Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-07
GO 1T, JOHN.
The Postmaster General on His PEI
Hobby Again, Postal Telegraph.
he ia Sure the Present Service is Not What II
Should Be-The Western Union Too
Much Of q Monopoly
In the Fight to Stay.

Special ID the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-Postmaster-
General Wanamaker has made public
letter which he addressed on September
% 10 Chairman Bingham of the house
postofice committee on the subject of the
establishment of postal telegraph sys-
tenn. Mr.. Wanamaker has not changed
his views on the subject, and makes
very strong argumen. in favor of the
scheme. He says he is more than ever
convinced of the wisdom and practical
billy of restoring the telegraph to the
postal service. After close studying the
arguments against the bill now before
congress, the only visible opponent Of
which now is the great telegraph COM
pany. "To carry the postal system from
pony riders to the stage coach and on to
railroad SERVICE - the latter continues
land then to stop all further progress
because 5000 owners of telegraph stock
oppose it is not in accord with the genius
of our people or the spirit of the times. -
MIR. Wannamaker says the learL ed
lawyers who argue against the constltu-
tionality of the scheme either do SO be-
cause they are the paid attorneys of
THE TELEGRAPH MONOPOLY
or because they belong to that class of
persons who imagine the constitution
would be exposed 10 all sorts OF outrages
If thev we're TO fall sick for q day. The
courts Of highest appeal have settled the
question in favor of the constitutionality
of a government telegraph, and congress
settled 1t by making the first telegraph
line established q part of the postal SER
vice. Mr.. Wanamaker recites that his
plan has been approved by a large num-
Der OF eminent men, commercial bodies
and labor organizations, and calls atten-
ton to extracts from hundreds of news
papers, printed in connection with his
letter, which indorse the postal tele-
graph. The present telegraph service is
characterized as by no means what 1t
should be. The rates charged for the
transmission of messages are exhorbitant
and the service is
NOT AS EFFICIENT
as It might be made. Mr.. Wanamaker
then gives the immense profits of the
Western Union company. These net
profits are declared 10 have been $780,
600 900 in twenty-fiv years. Mr.. M'ana-
maker declares that his scheme for a
limited government telegraph service
would be cheaper and more efficient than
the present service; would not take
money out of the treasury aud would not
involve the employment of additional
public servants. In conclusion Mr..
Wanamaker gives notice that he means
to keep up the fight for his paternal
telegraph scheme until "the people are
given the relief prayed for.' He will
do it, he modestly informs the commit
tee, "intelligently and perslsteutly."
GENUINE BERKSHIRE.
''Though the nominee for governor on
the Democratic ticket in Texas is named
Hogg,' said Col. Got Gunter, who
passed through here en- route South last
night, "he has no swinish proclivites
and will be satisfied with the 200 200 ma
jority that the lone star unterritied will
roll up for him in November. He is q
genuine berkshire and his backbone is
unlimited. No, don't think that Col.
Webster Flanagan, the Republican nom
1nee, is in the race and when the retlffns
are all in the question that he aske& at
the Chicago convention viii. besshs
mournful requiem. IT