Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-21
Hitch About the Star Mail Service.

The order OF the Postmaster General restrict
ing the sstar' mail service to one delivery per
week forces the question of providing additional
appropriations for this branch of the service
upon the immediate attention of Congress.
Early in the present session the Post Office de-
partment notified Congress that an additional
maintain the star routes during the current fis-
cal year. The House committee on approprta-
uons took decided stand against granting this
1n s that to ae havs aT9a
on this branch Of the service in proper man
ner. The department, in meeting this objec-
ton, called attention to the fact that this Con-
gresS had passed bills establishing some 1000
new star routes, and that more than half Of
these bad been put In operation, thus creating
All expenditure not anticipated IN the original
aPpfGipraton THIS fb dd not NV ins
sisting that the department had no right to
create deficiency. The committe on post offices
sustained the department, and urged that the
delay, in order that no interruption in
the maf service might take place. Mean time
the appropriations committee permitted the
order of the Postmaster General, and it has
caused some CONSERVATION among the law
makers. The democrats are In the majority,
all legislation. This fact was used as an argu-
meut why the s2.OOO.OOO asked by the depart
ment should not be granted. ''The democratic
party p WIN be held responsible by the people for
who opposed granting the additional appropria-
tion. But the Postmaster Generals summary
chopping down OF the star service puts another
e gress and 'PH one i they ''eSi dislike - very very
much to bear. The democratic members OF
the post office committee insist that the
party part will VIII be held Id responsible, by
mails, and that this will have a far more dam
aging effect than can possibly grow out of any
theory of waste in connection with the pro-
posed s20oo,OOO appropriation. To avoid this
danger and to keep the star routes in operations,
Chairman Money, Of the post office committee,
INTENDS. II he can secure recognition next Mon
move to pass it under suspension Of the rules.
1t will require two-thirds vote to put the bill
through In this manner, but those who favor it
believe this can be obtained. The star
of citizens have Of communicating with their
fellow men. 1t is the dependence of all that
vast territory in this country lying away from
railroads and nayigable waters, and nothing SO
deprived of his mails. Said leading demo
cratic member of the post office committee to-
day. 'The people whose mails are cut Off by
this order will charge the fault to Congress. and
that is the way we must View the question.
l don't know whether the regular ap-
propria,tion for the star service was
been nisapplied for aught 1 know, S but but
we must not sit here and permit the mails to
stop because OF that. We should supply money
to Keep the service up to tts standard. and then
propliation was misapplied or not II we as
certain that it was, then let the officials who are
responsible be made to suffer for it; but we
must rot make the people suffer for the mis-
conduct or bad management of department Off
Gals, even admitting there was such, which do
rot say, by any means."' If Mr.. Money succeeds
in getting his bill before the House 1t will, no
doubt, be antagonized, and there will be lively
discussion.