St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-11
MAIL SUBSIDY STILL GOES.
Unsuccessful Fight Led by Chair.
Loud in the House.

WASHINGTON, March 10. - The
house today witnessed the perennial
attempt to cut off the appropriation
for special mail facilities between Bos-
ton and Washington to Atlanta and
New Orleans. This appropriation has
been carried in the poStoffice bill since
1873 This year it amounted to $780,
600, and coupled with it were appro-
priationS for special facilities between
Kansas City and Newton, Kan. and
Chicago and Council Bluffs, To- The
latter items, however, went down be-
fore points of order. An attempt was
made to rule out the Southern sub
Sidy also on a point Of order, but Mr.
Payne. of New York, overruled the
point. The motion to strike out was
defeated, SO to 116. The postoffice bill
ing hour bill was passed making a
years continuous residence" in ter
ritory prerequisite to obtaining di-
vorce in such territory,
After passing some minor bills, the
house today went into committee of
the whole on the postoffice appropria-
ton bill. Mr.. Bronwell (Rep., o. read
a letter from the. SECOND assistant
postmaster general stating that the
appropriation of S15O,0OO Was made
quate for transportation Of mail by
electric and cable cars on routes not
exceeding twenty miles; in length.
Mr.. Picker Rep., s. D. inquired
why, in the face Of such a statement
from the department, a requisite sum
had not been provided. Mr.. Loud,
chairman of. the ppstoffice committee,
replied that the letter had not%been laid
before the committee. why" asked
Mr.. Picker, twas this uundigested bill
brought before the house?" 1t had
been rumored, he stated, that there
had been wide differences of opinion
in the committee. 1t had been said
that the chairman bore down on the
committee on many occasions and car
ried his point. Mr.. Loud replied that
this was utterly false, and Mr.. Ogden
Oem., La.) also entered a protest
against Mr.. Picklers statements. When
the provisions for transportation of
Boston mail via New York and Wash
ington to Atlanta and New Orleans
were reached Chairman Loud, who
opposed this and the other two mail
subsidies in the BILL from Chicago to
Council Bluffs and from Kansas City
to Newton, Kan, and who was voted
out in the committee, raised a point
of order against the provision. Mr.
Crisp Oem., Ga.) called this action of
the chairman complete novelty. He
called attention to the fact that the
bill of last year contained the pro-
vision for the special mail facilities
from New York to New Orleans.
Mr.. Bingham Rep., Pa.) and Mr..
Settle (Rep., N. c. also vigorously OPP
posed the point of order. This item has
always precipitated opposition. Mr.
crate review of the history of the
Southern mail subsidy which had been
in the postoffice bill since 1873. He
expressed the opinion that there was
no necessity for the Southern subsidy.
The regular compensation was suffi-
cient. Mr.. Payne Rep.,5 N. ", in the
chair, overruled the point of order Mr.
Cromwell then Immediately moved an
amendment to subsidize in addition to
the route from Boston to New Orleans
those from Washington to st. Louis;
from Cincinnati totNews Orleans; from
Chicago to Council Bluffs; from Chi
cago to Minneapolis, and from Kansas
City to Newton, Kan, 100000. He
could not see, he said, why other lines
besides the Southern carrying fast
mails should not be as much entitled
question from Mr.. .Couzins Rep.,
Io.), Mr.. Loud declared that the post
master general for years had con-
demned mail subsidies. The chair
sustained point of order against the
Bromwell amendment. Mr.. Loud there
upon moved to strike out the appro-
priation for Southern trunk line IA
cilities.- He reiterated his statement
that every postmaster general had con-
demned this subsidy, but had accept
ed what was considered the direction
of congress. The Pennsylvania rail-
road was the strong factor behind the
subsidy. He argued that the special
mail train was two hours slower than
the regular train, and did not facili-
tate the mails. Mr.. Crisp, in support
OF the provision, camel attention to
the proviso attached to the provision