The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-11
NSULTTO THE SENATE


=; Oklahoma territory. where bat ninety
days residence is required
The house went int committee Of the
whole on the postoffics bill Brcmwelt.
Rep. Ohio. read letter from the second
assistant postmaster general stating that
the appropriation OF slsa.a was made
ana'e for transportation of mails by cleo
trio and cable cars on routes not exceeding
twenty miles in length.
Picker. Rep. s. d, inquired rhy. IN the
face OF such a statement from the depart
menf. requisite sum had not been pro-
yided-
Loud. chairman Of the pos,offce COM
mi'tee. replied that the letter had no;
been laid before the committee.
Why asked PickIer. was this undi-
ses'ed bill brought before the house, II
had been rumored. he stated. that there
had been wide differences of opinion in
the committee. II had been said that the
chairman bore down on the committee on
many occasions and carried his point.
Loud replied that this was utterly false.
and Ogden. Dem, La. entered a protest
against Pickler's statements.
The provisions relating 10 the methods
OF transporting mae by street cars and
provisions for free transportation OF let
ter carriers on the street cars were stries-
Ell out rev legislation.
When the provision appropr.at'ns siss.-
lines from Boston via New York and
Washington 10 Atlanta and New Orleans
was reached. Chairman Loud. who cp-
posed tbs and the two other mail subsi-
dies in the bill. from Chicago to Council
Bluffs and from Kansas city to Newton,
Kan, but who was outvoted in the COM
mittee, raised a point of order against
these provisions. After considerable de-
bate the chair overrulei the point of order.
Bromwell then Immediately moved an
amendment 10 suhsidize. in addition 10
the route from Boston 10 New Orleans,
these from " ashington City 10 ST. Louis.
from Cincinnati 10 New Orleans. from Chi
caso to Council Bluffs. from Chicago 10
Minneapolis and from Kansas City TO New
ton. Kan. sse1.1o0. He could not see. he
said. why other lines besides the Southern
carrying fast mails should not b. as much
entitled 10 subsidies that line.
The chair sustained a point of order
against the Bromweil amendment.
Loud thereupon moved to strike ont the
appropriation for Southern trunk line IA
ciitIes. He reiterated his statement that
every postmaster general since 1890 had
condemned this subsidy. but had accepted
what wss considered the direction of con-
gress. The Pennsylvania road he said.
was the strong factor behind the subsidy.
He argued that the special mail train was
twa hours slower than the regular train
and did not facilitate the mails.
On rising vote tho Loud amendment to
strike cut the appropriation for the South
ern subsidy was carried, 100 TO %. Teiiers
were demanded and the amendment was
defeated, % to ia
The chair ruled out the two succeeding
| paragraphs. appropriating s51 600 for spe-
! cial facilities from Kansas City TO Newton
Kan. and 5000 from Chicago TO Council
| Bluffs Ia Miller. Rep. Kan. appealed from
| the decision of the chair. but the chair was
| sustained 100 10 %
The appropriation for car fare and bicycle
/ allowance was increased from 100000 TO
| $l70.1o, The committee rose. and at $40
| the house adjourned.