The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-27

urgent deficiency bin an appropriation for
the continuation Of the fuli mali carrier
service until July l. II was well known, ne
said. that an order had been issued TO cut
down the carrier service Feb. /. He pro-
ceeded to comment on the Discrimination
against certain cities, notably Cincinnati,
in the matter of carrier service.
Mr.. Quigg (Rep., n. Y.) in reply. main
tanned that the mail deliveries in New York
city were absolutely necessary to get the
mail out and into the general Office In that
city,
Mr.. Belknap Rep., nL1. Mr.. Adams
ing the larger cities, all protested against
the reduction in the carrier service. They
had been overwhelmed, they said with pro-
Mr.. williams Dem. Miss.) made a
humorous speech contrasting the conditions
down in his district, where the inhabitants
went six or eight miles for their mails and
paid the same postage for the privilege as
did the inha bitants of the big metropolitan
cities who had their mail delivered free
six or eight times a day. As the govern
ment was obliged to economic in order to
keep the expenditures down to the re-
ceipts, he thought it could not be done bet
ter than by cutting off two or three de-
liyeries day at the big trade centers.
Mr.. Loud (Rep., Cai). chairman of the
postoffice committee, made a sensational
speech, or rather speech promising sensa-
uonal developments in the future he was
heard above a whisper Only the circum-
stances Of the case, he said, could induce
him to attempt to say anything to-day. The
the simple one Of delivery more or less
in New York or Chicago. The statements
of the gentleman from New York (Quigg(,
said he, were absolutely false and unfound-
ed. That gentleman. said he. had been
having himself interviewed. charging that
he LIQUID was responsible for the existing
predicament. that he (Loudl had dehed Con-
gress and the Postoffice Department, and
had forced the department to cut off the
carriers. Such criticism" said Mr.. Loud,
lis beneath my contempt" The charge is
made that the postoffice appropriation bill
mates know the officials of the Postoffice
Department back that charge, but l assert
that it is false.
''Then you allege falsehood against the
officials of the department? interrupted
Mr.. Quigg.
sponded Mr.. Loud. Mr.. Loud proceeded to
afrrn that the postoffice officials had, con-
trary to law. appointed 2S9 additional car
riers and created a prospective deficiency
of 100000. He said, further, that in the
face of appropriation of $4,000 for Incl
six months. Over $50. 900 of the reported
deficiency, he said, belonged in that account.
He urged members not to be so carried
away by passion over the possible loss of
carrier or two as to yield the last vestige
Of their power of circumScribing the acts
of the executive branches of the govern
ment. The perpetlity of the legislative
branch of the government was involved
he said. In conclusion, he appealed to mem
bers to let the whole question come up reg
ularly in it's own time when, he said, he
would be ready to discuss the whole sub
ject. Meantime, he declared that the serv-
ice could not possibly suffer until June.
The conference report on the urgent de-
ficiency bill was submitted and agreed to-
At 532 D. m. the House adjourned.