, 1881-02-16

my Congressman or Scnninr hrtonHlR to r!th7r
political purity ciillcr nrtnprizrd :,r wns lr!vs t.
any Improper slsr Of his tru,ik. Imrrn n ano
sionni Committee. hewnycr. did testify .that
thoy, in obedience TO the Instructions et tho
ConaTcss,n.n, lid put up and acnd, ,narr rrAnk,
great many 1nGknEtss Or nnir"mkrnIm ,hS". m-
enf. ,nen'. in esc ies raeF"s,s wero !t q tic Cor
rrcssionnl record, whr the hnlk or Tho psck.
aRcs wns cninttosH't nf imfrnt'kalie nnt!er. ~ ~
tho other llnid, tito manager OF tho Dcnoefhtic
~> swortt. ro1Sr-n1.AxK
that he never unyc any Ht'csi orders ns ms cm,
rioyts testify that t!,oy received from hn, u.I
oheyc,!. lIo nsn hreuHht forward Ii,'mlMr nl
witnesses, ,hp sworc lint they never knew of
this trstlInr,,y IL uG very little ncrn'lnt.'
'What il tic nature Of the rces'n.sncndnttonS
which the ,e,, coma,t,"c will rr"h"''y maker
swell. IL tho ,lrst, place, wo tlo not believe
TINT It was Intended by the Inv which nllnws \
M ',ees ,i hs o. III s ssa no~sd ;a "t
fhsso privileges
THE Law WAS ISrESpEri,
VIC think, to confer privilege upu1! HenrR-
ecutntiyo or senafur III III. inllvtlls,il capacity.
to facilitate correspondence. pctwt!en NM nnM
cnn,paiKn, the Commit tccA Of THO s.vcrai pnrtirs
sent out rMst numbers nf public tlncMnannis
sof and fr rrnkS ns nHn st % s h@
vartuusly cst!tnntctl " fcotil i0, ,VMt0l 70 HHW-
U13. One or two hundred clerks ,tbont Inc Hap-
ftUt and 1T the HEADQUARTERS ut tito E01slti!ttcca
wero employed for wccks III visiting tho maine;
Of EnuKrcssnen hlMnk cltvelt,Jhs: TO DO ttSt'!
3bp 3br re seS i9 thPse to ise o hor
nntute, hut sUnc Ut them did nut.
At THE rEalnclAr1c HEADQUARTERS
tho c5rrkH we're lnstretc,l 70 s..set short anics
cIcrk swnrc tllat he wrt,te tho nstna Of r; n
Cobb on ss,0aN cnyclulmh. Ag0tn. we 1nh That
a.! tGs y ;S Ms ppFr M ;c ase eyer e
lncnt, and largr fortn Of persons wus Gn'rloye1
for scycr's' mouths by ths Ghpt9i: folding nti
md wero paid by tho Government to DO this. or
course this prnetier Is
NOT ENAcvIy AN ARISE
Of tho trankug privilege, but y woull not exist
Ing law. There nro two other abuses OF con-
elderah!e Importance A. thS law ny MY stas
goes through tho n,nils free. It may hr praesl-
cally senlcds Bn that no os- office olcn! cnh cx-
Hnne % ~ IT. I'll, ~ o nv ebt ~ nirv that
such documents should lie 30 o,lwrarpcd that Il
postmaster cnn reality exnm!no tho contents.
is TINT Of tho envelopes III which tho otlcial cor
resnoMdrnco OF tho Fevernl Executive Depart
ments Is transmitted.
TitEsF, ENVELOPES
havo Official tpending. asld ihorn Is no penalty
PRINTED Upon thetn. Ahy job prIater can iu!p!i.
They 20 through 10 mails un'lrr seal, md no
Postmaster ca1, t.:il whethor tho contents nro of
nm official Or prtytito nutnrc. These 0tllcnl en-
vclopcs arc scnttcl 'et loosely Mbuut nil tho dc
partmcnts. and my body cs.n obtain thgn'. As
matter Of fnst, te letter @ curriers' r In wash!nx-
hors Ut thesc official cnvelopcs md
thotr con.cnts from tho lnln1-post 1uttcr-b'xes
1t ts Altoguthor pr,.ulb!e thnt thcso envelopes
havo boon surscpttiu,hs!y ohulnctl and inprli>.
eriy used, but. II they Wcr0 to bg DpontN At,d
tho contents ba folln1 Of Il ,ot1- olfcial naturo.
thero would lie m efew to tho offender uulcs:
his name or address WAs found Ius!ue.
THE COMMITTEE
will probably recommend tho tlse Of a distinct
I've paper Tor tho FREQ Qtilcln envelopes nf the
Department, md Will further recommend tht!l
zach Department be required TO Imprint IT.
own stn,np with the tnte ut mailing upo
every ottc!ai con,municatlon which is tnnitct
In tho Department. 4 sepurnte stump chi bt
provided Tor each Division or hlreu. mud plncct
II the cl,arge OF snno tigaiunases person. VIII
shaIl be held responsible f3r It's proper nsr
These regulations, 1t Is hylivctl, would Soul
eradicate in abuse which. thoro is reason to ht'
llevc. exists ~ MI extent greater thnli Han3
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