Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-23
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Mr.. Spright referred to the arrest in
Indianola. Miss, of white agents OF a
Cincinnati picture company who were
selling to the negroes indecent pic
lures. In his opinion the agents should
have been lynched.
The granting of subsidies to rail-
reads for carrying the mails was Wig
crously opposed by Mr.. Robinson, OF
Indiana, who characterized them rs
stain and blot upon the bill.
Mr.. Sibley. of Pennsylvania. contend
ell that to deny the subsidy would DE
doing manifest injustice to the inter-
ests of the South. A heated discussion
followed, which was participated in by
Messrs. Lamb, of Pennsylvania: Hol-
liday. of Indiana, and Gaines, OF Ten
nessee. Mr.. Robinson had charged the
Republicans with being responsible LOT
the subsidy, which brought from MI.
Lamb an emphatic protest. ..
Although the Louisville &, Nashville
Railway. one of the roads bene1ted by
the subsidy, passed through his town.
Mr. Gaines excitedly declared the SUD-
sidy to be "a legalized steal.
Mr.. Finley. of South Carolina, sala
there we're rumors OF the abuse OF the
ranking privilege. and the commission
should look into that matter.
Mr.. Sibley of Pennsylvania, suggest
eli to MIR. Finley that if he personally
knew of any such abuses it was MS
duty to call specific attention to the IN
dividual.
MIR. Finley declared he was not MAX
ing charges against members OF Con
gress. but had read the statements IN
tle public press. He said the public
mind was saturated with the cnarge
that there was corruption in the Post
office Department. and the only thing
TO do was ID investigate it,. II tnere
was scandal to be uncovered the ras-
Gals and grafters," he said, would be
enmeshed in the tolls OF the law.
In a speech characterized by intense
vigor. Mr.. Flood, of Virginia, asserted
that the credit for the estaollsn ment OIL
the rural free delivery service belonged
tn thc Democrats. 1t had, he said, been
claimed by Mr.. Perry S. Heath, former
First Assistant Postmaster General.
am not" he said. "astonished that a
gentleman who was willing to roo anu
nlunder his government and permit
other peop]e to rob and plMoer the
government he had sworn to protect,
shouli rob a political opponent :, OIL tne
credit to which he was entitled
In the Senate.
By the action of the Senate in eSecu-
five session Friday Gen. Leonard Woon
became major general, taxing Tue
runk from August S. 1908. the uay
President Roosevelt made the pronao-
tion. The contest against his comm
,oatior has been a notable one, hegln-
min: soon after Congress convened ID
snecial session and continuing until
today. when. by a vote of 45 to III. the
romination was confirmed. The late
senator Hanna was recognized as the
leader of the forces opposed to Gen.
Wood and had it not been Tor MS
death before the disposition OF tne
case II is conceded that the vote "oulu
have been MUCH closer. 1t mas not neen
believed at any time since the contest
onened however. that the fight against
confirmation would have been success
mi Only two Republicans renamed 10
.he minority. They were Senator Scout
member of the military affairs conl-
n,ittee. who opposed the nomination
D.hile il was pending in the committee
and senator Kittredge. Five Demo
craiic @ Senators voted with the major
~. ;n f.vor of confirmation. They were
Senator's ,Cockrell and Pettus. who as
roamhers of the military affairs COM
n,ittee heard all the testimony offered
! against Gen. Wood, and senator Fa.' "a.
tsreon, ClsrEe, CT ArEahsas: ana Da-
(. ti,ts The negative ycts a! fFs faRHr'.
Nation Waa as fall0Wt;