The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-03-15
|P0ST0Fr .cE BILL PASSED

NJ 1uslsssn secures AAoptisn of
his Rsssiutisa Calling on -
rotary Hay For Information
sa ths subject
Z washington. March l4-rhe House ~
dsy passed the pestonice appropriation
bill. The only amendment Of Importance
adopted was one to incorporate In the bill
the provisions Of the bill to classify the
rural, free delivery service. passed asfew
days ago.
Quite . number of other bills were
passed. Including three bills for marine
hospitals at-Buffaio. savsnnah and Pitts-
burg. - '.s IS
The Burisson resolution calling on the
Secretary Of state for the facts relative
to the case Of DR.. Thomas and wifs, Who
desired to 70 to 6outh Africa to diptrib-
| utc relief funds, was adopted after
| short debate, In the course Of which MI.
/ Hit, chairman Of the Committee on For-
.eign Affairs. introduced "a letter from
Secretary Hay. explaining what the
i Department OF state had done In the
/ premiees.
| Just before the announcement Of the
passare OF the pcstofIlce appropriation
i bin Mr.. Crumpacler Tnd9 moved 70
strike out the appropriation OF uz2.71 Tor
/ special fast msil facilities from wash
ington to New Orleans. HIS motion waa
i lost 36 to S. The bill then PASSED
\ xcI4 A. n
| school books In Oklahoma; to ratify the
/ act Of the Arixons Legislature. providing
4 a fund for the University Of Arizona:
| for the refunding Of the debt OF Navajo
| County, Arizona, at o lower rata Of IN
terest and to change the boundaries be-
l tween the southern and central districts
| Of the Indiana Territory.
i Mr. Burleson fTex.) declared that Mr..
Hits defense Of the refusal Of the State
| Department to accede to the request to
| urge Great Britain 10 grant Rev. and
| Mrs. Hiram Thomas passports to enter
the Boer lines and Distribute reiief
funds was lame" The State Depart
ment In deciining the request, he said. did
i not plnad the. violation Of international
/ comfy an Mr.. Hit had done. MT.
Buriesons denied the refusal TO allow Cop-
federate sympathizers to go through the
/ lines during the Civil War was hfstori-
! cs1iy correct. He read letter from a
4 uniou surgeon stationed at City Point,
| va. during the war, who told how the
Union forces allowed relief to pass
through the lines. "If General Sherman"
4 he asked. 'had concentrated Southern
/ women and children In camps, did any one
| imagine that the North would not have
allowed relief to be sent to themg
| Today was private bill day In the House
under the rule. but by agreement the reg
uiar order was postponed until tomorrow
\ To- hat 10 fertff nrn ca1
| with the consideration Of the post once
| appropriation bill. A resolution was
adopted to authorize the Secretary OF
| War to loan tents to the Texas, Confed-
crate Veterans Reunion Association,
which meets in Dallas, April 2.
The conference report on the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill was
adopted. and the House then resumed
consideration of the posto4ice appropria-
| ton bill.
| When the item relative to the rural
| free delivery service was reached, Mr..
Loud, in charge of the bill. moved to
strike It out and substitute the provisions
| Of the bill to classify the rural free de-
| livery service. as 1t passed the House. It
was adopted.
Mr.. BurIeson called attention to Ber-
lin dispatch announcing that Great
Britain had granted permission for the
| distribution OF charitable gifts collected
| in Germany for Boer prisoners.
Mr.. Hit Qlls.) chairman OF the Conn
mittee on Foreign Affairs. said his obser-
vations the other day had been Of an
| off-hand character. He then read the
following letter he had received fro9
Secretary Hay:
| Department of state.
| Washington, March Il. 1902
| Sir-Referring to the resolution recently
introduced in the House. beg to make
| the following statement Of facts:
| A few days ago a young gentleman
/ called and asked whether this depart
ment would issue passports to the Rev.
| Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas. who
| were intending to go to South Africa for
| the purpose of distributing funds which
| had been, collected in Illinois for the
| benefit of the sufferers by the war.
| said at once the department would issue
| passport desired and that I would also
| give Mr.. Thomas letter commencing
| him to every one whom could influence
| and asking their assistance in his errand.
| Inquiry was then made whether this gov
eminent would ask of the British Gov
eminent permission for Mr.. and Mrs.
| Thomas to go at will through the British
| military lines and camps. a suggestion
| which I though imprscticable.
This department Is ready at any time
| to consult with a representative OF Gov
| ting into the proper hands sums con-
tributed by charitable people in Illinois
| for the relief of the sufferers by the war
| in South Africa 1 am, sir,
Very respectfully your obident servant,
John Hay.
| Mr.. Hit presented the resolution re-
| ported by his committee which called
| on the Secretary of State for the facts
| In the case of the application made te
| the department in behalf of DIR. Thomas
and wife. The resolution was adopted
without debate.
Bills were passed to authorize the con-
struction of marine hospitals at Buffalo.
n. Y. Savannah. Ga. and Pittsburg. Pa,
| and placing the limit OF cost In each case
at yI25, 900 to include the Colville Indian
reservation, Washington State under the
| general free homestead act and for the
| relief OF bona gde settlers in forest
reservations. The House at $50 p. m,
adjourned.
Killed by His Wife.
New York. March A-John T. Slower
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