National Republican., 1888-03-16

papers TO publish the truth and only the
truth, that newspaper aud that newspaper
correspondent would have to go out OF
business; Laugh'sr -, ,.
olution requesting the Postmaster General
to inform the House what instructions, II
any, by circular letter or otherwise, have
been given to subordinate officers with re.
gard TO mail matter received from Canals,
which are Intended to prohibit American
citizens from using the United States mails
on the same terms With citizens OF the Do-
mipion Of Canada living In the same vicin.
age and competing In the same branches
OF business. Also, whether any statute
law prevents the mailing In Canada OF
seeds, plants, and bulbs grown by Ameri'
| can citizens on American soil, aud II there
Is no provision OF law prohibiting II.
Whether he has assumed to impose
penalty at the rate OF 1920 a ton on seeis,
| plants, and bulbs lawfully mailed by Ameri.
| can citizensin In an attempt to compete with
| CanadisD scedmen to whom tue United
! States, by a recent postal treaty, has giveH
advantage over, American seedmen 10 the
way OF postage at the rate OF $40 Il ton.
| In case the Postmaster General shall show
that orders have been given directing the
| examination OF incoming mails for evidence
Of their use by American citizens, he Is re.
questtd to inform the House by what pro.
vision OF the recent postal treaty or pro.
| NltlD1i vi law tUt OlIlCtIS VI lut HusLul stI-
vice of the UDited States are authorized to
| place an espionage on said Canadian mail
| for the purpose OF determining whether
| American citizens are availing themselves
of the henefcent provisions accorded 10
Canadians by the postal treaty. Referred
The Douse then on motion Of Mr.. Burnes,
OF Missouri. went into committee OF the
whole (Mr. Blount, of Georgia, in the chair
for the consideration OF Senate amendments
to the urgent deficiency bill.
The Senate amendment appropriating
f3O,GOO for the revenue cutter service on
the Pacific coast was nOn.cOncurred In.
! The appropriation committee having
recommended an amendment appropriating
S25, 600 for the pay OF assistant cistodlaus
and iantOrs OF public buildings and for the
reinstatement OF as many persons dis
charged since Feb. as may be necessary,
Mr. O'Neill, Of Missouri, moved to increase
the appropriation to $50, 0OO
Mr., O'Neill contended that S25, 900 would
not be sufficient to restore the force re-
Gently discharged and also to restore the
salaries which had been cut down. This
retrenchmeut began at the wrong enl OF
the line. The people wanted retrenchment
to begin at the top, among the officers re-
ceiving S4 0o0 ard $1,000 year instead Of
among the scrub women and janitors and
Mr. Randall said that the committee had
received Information from the Treasury
Department to the effect that $4,000 would
absolutely restore every one who had been
discharged.
Mr. Cannon, OF Illinois. alluded to the
growing increase Of the eXpenses for the
care snd custody of the public bulldogs
under Democratic administration, and
CoDtrastcd IL with the announced intention
OF that administration at the time of its
Inauguration 10 decrease these expendl-
tufes
II. a., 80, ,la n l,-.l, - 1t,, -,
employees by reason Of the lack Of appro.
priatiops and the subsequent filling OF their
places by Democrats, he said that he had
no objection to this being done openly, but
he did object to the "squeezing out' pro.
cess iesorted 10 by the administration in
order to escape the criticism OF the Mug.
wunps.
Mr.. O'Neill's motion was lost and the
committees amendment agreed to.
Mr.. Boutelle, OF Maine. moved u concur
renee In the Senate amendment striking on
the appropriation OF $780, 600 for the purpose
of making 100 feet longer the dry dock no.
under contract to be built at the Brooklyr
navy yard.
The committee on appropriations recon-
. mend non-concurrence.
: Mr.. Boutele eaid that the only reason
for lepgthening the dock was that it coult
r be used to accommodate large occ,
1 steamers
r..
3 good wold for the League Island navy
, yard, where, he declared, dry dock could
l be constructed with the gres.est aivantag,
z to the navy.
Mr., Lodge, Of Massachusetts, suggested
. that II there was such great harry TO docl
vessels that two would have to be docked
; at once, there were ether navy yards, suct
as that at CnarltstowD, Mass, whtct
I might be utilized 10y one OF tue vessels
There was 600 foot dock in New York a
= Erie basin, the approachito which could b,
deepened sufficiently 10 allow the dockln 8
OF the large ocean steamers.
a lie saw no reason why the capital OF New
York should not be employed in privat
Il enterprise, instead OF Congress being aske'
to commit the government to the enlarge
u ment OF the dock at the navy yard. ]
would be better to spend money in build
n ing up the navy instead Of putting SlOOOO
in the Brooklyn dry dock, not for the Geue
e fit of the naval vessels Of the United States
( but for the convenience OF the great steam
" ship companies.
Mr.. Herbert declared that there was II,
r. danger that the government would eve
enter into competition with private capita
o invested in docks, a declaration which wa
" corrol Grated by Mr.. Randall.
1t Mr.. Boutele's motion was lost, and th
e Senate amendment was non'cOncurred IL
The next amendment which gave rise t
e comment was that striking out the claus
= (nserted In the House on motion OF Nj
II O'Neill, Of Mssouri) directing the publ
!, printer to rigidly enforce the eight'hou
u law.
The committee on appropriations recon
u mend nOu' concurrence
Il MIR. McComas, Of Maryland, said tina
j. while, as a general thing, he was oppose
J. to reiterating existing law, he Was In raw
OF the clause, because the public printt
S deserved the censure which was containe
la I'm Df tha amnlnyas nf his nil
d 564 were required, in open defiance OF III
y express terms of the law, to work ten
)i eleven, and twelve hours. Congress shonl
take hold Of the abuse and Insist on tn
T. law being enforced.
r, Mr.. BurDes said that he had never befor
10 heard 1t intimated that the public printe
Id bad violated the eight-hour law. There ".
y no violation OF that law In permitting
man to work as many hours as he Nigh
desire, and the speech Of the gentlema
from Maryland was gratuitous attack upo
n the public printer.
A." Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri, suggested tn
> his colleague did not know what the eigh
TX hour law was intended for.
Is Mr., Burnes replied that his idea OF th
no law was that when man was TO be pa
a for a days work he was to be paid IL
W eight hours work. The law was not
In be construed as stopping poor devil fro
sd working, when II was necessary for him
"a. work to support his wife and children.
If; Mr., O'Neill declared that II the eigh
a. hourlaw was not passed to set good e'
ample that would be followed In privat
OF business, its passage was piece Of hypo
ID risy,to play upon the working classes.
Ii was passed in the hope that thousands an
a. thousands Of idle men would be absorbe
n. in the ranks Of industry. That was u
to spirit Of the law. The public printer vi
al lated that law and II was also violated
e, the bureau OF engraving and printing.
he The Senate amendment was non co
nm | CURED In,