The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-13
East MAILS ANNUAL Fight.
urrWpr TO ctr OFF APPROPBIA-
ZION FAILS.

.iI of ohio Declares That 1t
m, safely i'm the Interest IF the
work Papers--SyvansOn of viz
,ni, Charges the Opponents of
-. ,p,ropriation With IncOnsist-
-Thc Appropriation Bill Ri
ually Passed.
u ,,,,.tireton. Feb 1.-THE annual battle
IND nrovision in the postotliee APP
o.ta,ion bill. for fast mail faciliues
pr,.osp New York and Florida was
ut+ ont in the House to-day, and the
& I'll hvas an appropriation of $4,000 to
evnended in the improvemenF of the
I'll service throughout the southern
l,ates representatives Swanson OF VIZ
rt, settle. Pearson and Woodward of
S,.rth carolina, and Livingston and Crisp
=, georgia were active in their support
y. he appropriation. Some of the New
,,,dand men, notably Mr.. Simpkins of
1I.ss.chusetts. opposed the provision on
so Ground that il was a subsidy. Mr..
s"r,nEins attempted to pose as an econo-
,,isf and show that the railroads from
Iaston 70 New York refused to accept
anv part of the appropriation for fast
Mil facilities last year on high moral
grounds 80. -. ..o
Nov ENGLAND railroads was spoiled by
ponresentative Bingham of Pennsylvania,
aso showed that the Boston railroads de-
tiDei TO accept the~restrictions put upon
ou railroads operating under the fast mail
s,sten. The government insists upon reg
,latinp the schedule all the way from
Vsn y nrk to Florida, upon the lines re-
ceiving compensation for fast mail facll-
"3u of the North Carolina members. ex-
,sntng Nessrs Skinner, Strowd and Shu-
for6 voted for the appropriation, the pop
dist members opposed it on the ground
mat il is a subsidy.
IN south Carolina the entire delegation
voted for the appropriation, with the eX-
rention of Mr. Talbert.
t1dge Turner was the only member of
the Georgia delega lion to vote against the
IKE Florida delegation was solid for it,
II was made clear in the debate that the
PENNSYLVANIA and the southern railroads
are willing to conform to the regulation
fixed by the government, and an return
they receive fair compensation for the
benefits they afford the people in the way
Of fast mail facilities
Washington, Feb 2-The House. after
the opening exercises, went promptly into
committee of the whole, on the postoffice
appropriation bill. General debate was
limited to one hour.
Mr. Bromwell. rep, of Ohio opposed the
item of Sl96OGD for special mail facilities
between Boston and New Orleans This
so-called fast mail, he said was in reality
slower than the ordinary train going
south. The service was not for the bene-
fit of the business men, the real beneficial
RES being the New York daily papers. The
government had already done enough for
these great dailies, and was now losing
thousands of dollars annually in carrying
them. He could not see why this subsidy
SHOULD be given them. 1t was not extend
ed to papers in the west and other Sec
tons of the country. A fund placed at the
disposition of the Postmaster General to
be used for special facilities where it
would do the most good was preferable to
subsidies of this kind
Mr.. Swanson, dem, of Virginia, said the
gentlemen opposing the fast mail item
were not consistent. They upheld large
appropriations for facilitating delivery of
mails in cities by bicycles, pneumatic
tubes, etc, yet were against giving
small sum for the benefit of the people of
fifteen states
An amendment was offered by Mr. Loud,
at the request of the postoffice depart-
me9L reducing the amount for extension
y
to $0O000-that being sufficient 10 meet the
needs of the department.
Mf. burton, rep, of Ohio, made point
OF order against the DaragraDh prOVidinar
that the marine free delivery service AZ
leu9t Sh2ll hereafter be performed bv
roy poats instead of a steam launch
Mr. Settle. rep, of North Carolina, said
Stedul yacht was now maintained at De
Iolt az a cost of about 81 per day to pull
a row boat about LOO feet. The principal
use 81 me yacht was as a pleasure boat
bf tilc pOStOttlCC officials
fmSIly a compromise was reached by
ss4e ADOPTION OF an amendment offered by
NI, ooulhard, rep, of Ohio. giving the
pos master general discretion to use eth
II boat or steamer service in delivering
me mails at Detroit
Mf. lalbert dem, of South Carolina
offered an amendment Increasing from
stbWn TO MO00O the item for experimental
rural free delivery. This was agreed to.
on motion of Mr.. Simpkins. rep. of
massachusetts,, the special mail facilities
Paragraph was amended by striking out
ne amount to he expended therefore he
t"eeh Boston and New York-$25 406 The
idciltes between Boston and New York
ue asserted, were ample and the apDro-
pIaton was unnecessary.
On a point of order made by Mr. Rrou-
wei rep, of Ohio, the paragraph was
sllcken out which authorizes the Post
MAJ naSa,'er General to expend for other fast
nan Iachtles any unexpended balance or
tne current appropriation for special mail
Iagllltes on trunk lines
ne last mail facilities paragraph was
amendment u -" 'ii'i
Iha eill was then reported to the House
XIV al me amendments adopted in COM
n..ltee were agreed to, except that in
eo,'ds!ng from $4,000 to 100000 the allow
dQee Tor experimental rural free delivery
winch was defeated-29 10 i02
aq, 4ie OH was then passed. and the House
o-iaiiu went INTO committee of the whole
taxing IN the sundrv civil aDnronriatjon
MIL But before the reading Of the hill
,bo tIIo0mpieted, the committee. rose, ard
llUuse' at 4:45 o'clock adjourned until
t,IpiIoW' doing away with the usual
THlay night pension session
ISAAC v. BARDIN DEAD.