Evening star., 1904-03-12

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authorized fully to investigate the s,ms, to
hear members and other persons named in
said report. and any Off lcial OF the Post Of
nee Department in respect to matters at
fectfng members of the House contained in
said report papers and scommun c stions.
and report to the House the result of said
investigation; and that said select commit
tee IS hereby authorized to sit during the
sessions OF the House, examine witnesses on
oath. compel the attendance of witnesses
and production Of papers. and to employ
such clerical assistance as may be neces-
sary. and have such printing done as the
needs OF the committee may require"
Payne Supports Mccall Motion.
The balance of the time was consumed by
Mr.. Payne IN. ". He had, he said. no
apprehension about the report Harsh
words had been said, but he inquired:
what shall we do?" 1t is no answer to
MN. he said to Gny accusation. to say to
another man. "You are another
Addressing the republican sde he urged
!i1m tnem to vote for the Mccall proposition
II you want to stand in the character yol,
nave made he said, invite investigation
ana pring out the facts and send them to
the country" ~
me recommendation of the committee to
iay the Hay resolution on the table was
General Investigation Demanded.
Mr. Moon proposed a substitute providing
lor the investigation of the entire Post
oAce department by committee of five
lneiiioers 'or the House. Against this Mr.
Overstreet raised a point of order Mr. VII
mans then briefly reviewed the remarks
Wnlch mad been made and said thar an IN
vestigatlon of the Post Office DenartInent
apparently was not desired ..because n has
peen thought best for the republican Marty
Menipers, ne said. had arisen, and not only
u nau charged. but had proved that the post
OInce Department was guilty of supnressin,,
oI o.. ietters and of documents, and. he added
suppression of the TRUTH Addressing the
l1puuacan Lnn1,, az. SIDE ne inquired: The country
KNOWS, the world knows and YOU know that
you nave the power and the right upon an
appear from the decision of the chair ia
make ! IT IN order" Continuing. he injured,
are you going to do it or not p
a discussion followed participated in bv
Messrs: Williams. Hepburn Moon and
1icnardson (Tenn.). over the right to appeai
from any decision of the Speaker
The Speakers Decision.
IN passing on the matter Speaker Cannon
SAID In the course of his remarks that tho
question before the House lis a matter of
such hish privilege touching the dignity OF
.he rouse ana the integrity of members in
'neir representative capacity that it dis
piaced all other business His opinion on
tie poiht OF order was an elaborate one He
quoted many decisions by Speaker Carlisle
anu otherS bearing on the addition of nom
privileged matters to privileged ONES and
sustained the point of order against the
Moon resolution ~
Mr. Griggs (Ga.) appealed from the de-
cision Oh the chair, whereupon Mr. Over
street moved to lay that appeaI on tho
table, which was carried by a strict party
vote. P'N'
hefused to Table Hay Resolution.
Speaker Cannon then laid before the
House the committees recommendation
that the Hay resolution lie on the table By
viva voce vote the House refused to table
the resolution
MT Hay then claimed the floor Mr.. Nc
can also contended for it and considerable
discussion followed. The speaker decided
in favor of Mr.. Call. whose resolution
was read.
MIR. Cooper (Wis.) was yielded the floor by
Mr. Mccall and vigorously assaiIed Mr..
Calderhead of Kansas for his remarks
against Bristow and insinuations against
the President. Mr.. Cooper added: This
matter mas degenerated, 1 knew it
would, into covert attack on the Presj-
dent of the United States" This remarl,
vas met with derisive laughter and hisses
on the democratic side. Mr. Cooper then
defended General Bristow and said he never
had attacked the House of Representa-
member rise here and prove to the con-
trary,' he insisted.
The challenge was answered by Mr.
Cooper's own colleague from Wisconsin,
MI Jenkins, who called attention To a
statement made Wednesday that the names
OF members had been associated with that
OF A w. Machen, a convicted felon on his
way to the penitentiary. Then, shaking his
hneer at Mr. Cooper. Mr. Jenkins said
amid cheers: You are the same gentle
man that made that statement"
Pays Tribute to Bristow.
Mr.. Cooper declared that he did not refer
to the Bristow report in his remarks He
then further lauded Mr. Bristow and said
he had worn himself out in the cause of
pure government, and had received as his
reward viiification and abuse. There Is
not particle of printed testimony he
said, Ito justify the onslaught upon him
When Mr.. Cooper closed Mr. Williams
read from the Congressional Record, and.
like Mr.. Jenkins. called attention to Mr.
Coopers remarks of Wednesday about as
sociating members names with that of Ma
chen, and said that Wednesday Mr. Cooper
was as ramPagious as a roaring lion,
against Bristow's charges, but now he was
standing up and defending him.
Sent to Select Committe.
Mr.. Mccall demanded the previous oues-
ton which was ordered. which resulted,
yeas 256 nays 2. King (Minn.) and Giles
pie (TexaD voting in the negative
The vote has the effect of sending to the
select committee named in the Mccall res
olution but does not provide for an inves-
tigation of the Post Office Department
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi then offered
a resolution providing for the appointment
OF committee of five members of the
House to investigate the conduct and ad-
ministration of the Post Office Department.
Mr. Payne demanded the regular order and
made a motion to ADJOURN. which was car
ried.
The House thereupon, at 6:42, adjourned
until today.
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