New-York tribune., 1886-03-31
THE FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE.
vILAs's YIGGARDLY POLICY ATTACKED.
BITTER PERSONALITIES BE wEEN MEssHs HoUk
AND M'MIIIIN--A FEEBLE OFFENCE
NY rKIKGR APII 10 IHE rRIRkNE

AND VI MIIIN-A FFtB OFFENCE.
IBI TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBsyE.l
WAsHINGToN March 3O-The men who un-
dertook to defend Mr. villas the House to-day cut
rather sorry figure. N.t one OF them could assert
that the Postmaster General has dealt fairly
with American steamship companies, or
deny that his policy has Deen virtually TO
discriminate against American lines and in favor OF
foreign lines Mr. BouLts loud attempts to confuse the
issue l. holding forth against "subsides were n ntt-
fectual as was Mr. DOckerys wild assertion that the
decay American merchant marine was due To the
protective tariff system, the vehement declaration OF
Springer Mr.. Villas deserves no criticism, but 1.-THE
enconiums OF Congress- AMI the paudts OF the Ameri
can people" for his prasewOrthy and patriotic attempts
10 cripple the foreign carrying in American YES
sells Dngey put the whole case in nutshell In his
short but brilliant and effective speech which the advo-
Gates Mr. Vilass nggardly un-Americsn policy Will
fnd 20 he unanswerable.
j. NJ Taylor OF Tennessee" opened tho discussion TO-
day by defending the Postmaster General from the crt
cisms Of Mr.. Burrows OF Michigan. for not increasing
of the fourth and NTH class postal clerks
Mr. Bingham. Of Pennsylvania, gave his hearty ap-
prova to the general features Of pending bill but
criticised the appropriation for foreign mail service.
maintaining that an additional OF $4,000 should he
given order that the Postmaster General wight have
the full limit Of the for payment to American steam
ers IN the for compensation to postal Gle rks there
should be additional appropriation OF 10000, 40 as
10 allow the Postmaster General to pay the erh9 'he
full compensation that tho statute permitted
Mr. Dugey. OF Maine. said thf, the question involved
was not OF Substituting American steamship Anes
but of giving them fair compensation for mall
service The bill appropriated s. 1000 Tor
transportation Of f0lolsn mails, but 9"'"oUo
Of this TO Gs to foreign steamships
and only 100000 20 American steamships mo
discrimination against American steamships would De
manifest when particular lines were compared. Ihe
British CuuaI and White lines were paid s. cents
mile FOR ma their outward trips last year
paid only 1 cents nj 70
one way and and inland postage the ma Nimnm
which laws allowed. would give only cents mile
The line China and Japan was paid only l." cents
mile last year, the Venezuelan line only l3 cents
a mile one way; and the amount proposed
bv this bill would allow only 3A c'nts
mile 10 this lire next year Al the same
time 1t proposed TO pay the VnniIo
line IS cents per mile. I'VE have difficulty III pay
ing our coastwse steamship lines reasonable compeh>d-
tion" he sad. "Why Is il That we allow ourselves -
discriminate against our limos in the foreign liaHc Wch
who seems o he afraid that we Sha lntrIer'
EuclanIS prestige the ocean, cries out SUD
sdy'i The last Congress approTr Hated a sufficient
amount TO enable the Postmaster General 10 pay cN'
listing American steamship lines ~ much per lll, & ~ ne
paid the Cunart line. and to secure the cNlahshmchl
OF line to Buencs Ayres. But that o'.tia. &C.
cned to execute law and 1t is denounced as sb'
sdy. II this policy is TO be continual we thaiI ID cue
trade. To f the chapter Of Injustice 10 the American
steamship lines 1t Is no." PT,p,,"u 20 cGP bn Pof
sSir n cone ard 60 as II reases IN, an Amer
lean steamship the foreign trade Ia to he deined IN
Ill it consents 20 carry our malls FOR sum hsAoeh' 10
Replying to the charge Of Mr. DocEerv, OF Missouri.
that the Republican tarif rohcy had driven IRON nS
ocean the fOuIlshin merchant marine that The Uncd
States had before th- war, under democratic lohcy NJ
Din.ey said the portion OF the merchant marine which
bad been protected To VIII 'hdt IN 'Dc coa' nae
had mishcl. and had to-day three times the tonn@gr
OF the home feet tie United Kingdom while t,a
portion OF the shipping which had been unprotected Tor
thirty years that in the foreign trade bad
Mr.. BlcUnt. Of Georgia defended tie action OF the
PSa' ssccc5 aSrrc6raed GspS5 by F''"as aa 5 Us" Of @
year to compensate American vessels for the iorcirn
nan u, seEy1ce @ and Gharver Of error or cline at
tached a failure TO use this fund, attached nor only TO
the PostmqscrGcneral but to The Prcslden, ana hi1
eSmmGd dS NO Wise e'Te d.crson Sa5 had he G" gnnGd M
correctness OF the statement that the foreign |
ma 'STgGT cpsw, Wss or star % Route service ana he
quoted from the Postmaster-G report to snStan
anti sunsidy men n.hng the Senate Executives
but now hr thanked God. here was an Administration
which did understand tins mode OF building up
Nh sprnger Of Illinois thou rht that the Po'tnaster-
General instead Of receiving criticism should receive the
encomum, OF Congress. and wouId receive the psudis
was hereafter be administered IN the interests OF the
NE Dockery Of ssouri. pointed ont that the Post
had pTeceaenis oT me he '&slTe Tnn ~
refusing to establish coal stations on the Ilhnu' OF
Panama aud Secretary Of the Treasury sherman IN
OF certain Southern mail contractors ...,.,,,
Warner of Ohio thought that the discretion OF the
Postmaster-Geners nad been wisely exercised
and rcarrd that the President had assumed an attitude
before the country which would lie tolerated in any
but other countries in the world Russia or Persia
Turkey nor the Queen Of ENGLAND would have occupied
their positions twentvour hours after having taken e
{%'Gn I denoncsd TRSn the hs atoS OF n'G the Fret
Assistant Postmaster General in removing officers IN
Tennessee from The VILLAGES in which they had been
situated for years and locating them In the Plncy
Tas 10 take cnarec ot the once Ths action he
nominated the most outrageous, infamous action
tchh AL henp Tfsef n v.
He dld not know from what influence this unless
II from a man who had paid himself salary ont
the ehdrens school fund two years after he went out
OF othce
Mr. Houk-You know inst as well a. anybody else on
earth. have record II YOU come round privately.
Mr. McMIlnn--I insist that when goes to as
ton-he should have the bodness TO do IT ike man.
Mr. Houk-I have the bodness TO tell you privately or
70 meet IN any other way
MI McNin-No man ought TO attempt to DO that IN,
directly which he has not the b3idness to 90 directly
undertake that the he ~ attempting 10 reach
is the equal any man he can boast OF and VIII not
peror OF his individual CMr HouE In all that cohSIi
Mr. Honk smcre.t.d that there were plenty Of on
Penn ylvanisaye who were the superors OF hls COZ
Mr. McMnin would express the oplnion-f It were
pariamentary-that there men in the penteDtiary
WHO the supcrior~ o. ms COLLEAGUE
hal been hanged IN prisOrS
Afterths exchange OF compliments the matter dropped
and tho committee
fETTLERs APPEALING FROM THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, March 80 (Speci0D.-A joint
resolution passed unanimously by the iowa Legislature
and large number Of petitions from Knights Of Labor
Assemblies OF that state aud from other bodies have
been presented tho Senate and House OF Represents
tyes praying for the passage the Presidents veto
of tho bill here.ef Of settlers the Des Moines
River land. Democrats and Republicans alike unite In
this request In petitou Just presented In the sem
ate by the settlers they state that many OF them were