Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-10
INDIGNANT MEMBERS
Whirlwind of Protest Tn Con-
 gress at Bristow's s Report.
CALLED "A LIAR AND SCOUNDREL."
T'he Report, Said GrOsvenor of Ohio, "Was Conceived I'm Infquity, Born I'm Sin and It's Charges Are
 FaIse"-Want Investigat1On.

I'm Sin and It's Charges Are FaIse'-Want InvestiEat1on. WASHINGTON, March 1O.-That an investigation of the postofdce depart ment by the house of representa- tves will result from the publication of the report involving members of congress in that connection was indicated by every expression possible. short of a vote in that body. With a whirlwind l of protest the report was taken up by indignant members, their personal con- nection with 1t explained and epithets 1 hurled at Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. " 'The Bristow report was conceived in iniquity, born in sin and has trav elcd its course until it has struck the public of the United States as a great attack on body of men as free from wrongdofng, corruption, crime and ir- regularity as any equal number of men on the face of the earth
 This was the parting shot of Repre- sentative Grosvenor of Ohio in paying his tribute to the report
 "That document is the producer of a liar and 6 scoundrel!' shouted Repre- sentative Hill of Connecticut in mak- ing aH explanation of his connection with certain leases. He added that he should vote both to investigate him. self and also the fourth assistant post master general.
 There is nothing in any of it to im- pugn any improper motive or conduct upon any member of the house." said Chairman Overstreet of the committee, who combated the idea of an investi- gation.
 MT. Williams, the Democratic leader, urged complete investigation of the whole postoffice department and re- ceived the hearty applause of both sides of the house and the galleries. 1t soon was found that the two hours which had been allotted to the subject was not going to be near enough time for the personal explanations which members were demanding the right to make, and motion to extend the de bate was carried.
 MT. Moon (Tenn.) insisted that there should be an investigation covering the postof1ce department and every body connected with it, adding:
 
 this house or in the department, should be exposed" The membership of the house, being accused, was entitled to vindication, as were also the depart ment officials if guilty of no wrong.
 "But,' said he; II take 1t that no sen- sible man will deny that there is any thing else but crime running all over that department"
 He closed by asking if the criminals in the department were to be shielded and declared the house should waive aside all technicalities and meet the matter.
 MT. w. w. Kitchin (N. O. charged General Bristow with having deliber- ately suppressed important and mate rial facts, "facts,' he said, pounding his desk, which could not be over looked and which were suppressed, in my judgment, for the purpose of giv- ing false impression to the country and misleading the public.'
 Bristow's action, he said, was nei. ther courageous nor honest, but for partisan purposes.
 "He knew the country demanded an investigation" MT. Kitchin said. "He undertook. in my Judgment, to black mail congress, to silence congress and to silence the country. It is species of intimidation"
 He asked if the Republicans would sit still and stop the investigation and thus give the backbiters an opportu- nifty to attack the character and integ- rity of th0Se whom Bristow had ac- cused. 7
 Amid storm of applause lasting for several minutes General Grosvenor (O), who was named in the report, said that this was pretty good speci- men of the readiness with which the newspapers of the country and the great body of the people grasp publi- cation or statement and assume evil where they might assume good. He convulsed the house by reading an edi- torial which referred to Speaker Can- non and Representative Payne and Hill as having been taken "redhand- ed;" but, speaking seriously, he said it was in accord with the views of 95 per cent of the newspapers of the country. The report was malicious libel on 191 members of the house and senate.
 T submit,'' said he, "that the inves- tigation which the gentleman from In- diana has been apologizing for is an outrage and a violation of every prin- ciple of justice' z.-
 T will resign my seat tomorrow" he said, pounding his desk. Eff there is anything irregular or improper in what I did"
 MT. Hill (Conn.), likewise mentioned in the Bristow report, denied that he had done anything improper. He read from the original papers and called at- tention to the omission from the Bl9s- tow report of certain inducements therein.
 II am going to vote for resolution to investigate myself and to investi- gate the fourth assistant postmaster general, he said, amid round of ap- plause., Holding up a copy of the re- port, MT. Hill vehemently declared:
 ''That document is the production of liar and a scoundrelr'
 MT Hill was loudly 8DDlauded His