The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-10
HOUSE CLAM0RS FOR
ANOTHER POSTAL INQUIRY
Continued From Page One.

there should be an investigation cover,
ing the Post-Office Department and ev-
erybody connected with it, adding:
And whoev er is guilty, whether in
this House or in the department should
be exposed -
But" said he. Il take it that no SEN
sible man will deny that there is, any
thing else but crime running all over that
department"
He closed by asking II the criminals in
| the department were to be shielded and
declared the House should waive aside
all technicalities and meet the matter.
GROSVENOR ATTACKED.
Amid a storm of applause lasting for
several minutes. General Grosvenor of
Ohio, who was named in the report, said
that this was a pretty. good specimen Of
the readiness with which the newspapers
Of the country and the great body of
the people grasp publication or state
ment and assume evil where they might
assume good.
Il will resign my seat Tomorrow" he
said. pounding his desk. ''if there is any
thing irregular or improper in what 1
did"
Then showing the effects of his indig
nation, Mr.. Grosvenor pounded his desk
again and said:
Il condemn the man that sent that
into this house. Can any self-respecting
Congressman ever enter the office of the
man who will produce such a document
as that?
This report" he added. will be print
ed abroad and it will be said that in the
American Congress there were 191 rascals.
If the Post Office Department had some
official whose Judgment was so dwarfed
by the opinion of Congressman. the Of
fetal had better be turned out 20!
THE Bristow report he said. '1n con-
clusion. was born in iniquity. conceived in
sin, and has travelled its course until it
has struck the public of the United States
as a great attack on body of men, as
free from wrong doing. corruption. crime
and irregularity as any equal number OF
men on the face of the earth"
There was prolonged applause on both
sides of the House as General Grosvenor,
who spoke with great fervor and ear
nestness. took his seat.
DUTIES OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. Butler of Pennsylvania. another ac-
cused member. said he never understood
the duties of Representatives, but he now
conceived them to be of singular and
conspicuous inactivity" He differed, he
said, from General Grosvenor, and he
would defy any one to close the doors of
the department TO him.
What my constituents are entitled to-"
he vigorously remarked, they shall have
and sneeringly added. "Bristow or no
Bristow."
Whoever had assailed him, he said. was
a coward.
Mr.. Hill of Connecticut, likewise men
toned in The Bristow report, denied that
he had done anything improper. He read
from the original papers, ard called at
tention TO the omission from the Bristow
report OF certain Endorsements therein.
WAS it malice. or was 1t ignorance, or
what was it?" he inquired. He had. he
said, submitted certain questions to Cen
eral Bristow. answers to which had been
refused.
Il am going to vote for a resolution to.
investigate myself and to investigate the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General he
said. amid round of applause.
Holding up a copy of the report, Mr..
Hill vehemently declared:
That document. is the production of
liar and scoundrel."
Mr.. Hill was loudly applauded. His con-
Guiding words had thrown the House into
confusion, and Speaker Cannon had diff
ficulty in restoring order.