The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-06
TELLS OF HIS BILL
REPRESENTATIVE WILEY RE TURNS FROM WASHINGTON.
Proposed to Make Trip Through the District and Give an Account of His Steward
 ship.

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 Colonel A. A Wiley. Representative in I Congress from the Second District. ac- | companied by Mrs. Wiley. returned from l Washington yesterday after seven months attendance upon Congress. | He said yesterday he did not appre- bend that he would have any opposition for a second term.
 q will, however," he said, visit and consult with the people of the district | whether have or have not opposition. | My private business has necessarily suf- | fered in my seven months absence and much of my time will be demanded in
 Montgomery. will, however, go among the people of the Second District and give them an account of my steward ship
 Colonel Wiley, although a new member | of Congress- has been quite active and he talked interestingly of many bills of
 special interest to Montgomery and the Il Second District.
 l The people of the Second District, Col onel Wiley said, have been somewhat | tardy in sending for blank petitions fur l nished by the Postoffice Department for | the establishment of rural free delivery | routes An overwhelming number of pe- titions have been sent in from all parts of the country, many Of which have pre- | CCdtLSc ONCt tHOcC AAoAA tth~S 0hSsAASts | The Department has made 1t a rule, however, not to establish more than 5O per cent of tho routes asked for in a | given year. and as the inspectors are | limited, it is difficult matter to induce | the General Superintendent of the Free Rural Delivery Service to detail inspec- | tors to go to districts where only few petitions are pending.
 1 Colonel Wiley said he was glad the people of the Second District were mani- | festing an interest in this subject. Pe- l titions were on file in the proper bureau | for the establishment of quite a number | of routes in the district, he said, and as
 matter of information for the people | of the Second District he gave out the | following letter for publication | Hon. A.. A. Wiley, M. C.. Montgomery, Ala:
 Sir-Since your personal call few days ago at which time l intimated that 1 would be able to establish four rural routes at Montgomery and three at Troy. Ala, on September 1. find that 1t will be | impossible to do so. On July 1, on mak- l ing estimates, I discovered that l had | assigned more service for September l than was originally contemplated by the appropriation I am. therefore, compelled
 to advise you that October is the date l upon which these routes will go into ef- | feet. l am sorry for the disappointment | that this postponement will cause you. l I hope to be able to assign a special agent to your district some time during I the summer with view to clearing up ! all pending applications for rural service. Very respectfully. A. w. Mathews, General Superintendent | As to the Court of Appeals bill for | NNfIHp zofA were nine circuits in which the courts | are at present constituted. The present Fifth Circuit consists of the States of | Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana, with New Orleans
 as the place where the court Is held At an early day of the session which
 has just closed, Senator Hoar introduced a bill in the Senate for the creation of sixteen Circuit Courts of Appeal. This | bill provided that the Sixth Circuit should be composed of the States of Alabama,
 Florida and Georgia. and voluntarily
 named Montgomery as the place where
 court should be held. That bill is still pending in the Senate.
 Senator Bacon of Georgia attempted to
 substitute Atlanta for Montgomery in
 the bill and failing in this, he introduced
 special bill authorizing the Judges of
 the Fifth Circuit as at present constitut-
 ed, to hold one term of the court in Att
 lanta during the month of October. This
 bill passed the Senate and was referred
 to the Judiciary Committee of the House
 for consideration.
 To checkmate this movement, Colonel
 Wiley introduced a similar bill in the
 House, to authorize the holding of a term
 of the court in Montgomery during the
 month of September. The same bill was
 introduced by Senator Pettus in the Sem
 ate.
 Colonel Wiley held up the consideration
 of the Atlanta bill until he obtained fa-
 vorable report on the Montgomery bill,
 and had it on the calendar.
 He obtained the consent of the Speaker
 to recognize him to call up this bill in
 order that it might be passed by unani-
 nous consent. On it's being called up,
 however, Representative Moon of Tennes-
 see. on that day announced he would al-
 low the passage Of no bill under the con-
 sent rule until he bad obtained recogni-
 ton on his Indian Reservation bill. This
 caused one days delay.
 The following day, when the Montgom-
 cry bill was called up, Judge Davey of
 Louisiana integposed an objection on be-
 half of the bar of Louisiana.
 This was on Saturday, the 29th of June,
 but on Monday, the 1st day of July, Colo
 nel Wiley obtained recognition from the
 Speaker and seclred a suspension of the
 rules by a two-thirds vote. His bill then
 passed the House, and was sent to the
 Senate, but not in time for that body to
 pass 1t before Congress adjourned. He has an agreement with the Senators from Louisiana, Texas and Georsla that 1t will receive favorable consideration and become a law when Congress meets again.
 If the Hoar bill passes the Montgomery bill will not be necessary, as the Court of Appeals will be held here. In either | event, the court will be held here, and
 the court and bar will have easy access
 to the library, which Is one of the finest | in the South.
 Colonel Wiley secured an appropriation | of $75,000 for the enlargement of the
 Montgomery public building. to meet the
 exigencies of public business. This will
 furnish ample accommodation for the
 Judges of the Court of Appeals. E--,