Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-12-13

and am confident after full consideration of the
subject, that the reduction Of the rate would be
followed by such growing accession of business
as to occasion but slight and temporary loss to the
retcntes of the postonlce. The postmaster gem
eral devotes much Of his report To the cOnsidera'
ton, IN It's various aspects, OF the governments
relations to the telegraph Such reflection as
have been able TO give TO this subject since my last
onnual message has not led me to change the view
which there expressed, in dissenting from the
rcco Lnendaiion of tho postmaster general that
the government assume tile same control over
the Telegraph which II has always exercised over
the mail. Admitting that itS authority in I'll Q
premises "a as ample as lave ever been claimed
torit, IT would not IN MY Judgment be n wise use
lt that authority to purchase or assume the con-
troll of existing tee graph lines or to construct
others with n view OF entering into general cOmpe-
titton with private enterprise. The objections
winch may be Justly urged against either Of these
projects, anu indeed against any system which
would require nn enormous increase IN the civil
service lists, do not however apply to some Of the
plans which have lately provoked public comment
and discussion 1t has been claimed, Tor example,
thnt congress might wisely authorize the post
master general TO contract with some private per
suns or corporation for the tran ami4siun OF mes
sigesRt specified rates aud under government
supervision Various such schemes OF th3 same
general nature hut widely differing in their special
characteristic have been suggested in the public
prints, and the arguments by which they have
beensupporIed aud opposed have doubtless at
tracted your attention. II Il likely that the whole
subject viii be considered by you at the present
session. In tho nature Of things II involves
80 many questions Of detail that your de.
liberatiOns would probably be aided
only slightly, II at all by any suggestions which
might now submit avow my belief however,
that the government should be authorized by law
TO exercise some sort Of supervision over inter.
state telegraph communication and | express the
hope that for obtaining that eud some measure will
be devised which will receive your appreciation.
The attorney general critic'es in his report the
provisions OF the existing law fixing the fees ol
Jurors dnd.witnc-sc5 in the federal courts. These
provisions are chiefly contained IN the net oi
February 20, S53, though some of them were in
trOduCcd into that act from statutes which had
been passed many years previous II il manifest
that such compensation ns might, when these law
were cnncted have been just aud reasonable would
IN many instances be justly regarded at the present
day as inadequate | concur with tho attorney
general In the belief that the statutes should br re-
viscd by which these fees are regulated, So too,
should the laws which re- gihtc the compensation
VI district attorneys and marshal4. They should
be paid wholly by sIlarc+ instead Of in part by
foes as Is now the case. The change would prove
10 bc measure Of economy, and would disconrgc
the institlKon OF needless aud oppressive legal
proceedings which it Is to he feared have In some
instances b'cn conducted for tue mere sake
personal gain.