The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-15
BAILEY Is NAMED
 FOR PRESIDENT House Cheers Mention of Leader Williams CLEVELAND IS LAUDED Subject of Rural Carriers Consumes Most of the Day-seek to Have
 Their Salaries In-
 creased.

Washington. March 14.--Legslation for the District of Columbia and the post office department appropriation bill occu- pied the atention of tbe house today. The rural free delivery service received most attention. Credit for the establishment of this service was claimed by speakers for both parties. and both sides declared their friendship for it.
 Mr Patterson of Tennessee. suggested MT. Williams, the minority floor leader, for the presidency, but he also coupled it with the names of Carlisle and Senator Bailey of Texas, as good southern candi- dates.
 The house began it's session by passing bill authorizing an exchange of sites for the public buildings of Garan county, Arkansas. The house ordered recommit ted to the judiciary committee the Jen- kins bill, making the statute of limitations five years instead of three in it's applica- tion to offenses by government officials. Consideration of District of Columbia business was then begun. The house then resumed consideration of the postoffce appropriation bill in committee of the whole with MT. Boutelle of Illinois in the chair
 MT Powers of Massachusetts referring to the scenes in the house last week. ask ed if it was surprising that some temper and resentment should have been dis played in view of the fact that the report affected i5o members of the house.
 Rights Should Be Defined.
 MT Powers said, amid applause, that the time had come when the rights of members and their relation to the execu- tiys departments should be established and that their rights should not be in- fringed upon through the adoption of se- cret regulations or by the arbitrary ac- tion of a petty chief
 MT. Moon of Tennessee the ranking minority member of the postoffiee com mittee, reviewed the action of the com mittee in bringing the report before the house, and said the committee was not authorized to sit in judgement, and could not have made any change In the report as submitted to the committee.
 The house applauded a political eulogy of President Cleveland by MT. Patterson of Tennessee, and a moment later a eulogy of the late President Mckinley. also by MT. Patterson. President Cleve- land, he said. had not hesitated to listen to political and other advice from the south, and President Mckinley had done much to heal the breach between the north and south
 Was Friend of South.
 Although President Cleveland made mistakes" declared MT. Patterson. he certainly did not make them against the interests of the south, and whatever mis- takes he made were like specks upon the sun, as compared to his great character, his true Americanism and his unbem- ished honor.
 The blight of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution had reversed the previous great record of the south in producing Presidents, but MT. Patterson expressed the belief that a democratic nominee from the south would not lose a single electoral vote to the party. In this connection he mentioned as possible candidates John c. Carlisle, Representative Williams, the minority floor leader and Senator Bailey of Texas. The latter two names were ap plauded.
 Mir. Crumpacker republican of Indiana, read a letter from F. H. Cunningham, president of the National Letter Car riers' association, urging rural delivery carriers to telegraph immediately to their members of congress to vote to increase the salaries of rural free delivery car riers. The letter to carriers gives form of teegam to be sent to members and says:
 Extract From Letter.
 'I believe we have got things our way, and will succeed if you will do your part. understand the situation and the depart ment will take notice of any work you do in regard to pushing your bill'
 MT. Crumpaeker said he was not op- posed to increasing the salaries of car rers. but he believed this a fulhllment of the prophecy of Representative Loud that these carriers would organize a great political machine and dictate to congress.
 Mir Maddox. democrat of Georgia. de- manded to know where Cunningham was. and when told that he was carrier In Omaha, Neb, he wanted to know if the civil service regulations did not prohibit them interfering in legislation.
 Mir Crumpacker remarked that his pur- pose was to advise the proper authori- ties.
 Mir Maddox declared that he had re- ceived a number of such telegrams, as did Mir Lind of Minnesota.
 At 5:05 D. m the house adjourned.