Evening star., 1897-01-05
THE HOUSE.

There was a fair attendance in the House
when that body reassembled today. after
the holiday recess. The galleries also were
well filled The following resolution was
adopted on motion of Mr.. Broderick (Kan):
Whereas. there are large and valuable
tracts of land In Kansas embraced in the
grant to the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany. to which patents have not yet been
issued
whereas, most of these lands have been
sold by said company to bona fde pur-
chasers, who are in possession and who
ments thereon
whereas, the land Offices at Topeka have
aho"eo ana are allowing homestead entries
to be made upon these lands without ap-
parent legal authority; therefore
Resolved, That the Secretary of the In
terror be directed to report to the House
the cause OF the omission to issue patents
to said lands and the authority under
which the land officers pretend to act in
permitting these entries to be made"
The Loud Postal Bill.
Then under the special order adopted be-
fore the recess the House went into COM
mittee of the whole and took up the con-
sideratfon of the Loud bill to amend the
laws relating to second-class mail matter
The bill. which amends the present law
In several particulars. the principal ones
OF which deny to newspapers the sample
copy privilege" and deny to books sent
through the mails as serials the newspaper
pound rates. was debated before the recess
for one day. Under the order the debate
on the Dill will close tomorrow. 1t was ar
ranged that Mr.. Loud (Cal) and Mr. Quigg
(N.Y.) should control the time for and
against the measure. MIR. Loud having al
ready made the opening argument, Mr.
Quigg took the floor today TO reply. He
characterized the DILL revolutionary and
reactionary. He said it proposed to deny
TO the people privileges they had enjoyed
for half century. and. II passed, would
inf1ict blow on every occupation engaged
in the printing and publishing of books aud
newspapers and in their distribution
Mr.. Quigg directed his argument chiefly
against the provisions of the dill which
cut or serial publications and newspaper
sample copies from the mails. He denied
emphatically that the transmission of books
as serial publications was an abuse Of the
present law. On the contrary. he contend
ed that the law distinctly intended that
they should enjoy this privilege.
Saving Involved In the Bill.
Mr.. Quigg argued that 1t was impossible
to approximate the saving to the govern
ment involved in the bill. How much of
the 100000 tons which we transmitted at
pound rates consisted of serial books and
sample copies no one knew. Besides, the
cost Of transmission would not decrease In
exact ratio with the decreased amount of
mail matter transmitted. The friends of
the bill claimed 1t would effect a saving of
100000 and upward. Ex-Postmaster
General Wanamaker only estimated the
saving at $200O,OOO.
There was round Of applause when Mr..
Quigg concluded. Mr.. Kyle (Miss) followed
Mr.. Quigg in advocacy Of the measure, He
said he was unwilling to differ in such a
case as this to the judgment of successive
postmasters general, who had studied the
abuses OF tha present law. each of whom
had recommended some measure for their
correction