Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-27

mail deliveries IN New York city were
absolutely necessary to get the mail out
Of and into the general office there. He
denounced as a piece Of folly and abb
surd parsimony, the spirit which had
cut down the appropriation in the cur
rent law. The big cities Of the coun-
try, he said were all in a state Of agi-
tation because of an attempt to save a
paltry $150000
Mr. Belknap 0ep., lid. Mr.. Adams
(rep., Pa and other members represent
ing the larger cities, all protested
against the reduction in the carrier ser
vice. They had been overwhelmed,
they said with protests.
Mr. Williams dem, Miss). made
humorous speech, contrasting
the conditions down in his district where
the inhabitants went six or eight miles
for their mails, and paid the same post
age for the privilege as did the inhabi-
tants of the big metropolitan cities who
had their mail delivered free from six
to eight times a day,
Mr.. Loud, (rep., CALI, chairman of the
| post office committee, made a speech.
| Only the circumstances of the case
could induce him to attempt to say any
thing today. The question presented
was one far greater than 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 abso-
| lutely false and unfounded. That gem
| tleman had been having himself inter
viewed. charging that he Q1oud) was
responsible for the existing predicament;
| that he LIQUID had defed congress and
the post office department, and had
| forced the department to cut off the car
riers.
"Such criticism" said Mr.. Loud, '4s
| beneath my contempt. The charge is
made that the post office appropriation
bill this year carried $3.50, 900 below esti-
mates. know the officials of the post
Office department back that charge, but
I assert that it is false
Then you allege falsehood against
\ the officials of the Department." inter-
rupted Mr.. Quigg.
LET him take 1t who can bear 1t, -
responded Mr.. Loud.
! Mr.. Loud affirmed that the post office
> officials had, contrary to law, appointed
| 2S9 additional carriers, and created a
prospective deficiency Of $4,000. He
! said, further, that in the face of an APP
| preparation of SIS, 900 for incidental ex-
penses, 100000 had been spent in six
months. Over $4,000 of the reported
| deficiency, he said, belonged in that &C
! count. He urged members not to be SO
carried away by passion over the posi-
| bic loss of a carrier or two, as to yield
the last vestige of their power of cir
| cumscribing the acts of the executive
branches of the government. The per-
petuity of the Legislative prancn OF the
government was involved, he said. He
appealed to members to let the whole
question come up regularly in its own
time, when, he said, he would be ready
to discuss the whole subject. He de-
clared that the service could not posi-
bly, suffer until June.
Mr.. Cannon called attention to the
fact that the whole debate was out OF
order If this difficulty should not be
| provided for there was ample time tc
provide for it in the general deficiency
bill
Mr. Walker, Gep., Mass.). sale
he cared nothing about the con
troversy between Assistant Postmas
4 ter General Heath and certain member:
/ of the house. He wanted to know Wheth
| err the carrier service was to suffer- ant
being assured that it would not, the de
bate on this subject subsidized. The con
ference report on the urgent deficiency
bill was agreed to- Several minor pro
visions in the Indian bill Were ruled GU
on points of order. In all ten pages Of
the bill were disposed Of today.
/ McKENNA ON THE BENCH.
ma took his seat on the bench of the
supreme court of the United States to
day as an associate justice. The official
ceremony Inducing him into office con-
sumed less than four minutes. Mr.. Nc
Kenna had already taken the general
oath of office before the chief justice
when, at / minute past u o'clock, he
walked into the court room bringing
up the rear of the procession of justices.
| He like all the other members of the
court, wore a long, flowing black robe.
| The court room was crowded in anticl-
/ patton of the event. The ceremony was
very simple, consisting Of the taking of
| the oath, and at It's conclusion the new
| justice took his seat on the bench. and
| the court proceeded with the business
| before it, the first cases being those
! dealing with the Texas antitrust law.
! NAMED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, Jan 26,-The president
today sent the following nominations to
the senate:
Richard C. Parsons, Jr., of Ohio, to be
second secretary of the embassy at
Rome, Italy.
Abram NJ. Tillman, of Tennessee, to
|
! Tennessee.
Lieutenant, junior grade, J. G. Doyle,
to be lieutenant
Rev. William T. Helms Of New Jer-
sey, to be a chaplain in the navy.
STATEHOOD DEFEATED.
Washington, Jan. 26.-Statehood legis-
Iation at this session was killed today
by the house committee on territories
rejecting the Arizona, New Mexico and
Oklahoma bills by vote of 8 to 8. The
| first two measures were punched and
defeated. Then the Oklahoma bill was
| taken up and beaten by the same vote.
BELLS EXEMPT FROM DUTY.
Washington, Jan. 26.-As an act of
international courtesy, the ways and
means committee today agreed to report
favorably a bill exempting from duty a
set of bells given by the czar of Russia
to the Russian Church at Bridgeport,
Conn.
THE NOMINATION CONFIRMED.
Washington, Jam. 26-The senate to-
day confirmed the nomination Of George
E. Roberts of Iowa, as director of the
mint.
AGAIN IN THE HUNT.
State Detective Murray Renews Search
After Miller.
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