The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-12
R0WIiNG GREEN BUSINESS COLLEGES

paper or periodical. This amendment
removes much opposition to the bill.
The bill excludes from classification as
second.olass mail matter, which pays
postage at the rate of 1c. per pound,
books and reprints of books in serial
form, sample copies" of newspapers
or periodicals,in excess of 10 per cent
of their bona fide circulation, unsold
copies returned from agents and all
publications designed primarily for ad-
vertising purposes. All such publ.
cations, by its terms, would go into
the third.class, which pays 8 cents per
pound. Second-class mail matter by
the bill is restricted to newspapers and
periodicals published at least four
times year from known office Of
publication, and publications issued
under tho auspices Of benevolent or
fraternal organizations, trades unions
or orders having a membership not less
than 1000. All publishers whose pub
locations are admitted as second-class
matter are required by the bill boforo
deposi'ing such mail matter in tho
postofice to separate it into United
States mail eacss or bundles, states,
cities, towns and counties rs the post.
master general may direct. Tho de-
6cienoy in the postal revenues was
steadily increasing. In 1895 it was
$4,000, 900; last year it was $l2, 900, 900;
this year it will DO a million and half
more-all because it cost tho govern.
ment $43, 900, 600 to transmit tho sec.
ond-class mail matter of tho country
which yielded the government rev.
euue ofbut 50, 900, 900. lie charged that
much of the opposition to this measure
in the country press had boon reused
by the publishing houses in Now York
and was ill-founded in fact. It had
been charged, Mr.. Lou1 said, that
this bill was in the interest of tho ex.
press companies. IF we don't get
this business" said be, II don't care
who gets it"
WEDNEsDAY-The house spent an
other day in discussing the Loud bill
relating to second.class mail matter.
The speeches, as rule, attributed lit.
tie interest. A bill was passed creating
Knoxville, Tenn, port of entry. At
500 pm. the house adjourned.
TuURsDAY-The Loud bill to correct
alleged abuses in the second class mail
matter privilege, which last year passed
the house IA to 104, was buried I'M
der an overwhelming majority by the
house today. The vote was not taken
directly upon the bill, but on motion
to lay it on the table. By a vote OF
1852 to 119 the motion was carried.
FR1DAY.-Two more appropriation
bills we're sent to the president to-day,
the pension bill and the consular and
diplomatic, both of which went through
their Anal stage in the house to-day.
This was private bill day. The most
important action taken was acquies.
cence in an agreement to make the bill
appropriating about 81, 200,000 for war
claims approved by the court of claims
under the provisions of the Bowman
act a special order for next Friday.
The claims carried by the bill, 730 in
number, are for stores and suppliel
seized during the War in the southern
States. Only two other bills were
passed to-day, one to pay the heirs OF
Sterling T. Austin about $4,000 for
cotton seized during the war and the
other to pay an aggregate of $1,000 in
small claims growing out OF back pay,
etc.. earned during the war. The
house adjourned over until Monday.