The San Francisco call., 1898-01-27
ELI QUIGG
 SCORED BY
 MR. LOUD Bitter Debate Over the Mail-Carrier Ques-
 ton. The Eastern Man Accused of Having Spoken
 Falsely. Attempted to Justify Discrinin- ations in Favor of
 New York. SENSATIONS IN PROSPECT. POstoffice Departrl1 ent Warmly As sailed in Speech by the
 Californian.
Attempted to Justify Discrin1in- atiOnS in Favor of
 New York.
SENSATIONS IN PROSPECT.
PostOffice Department Warmly As sailed in 9 Speech by the
 Californian.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House,

w WdSnlnSIOn, Jan 70.
 The House devoted another day to the consideration of the Indian appropria- ton bill, most of the time being con- stunned. as on the two preceding days. in discussing extraneous subjects. By | far the most interesting feature of the day was the debate on the question of i reducing the mall carrier service in the | large cities, owing to the failure of the | Senate to attach the estimated def- ciency of $16O,00O to the urgent deficien- | cy bill.
 This subject has been agitating the | metropolitan cities ever since the order | was issued for cutting down the force | on February l. A dozen Representa- tives from as many different cities pro- tested against the proposed reduction | and urged an immediate appropriation, | when Chairman Loud of the Postof- | fee Committee and Chairman Cannon l of the Appropriation Committee allayed the wrath of the members by assuring them that there was no occasion for alarm; that the service could not pos sibly suffer until June, by which time there would be ample opportunity to pass a deficiency appropriation. Loud used strong words in his criticism of the POstoffice Department officials and promised some interesting disclosures later.
 The motion to strike out the appro- priation for the Carlisle Indian School was defeated after considerable debate -29 to 65. Ten pages of the bill were disposed of to-day. The conference re- port on the urgent deficiency bill was adopted.
 An amendment offered by Kelly D) of South Dakota to increase the number of Indian pupils at Flandreau, s. Dak., to 300, and to increase the appropriation therefor sl6.OO0, was defeated-u to 54. The number of pupils provided for at the Salem (Or.) school was increased by fifty. The action on this protest drew out an indignant protest from Kelly, who paid his respects to Sherman and Cannon for looking with favor upon an amendment offered by a member on the Republican side of the House. The latter replied good-naturedly, but referred to Kelly as bantam rooster" and usually a rather good-looking, amiable man." The gentleman from South Dakota was evidently nettled. and he retorted with considerable bitterness. So far as physi- cal characteristics went, he said, he | thought Cannon might make as respect able a looking rooster himself. This was not the first time he had been in suited by the gentleman from Illinois. ''I may not have had the executive ex- l perience of the gentleman from Illinois" said he. Neither, l thank God, have as yet learned ruffianism, blackguardism and ungentlemanly conduct l grant that l he is an adept at cheese-paring, but when 1 it comes to Danville, Ill.,, he wanted | everything in sight"
 Cannon did not make any reply to this assault.
 Cromwell CR.) of Ohio got the floor at | this point to submit some remarks upon | the failure of the Senate to place in the urgent deficiency bill an appropriation l for the continuation of the full mail | carrier service until July l. It was well known, he said, that an order had been l issued to cut down the carrier service on | February l. He proceeded to comment l ara hA tcDr- -frr1fra ion, Fr,rN N,fr, 1 cities, notably Cincinnati, in the matter of carrier service.
 Quigg CR.) of New York in reply main | tained that the mail deliveries in New York City were absolutely necessary to get the mail out of and into the great Of | fees in that city.
 l Williams O) of Mississippi made a i humorous speech, contrasting the condi- | tions now in his district, where the in- | their mails and paid the same postage ! for the privilege did the inhabitants l of the big metropolitan cities, who had 1 their mall delivered free six or eight times a day. As the Government was obliged | to economiZe in order to keep the ex- l penditures down to the receipts he l by cutting off three or four deliveries day at the big trade centers.
 Loud, chairman of the Postoffice Com | mittee, made a sensational speech-or, rather, a speech promising sensational developments in the future. He was very hoarse and 1t was with difficulty he
 
 | the case, he said, could induce him to attempt to say anything to-day. The i question presented was one far greater than the simple one of a | delivery more or less in New York or Chicago. The statements of the gen | tleman from New York (Quigg), said he, were absolutely false and unfounded. | That gentleman, he said, had been hav- | ing himself interviewed, charging that he l Ooud) responsible for the existing l predicament; that he Loud) had deied | Congress and the Postofflce and had forced the department to cut off the car riers.
 ''Such criticism" said Loud, 'fs be-
 meath my contempt The charge is made year carried $l60.000 below the estimates.
 I know the officials of the Postoffice De- partment back that charge; but I assert
 that it is false"
 officials of the department?" interrupted | Quigg.
 Let him take it who can bear it" l responded Loud.
 | office officials had. contrary to law. appointed 2S9 additional carriers and
 created prospective deficiency of
 $l6o sso OOo; sood He said further that, in
 $75.000 for incidental expenses, s1O7 DO0 1 had been spent in six months. Over $50 = 900 of the reported deficiency, he said be-
 longed in that account He urged mem over the possible loss of a carrier or two
 as to yield the last vestige of their power
 of circumscribing the acts of the exec | utive branches of the Government The
 perpetuity of the legislative branch of | the Government was involved.
 | Meantime, he declared that the service
 could not possibly suffer until June. The conference report on the urgent
 deficiency bill was submitted and agreed
 to. At 5:32 p. m. the House adjourned.