| Show A postal telegraph wale A lata special from washington says the agitation of the subject of postal telegraphy iris been already begun by senators nalora sa und rep tives lives la in this city ond and without a sin iris gle exception it la Is believed bel loved that congress will this winter either es to a postal or pios an interstate telegraph bill making the aanie a regulations as are now lin im plied upon tho ilia rall railroad road traffic by the interstate law the government control otho orthe telegraph Is assured they nil all say and more than a dozen have announced mi to lead the agitation and introduce bill bills i as soon as Co neresa convenes this evenings critic do votes over a column of comment up on the subject predicting a postal telegraph and declaring that it Is as necessary a means of com munica tion lion among the masses as aa tho the mall mail department part ment of the general post of lie flee it cono concludes ludes thero there h N every reason to believe that a government telegraph whether acquired hy independent less of existing competition or by gradual purchase upon its 1 is own terms as the existing bomp tion becomes forced to the wall would soon bo be torne tomo so go thoroughly thorough ik popularized that I 1 its ts patrons would no tnora more consent to its discontinuance than to the abolition of tile the re general it defill POS boffice ice and would wonder that they over ever submitted so long lone and patiently to the exactions and impositions of the 8 system that just now has a tighter grip on oh the public than over ever before this Is said to be the tho position assumed by senators edmunds sher man hawley awley II leading men of the house 1 11 I sin am most moat heart heartily liv in favor cf it said senator cullom cu horn of illinois to day lu in answer to a question que allon in regard to his opinion ion Iou loue couching liing ching a governmental av ern orn mental ownership of ef the telegraph of the tha cou coa coubry nry 1 I have been in favor of a government telegraph fer years oars but ever since I 1 refi iol a conclusion on tile the subject my time and mind in the he senate have boon been so be engrossed with the tha interstate commerce bill that I 1 could not KO go antu other matters in which I 1 was wai almost as much interested now that I 1 havo that bill off my shoulders I 1 shall do what I 1 can to urge u government postal telegraph bill on the senate it if no one else will Intro introduce ducca a bill I 1 will willi draft and introduce one myself yes the question has been several times before thi iho committee on Post offices and post roads I 1 believe that bills huye have been prepared but I 1 do not remember that ono one haj haa ever been lit in traducer traduced trod trad I 1 I 1 1 I it is possible that the prospects ft permanent rival allne i which 0 seemed so air when tile the baltimore and ohio company constructed its system s item led some gome who were lit in favor of such ft a measure into a tomp temporary condition of indifference it if so BO thero can no linger be any excuse for indifference the entire tele graph system of the country Is laplac by one man telegraph R e communication t m ll 11 u 1 1 1 c a t 1 0 ti Is fat at his are mercy abreh T the t e i i u s 1 n e i s u and nd is c commercial 0 in mer whets to or of the whole country are at hammand he can send sand the busi negi thermometer up or down at will it la Is surely burely high time to take inko steps toward the control of tho the telegraph lele tele Krap grap hays h ayatey temby by the people I 1 not attempt to bargain birg aln with ith jay illy gould or any other man for the purchase of lined already built the government lovern ment should construct its ils own system it would be advisable to place it in cou arol of tho department departs nt I 1 believe the be senate Is fully ready for the tha question an and d that such bill if introduced would PASS w serious 0 opposition la in view of the bastory of the telegraph raph ownership in the ho united stated state find and ja in view of oatha the recent occurrences I 1 really dont seo see how any one could show how a rood good reagon why it government telegraph raph should sliu lil not bo be con cled as soon boon its as po poablo pol palblo blo hut but hav eitt the least doubt that the ig lalit luu y fur for tile tho work will within three mont months liv |
