The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-10


violation ofsfnl,y law, gull OF no Y tiot'nl
obiduity, guiity 5pf nothing that bears
the tItlge Of crinnaity." 332Bl 4 " Il t3s'I
wa. this motive of it?n8le vigOr-i
jousy inquire |jSst ttvast.st Tito glvo tho
lCongressl notice that the Department. held
something over Congress-. md tia I Com
lgress had better let \ the Departlncnts
drowned byAappinuse from both sides.
3 Mr. Hay svlrgiria) aald he did not
Observation-Disclosures with Mr.. illlanls. q 55l
sEaI believe there ought to bc an ifivcs-
;tigation ot the 1'ostofI1ce l, Department
and along With &c an Investigation Of
these charges aga inst IN elnbers. Is II
Cooper Wisconsin, declared that
President Roosevelt had directed the
prosecution. Of members OF his owt, party
Belong to Republicans.
ss3 Mr. Moon Crennesscej, facing the Re-.
publican side. said t ,si 43iitsj ,ssS5--,,
31"These thieves being yours md not
soiiry. IT fis for5you. not liz. to say if3 they
,sliail have Your protection. ~ Il yt NJ Ell
Mr., Underwood (Alabama) said u that
no man who isa irnocent jig frasl TO face
such Charges as these. +. But. he said
."if man is guilty he ought to be re-
,qured to appear before the bar OF Z the
House,. # N 5S ~ ~ IS js28f53
IA Mr. Overstreet then Withdrew his i1lO-5
ition to postpone. and the House pro-
,cecdcd toSdscuss the luton. a9 f5 n!
ta Mr. 3Ovcrstreet. eferring to the rec com
made by members OF Con.
gross. snld that there was In \ TO .It1sl
STANCE any violation Of any law what
ever bys tny, member OF Congress- In ma
ing any Recommendation either or NJ
crease Of clerk hire allowance or IN crease
OF rent 3of postofflce buildins. 35s
s$9Thc olutiotIproposes an investigation
by five members OF this body. he ssai y
whereas a. committee Of sevchte teen me m
bers epresenting an equal number nf 4.
states, OF both parties iii, politics. which
has Alrendyi had before st In q 8 proper
way this irforinatlon. has Sunanimously
reported TO the House that there isy no
need for further investlgu ION. nc or yo1lld3
any fur lrtberftinvesti tigation eNcit add
it!onal facts sufficient to chang "a 80 con-
clusions, sls.gy 81.
&" 2 Expose the Guilty
Mr.. Moon (Tenncssee) insisted i that
.tliera should Il he an investig ion cover.
ina the ostofflcc Department and .eyery-5
bod connected with II 'and who is
r,,Ilty,''Rbe said II. whether In his II Iouse
Or 10 tho department, should be exposed, n
Tbe, mem bcrship OF the n House Sbein s. tac-
eli sed, no said, was entitled to vindica-
ticn, as were also the d tment offl-
cia Is if guilty or no 81 wron s, "a but, J, he
said sS5"I take IT. that no sensible ma
will deny that there Is ANYTHING else bnt Z
'crImo running al over that depart rtmcnt.' X
w. kitchin (Nortll$ lina) q se-g
yerely criticised Postmaster-G General Bris-A
tow and charged him with having dell ID
erately suppressed important and ma
crill facts, ..facts.'' he said. pounding his
desk, (which could not be overlooked,
and which were suppressed. In M FjudE.
55rncnt, for the purpose Of giving g false
Impression to the country and mis- ea Al; d-.
ing the publ ss}Ss 81 S III X Is;
Brlstow's action, he said. !. was mel her
r rrposcs. II I. ..Ha knew the col ntry de-
sn.anded an inves.igat tion.' nj ~ ri hin:
said, III Ie undertook. II, my jud dgment.tto
thiackmnil GonEress I'D to silence COngressi
81 nd to silence the country 1T IA ~ species.
of ofgintmifla tioi,.,. 4. TIe asked II those on
tho Republican side would sit still and
istop tho sinvesigatl tlon, and thus give the
.l3ackblters an oppor tunity to attack the
and Integrity of those whom
Bristow had accused. 1
A Malicio Gus Libel. '
N1r. Grosvenor 4 Ohto) declared the Bris-5
tow report a malicious libel on 191 sme1r-
hers OF the House and Senate s5is Will
resign my seat Tomorrow Z x he said Y
pounding his desk, elf there is anything
irregular or Improper In what did
Mr.. Grosvenor pounded his desk again
ana said, I'll condemn the man ,tbat sent
that into this House. =
NIessrs. Lilley (Connecticut, Butler,
5(Pennsylyanial. Hill Connecticup, fol-
lowed with explanations ofstheir connec-a
tion with postal matters.
Mr. Thompson tlAlabnma) charact tcrized
the report as infamous and as having for
It's object the intimidation Of members
il order to keep them from insisting
l,ipon their rights. He declared that no
.inslnuation OF the kind would keep him
from exercising his duty as a congress-
nan ' a. 5ists}} II
r Mr.. Robinson (Arkansas) demanded an
investigation OF the entireP Postoffice De-
pa rtment Tho BrlstOw. report, he said.
was an attempt to muddy he waters
and prevent the House from making a
thorough Investigation of that depart
ment Nj MI i{3 as II ,S3 355s
y Mr.. Maddox &c eorgia) Il the 4 last speaker
of the day. referred ito the fact that tho
report contained only one of the nine
specific ms tanccs charged III tho original
.il,dictment
Mr.. overstreet cx xplained that that was
z because the other eight We're not sen e
to heScommittee. III .ss r.
Mr. Maddox quickly took "a dvantagc n {;
this reply and said it showed that q u tho
data tat the departments S command had
not boon supplied and there should be
an Investigation. l