Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-15
57TH CONGRESS-.
House Passes the Post Office
Appropriation Bill.
Senate Gives Entire Day to the Ship
Subsidy Bill.
Fond Purchases to Cease, Today
Senatorial Elections-Notcs.

Washington, March 1.-THE House,
today, passed the post office appropria-
ton bill. The only amendment of i'm
portance adopted was one to incorpor-
ate In the bill the provisions of the
Dill to classify the rural free delivery
service. passed few days ago.
Quite number of other bills We're
PASSED including three bills for marine
hospitals at Buffalo, Savannah and
Pittsburg. The Burleson resolution
calling on the secretary of state for the
facts relative to the case Of DIR. Thomas
and wife, who desired to go to South
Africa to distribute relief funds, was
adopted after a short debate, in thte
course of which Hit, chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs, intro
duced letter from Secretary Hay, ex-
planning what the department of state
had done in the premises.
Today was private bill day in the
House under the rule, but by agree
ment the regular order was postponed
until tomorrow in order that the House
might proceed with the consideration
of the post office appropriation bill.
A resolution was adopted to author
ize the secretary of war to loan tents
to the Texas Confederate Reunion AS
ISOLATION, which meets at Dallas,
April %.
The conference report on the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
was adopted and the House then re-
sumed consideration Of the post office
appropriation bill.
When the item relative to the rural
free delivery service was reached, in
accordance with the action of the
House, Monday, Loud, in charge of the
bill, moved to strike it out and SUBJ
stitute the provisions of the bill to
classify the rural free delivery SER
vice as it passed the House.
Davidson, Wis, moved an aimed
ment to provide that the postmaster
general should make specifications COW
ering the style of rural free delivery
boxes which the department desired
and to permit any manufacturer to
make them. He declared that under
the present plan the department re-
quired patrons to purchase one of the
IA styles of boxes recommended by the
commission appointed to examine the
boxes. The present system, he said,
constituted virtual monopoly for the
manufacturers of the IA boxes.
Gaines. Tenn, supported the amend
ment. He saw no reason why the
farmers of the country, who could have
boxes made at the tinshop in the towns.
could be forced to pay $3.50 to the ia
vored manufacturers. Jett, ILL.,, also
favored the Davidson amendment.
Loud said his committee had consid-
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come to the conclusion that the de-
partment should have control of the
matter. He raised point Of order
against the amendment, which was sus-
tanned by the Chair.
LIQUIDS amendment then was adopted
Crumpacker, Ind, moved to strike
out the appropriation of $142,72S for
special fast mail facilities from Wash
ington to New Orleans. His motion was
lost, SO to Sc. Without further amend
ment the bill was passed.
A joint resolution was adopted to
transfer the patent specifications and
drawings in the western district of
Pennsylvania from the custody of the
clerk of the United States to the Car
negie Institute.
Bills were passed to appropriate
$4,000 for a lighthouse at Oyster Bayou,
La, and to authorize the Eldorado &
Bastrop r. r. Co. to construct bridge
across the Ouschita river, Ark.
The committees then were called.
Sherman, N. Y, from the committee
on commerce. called up a bill to pre-
vent the false branding and marking
Of food products entering into state
commerce. The bill was passed.
Among the bills passed was one to
change the boundaries between the
Southern and Central districts Of the
Indian territories.
While bills were being considered in
committee of the whole, Burleson. Tex,
got the floor and renewed the discus
sion of the case of Rev. Hiram Thomas
and wife, whose application to the state
for request to the Brit
ish authorities for passports to enter |
the Boer lines in South Africa, for the
purpose of distributing relief funds, |
was brought to the attention Of the |
House few days ago. Burleson de- |
clared that Hits defence Of the refu
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