Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-20
A VERY LIVELY SUNSET
SHEDDING LIGHT ON REPUBLICAN
CAMPAIGN METHODS.

AAO NOW 1orA tribune" Attacks Sunse
Cox ON q Chargeof Franking Unfrank
able Matter-The PIucky Little Dem
ocrat Sets ON Foot an Investigatisr
Which Results in Some Interestins
Observation-Disclosures Needed.
WASHINGTON, October 1.-THE speaker
laid before the House twelve pension veto
messages. They were referred to the com
mittee on invalid pensions.
Cox, New York. to question o; priv
lege, sent to the clerks desk and had rea6
an editorial from the New York Tribune,
charging him with sending enirankable mat
ter though the mails under his frank. Coz
said he called on the editor of the Tribune
and was shown the package referred to
He declared the signature OF his name or
it q forgery.
Cox added that at his request the post
Office department had investigated The
matter and the Inspector found that the
package was sent
WITHOUT cox's AUTHORITY,
and was a forgery, that it did not appear
that the package which was sent to Mrs.
Beebe, postmistress at Appalachiu, New
York, was authorized to be mailed at
either the National or State Democratic
headquarters in New York, and that the
name Of the forger..could not be discovered,
as the Tribune" refused to give up the
package.
Cox added that unfrankable matter had
also been sent under the franks of Con-
gressmen Hovey OF Indiana. Kean of New
Jersey, and Quay, Pennsylvania. They were
notified and the frst-named replied that
the frank was unauthorized by him. The
other two had not yet replied. Cox said he
brought the matter before the House, with
a view to having action taken which would
prevent this violation of the franking
privilege in the future. Unfrankable matter
Is STILL BEING SENT OUT
by Senator Quay and others, notwith-
the Postmaster General had
called attention to it.
Henderson of Iowa inquired what evil
dence the gentleman had that such docu-
ments were being sent out.
Cox stated he had Information from the
Postmaster General. The gentleman from
(Mansur) told him that Missouri
was flooded with such documents, under
the frank OF Senator Quay. He had in
his hand certain documents directed to r.
H. Hurd, Newborne, N. c., which were not
but bore the frank OF Senator
Quay.
Continuing, Mr.. Cox said the Tribune"
had made him q handsome apology on the
Both ult. He knew the article was
ibellous. He knew that the matter
would be
DEVELOPED AFTER ELECTION,
and he rested easy over it. But the ''Trib-
me" had since published a fac simile OF the
rank reduced in size, SO that the signature
was about the size OF his signature. He had
40 knowledge that his colleague, DelaDe,
nad sent the package to the Tribune" or
had mixed up in this business. He hoped
ne was not. He had notified his colleague
10 be here, but he had not arrived.
Anderson, of Iowa, said he knew that
Iowa was flooded with documents such as
we're in the package to which Cox referred.
He did not know whether they were sent
there under frank or not, and suggested
that the Postmaster General had been
swift to give Republican Illustrations, but
from giving Democratic ones.
Payne, OF Pennsylvania, said he was
sorry Cox
REFLECTED ON QUAY.
Documents sent to Hurd Of North Caro-
ina were extracts from the Congressional
Record with sub-heads added. He did not
think this made the matter unfraukable.
After further discussion, during which it
appeared that other members OF Congress
had heen sending out matter with SUBJ
heads, the question was dropped.
Kilgore of Texas offered q resolution pro-
viding for final adjournment on the goth
inst. 1t was referred to the committee on
ways, and this body passed it 19 to q.
Adipurnod