Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
ARE SCARED BY LOUD.
Rotten Methods Used to Influence
Congress in Disposition Of
Postoffice Bill.
Loud Exposes Some Of the Corrupt
Schemes and Could Tell
Others.

The Pneumatic Mail Service Knocked
Out Because Methods
We're Used.
Washington, April 26.-In the house
to-day. without preliminary business,
reconsideration of the postoflice appro-.I
lpriation bill was resumed. Tawney, of
4 minnesota, moved to Increase the sala-
ries of 4I9 railway postal clerks in class
ga from thirteen hundred to fourteen.l
Chairman Loud opposed the amend
ment and read postal card, received
today, saying the writer had received a
sIletter from Tawney urging all the
4 clerks to write or wire their represent
ative to vote to substitute the Tawney
a g|.reclassification bill for a provision in
the bill. II hope said Loud, 81 Will
not be forced to go intosthe proposition.
This is only part of the scheme and y
i trust the gentleman from Minnesota
II will not force me to disclose the form
OF the concerted attack being made on
congress-.
The amendment was adopted, 50 to SO.
The two hours were devoted to debate
on the provisions appropriatng sl7lASs
I for special mail facilities from New
York to Atlanta and New Orleans and
z s25, 900 from Kansas City, Mo-. to New
ton, Kan. Little, of Arkansas, opened.
1.-THE debate in opposition to them.
Washington, April 2.6-The house yes
terday put its heel upon the pneumatic
. mail tube service now in operation in
New York, Boston and Philadelphia,
and If its action stands the whole serv-
!, ice will be crushed out. The postotfice
. committee had recommended ar in
crease of appropriation for this service
. |from S225 900 to s725,000. The proposed
. increase was attacked by the appropria-
.aItions committee under the leadership of
!, Mr.. Moody, of Massachusetts, With such
: Ivigor and success that in the end the
house voted, 81 to so, to stsike the entire
q appropriation from the bill.
II Mr.. Moody created a sensation by the
z manner in which he assailed the Whole
!. history of the pneumatic tube service
= lit is so malodorous from beginning tc
Z lend" said e,..that it should die tfll
I. death of a dog.
q smoke the rascals OUT cried Mr.
!, Little s..and Vie on this side of the house
: Will stay with you.
g Mr. Moody said it was not a pleasan
thing for him to exploit the scanda
which had been uncovered by the posta
commission when he was a member, bu
IS he considered it his duty to do so. HI,
declared that former Second Assistan
4 Postmaster General Nelson. undel
s. whom the first experiments in the pneu
he matte tube service was made, When n
alretired accepted from the company 81,
a GOO in cash and $4,000 in stock for hi
I'd services here during the succeeding year
al What that service could be. Mr. Mood,
er said, he could not imagine. These facts
D. line said, had been brought out by TIL
IN commission. John +. alillholland, o
81 New York. he said, was the president 9
r. ! the tube company. The tube service. h
n said. had been constructed by contract
ors who took their pay in stock an
he bonds. The only asset of the compan
~ was its contract with the government
50 II regret to say" continued Mr.. Mood,
deliberately, that one of the principe
holders Of these stocks and bonds wa
ii member of this house and a membe
of the committee on appropriations"
- II Give his name," shouted MIR. Living
ston, of Georgia.
sa II will not, replied Mr.. Moody. The
dy he added another sensational statemer
ne to the effect that a large block of tn
py stock of the concern had been sent
as a near relative of a prominent membe
As OF the house as a New Years gift. -,
he am proud to say said Mr.. Mood
he that the return mail carried back tn;
'lr. dishonoring and dishonorable of gifts
OF MIR. Moody appealed to the house to NJ
nd endorse this sort of a transaction" NJ
he Moody disclaimed any intention of n
hecting upon the postoftice committe
which he highly commended. He W;
especially glowing in his praise of NJ
Loud. the chairman of the committee.
Messrs. Roberts, of Massachusett
Bingham. of Pennsylvania, and Cur
i.u a ,nings of New York, all warmly SUI
a. ported the extension of the pneumat
'oit 'o, tube service, but condemninE the met
'lie 'lie ods denounced by Mr.. Moody.
'ee When the paragraph relating to ra
ne way mail service was reached. N
Tawney of Minnesota offered as su
stitute for it his bill of re-classitcati
Inn OF railway mail clerks. 1t divides I
lie clerks into ten classes, the highest sra
red Ito receive S1.S00 per annum, and pr
tad vides general system of promotion.
III went out on point of order.
90. The senate.
Washington. April 26. - After t
!; adoption of resolution calling on
80 secretary of the treasury to send to I
-. senate imports by the months and rs
'' duty under the reciprocal agreeme
that went into effect in 1898, Pettus.
Alabama, addressed the senate in
, Of position to the resolution declari
,ere Scott entitled to a seat from West v
e at ginia.
the Agricultural Appropriations Passs
uor, Washington, April 26.-After br
4. Tue debate the senate agreed to the conf
sllea ence report on the Hawaiian govel
sons ament bill, the clause relating to
s.a- s'a right of franchise and imprisonm
: IN for debt having been amended to g
form to the ideas OF the senate.
Mr.. Cullom presented the conferel
J.. report on the bill. explaining that
,nta principal changes made by the last c,
,und ference was the striking out of all p