The record-union., 1896-03-11
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
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The House then went into Committee
of the Whole to further consider the
Pcstoffice appropriation bill. A little
breeze occurred in the course of the dis
cussion of the amendment offered by
Bromwell tRep) of Ohio member of
the Postoffice Committee, to raise the
appropriation for street-car service
from $150000 to 100000.
1t was antagonized by Pickler (Rep.)
of South Dakota, who had previously
made futile point of order against
progress on the ground that it was new
legislation. He criticised the amend
ment named in the bill as totally INSULT
cient, in view of the fact that it was
proposed to double the service.
In this matter, as in others, Picker
said he had been informed that the
Chairman cf the committee aoud had
overborne the members of the commit
tee and had brought in here, as Brom-
we'll had said, premature and ill-di-
gested bill that should have been pre-
ceded by ether measures.
Loud assured the gentleman from
South Dakota that lie had been wholly
misinformed, and that his informant
had stated that which was totally false.
Ogden Dem.) of louisiana, a member
of the committee, stated that the gem
tleman from South Dakota travelled
outside the record in making his asser-
ton, no such action as he had described
ever having taken place in theNcommit-
tee.
Picker (excitedly)--I can prove it by
more than one of the members.
Ogden-No, sir. repudiate and deny
that the Chairman has been guilty as
charged. He has been fair throughout.
Bromwell's amendment was rejected.
On a point of order raised by Pickler
that it changed the existing law, the
Chairman ruled it out.
When the passage was reached ap-
pIDpriating $4,000 for special rail
facilities on the trunk lines from Ros-
ton, via New York and Washington. to
Atlanta and New Orleans, Loud, in
charge Of the bill, made a point of order
against it.
Crisp (Dem.) of Georgia, speaking on
the point of order, called attention to
the novelty in legislation presented by
Loud in making the point of order.
Bills of this character, Crisp said. were
usually placed in charge of some one
who was in favor of it's provisions, but
here was seen a man in charge of bill
raising the point of order against the
bill
Bingham (Rep.) of Pennsylvania sus-
tanned Crisp's contention.
Dingley (Rep.) of Maine adverted to
the report of Postmaster-G General
Wanamaker to show that the report
not only did not secure the object for
which it was made but absolutely pre-
vented its accomplishment-ins of
expediting mail it retarded it.
Chairman Payne. following the pre-
cedents, overruled the point of order. on
the ground that the appropriation was
not in continuation of an object already
in progress.
Cousins (Rep.) of Iowa asked Loud
who was responsible for the item in the
bill to appropriate 100000 for special |
facilities on the line from Chicago to |
Omaha via Burlington. Was it raised |
or required by the Postoffice Depart |
ment?
Loud replied that all Postmaster Cen
erals for years had denounced the sys-
tenn. Even the present official, who |
might have voted for the Southern |
L
House, condemned it in unmeasured !
terms. 1t was not a certified item be-
fcre the committee. and not contained /
in the items. But as to who was re-
sponsible for the item, if he knew he |
would not say.
Lcrimer (Rep) Of Illinois acknowl- /
edged that the item was inserted upon |
his motion, but that he had intended |
to move to strike out the words via /
Burlington, leaving the service open
to the competition of all roads between |
Chicago and Omaha. But on point of |
order being made against it the item I
was ruled cut of the BILL
Loud moved to strike out the appro- |
priation CT $4,000 for special facili- |
ties from Boston to New Orleans. his
point of order having been overru1ed. |
He said that the New York Central |
and the Pennsylvania Railroad Com !
pany ran entire mail trains from New
York to Chicago and st. Louis without |