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Finally Pnss-. the House.
WASHINGTON. April 2l-Alr Hepburn
C9sp., Ioga) raised an obiecio in the
House this morning 10 approving pro
forma the Journal Of yesterdays pro-
ceedings and p rising vote was taken
with this result: Ayes. us. Noes, o. Mr..
Hepburn made the point If 10 QUORUM,
and the yeas and nays We're ordered,
Mcssrs. sayres and Hepburn acting as
tellcrs
The vote resulted: Yeas 2l2. nays o..
Five members reported themselves pros
emit The House went into the committee
Of the whole Mr. Haich CJem.. MOI in
the chair. 20 further consider the pose
Office appropriation BIN for the year ecd-
ing June 60 1870 The only paragraph Tc-
naming urdieposed OF Was that making
an appropriation Of fi,3 oj9 for necessary
and srccid facilities for the mail route
from Springfield, Mass, Via New York
and Washington. 10 Atlanta and New
Orleans. ai-. Kyle Deu, Miss) had
moved 10 strike oW tha paragraph. Ii
was agreed that debate on this amend
mont should be limited 30 two hours and
fifteen minutes. The amendment was ad-
vocatcd By Messrs Kyle ana Loud Gtep,
Cal) members Of the committee. MIR.
Kyle pointed out that the "fast mail
tiain" benefited by the appropriation
made the journey In ten minutes less
time before the roads over which Ii runs
received cent of the money than it
does now. re a,so objected to The ap-
p1orli3tion as involving a false principle.
Mr. Loud showed that other roads, es-
recialiy In the west performed similar
service 10 tbat OF the southern rraiI
without additional nav. ana mis- arnro-
prlltion was an unjust and unnecessary
discrimination. wrc amendment was op-
posed hy Messrs. Meyer GDem., Lao. Ro-
bcitson Dem.. La. Hooker Dem. Miss
Coopor Dem Fl9D. and Henderson
chairman Of fho committee They ulead-d
far n cc,tfDuaroe of The onnr0priation.
r.b,oh n.d rre- ,oqas I'm evorv appro-
,,.istio, b,ti for eovonta@n voars for the
benefit OF he business iutefests Of the
south. BY the courtesy OF Mr. Loud. Mr.
Bingham H2ep.. PaD was given time in
which 90 make a speech in opposition 20
tha provision n the hlu by which the
manufacture and printing OF postage
Ftarrus for the Dcxt four years win be
civen TO The Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing.
The amendment was defeated: Ayes,
26; noes, l8l.
An amendment was adopted enabling
the Pcst-OihCe Department 20 get rid
OF the useless accumulation OF Cd records
relating go tie money-erlcr business o.
the Department
The committee then rose and Chairman
Hatch reported the bin and Amendments
10 the House with q favorable lfcomnel-
dation thereon al the amendments
adopted by the committee were agreed
70 by the House, except the one on
which notion ~ Clairman Henderson
was made section four OF the bill. as
follows:
"that all publications purDorting 20 be
issued periodically ana 20 subscribers. bat
which are merely books or reprints Of
books. whether they be- issued complete
or IN parts. whether they De bound or
unOounu or whether they be sold by
SUBSCRIPTION OF ot"ef"isc' Wnen ohered
for Transmission by meh should be sub
lect 70 postage az the rates prescribed
for third-class mail
By agreement i-7 amendment was
opener 10 GENERAL ne.ate ior an hour
ana nan. ~ was opposed by Mr.
0uibs MP ~ f''' VINO sara that its
passage Wouu utterly destroy laree
ana Naiuaple INDUSTRY ana deprive mi-
lions ot readers throughout the country
OF nm instructive and desirable class a.
literature; b. Mr. tickier Gtep., ). ID,
who pleaded for the use Of the mails at
present rates by tho publishers Of these
school books ia the interest of the people
who could not ahord 10 secure them
otherwise ~ this method; by Mr.. Hop
kins. who said ,hat the recommendation
OF the Fost-oitce Department that the
anenament shorid d. ADOPTED was not
Wen louhuea' Tor lnc reason tfat the
posiai service was not organized ana con
auctea WIN view TO teins seit-susiain-
ing, py Mf. walker Uep. Mass.). who
sdid that the proposed change IN the
rates OF postage on these publications
would increase their cost 50 per cent, and
result IN aDolshlnS The industry OF their
production; by mr. Cummings N)em. n.
3, VINO hrid tAat the House would
make q mistake IL II Increased tine price
or Bood literature to people, more than
Ihat II would be a CRIME eppauseJ, the
same II would commit were 4 20 vote
10 increase the price Of corn or bread
For himself. he would rather pay more
Tor his potatoes than 10 be compelled TO
pay more for his books. (Applause)
Afr Bingham (Rep., Pa) said that this
vas the first time in the history OF legis- |
alton on postal affairs il had been pro- !
posed TO go from a lower TO a higher !
ate Of postage. Instead of doing this, |
he said, he would, as he believed Con-
,ress soon would ad )pt an educational /
Measure. move TO carry newspapers and |
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