The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-07
LIQUIDS BILL PASSES.
It Affects Sample Copies of Newspa-
pers and Serial Novel Publica-
tionS.

Washington, Jan. 6.-Rising to Z
question of personal privilege at the
opening of the house, Mr.. GrosvenOl
(Rep), Ohio, offered resolutions calling
upon the heads of departments to eX-
plain why they had not responded to a
resolution introduced by himself in the
house on the 20th of May last and
adopted June 5, asking certain infor-
nation regarding the operation of the
civil service law. The resolution was
adopted without division.
The house went into committee OF
the whole, Mr. Payne, New York. in
bill to amend the postal laws by ex-
Guiding from second class matter
sample copies and serial novel publi-
cations.
Mr.. Milliken (Rep.), Maine, and Mr..
Wanger (Rep.), Pennsylvania, opposed
the bill.
The bill was further opposed by
Messrs. Tracy (Rep), Missouri, and
Morse (Rep.), Massachusetts.
Mr.. Bingham (Rep), Pennsylvania,
closed the general debate against the
bill. He did not believe that the post
office department should be main
tanned as a mOneymaking institution.
The support OF the service with its
usual deficit was a part of the policy
of legislation which had appropria-
ted for educational and benevolent OBJ
jects more millions of dollars than
could readily be computed.
Mr. Loud (Rep), California, the
author of the bill, was the last speaker.
Answering a statement by Mr.. Bing-
ham that the gentleman dared not"
infringe upon the rights of the great
dailies and weeklies of the country and
the periodicals of transmission at sec
ond class rates despite his loud s.
assertion in the report accompanying
the bill, That it is the duty of the
government to not alone treat all of
its citizens in theory alike but to do
so in fact Mr.. Loud said the speaker
had not done him justice. For he knew,
said Mr.. Loud, that his Noud's) posi-
tion was that if he could, he would
require every publication of whatever
nature to pay the government for its
transmission through the mails what
it cost. But in securing legislation, as
the gentleman from Pennsylvania knew
as we'll as any one, it was necessary
to cOncede conditions and often to do
that which was right it was necessary
to compromise with the devil. The
committee had presented the bill for
consideration of the house, believing
it to be wise and just; if the members
believed with the committee they
would vote for it and take the conse-
quences; if they did not, they would
vote against it. Referring to the as
sertion that the passage of the bill
would cause the suspension of the pub
lication of many worthy and deSira Bile
productions, Mr.. Loud said that the
full effect of it's operation would not be
felt for four years, working SO gradu-
ally as not to produce injurious effects
without due warning.
Mr.. Tracey (Rep), Missouri, moved
to amend the first section of the bill
which amendment Mr.. Loud said would
totally destroy the effect of the action.
Mr.. Hepburn (Rep), Iowa, criticised
the attitude of the opponents of the
bill who, he said, hid themselves be-
hind an assumed damage proposed by
the bill to the interests of legitimate
magazines and other publications.
Mr.. Simpkins (Rep), Massachusetts,
asked Mr.. Loud if the bill in any way
tended to Interfere with or injure
and was told that the law
relating to them was absolutely un-
touched.