The age-herald., 1901-02-23
THE FAST MAIL
 SUBSIDY WILL
 BE CONTINUED Senate Refused to Reject T
 by Decisive Vote TWO SUPPLY BILLS PASSED PoStofice and Diplomatic Meas ures Were Disposed Of KANSAS SENATOR GETS HUMOROUS Says Fast Mails Are Indispensable for Supplying Newspaper Condolences
 and Original Packages so s
 Hatchet-Ridden State.
PoStoff1ce and Diplomatic Meas
 ures Were Disposed Of
KANSAS SENATOR GETS HUMOROUS

Washington, February 22.-Two of the great supply mills of the government, the postoffice and the diplomatic and con- sular appropriation bills, were passed py the Senate today. During the greater part of the session proposition to olscon- tinue the appropriations for fast mall fa- cilities from New York to New Orleans via Atlanta and from Kansas City to Newton, Kan, was under discussion. By a decisive vote the Senate continued the, appropriations. An effort was made to obtain an appropriation to continue the pneumatic tube service in New York; Boston and Philadelphia, but it failed.s
 An amendment was agreed to authoriz- ing the postmaster general to investigate the question of establishing postal tele- graph system, and to report his hnd- ings to the next Congress. The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was passed in forty minutes--record time. After spirited debate the conference re- l port on the Indian appropriation bill was l rejected and sent back to the confer ence. Early in the day Washingtons
 farewell address in accordance with the l
 birthday, was read, the reader being Sem
 ator Bacon of Georgia. siss The reading of the address by MT. Ba-
 con occupied fifty minutes.
 Consideration of the postoffice appro-
 priation bill was resumed, the pending
 question being the motion by MT. Raw
 lins to strike out the two paragraphs pro-
 vidng appropriations for fast mail ser-
 vice between New York and New Or
 leans and between Kansas City and New
 ton, Kan.
 Vest Was Eloquent.
 MT. Vest of Missouri opposed the mo- tlon in an eloquent and forceful speech. He challenged the statement made yes- terday by MT. Hurley and Mir. Bate, Dem- ocratic Senators from Tennessee, that the proposed appropriations were subsidi ss. | He (Vest) never had voted for any sllb- sijy or bounty, great or small, but these I appropriations were not subsidies. be- cause subsidies were money given out | of the tr easury for nothing The pending | appropriation facilitated the transmission | of tho mails, and he never had failed to vote for increased mail facilities. because he considered the mails one of the great est evidences of civilization.
 MT. Harris of Kansas declared that tho appropriation was specific payment for a valuable service rendered by the rail- | roads In his judgment, 1t was in no sense a subsidy. MT. Thurston of Ne- | braska, in support of the appropriation. | made facetious speech, in which he said | Kansas was in an unfortunate positoin | with it's irrepresslble conflict between the l unlawful joint and the Illegal hatchet." | G.aughter) "I understand" he continued, l that the train leaves Kansas City at a l very early hour in the morning and car ries to the suffering people of Kansas | the consolation of the metropolitan news papers and original packages. Nothing | can do so much to save Kansas as news papers and original packages. Uaush- | ter)
 Morgan Opposed lt.
 Mir. Morgan of Alabama, MT. Pritch- ard of North Carolina and MT. Ellxins of
 West Virginia, spoke strongly in oppo-
 sition to the pending motion, while Mir. | Chiffon of Texas argued that there was
 no reason for singling out particular | railroads and particular sections upon
 which to confer special mail facilities. If | such appropriations were to be made | they ought to be made, in his opinion.
 for the benefit of every section of ths | country.
 | Mir Caffery of Louisiana said the prop
 osition was subsidy or gratuity that
 accomplished no specific good. If the | subsidy were withheld he did not doubt | that the people of his section would re- | ceive just as fast mail service as they
 are now receiving.
 | MT. McEnery of Louisiana made a viz
 orous argument in support of the appro- | priation. maintaining that 1t could be re- | garded as subsidy in no sense of the term, as. 1t was expended to obtain spe-
 cifc advantages to the people in tho
 transmission of the mails.
 1 Mr. Jones of Arkansas declared that | the proposed appropriation was as abso- | lutely indefensble an expenditure of pub- | lie money as ever had- come under hia | experience.
 | "If." said he, ''the railroads do not | ask 1t, as has been stated here, and the | Postoffice Department does not want tt. | in Gods name what Is there behind 1t to | induce Congress to make the appropria- | tion?'
 | MT. Money of Mississippi defended the l appropriation.
 l Vote On the Motion. MT. Rawlins' motion to strike out the l appropriations proposed was rejected. 1o l to 45. as follows:
 1 Yeas = Bate, Berry, Caffery Chiffon. | culberson, Dillingham;, Frye. Hale, HAw- ley, Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Lodge, | Nelson. Pettigrew. Platt of Connecticut. l Ouarels. Teller, Hurley, Wolcott-19. | Nays = Aldrich, Allen, Bacon. Bard. | Bereridge, Burrows, Carter. Chandlef. | Clapp, Clark, Clay, Daniel Deboe. De- pew, Elkins. Fairbanks. Foster, Gallin- | l (Continued on Eighth PagAl