The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-06
POSTAL TELEGRAPHY,
Postmaster General Wanama.
ker on His Limited Scheme.
AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT
Mado Public...Itcsistance to the
Popular Demand Not the WIscst
Thing-Tho Constitutionallty
... Of tho Question.

... Of tho Question.
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General Wanamaker made public to
night letter recently addressed Il
Representative Bingham, Chairman O
tho House Committee on Postotlices
embodying an elaborate argument in
favor OF his limited plan OF postal tele.
,,onhv An,.pdcd IN ,he latter wb;cb
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mas oeeh p''"'eo d. 'no uo'eihlheh'
Printing Office, Is mass OF mat.
tor, including opinions OF the
n,rss fur and apainst nostsl ts,e.
II. o,,r;.,. - ,or..S ~.
sfapH'' ot"dioH' VI iof'hef posi-
master Geneta!s and prominent public
men on the constitutionality OF postal
telegraphy; explanations OF various
automatic and multiply telegraph sys.
tema, resoiuttonsot organized bodies OF
labor anu capital III behalf OF postal tcle.
Rraphy, ana q copy ol The hnal draft OF
the postal teiegraph bIll submitted by
the Postmaster General to the House
Committee oa Possoiiices at the last ses-
sion o! Congress. Altogether the docu.
ment embraces ~ pages Of closely print.
ed literature bearing on this important
subject.
THE LETTER.
The Postmaster General, in his letter,
en,s in mart.
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louf Suo'eoli'u''t'ee ol pos'a' tele'
graph informs me the parties have sig.
niiied desire to be heard on the Postal
Telegraph bill and have submitted their
testimony, and it ii IN order Tor ME to
add anything upon the subject. Alter
standing for year past in the midst OF
the controversary over postal teleGraphy
that for over forty years has gone on
with sharper tone and widening range,
am more than ever convinced OF the
wisdom and praciicability Of restoring
the telegraph to the postal service and
make it what it was originally
intended to tie, n part OF the postal sys-
tom. l say this alter closely studying
the arguments against the bill, made so
vigorously by the great telegraph COM
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SOME TART REMARKS.
AS 10 the constitutionality OF postal
telegraphy, the Postmaster General says:
at has been argued by learned law
vers for n score OF years that govern
ment telegraph is unconstitutional. The
motives OF these gentlemen have been
one of two in all cases. They have been
the Maid attorneys OF those corporations
whose special interests have demanded
that their monopolies should in no way
he interiered with; !; they have known
their bearings and have done it
well. The other opponents were
those who imagined that the
constitution would be exposed to every
sort OF Outrage were they 10 ihli sick loi
n day. me courts oi nlghese appea
have ss'!ieu tns ques'ioniI ConsteS, na;;e,,
settled II IN ADVANCE OF lauicial , aclion
by making the o1,teu Slates tne wv Mne.
and operator, the fostoiiice Depaitmen'
the manager, oi'the hrst line Oh wire con
structed ior commercioi and PUBIC uees
The OLD government Telegraph seheme:
were cohstltutiohai. I nay snail .a,o,i oe sait
then OF the limited postal telegraph
plan, which l nave been somewhat cfls
icised for bringing ior~ardF
There is no doubt that 1t IS constitu
tional. The constitution permits IN: IN!
general government 70 transmi5 lnte!n
gence Tor the people. Inc tostoliics
Department has been doing TINS viii
the money and the improvement q
their disposal for one hundred yeafs. l
is preposterous to argue, that the teie
graph ought not to be utilized ior tht
cheaper, specdier and more accurate
transmission ot messages. nave ha'
prepared. and submit lor your reference
consideration.
IT 10 CONSTITUTIONAL.