Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-16
Disagreement Over Authorship
of Document Attributed to
General BristOw
eRlees ARRAiGNs MEMBERS
Says the House Has Placed Itself in a
Ridiculous osition-condemn the
Secret Regulations of the Postoffice
Department as Wrong System =
Would Take Away Teddy's Yachts.

discussion OF the poStOft1ce appfoprla-
ton bill in the house yesterday the re-
cen. report Of the postoffice department
regarding congressional solicitation
was again brought up. Mr.. Griggs, of
Georgia, got into an argument with Mr..
Cooper, of wisconsin, as to the author
ship OF the document and insisted, over
the protest of Mr.. Cooper, that il was
prepared under the direction of Gen
mittee. OF which he is a member. in
;;s;tng publicity to the report, saying
hat the United States 10 too powerful
and too great TO convict any lnta by
Il suppression OF the facts. Ea sail
the members of the house, after threats
to tear the roof off the department"
bad turned tail and voted that the de-
partment should investigate the con-
gressmen.
Mr.. Burton, Of Ohio. delivered care
fully prepared speech on the question
of increases in national expenditure
and warned the house against extrava-
gance.
Under the latitude of debate Mr..
Rucker. of Missouri, attacked the pro-
tective tariff system of the republican
party, while Mr.. Fitzgerald, of New
York, discussed labor legislation and
the decisions of Judge Alton B. Parker
on labor questions.
The right of the president of the
United States to utilize the yachts
Mayfiower and Sylph was questioned
by Mr.. Cochran. of Missouri, who ar
gued that there was no authority of
law for 1t.
The house passed bill authorizing
the secretary of the interior to segre-
gate certain coal and asphalt lands in
the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. in
the Indian territory.
Discussing the prohibition in the bill
against rural carriers after July l. 1904.
soliciting business or receiving orders
OF any kind from any person, firm or
Mr. Griggs, of Georgia. q
member of the committee. said that II
these carriers were permitted to act as
agents he wanted the law so framed
that the carrier would not become a
dictator as to what newspapers he shall
represent.
During his remarks Mr.. Griggs re-
ferred to the recent report of the post
office department as the "Bristow re-
port" and this opened up afresh the
discussion of that document which had
brought forth such a storm of indig-
nation from members of the house. He
said that as member of the commit
Tee he did not see how the committee
could have done otherwise than to
make the report public.
General Grosvenor suggested that it
knew more about the matter, but Mr.
Cooper insisted that the report should
rot be credited to General Bristow.
Mr.. Griggs. however. maintained that
II was Bristow's report. Continuing
he said it had leaked out prior to the
report that the committee We're in pos
session of information that would con-
denim members of congress. In the
he said. he had contended
that IL there were to be leaks it was
the committees duty to make 1t pub
lie, which they very properly had done.
The United States" he said, lis too
powerful and too great TO convict any
man by a suppression OF facts But
he said, IF the publication of all these
things would convict not only men un
der Indictment, but men higher up or
over down, the report should be taken
for what it is worth"
Said the House Turned TALL
He called attention to what he
.ermed the ridiculous position the
house had placed itself in. We sought
% investigate the postoffice depart
nent," he said, and you gentlemen
.urned out here like hornets and in
sisted that the whole department from
OPP to bottom must be investigated"
Goth republicans and democrats, he
said, had declared that they would
tear the roof off the old thing" and
&c inquired what did you do? The
louse got scared and turned tail" He
ooked fun at the republicans for hav-
ng so readily yielded to the persuasions |
If the party leaders and voting against |
. department investigation, adopting
instead miserable resolution investi- |
Eating yourselves" The republican |
he said, was the finest in |
~. world "1'herea Is nothing ljlxe. IL - |
lie continued, from julius Caesar
Town to General Roosevelt" which lat
err remark provoked much laughter |
No conquering hero said he, ever |
marched before better drilled hosts |
han does the republican leader, Mr. |
aughter, only to break out again when
lie referred to Mr. Dalzell as 'Lieuten-
mt"
The secret regulations of the postof-
ice department Mr.. Griggs condemned
9 a wrong system. He advocated the
publication of a departmental daily
eeord, and the requirement that the
ules of the department be made pub
c
Mr. Townsend. of Michigan, gave no
ice Of an amendment he would offer to
ne bill to increase the salaries of rural
rec delivery carriers to $500 a year
X submitted n statement of cost to
hitch the carrier was put for the
Ia intenance of his horses and wagons.
Mr.. Badger. of Ohio, spoke for an
icrease in the salaries of city carriers