The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-23
LOUD BILL WAS SENT BACK.
RECOMMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE
ON POsToFFICEs.

Present ConEress-Enorts to Make
Changes In the Measure Charge
Made That the Railroads support
ed the Bill.
Washington, March 22.-After a spirit
ed discussion extending over three days.
the Loud bill. relating to second-class
mail matter was recommitted by The
House to-day to the Committee on Post
Offices
The majority 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. Mr..
Loud said after the vote was announced
that this was the third time and out, so
far as he was concerned. The vote on
| the motion was 14S to &c. with sixteen
| present and not voting.
! The final vote was preceded by lively
| debate on the general features of the bill
the principal speeches being made by Mr.
Moon of Tennessee In opposition to the
measure. and by Mr.. Moody of Massa-
chusetts in support of it,
| Mr.. Moon urged the value of the lit
SNNSiANA NAAAs7e
as instructive to the people. point more
important than small bit of revenue TO
| the government. The express companies,
he said. would have a monopoly of the
carrying of cheap literature, If this bill
| passed.
Mr. Talbert of South Carolina, declared
| in opposing the bill that the House SEEM
| ed to have a mania for new legislation or
for re-enacting old legislation He be-
| Iavad IIffipieptlV
| ed the subjects touched upon by the bill.
| He quoted Mr.. Griggs of Georgia, as say
ing the pending bill did not change the
existing law.
Mr.. Griggs entered a denial of this
| statement, and Mr.. Talbert retorted that
the Georgians ground and lofty tumbling
had made 1t impossible for even himself
| to tell what he meant by his speech In
| conclusion Mr.. Talbert declared the couu-
| try editors would be the heaviest suf-
ferers by the passage of the bill.
For Cheap Literature.
Mr.. Cummings of New York said he op-
! posed the bill in the interest of every man
who wants cheap literature, every type
| setter and every bookbinder in the city
| of New York. The city of New York, he
said, paid $5,0O0.000 every year 90 the post
| office department for second-class postage
| and by the enactment of the pending bill
| Congress would take work from every man
| interested in the printing trade.
| Mr.. Moody of Massachusetts analyzed
| the bill, presenting, as he proceeded ar
| guments in favor of each privision. With
| the money with which the government had
| lost on second-class matter during the
| past ten years, Mr.. Moody declared it
| could have constructed the Isthmian canal
| or a fleet of modern battleships.
Replying to Mr.. Otey of Virginia, Mr..
Moody maintained that the only men who
were benefited by the present situation
as TO second class mail matter were those
who were plundering the treasury and
| crippling the operations of the postoffice
| department.
The Senate amendments to the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
were non-concurred in by the House and
the bill sent to conference with Messrs.
IIitt Adams and Dinsmore as conferees.
Railroads in Favor of 1t.
At 2:1O p m. discussion of the Loud bill
under the five-minute rule was begun.
| Mr.. Ridgeley, of Kansas, declared that
| graphing members to support the bill.
| He deemed this particularly significant
of the interest the railroads had in the
measure. The fight, he said, would never
end until government ownership of rail-
| roads had become an accomplished fact.
Mr.. Clark of Missouri proposed an
| amendment, which he said was in the
| interest of the country editor allowing
| sample copies up TO 100 per cent. of the
subscription list and not exceeding 1000
| sample copies In place of the committee
| provision of 50 per cent. of the subscrip-
ton list and limit of 500 sample copies.
The amendment was agreed to without di-
| vision.
Mr.. Snodgrass of Tennessee offered
| substitute for section two, doing away
with all limitations on sample copies.
| Mr.. Loud opposed the substitute, point
| Eao ottf hot ma nc ~
with one subscriber 10 circulate a million
sample copies. The amendment was lost,
SO to r.
Mr.. Ray of North Carolina offered an
| amendment, admitting college and school
| papers and periodicals Except those of
| business colleges) and the periodicals Of
student fraternities, not TO exceed 1000,
to the mails at second-class rates.
Some Amendments offered.
Mr.. Hull of Iowa, offered an amend
ment providing that the publications of
| business and commercial colleges be ad-
mitted to the mails as second-class mat
ter and that the circulation of all col
Iege publications should be unlimited.
This was agreed to.
Mr.. Rays amendment was adopted
Mr.. Heatwole of Minnesota, offered an
| amendment providing that all publica-
tions which by this act are admitted as
second-class mail matter having a sub
| ScriptiOn llSt exceeding O,VVV copies, SHdll
| separate the same by states, cities, towns
and counties The amendment was
| agreed to, 1i6 to q.
Mr.. Morris of Minnesota offered an
| amendment to Section 4 including in the
! periodicals admitted by the bill as second
class mail matter publications Of "an reg
ulary incorporated institutions of learn
ing and all strictly professional, literary,
historical or scientific societies, including
| books issued by state boards of health
and state experiment and scientific sta
tions, provided that such publications or
any particular issue shall not be designed
| for advertising purposes"
The amendment was agreed to.
When the hour Of O'Clock came, that
being the time agreed upon for vote ups
on the bill, Mr.. Moon moved to recommlt
the measure 10 the Postoffice Committee
| without instructions
The motion to recommit prevailed on a
| yea and nay vote, las to 96, sixteen being