New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-07
HERES 4 PRETTY UOW-DE-DO
SOMEBODY WANTED TO KEEP MR. LIN
TONS SPEECH OFT OF THE NAILS.
50 THE rosroFrfCE DEPARTMENT RULED THAT
THE rNioN PRINTERS LABEL WAS Az
ADVERTISEMENT AND CCrLD
NOT BE TRANKED.
fpr TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRfDryr.I

WASHINGTON Aug. 6.-iepreseniative Linton. or
Saginaw. Mich. has an interesting controversy vita
the Poyto;Iicc department II IL I'm connection
with his speech the scctcrian school question
which attracted such attention come weeks ago.
great demand the speech has from all over
the country and the number called for in the aggre-
gate viii amount to millions OF copies. a" Con
gresham Linton IL entitled To have his sp"ecacs
frarked through the mails. II Is in this way thlt
National committees always circulate their doch-
inonts Put on Juy % Linton received telegram
from F. NJ Garllck saying that Dennis Ryan. post
master AZ Footyile. Wis. declined 20 let copIes Of
the speech 20 through the mails on the ground that
the original party 20 whom they were addressed
In bulk could not distribute them separately
This was directly contrary 10 the law and Linton
concluded that Their" Were other reasons fof the
postmarer's refusal 20 handle the speeches. Lin
ton went to- Third Assistant Postmas;cr-ti General
Craic anl protested NJ. CraiG looked up The IA"
ana found the postmaster was wrong. He therefore
wrote on .niiy 81 quoting IN" law and adding: I'm
cases OF tAs kim It Is perm.ssio" for the party r.
coiving the bulk package - employ others - assist
IN addressing tn" Individual articles. wh!c1. u prop
81, fran&ei are entitled fo Transmission through
the mails"
Linton thought he had secured valuable ruling
applying To- ths whole country. Bat IT soon d"v'i-
oped that the postmaster Ind another card and was
backed up by the rostoiilce department
On Angus, Garl.ck tolcgraphei that uotwith-
;ho iirst rostmnst"r-'irnILl had instructed 10"
postmaster handle the speeches on ,hc Grounis
that they contained ADVERTISING matter Oh the last
pFCr
Linton was amazed He looked at the last page
OF MS speech and saw at a." bottom small lat 81
the Union Label" and ne imprint 81 O." printer
1t was a. fonows. Allied Printing Trades Council
Union Label. Warrington. y. c.. Hartman cad
in. Va .o small and obscure rs not 20 b. not.c'-
fNf 10 . f|f.f d f.Hf| b
ssiani rostmastsr-Gsn raj Jones and presented
second protest Jones Insisted TIA; III" unlon label
w, is 1t. mon s.iI Linton. with quic; deter
,Yln.tou ami M. specchc. ~ william l.. Vi!soI,
frnatof Worries Governor M,creAry. Scnltor COR
man and many other Democrats nay" ta'' stilt
h.onuca. mprln; ara yet - through 'h' mails b.
JonC. nat~-eas'ei at THIS turn q sff,i5I. BE
Insisted. however. that Lintons speech cou'ih 80
through the mails d.,
Thea give YOU not.ce" .'d Linton "a, a. maj!
rf,,c., %san,: the mailing y Eco Of tne speeches
,o.iy 1H IN H. I po',5 H awai;ia: shipment,
Jones saw tina; a hornet net bal been s.'rrs ,i
70 invegilgatc further Linton saw on.y on" way 81
'nrinf 1t up" AMI ;hnt was 10 pass hl' -pc,GC1
.,'n' nn - -, o.r,c,cn, in me attitude - over
looking H. lwu riing the ori'r WAS issued 'pondlni
IN ,nvss;rai. ION" ~ cours" every oae unlersnnts
mat thir .ny,etlra'on" !s merely mean. - avoid
Jones issued his Order on August y CLOSING n TO-
- q. imaat,r!ai whether the sp"ech'f b. presented
- son ry either Mr 'inrHck o. hN NJ nav NJ
"uir,i f1r fhcir free i!.trhutlon lending m in
- Ration ~ IN. oih"r cues Ion irvo.y IT, T. - l"e
sesr54'. :. 'qroasa he n,.i' , ,o... ~ ,c,,
corlancc win tie unl'rstrnlr: arrived a. - .,
VIA, rn L.urycs to have been a fyNemetlc cnort
on tn. part ~ cer'aln people 70 "' ~, H!Cu "r,
now s as t. 'rna an 9 INK nd o Gf an