St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-19

Woulu iise up, tutt tuere was VICIOUS 1cSioId-
ton behind the clause, for after the commit
tee had discussed the matter some hours the
great director from Indiana rose and offered
an amendment to his own bill He took in
then the very roads he had excluded from
his bill. Though he (Aiken) did not charge
anybody with having a job in the bill, that
action had excited suspicion in
his mind. The next thing in the
bill which attracted his attention
was an appropriation of $4,000, 900 for the
star route service and an additional i'm
aginary appropriation of $4,000 Where
was that 81, 100000. He had said somethin
about an unexpended balance of 81, 100, 000.
Why had not the committee reappropriated
the whole of that sumo WHAT was to become
of the 100000 In his mind, there was
covert legislation right there. He criticised
the committee for making no provision for
special mail facilities and ridiculed the ex-
cuse presented, that it had not been esti-
mated for. If the committee refused to give
because the postmaster general did not ask,
why in the name of common sense did it
object to giving what he did ask fora This
species of niggardly legislation, which was
manifested on every page of the bill, showed
conclusively to every right minded, thinking
man that the purpose of the bill was to get
up cheap notoriety for grand economy.
Applause on Republican side).
Mr.. Holman denied there was ANYTHING
covert in the bill, and hoped the gentleman
would specifically point out wherein the
committees appropriations or any member
had sought to drive the house or country.
Mr.. Reagan offered an amendment, ex-
tending to the members of congress the
Ia 70 fhn n1f IN ha
transaction of official business.
Messrs. Townshend, White and Randall
opposed the amendment and Bedford advo-
Gated it, and inquired of Randall why a
congressman had not the right to send free
letter on public business2 A man who
would object to that, was so narrow between
his eyes, he could look through a key hole
with both eyes.
Mr. Randall declined to cope with the
gentleman from Colorado either in wit or
vulgarity, and maintained that the people
had condemned the ranking privilege.
Mr. Belford thought the interest of mem
bers in transacting public business required
that they should send their letters through
the mails, and this pretense of economy ON
the part of the majority was a sham, a fraud.
When the political campaign came on this
would be informed the Democratic party
was pretending economy and at the same
time keeping in the treasury one hundred
millions and keeping thousands of men out
of work.
Mr.. Randall said those who stood here for
economy, stood regardless of sneers or ap-
plause, having the consciousness of perform
ing their public duty in an honest way. He
did not know what the issues in the next
campaign might be, but he did know the
Democratic party would never be condemned
for economy and frugality in the public ex-
penditures.
Mr. Regan's amendment was lost by 81 to
SO. The committee rose and reported the
bill to the house.
The previous question being ordered, Mr..
Bisbee expressed his objections to the bill,
which he characterized as a cheap bill, framed
by cheap party, through its cheap commit
tee, upon the cheapest estimate of the people
of the country.
Mr.. Townshend took the floor to close the
debate in defense of the bill. He had an OPP
portunity yesterday of conversng with a
leading member of the senate, who said he
had read the bill, and he said it was fair,
liberal one. He said further, he was glad to
know that he had exposed the hypocrisy
practced by the Republican party in the
house at last congress, in cutting down the
appropriations. The senator was himself a
Republican. There were several shouts name
him, from the Republican side but Townshend
declined to do so. He went on to say since
the bill had come into the house every clown
on every side was brought to the front to rid
icule it, every advocate of extravaganza,
every defender of jobs and railroad corpora
tions had been brought forward, taxing their
ingenuity to the utmost in order to raise false
clamor against the bill.
Mr.. Taylor, of Ohio, inquired whether the
word s'cloWn" was parliamentary.
The speaker replied if a gentleman is
using supplementary language any men,
Der had right to call him to order.
Mr.. Townshend continuing said, he was
not surprised at the action of the other side
endeavoring to throw odium on the bill, bat
he was surprised at the action of Mr. Reed of
Maine If peculation has ever been charg-
ed on this floor with maladministration, il
ever extravagant appropriations were sug-
gested, that gentleman was found to be the
defendeder, and if ever the interest of a rail-
road company was at stake, that gentleman
was its defender.
Mr.. Hiscock demanded that the words be
taken down as parliamentary.
ooh no,'' said Reed, II don't want to give
them any such significance, but when he
talks about extravaganza appropriations and
speculations, if he looks at the
Record he will find in the stal
route case, I voted with the committee on
appropriations and that he was not here
Applause on the Republican sidcl. ~ have
chand kshaarJ
ulator assaulted on this floor, but the gentle
man from Maine has sprung to his feet and
defended him.
''Name one" cried Reed.
II have not time here" retorted Towns
bend.
81 want the gentleman to name one," cried
Reed.
81 have not time here" retorted Towns
bend.
II want the gentleman to name one," re-
iterated Reed.
ssWhen the gentleman continued
Townshend stakes his seat and behaves him
self, will proceed with my remarks. The
gentleman has taken occasion to assail al
most every member in the house and pro-
pose to answer him and let him understand
that he is well known here, and that have
less regard for his estimate of myself than
have for the opinion ofany other member. On
last Saturday he took the floor and imputed
to me improper motives in my defense of the
bill, and 1 did not have an opportunity to
reply to them, but want to say here and
now that he is playing role which he has
played ever since knew him, as the defend
ant of every railroad scheme that is brought
in here, and as an INSTRUCTOR of every char
acter of legislation intended to put re
straint on railroad corporations and compe
chem to meet their just dues to the govern
ment.'
Mr.. Reed said: fortunately the observa.
tions which the gentleman from Illinois has
had the kindness to make were made in tn,
presence of the house that has known both O.