The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-08
North Carolina Representative
Takes Hard Fall Out of
Insurance Trust.
ABUSE OF THE FRANKING
PRIVILEGE Is SCORED
PostOflice Appropriation Bill
Made Vehicle for Discussion
of Wide Range.

WASHINGTON, April 7.-Mr. Dalzell
(Pa9. after the approval OF the Journal
Of the House. called up the bill amend
ing the internal revenue laws to prevent
the double taxation of certain distilled
spirits Mr. Dazcl asked that the bill
be considered In the House as In COM
mttee OF the whole, possibly anticlpat-
ing some debate. Before he could make
any statement the Speaker had the Dill
read a third time, indorsed and passed.
while n general laughter over the eNpe-
ditious way the Speaker disposed OF
legislation ran around the chamber
Consideration OF the postot1cc appro-
priation bill was then resumed
Is the Money WastedP
The cost of our entire postohce es-
tabilshment," Mr. Sbley said, Is now
approaching S20o0co,0oo a veal VINO car
rcs these letters Of ours2 The railroads
Do we pay the two hundred millions TO
the railroads. BY no means; not much
more than one dollar In i've IS paid TO
the railroads. out of every dollar mat
We expend for the postoflicc service We
pay just % cents to the people who are
carrying our letters for us
Expensive Luxury.
lie said the pound rate service, the car
riage OF second class matter at one cent
a pound, for the benefit OF newspapers
and magazine publishers was a luxury
and a very expensive one, and cited ,he
Postmaster-General, who represents that
mates in weight two-thlrds OF the buiK
of all mail matter YET produces on'S
about per cent OF the revenue.
Mr. Smyser OF Ohio offered an amend
ment To the postofflcc bill making the ap-
preparation for rural free delivery S2,iVl'c
900 instead OF SIS. 10000 the increase oI
81 10000 being paid to rural mai carriers
for horse hire and wagon equipment
Traceable to Franking.
MI Foster of Vermont pronounced him,
self in favor OF increased pay for rural
carriers. but owing to the deficit IN the
Postoflicc department saw no help Tor the
carrier at this time He thought the de-
felt was largely traceable TO the amount
OF frankabe matter being sent out oy tne
other departments of the Government. III
this was diminished. Mr.. Foster thouGht
the rural carrier could be given an In
crease In pay
Mr., Foster said that as matter OF fact
there was no deficit I'm the Postoihce de-
partment: that IL was q fiction OF lcgS-
lation. He suggested that ii rural par
eel post stamp should be created Tor the
carrying OF packages between local mef-
chants and patrons on the route up to
two pounds and the amount above actual
cost OF carriage be placed TO the credit
OF rural mail carriers IL would not be
long before that branch OF the postal ser
vice would be self-supportlng.
Brings in Cortelyou.
Mr.. Pou of North Carolina. in discuss
ing the corrupt use OF money In elections
said that life insurance officials had stolen
ows and orphans and had given II 10 Mr..
Cortelyou. the chairman of the Rcpubli-
can National committee.
COULD there be anything worse?" he
asked. The taking of this money was
morally stealing. 1t ought to be given
back, Certainly In 1904 Mr.. Cortelyou did
not need it,
MI Pou charged that great corporations
and trusts contributed money during the
campaign and then expected q guarantee
that no law hurtful TO their interests
would be passed
why don't you revise the tariff" he
asked why don't you pass a railroad
rate bill worth something. Why don't
YOU strike at the trusts? ! believe these
interests have contributed money and
hope for protection
Numerous Bills Passed.
Under unanimous consent the following
bills were passed
Senate bill providing for the holding of
a term Of the United States circuit and
district court at Evanston. Wyos
House bill directing the Secretary of the
Interior To convey n certain parcel of
land 10 Johnson county Wyoming
House bill 10 provide for the entry OF
agricultural land in the Black Hills for
est reserve
Without touching any paragraph OF the
bill under consideration the House at
4:45, adjourned until Monday.