The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-01
THE PAST WEEK IN CONGRESS
Agricultural Bill Reported Senator Scott Declared Entitled to
His Seat BY Large Majority.

priation. The salaries of railway mali
clerks was increased after quite an ex-
tended debate.
Without preliminary business the House
resumed consideration OF the bill. Mr.
Tawnoy. OF Minnesota, moved 10 increase
the salaries OF 80 railway postal Sierks,
class 4, from $3.50 10 81. .i1O Mr.. Loud,
chairman OF the POst-ofilce committee, OPP
posed the amendment lie had read pos
tai card. received yesterday, saying that
the writer had received a letter from Mr..
Tawney. urging all railway postal clerks
at once to write or wire their representa-
I tives IN Congress TO vote 10 substitute the
I TaRuey Te-cl2ssification bill for the pro-
1 vision in the bill.
Il hope" said Mr. Loud. that ! VIII
/ not be forced TO 20 into this whole prop
/ osition. This is only part OF the scheme.
/ and / trust the gentleman from Mime
/ sofa will not force me to disclose here the
. form OF concerted attack which is being
made on Congress"
The amendment was adopted. So 10 81.
| Two hours were devoted 10 debate OF the
/ provisions, appropriating S7l, ,23s for spe-
/ cial mail facilities from New York 10 At
/ lanta and New Orleans, and $25,000 from
/ Kansas City, Mo. TO Newton. Kan. These
! AplltBi Id llOllS LOT SptCldl man luClAtlGS
| have been attacked annually.
4 Mr.. Little, of Arkansas. opened the de-
/ bate In opposition to them, reiteTatilg
/ the old arguments. He declared that they
/ were relics OF the most vicious system of
| legislation that ever invaded Congress.
! Mr.. Underwood. OF Alabama. favored the
| appropriation for the Southern mail sub
! sidy, which, he said, was necessary to
South. The particular train which car
ried the mail to the South from New
/ York he said, would not be run We're the
/ appropriation Withdrawn. All the boards
/ of trade in the South. he claimed, had pc
/ titiOned for continuance Of the apprO-
/ prIauon.
! Mr.. Williams, Of Mississippi, vigorously
: opposed the appropriation. II was OF no
benefit to the people Of the South, he said.
/ II went into the pockets of a syndicate
/ which resided partly in New York, partly
! in Great Britain, and partly in Germany.
| He denominated Il a Job part OF the
! scheme in which the pneumatic tube ad-
Vocates were interested. The people who
I supported one he said, as a rule, would
| support the other All these ''jObS." he
declared, should be defeated.
/ Mr.. COWheTd. of Missouri. urged the
/ necessity for facilitating the mails be-
! tween Kansas City ard Newton, Kans.
! After some further debate by Gen. Bing-
! ham, OF Pennsylvania, Mr.. Mcpherson, of
| Iowa, and Mr.. Swanson, of Virginia, il
! favor Of the appropriations, and Mr..
/ BromWell, of Ohio, against them, Mr. Lit
| tie, Of Arkansas. moved TO strike out the
/ appropriation Tor special mail facilities
4 from New York to New Orleans. The mo-
/ ton was defeated, fl to 99
The motion TO strike out the apprOpTia-
ton for special facilities from Kansas
| City. Mo, 10 Newton, Kans., met with a
( similar fate. 1t also was defeated, 30 TO
81. After the last vote was announced, a
little furry was caused by Mr.. COwherd,
| who denounced as absolutely false a
/ statement made by Mr.. Bromwell, Of Ohio,
during the debate that a former member
of the House NIr. Dockery, OF Missouri
had been interested an the continuation of
this service in a former Congress because
he was interested in a newspaper. which
would be benefited by it. He charged that
the statement had been made to injure
Mr. Dockery in a pending political con-
test.
Mr.. Bromwell denied this. He said he
had not known that Mr. Dockery was a
|
developed by Mr. Bartholdt, of Missouri
He explained that Mr. Dockery had ap-
pealed to him not to oppose the appro-
priatioH. He had heard that he was in
| tereSted in newspaper, but ne mad No
| personal knowledge Of L, and was willing
to accept Mr.. COwherd's statement thai
| such was not the fact. He had not de.
! sired TO DO Mr. DOckery an injustice, anC
at his request his remarks were stricken
| from tie Record.
Gel. Hepburn. of Iowa, said in view Of
what had been stated. that he thought il
hut proper to say that Mr.. DOckery, dur
ing iis long service in the House, haC
commanded the confidence and respect o.
the Republican side of the House, and NJ
. one believed that he could be guilty o
such an offensa Col. Hepburn's state
: ment was received with round OF ap
plause.
I Mr.. Cummings, OF New York, sent t
a the Clerks desk and had read the follow
= ing petition from New York, which n
: said he had been requested by TELEGRAPH
= 10 present to the House:
The Merchants Association respectfully petitio
Congress t, reconsider its decision striking the ite
for pneumatic tube service from the pOst-ofhce az
proprision bill The following reasons are believe
. | entitled 10 consideration:
I There is no specific charge Of bribery CORFU
ton in connection with this matter General charge
I should not be recognized
y . New York City is not simply local post-ofic
/, is the clearing house Of the country for ncomiI
and outgoing mails
g. New York received not one dollar extra sppr
praton for the service it renders the different trad
| Ctuters in doing this work.
New York has returned s. SIS S33
g The present facilities for handling the mails, bo
Il local and foreign. utterly inadequate for u
= business done This country has made rapid strid
e in manufacturing Industries. which have sprung
. through the country, and the Middle West is no
; the center Of manufactures Tie markets Of Il
o | world are calling for our goods Every facli
- should be given the clearing house for foreign mail
few minutes delay frequently means 3 loss
- from one 90 Eve days time First-cl4ss mall ear
- | . large revenue for the government The barnacl
| attached 10 the service a deficiency a.
IL | should be removed. This is age Of trade al
! commerce. and every Improvement in the post
service should be adopted. matter whether CO.
! trolled Ly private individuals corporations q
% government The city OF New York locally o
take care Of itself bur 10 De the effective cleariu
n house % the country IL should have every fsci!i
ID that human ingenuity can devise. and not be hal
- perrd By prejudice CT psTsimoHy. Every fscili
. should be given our manufacturing industries see
| ing TIE markets az the world.
THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YOR
Ey :. g. MEAD Assistant Secretary
IN Without further amendment the con
d" mittee rose. Mr.. Cummings dem2nde1
le separate vote upon the amendment pr
Of viding extra compensation FOR letter ca
rlcs for work in excess of forty-elsI
nt hours week, and such number or hou
-d AS may be required on Sunday. Mr.. Cur
ed m.ngs said the amendment would bres
down the eight-hOuT law. and was o
ln posed by the letter carriers The amen
20 meut was adopted, = 10 90
50 Mr. Little, Of Arkansas, then arose
o. make the motion TO recOmmit the b
wiki instructions 10 strike out the app-
ne priaJiOE regarding the fast mail fac.'.t.,
H.s but the Chair recognized Mr.. Swansea,
=. | Virginia, who made j formal motion
recommit without Instructions As 3
.d one motion j. iu order, this cut OF =
- | Little. Mr.. SWansOu's motion was III
If voted down. and The bill was passed.
h. The following bills were passed by I
Senate Thursday: To authorize the Alta
ed lie and Gulf short Line Railroad Compal
10 build and maintain railway bridg
across the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers
,,...,,.f.. d. amend an act regulating I