Arizona republican., 1904-03-16
BristOw's Report Haunted
 in the Houses Face
AN INDIGNANT DEMOCRAT
Taunts the Republicans With Their First Outbreak of Righteous Anger, Followed by Tamely Yielding to an Investigation of Themselves.

Washington, March 15.-Dur1ng the discussion of the postotfice appropria- ton bill in the house today the recent report of the postoffice department re- garding congressional solicitation of clerk hire, allowance and rental of quarters to the government was again brought up.
 Discussing the prohibition in the bill against rural carriers after July 1. 1904. soliciting business or receiving or ders of any kind from any person, firm or corporation, MT Griggs of Georgia, a member of the committee, referred to the recent report of the postoffice department as the "Bristow report" and this opened up fresh dis cussiCn of that document which had brought forth such a storm of indig- nation from the members of the house. He said that as a member of the com mittee he did not see how the com mittee could have done otherwise than make the report public MT. Griggs. however, maintained that it was Bcis- tow's report. Continuing, he said it had leaked out prior to the report that the committee was in possession of in- formation that would condemn mem bers of congress. In the committee, he said, lie had contended that if there were to be leaks it was the committees duty to make it public, which they very properly had done.
 ''The United States he said, "is too powerful and too great to convict any man by suppression of facts. But if the publication of all those things would convict not only the men under | indictment, but men higher up or low CT down, the report should be taken for what it is worth.
 "If there are men in the inspection service who are afraid to have their reports see daylight, such men ought 10 be gctten rid of and raen put in who are not afraid. There is more of the report of the inspectors which ought to go before the public" He called attention to what he termed the ridiculous position the house had placed itself in
 We sought to investigate the post office department he said, and you gentlemen turned out here like hornets and insisted that the whole department from top to bottom must be invcstigar- ed.'
 Both republicans and democrats he said. mad declared that they would | | he inquired:
 What Gij you do? The house got scared and turned tatl.'
 Amid laughter and applause he chid- cd the members vf the house with having started out 10 investigate the | department and having wound up by having the department investigate them. That was Q great coup on the l oF tLa I,o .;4I sarcasm. He poked fun at the repub- licans fer having So readily yielded to the persuasions of party leaders and voted against the departmental investigation, adopting instead thf miserable resolution Investigating yourselves.
 The republican organization, he said was the finest in the world. There is nothing like it, he continued. iron Julius Caesar down to General Roose- yelts which latter remark provoked much laughter
 MT. Griggs then said the presen system which. had grown up in the de partInent requiring members to go per sonafly and ask for what their con stituehts were entitled to was wrong Calling attention to recent posta ! scandals, MT. Cochran, of Missouri said they served the useful purpose O l'puintIng out the defects in the Amer ican system of government. Each ncv administration brought changes in cer tain employees according to the exig encies of the party ill power. it wa not the fault of the men eXcrcisin, the control of the affairs of the coun Ktry. But" he said, we will be a fault if in the presence of the over whelming danger that confronts us nt effort is made to change the system
 He then spoke of the growth O abuses in the various government de partments and pointed to the fact tha Cleveland Mckinley and Roosevel had misappropriated public propert. in using naval vessels as their privat yachts. Roosevelt. he declared, foun, it necessary to have two vessels, tn Mayflower and the Sylph. the latte fitted at an expense of S100,000. Tn papers. he said, referred, to them a "the presidents yacht Mayflower," am the presidents yacht SyIph."
 Continuing, he said, that with thes examples before them, with thls ir responsible use of public property. h asked. ''is there any reason why under lings and undertsrappers in the de partments should not feel authorize to overstep the boundary just a littl now and then?" He spoke of tin number of carriages and horses in tn use by department of commerce an labor, and said it showed "a brett rapid development"
 In q vigorous five minutes speec MT. Hughes. of New Jersey, uphel the right of letter carriers throuE their members in congress to ask fo fair treatment.
 THE SENATE.
 Washington, March 15.-Tln senat