The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-27
Cities Declare that Carrier Ser
vice Is Not 0verdone.
PROTESTS MADE IN CONGRESS.
Representative Ask for nm Immedi-
ate appropriation tn Prevent Oh
jccsfonabie order Going Into Ef-
feet February I-Lond Charges
Onicials of the Postofice Depart-
menf With False Representation.

voted another day TO the consideration Of
the Indian appropriation bill, most of the
time being consumed. as on the TWO pre-
viaus days. in discussing extraneoas SUBJ
jects. BY far the most interesting feat
ure of the day was the debate on the
question of mail carrier service IN the
larger cities owing to the failure of the
senate to attach the estimated deficiency
of Slso.oo to the urgency deficiency bill.
This subject has been agitating the met
ropclitan cities ever since the order was
issued fer cutting down the force on Feb
ruary 1. A dozen representatives from
as many different cities protested against
the proposed reduction and urged an i'm
mediate appropriation.
Bromweii of Ohio submitted some re-
marks upon the failure Of the senate 10
place in the urgency deficiency bill an ap-
preparation for the continuation of the
full mail carrier service until July ]. 1t
was we'll known. he said, that an order
had been issued to cut down the carrier
service February l. He proceeded to COM
ment on the discrimination against GER
tain cities. notably Cincinnati In the mat
ter of carrier service.
Quigg of New York, in reply. maintained
that the mail deliveries in New York city
were absolutely necessary TO get the mail
cut of and into the great offices in that
city
Belknap of Illinois. Adams of Pennsyl-
vania and other members representing
the larger cities all protested against the
reduction In the carrier service They
had been overwhelmed, they said. with
protests.
Williams of Mississippi made humor-
Gus speech. contrasting the conditions in
his district. where the inhabitants went
six or eight miles for their mail and paid
the same postage for the privilege as do
the Inhabitants of the big metropolitan
cities, who had their mail delivered free
six or eight times day. AS the depart
ment was obliged to economize IN order
20 keep the expenditures down 10 the re-
ceipis. he thought it could not be done
better than by cutting of three OF four
deliveries a day at the big trade centers.
Loud. chairman of the postofiice COM
mittee, made sensational speech, or
rather a speech promising sensational de-
yelopments in the future. He WAS very
hoarse, and 1t was with difficulty he could
speak above a whisper. Only the cir
cumstances of the case could induce him
TO attempt TO say anything today. The
question reported was far greater than
this important one. The statements Of
the gentleman from New York (Quigg)
were absolutely false and unfounded.
That gentleman, he said. had been hav-
ing himself interviewed. charging that
he Q-oud) was responsible for the exist
ing predicament that he loud had de-
fled congress and the postofiice. and had
forced the department TO cut OF the car
riers. -.
such criticisms" said Loud, ''are be-
meath my contempt The charge Is made
that the postoffce bill this year carried
$4,000 below the estimates. I know the
officials of the postoffice department back
that charge. but assert that 1t Is false"
Then you allege faisehood agalns, the
officials Of the department? interrupted
Quigg.
Let him take it where he can hear H."
responded Loud.
Loud proceeded to affirm that the post
Office officials had contrary TO law. ap-
pointed 2ss additional carriers and created
a prospective deficiency of siso. $50. He
said further that in the face of an ap-
preparation OF s55.eO FOR Incidental ex-
months over ss0.opo Of the reported de-
fciency. he said. belonged In that ac-
count He urged members not To be car
ried away by passion ever the possible
less Of 4 carrier or two.
At the opening OF today's session the
pending amendment was 10 strike out the
appropriation for the Carlisle Indian
school Sherman Of New York. in charge
OF the bill, defended the work of the Car
lisIe school, which he said was the great
est Industrial school in the country Ev-
erything was taught there which was nec-
essary 10 make Indians disappearing
citizens anywhere IN the world His OBJ
servafion WAS the best Indlsn schools were
those which we're not on the reservations
H said the Carlisle football eleven had
placed f7.0e in the treasury of that college
during the past season.
Cannon of Illinois expressed the opinion
tina; the Indians were not progressing. II
was only IN the Indian territory that their
condition was relatively good. lie thought
that education in the Western schools
would effect ilt;le
Lacey Of Louisiana eaiogized the work
of the Indian schools.
( Curtis a Kansas also commended the
work Of the nea-reservation schools
+ srn.ta q Arizona insisted that the In
E dlaus should - given farms which they
eoula not dispose of. agricultural imple-
+ merits and teachers. Then the Indian
I wo.l4 bs compelled to rise ~ the civliixa-
Z ton around him or ae crushed ~ It. The
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