The age-herald., 1900-04-27
Attempt to Strike Special FaciIi-
 ty Appropriation Failed.
NO SEPARATE VOTE ASKED
Cowherd Created Slight Sensation By Denying Charges Against MT. Dockery-Made By Representa-
 tive Cromwell of Ohio

postoffice appropriation bill. The attempt
 to strike out the $196.0OO for special mail
 facilities from New York to New Orleans and from Kansas City to Newton, Kan. | met the fate 1t has ever since the appro- priation was placed in the bill, in 1893. | NO one demanded a separate 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 4S hours a week, al- | though the carriers were said by Mr. | Cummings of New York to be opposed to | 1t. The bill to increase the salary of the director of the census to 7,5OO, and the sal aries of the supervisors of census by 2 per cent. of the amount received by their enumerators was passed. | After debate by Messrs. Bingham of Pennsylvania, Cowherd of Missouri, Me- Pherson of Iowa and Swanson of Virginia, in favor of the appropriations, and Mr. | Cromwell of Ohio against them, Mir Lit | tie of Arkansas moved to strike out the appropriation for special mail facilities from New York to New Orleans The mo- ton was defeated, fl to 90, was also a motion to strike out an appropriation for
 
 | to Newton, Kan.
 Cowherd Causes n Furry A little furry was caused by MT. Cow herd, who denounced as absolutely false statement made by MT. Cromwell of | Ohio during the debate that former mem Der of the house (Mr. Cookery of MissourD l had favored the continuation of this serv- | ice in a former congress because he was interested in newspaper which would be benefited by it. He craged that the statement had been made to injure MT. Doclkrey in a pending political contest. MT Cromwell denied this. He said that he had not known that MT. Cookery was a candidate for governor of Missouri. He had not desired to do MT. Cookery an in justice, and at his request his remarks were stricken from the Record.
 MT Hepburn of Iowa said he thought it but proper to say that MT. Cookery, during his long service in the house, had com manded the confidence and respect of the republican side of the house, and no one believed that he could be guilty of such an offense. MT. Hepburn's statement was re- ceived with a round of applause. Mr. Cummings of New York sent to the clerks desk and had read a petition from the merchants association of New York, urging congress to reconsider its decision striking out the item for pneumatic tube service from the postoffice appropriation bill.
 New York's Petition The petition after stating that there are only general charges, and no specific ale cations of bribery or corruption in con- npCtiOn with York is the clearing house of the country Tor foreign mails and that the present fa- | cihtes are utterly inadequate for the work done. The petition, in closing, says: The city of New York locally can take care of itself, but to be the effective clear ing house Of the country it should have every facility that human ingenuity can devlse, and not be hampered by prejudice or parsimony. Every facility should be given our manufacturing industries seek ing the markets of the world. Without further amendment the committee rose
 MT. Cummings demanded a separate vote upon the amendment providing extra com pensation for letter carriers for work in excess or AS hours a week, and such a number of hours as should be required on Sunday. MT Cummings said the amend ment would break down the eight-hour law and was opposed by the letter car riers. It was adopted, however, "A to 5O The bill was then passed.
 MT. Hopkins of Illinois, chairman of the census committee. secured the passage of the bill to amend the census act to increase the salary of the director from $6,OO0 to S,50O and to increase the salaries of the supervisors of census by the sum of per cent of the amount paid enumerators in the supervisors district. He said the to- tai increase involved in the bill was about $SO, 900.
 MT. Knox of Massachusetts presented the final conference report the Hawaiian government bill, and a quorum failing the house, at 5:05, adjourned with the re- port still pending.
 THE SENATE
 r Washington, April 26.-Almost the entire session of the senate today was devoted to consideration of the right of Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia to retain his seat in the senate. MT. Pettus of Alabama, who as one of the members of the committee on privileges and elections, is opposed to the claim of MT. Scott to a seat, made an elab- oiate argument to sustain his views. Mr. Morgan of Alabama spoke in favor of his colleagues contention. MT. McComas of Maryland, MT. Hurley of Tennessee Mir Chandler of TaII ,f