Show washington republican meanness in the fuller case HOW THE FOURTH WAS PASSED BY government don dickinsons DIckin sons objections to the latest subsidy movement editor of the the republicans of the senate judiciary committee did a cowardly thin when chev reported the bomin aaion of mr fuller to be chief justice of the united states without recommendation to the senate spoken to individually that all the charges against mr fuller were entirely without foundation and yet for political reasons they to join the democrats of alie committee in making a favorable report upon his nomination it the republican senators can however afford to take such a position before the country the democrats need not complain mr fuller will be confirmed without a doubt already four republican senators farwell cullom fry and are known to be willing to vote for his confirmation postmaster general dickinson has written a letter to chairman blount of the house committee on icea in which he vigorously opposes the senate amendment to the Bce appropriation bill known as the subsidy amendment which appropriates to provide more mail service between the united states and south america the postmaster general says aliis legislation is neither demanded nor required and that the resources and powers of the department nave proved adequate to afford citizens of the united slates a mail service and in most cases superior to thai of any nation in the world after showing that american steamships are paid four times the rates for which foreign vessels ara willing to carry american mails the postmaster general with great respect to the fradera of the bill 1 do seriously object to that provision of the proposed legislation which places the mail service at the mercy of any individual or corporation while indeed the subsidized lines might be compelled to carry the mails if tendered yet the department should be independent and should be at all times enabled to send the mails by the most expeditious routes and make use of the best facilities afforded for that purpose from among all the carriers ot bering the department should be free to take ad vantage of all sailings increased facilities coming from increased business of changes for the better wrought by time extension of commerce and competition and should not be tied up for a decade to single lines of communication to improvement and progress by the existence of a settled inordinate and certain income since the postmaster generals letter was written the house of representatives has refused to concar in aliis amendment during the absence of secretary fairchild this week the treasury department has been ably presided over by assistant secretary thompson the postmaster general lias also written another letter ono to the president in which he makes a formal protest against the proposed extension of the classified civil service to include the railway postal service one liay wasted in the house this week by filibustering against the pacific railroads bill and the fourth was a holiday so that one third of the week was lost still considerable progress was made with the mills bill and it is now predicted by alie members of the ways aud cleans that the tariff bill will be passed by the house inside of 30 days senator vest and representatives mills ford hooker mccreary maish and cummin gs went to new york on the fourth to take part in Tamm anys grand jubilee and ratification meeting the president alie fourth at hia desk working at the bills which have been sent him by congress for approval the senate added to the river and bill in the shape of amendments and then passed it the total amount appropriated it is the letter carriers law cannot be put into effect antil congress passes an ap privation pria tion to pay the extra men it will make necessary about five hundred employed emp loyes of the navy department spent alie fourth of july with families at grasslands the country residence near this city of secretary whitney they were furnished with transportation and lunch also by their host whose munificent hospitality has passed into a proverb here washington july t 1888 |