The age-herald., 1900-03-23
THE LOUD BILL
 RE-CONM|TTED Sent Back to Committee on Vote
 of 140 to 96. COWHERD'S 'SSTRONG ARGUMENT Showed Copy Velvet Hand or
 the Life of Injun Dick" ENTITLED TO THE CHEAP RATE While a Cloth Bound Copy of Rob Roy" Could Not be Sent as | Second Class Matter. Evoked Applause
ENTITLED TO THE CHEAP RATE

Washington, March 22.-After a spirited discussion extending over three days the Loud bill relating to second-class mail mat ter was recommitted by the house today to
 the committee on postoffces. The major ity in favor of the motion to recommit was so decisive that it is regarded as unlikely that the measure will appear again during the present congress. MT. Loud said after the vote was announced that this was the third time and out so far as he was con cerned. The vote on the motion was 14S to 96, with sixteen present and not voting. The bill was taken up by the house mme- diately after the reading of the journal. MT. Moon of Tennessee discussed at length the handling and transportation of mail matter, maintaining there could be no evil effects from permitting second-class | matter the privileges 1t has now. He made d strong plea for the retention as second- class matter of the literature which he said was valuable to the people and such a means of instruction and education to the people.
 The education of the people was more | important, he said, than a small bit of rev | enue to the government. In conclusion he said the express companies would have a | monopoly of the carrying of the cheap Ht- l erature if this bill should pass. | Mr Talbert of South Carolina declared
 the present law sufficiently covered the subjects touched upon by the bill. and said |athe~co5fntry editors would be the heaviest sufferers by it's passage.
 Cummings Opposed Bill
 MT. Cummings of New York, in char acteristic speech, opposed the bill in the interest of every who wants cheap lit- erature, every type-setter and every book binder in the city of New York He de- clared that by the enactment of the pend- ing bill congress would take work from every man interested in the printing trade.
 Mr. Moody of Massachusetts closed the general debate in support of the bill. He analysed the provisions of the bill, present. ing arguments in favor of each provision. With the money which the government had lost on second-cass mail matter during the past te years Mir. Moody declared it could have constructed the sthmian canal or fleet of modern battleships
 Mr. Ridgely of Kansas declared that rail- road companies were telegraphing members to support the bill. He deemed this par ticularly significant of the interests the railroads had in the matter.
 MT. Cowherd of Missouri, speaking in support of the bill, said every official who had investigated the subject had given his approval to the measure. He held up to the view of the house copy of "The Velvet Hand or the Life of Injun Dick paper bound which he said was entitled to second-class' rates, while a cloth bound copy of Rob Roy" which he had pur- chased for cents. could not be sent as second-class matter. His argument ecited much applause.
 MT. Clark of Missouri proposed, and the house adopted, an amendment, which he said was in the interest of the country ed- itor, allowing sample copies to 100 per cent of the subscription list, and not exceeding. 2,OO0 sample copies.
 snodgrass Offered a Substitute
 Mir. Snodgrass of Tennessee offered su'b- stitute for section 2, doing away with all Limitations on sample copies: list 93 to IT. An amendment was adopted admitting col- lege and school papers and periodicals, dn- cluding business and commercial colleges and the periodicals of student fraternGties not to exceed 1000 copies to the mails at second-class rates.
 MT. Heatwole of Minnesota offered an amendment providing that aa publications which by this act are admitted as second- class mall matter, 'fhaving a subscription Nst exceeding 5000 copies, shall separate the same by states, cities and towns and countless" Agreed to Joy 116 to 2
 MT. Morriss of Minnesota offered an amendment to section 1, including in the periodicals admitted by the b.ll as second class mail matter publications elf "all reg ularly incorporated institutions of learn ing, all strictly professional literary, hds- torical or scientific societies, including bull letins issued by state boards of health and state experdement and scientific stations; provided, that such publications or any particular issue shall not be designed for advertising purposes" The amendment was agreed to.
 MT. Moon moved to recommit the meas ure to the postoffice committee without dn- structions. The motion to recomm&t pre- vailed on a yea and nay vote by 1iS to 96, sixteen being present and not voting.
 The hOuSe then al 4.nl ID. m adinnrned.