The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-27
P0STOFFICE BILL PASSED.
EFFORT TO KNOCK OUT soUTHERE
FAST MAIL FAILED.

Usual Fight Was Made Against the
Special Mail Facilities for the
SOuth - Charge Against DOckery
Was Refuted by His Friends-Extra
Compensation for Carriers Who
Work Overtime - No Pneumatic
Tube Service.
Washington, April 26-,After four days
of discussion the House to-day completed
the consideration of the postoffice appso-
priation bill and passed it.
The attempt to strike out the $4,000 for
special mail facilities from New York to
New Orleans and from Kansas City 10
Newton, Kan, met the fate il has ever
since the appropriation was placed in the
bill in 1898.
No one demanded a seperate vote upon
the amendment striking out the pneumatic
tube provision and the House by a large
majority stood by the amendment to give
extra compensation to letter carriers for
work in excess of forty-eight hours a
week, although the carriers were said by
Mr. Cummings of New York to be opposed
TO It,
Without preliminary business the House
resumed consideration of the postoflice
bill.
Mr.. Tawney of Minnesota moved to in
crease the salaries of 479 railway postal
clerks, class 5A, from 81, 800 to $1.400
Mr.. Loud, chairman of the Postoffice
Committee. opposed the amendment. Mr..
Loud had read a postal, the writer had
received from Tawney urging all railway
l..
20 vote for the Tawney reclassifcation
bill or for this provision in the postoffice
bill This, Mr.. Loud said, is only part
of the schenfe of concerted attack being
made upon Congress. The amendment
was adopted, SO to 80.
Fast Mail Facilities.
Two hours were devoted to debate of
the provisions appropriating Sl71,2S for
special mail facilities from New York to
Atlanta and New Orleans and $4,000 for
those from Kansas city to Newton, Kan.
Mr.. Little of Arkansas led the debate
in opposition. He declared that they were
relics of the most vicious system Of leg
islahon that ever invaded Congress
Mr.. Underwood of Alabama favored the
appropriation for the Southern mail SUB
sidy, which, he said, was necessary to
keep up quick communication with the
South. The particular train which carried
the mail to the South from New York, he
said, would not be run were the appro-
priation withdrawn. All the boards of
trade in the South he said, had petitioned
for a continuance of the appropriation.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi vigorously
opposed the appropriation. II was of no
benefit to the people of the South, he said.
It went into the pockets of a syndicate
which resided partly in New York partly
in Great Britain and partly in Germany.
He denomnated II as Sob" part of the
scheme In which the pneumatic tube adj
Gates were interested. The people who
supported one. he said, as rule. would
support the other. All these Jobs" he
declared, should be defeated.
Mr.. Swanson of Virginia and others
spoke in favor of the appropria ton.
Mr. Little of Arkansas moved to strike
out the appropriation for special mail IA
cilities from New York to New Orleans.
The motion was defeated, Al to 80.
The motion to strike out the appropri-
alton for special facilities from Kansas
City, Mo-, to Newton, Kas., was also de-
feated, 95 to 81.
Charge Against DOcISey.
A little furry was caused by Mr.. Cow
herd of Missouri, who denounced as abso-
lutely false a statement made by Mr..
Bromwell of Ohio during the debate, 10 the
effect that a former member of the House
(Mr. Dockery of MissourD had been inter-
ested I'm the continuation of this service
in former Congress because he was inter
ested in a newspaper which would be
benefited by it,
He charged that the statement had been
made TO injure Mr.. Dockery in pending
political contest.
Mr. Bromwell denied this. He had
heard that Mr.. Dockey was interested in
a newspaper. but he had no personal
knowledge of 1t and was willing to ac-
cept Mr.. Cowherd's statement that such
was not the fact.
Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa elected applause
by saying that Mr. Dockery in his long
service had commanded the confidence
and respect of the Republican side Of
the House and no one believed he could
be guilty Of such an offense.
The Pneumatic Tubes.
Mr.. Cummings of New York had read a
petition from New York. which he said
he had been requested by telegraph to
present to the House The Merchants
Association of New York, 1t said. re-
speetfully petitions Congress to reconsid-
er its decision striking the item for pneu-
matte tube service from the postoffice
appropriation bill, on the ground that
there was no specific charge of bribery
or corruption; that New York city Is the
clearing house of the country for incom-
ing and outgoing mails, for which 1t re-
ceived not one dollar extra appropriation,
and despite which il had returned $685.
933; that its present facilities for handling
mails are utterly inadequate and expedi-
ton OF the forwarding of the malls is
necessary.
without further amendment the COM
mittee rose.
Mr. Cummings demanded a separate vote
upon the amendment providing extra COM
pensatlon for letter carriers for work in
excess of forty-eight hours week and
such number of hous as may be required
on Sunday. Mr. Cummings said the
amendment would break down the eight
hour law and was opposed by the letter
carriers. The amendment was adopted "a
to 80.
Al 5:05 p. m. the House adjourned.
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