner Speech.
The tenth toast was "The Bench
aud Bar Blessed are the Peace
makers" Great Laughter Joseph
H. Choate responded in q witty
speech, in the course Of which he
said: IL don't intend to speak q
.ober word to night. II is doubtful
whether could. Great Laughter.
| don't know whether it vas Josh
Billings or Henry F. Spaulding who
said roars of laughter that there i
no substitute fur wisdom, and that the
next best thing is silence. Yet | can
not take my seat without regulating
some Of the gl'omy views expressed
by my predecessors. The Rev. DR..
Bellows told u that there is distrus,
| in the American institutions"
DR.. Bellows (interrupting) ~ didn',
say any such thing. (Great laughter.
Mr.. Choate--I leave the matter I,
your own recollection. gen,leDen o
the jury. Laughter. am perfect.
willing that the Doctor should speal
regarding any institution Of his own
but not in regard tn one of mine
(Laughter.1 l don't believe that IN!
body Of merchants with As full
stomachs as yours can harbor an!
distrust Of the institution l represent
[Laughter.1 Senator Blaine deplOre'
the low condition of the carrying
trade. We lawyers do our full shar
Of the carrying trade. and in behal
} Of my brethren / repudiate bis sent
} menis. We are prepared tn carry al
YOU can heap upon us. Laughter.
Lord Bacon once said that every ma
owes q duty to his profession. ca
amend that by saying that every ma
in the community owes u duty to W
profession. and somewhere betwee
the cradle and the grave he mus
acknowledge the liability and pay til
debt. [Laughter.1 You can't liv,
and you certainly can't die withou
lawyers. A certain noted member i
: the New York bar once prepared I
take trip to Europe, and bought hi
ticket, but did not gu. On bein
asked the reason, ne replied: ION
Of my wealthy clients has died, and
was afraid IL l went across th
Atlantic the heirs would get oil th
property" Great laughter. Will
the Minister to Berlin was speaking
Ibid not observe that there was an
response to the call he had made. bu
couldn't help thinking that . simila
appeal in behalf of the institution
represent would be responded to il
the immediate future. When ] lool
upon all this heapednp and I'LL
capital, Laughter. l believe thu
fortunes Of the bar are ut their yer,
beginning. Renewed laughter. Tn
future e Ill before us. We have d
sympathy with communism. but. lik'
the Communists, We have everything
to gain and nothing to loose. Grea
laughter.] In regard to the rathel
remarkable phraseOlogy Of the toast
I believe the sentiment to b true
If you devote yourself assiduously
enough and long enough to the pro
tession the result will b perfect
peace, for no one ever knew Q lawsuit
II il was prosecuted vigorously enough
and lasted long enough. for anything
to Be left for the parties to quarre
over. CGreat laughter.
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