New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
FUTURE CONGRESSIONAL WORK,

FUTURE CONGRESSIONAL WORK.
The Hon. John Lind giUes hss opinion
on the measures aotsch sOiH come be-
t0re Congress-the Postal Service Uill
probably be remodeled.
Hon. John Lind appeared before the
supreme court to argue the case of
Brown, Wood and other counties against
the Winona & St Peter Railway COM
pany for hack taxes on their lands. a
Judgment was rendered against the
company in the district court for GER
tain taxes, interest and penalties, and
the appeal was made with a view
OF securing modification of the penal
ties. A reporter asked Mr., Lind for an
expression of opinion on national legis-
lation and other matters of public inter-
est, and the young congressman, draw
ing his towering form to its full height,
and quivering with exultant animation
and enthusiasm, said:
with a republican president, a 1e-
publican senate, republican house.
with republican speaker, we will rule
America as America should be ruled.
Ihe rights of Dakota and other terri
tories will be recognized promptly and
speedily justice will be melted out. The
government is now in condition to
begin where it was forced to halt four
years ago end resume its progressive
march in the direction of national ad.
vancement and prosperity. There are
many things which ought to have been
done for the convenience and prosperi-
ty OF the people, but which were not,
because of hindrances and obstacles
in the form Of men who appeared to be
the enemies of Everything that promised
good to the country. But these OBJ
stacles will now be thrown over the
fence as a rock would be removed
from wagon road and new era will
dawn upon the people. One of the
first things that will receive attention,
with a view of Improvement and ad-
vancement is the postal service. Some
of us have talked this matter over for
the past year. Our conclusions are
formed, and we know just what we are
going to do. To begin with, the rate
OF postage will be reduced so that a
penny will be required where now are
required two cents. Postal cards will
go.This is an age Of enlightenment, but
| don't believe in the enlightenment of
postmasters By allowing them to read
postal cards. We propose to send a
sealed letter just as cheap as We send
postal cards. Gen. Bingham of Phi
ladelphia, chairman of the committee
on postage and postofiices, will recon-
mend this, and there is no doubt about
the adoption of the measure. AS a
member of that committee, I have Civ
en- postal matters a great amount of
study land one of my conclusions is that
while we have been making rapid
strides in most other things we have
made practically no advancement in
postal facilities in the last quarter of a
| century. The idea of man standing
up before pile, 1000 or 5000 letters
and circulars and pounding each one
with an old stamp is a hideous thing
for me to contemplate and still worse
sight is an old man trudging about q
city with a pack of mail that would
weigh down a Jew peddler, while the
time he made in his distribution of
mail would fall below the peddler 1
believe the size of envelopes should be
regulated by law, in order to get a
uniformity, having one size for legal
cap, another for note paper, then some
Yankee could invent machine through
which these letters could be run and
come out all stamped and ready for
| transmission. Men in cities would
have mail disseminated by electricity
or pneumatic tubes. I am also in favor
OF having the telegraph owned and
! operated by the general government.
| am well aware that manv believe this
would be impracticable and unwise.
but after much study for and against,
am fully convinced that the operation
of the telegraph should be q govern
ment function. Why it is only another
method of the distribution or dissent
mination of intelligence, and why
should not the government either SUI
pervise all or none.
In reply to a question concerning the
probabilities of new tariff legislation
Mr.. Lind gave it as his opinion that the
bill known as the senate bill would be
taken up and passed during the next
session. -DIsPATCH.
GENFRbI NEWc