, 1881-06-15

Of ,rrrbIu import to tho politician who Is
foulnl possessed Of tho key To It's tcclpllcrlMg
The number !, ,T;N' IL tho OLE Ar,,l.tt wlticEt is
to cluster ul! tho yio conspiracy tllat, 80
lately nnearthc.t, causes tho blush of shame
TO n,antI,' tho Checks of tho American cill-
zen, he who Ii proud Df his liberty aud tho
guards nnd safeguards that nru thrown
ArUuntl TIC peoples treasury. 1t represents
the bill, the cNrkssnan's jimmy, by which tile
GovernnleM was rAhbctl of I've million
dolinrs,-a robbery laser afNl yi!er tllan tho
putty pcGutAtion ut my shotlsly contractor
during the late War,-s robbery 50 utterly
i,ulcfe,lslble TINT It's cuparccers were us
limited In number rs they wero shameless III
Its prosecution.
PARLIAMENTARY llIsTnlsy or d,7W.
The htsiury Of tlls bill Is IN follows: In
Deccmber, 1919, tho l'ostlnsstert;elleraI,
tton in tho 1lcigllbnrllood of two million .lot-
lars to cnyer Il deficiency IN TINT slecial class
vi service knUw,l as stnr rolt1s.
Even ut that enriy slate there were grNve
suspicious tint tltts expr,liteA service wns
fraudulent, ami OH jim. Atr. blackburn, 0f
Kentucky, Introduced tic following rcsoli-
ton into tho House Df Representatives. which
was agreed to:
Resolved. That tho tounl!ttea OH ,Appropr[a-
tons 1u nnu hereby IL Instructed tn ttttlMrn Into
the causes aud tho extent of tho rrolnsb1o In.
flcic,cy Ut tho postal stnr service fur tho ytnr
ls,A-'A, aud tho fHots which rrlntc 10 sltl dc-
lleicncy, und tiat any subcommittee 1t may ap.
papcrs, administer ouths to witnesses, otc. etc.
Tl1crrnpon the General Appropriation
Committee designated Representatives
blackburn Of Kentucky, Dtoumto of Georgia.
McAlallon Of Ohio tDe'nucrats), Cnnnnn
Of Illinois, 1Iawley Of Connecticut lsc-
puhlica1is}, ns Its sul,.c0nlmitteG. l]e-
fore that subcommittee many Wit
nesses appeared and were heartl,
many oflicial documents wuro u,)stractetI ninl
tlsan consideration VIII glvett tile .star-rnuto
srrvlee. At tho conclusion the SubCuMnllt-
I've unanimously n;reetl to report adversely
upon tho realHcst vi thu 1'ostinaster-t;u!lernl
full Appropriations, Commlttee aa unaniu-
uusly ilitlorsci and rcmrtuh the Sub-Cun-
nittse's deductions to tIlo llnlse:
In tlio mSa1tlMo Feb. y. lsso, air. Bionnt,
PORTED @ til tic IoitiM posts 1 Service I'LL, ,iow
knuWn NJ II. X. f,T}G, entitled "tn ,.ct to prt}-
ylde for II deficiency q tho approximations for
the Transportation Of the ntt|n M star rultt:!
whlcl, WIS rea,t twfce, ordered! to By printed,
the recomnitteA.tu .tu the salt,e Committee.
'rite very next 'lny Mr. BlUnnt reDrtcd the
sr S hass, ss y T'cH catdr, nesi sS s Ss1spe pt &
order tint the bill could nut take lts pacu Oh
tho calenlnF wtthu.t first. heilg submitted
f1r co1lsitiGratlon 10 the. Committee Dt tile
1Ws1ole. This l'oint Mr.: snsalker Randall sMs-
1lOnsc resolved itself Into Committee Of tho
Whole ail proceeded tn c0nsltcr II. II. 4,7;D.
IT WAS VIOLENTLY AssAl1ED Al TIE vEItY
OUTSET,
2 3s aior rr'ra ~ agry ne % %sfssi0 S te s' GmntsG 1
nske.l tor further thug, which WIS granted.
,Twu tlays uiterwArd Mr. D!nl,,.t ag,irl ear
1leu the ilonso into the Conn1ttSn
%arey y coasi''sred %a ' ana a' usi' %S rs'ss s
rh h.ck 10 tie House incomplete
LATER In tho ,t!ny, however, III Mr. islnnnt's
motion, the 1louso went fntD CDnlnlfttue III
therein the Speaker resumed tile car,ant Afr.
Scales repprtetl tl,at the Cn,nn,lttce having
had under consideration IT, X. 4,i:a, IL provide
fsra deficiency " tho approximation fur tho
"tr., h'tl directed ll,n t0 rel,ort the sal,Io
back with amendments"
Mr. iil9glt .lem'uldetl tho nFcv!o,'A tIuc:-
t; M!Iis I'll, ws s,., %s[f. ta ' tls hll as
'rflc bit went to the Sellnla mil WIS tteru
referred TO subcommittee 0t the Soiutu
Comnittrson Appropriations, consisting Ut
nSnia'orS S Wnl''cp 'Iattt Beck, Democrats. and
For weeks tho t,ar-ronte eonspirators lu,l
been, by OH: device or t.nntlIer. urging thu
p;sampn, passais # H. H. T. IT,, 4;TT iIow w't%Ht n any
that Tie umsndSd bii wns 's' bei"ra %
thu S:;,latc Comlmittcs they rcallzca tint ex-
traordl1sary, efforts wunttl l,nye 10 he called
l',tn uss;, Tic first Or pristiwll ,noyo nll t'a
ta!il ts eo,,1.scl Joe Mex Klbbell, ex-nunter III
Congress from California;, IL ilullncrnt asul
iMsi f'ivlMl " snltat"r WnIlic". 1ieforc, Wal-
laens stll+n!It,nittG Alrkbbrh nude lltA t1l-
The clninas ut tic ctJtSutrAturs liza dill tIfh