Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-04-06
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
German Uses Plain Language About
The Administration.
Senate.

SeE3te.
The Senate Wednesday began consid
Grafton of the pcStofTice appropriation
bill and it was the signal for a revival
OF the Democratic demand for an in
'estigation into the charges of corrup-
ton in the Postonice Department.
The debate was initiated by MIR. Cor
man. who spoke for almost two hours
in criticism of the course Of the Re
publican party in the Senate in refus-
ING an inquiry Mir. German referred to
the hasty consideration and report of
the bill and asserted that there had
Been persistent denial of the investi-
cation of the affairs of the Postofrice
department. He urged that il was not
YET too late to take steps To prevent
further robbery" and thievery i'm the
department.
IL Is said he went on. that Con
Sless must adjourn speedily: that from
Cne source a request amounting to or
oers has gone out: that it is inconven-
!tnt Tor one branch of the government
80 nave Congress on its hands: that
u there is delay there are likely to he
o.saereeable differences from what ha,
already been developed.
we nave reached n time when there
'S E1uch preaching OF honesty and high
hilndedneSS, but corruption bubbles
uul II came like fog. and has not vet
n!ted and we cannot tell whether all
the information is yet out
MI German referred to the charges
made by the Postoffce Department.
saying he believed they had been made
iol the purpose of diverting attention
from the guilty ones who had lilched
money from the Treasury and abused
their trusts. As for himself he was of
TIE opinion that the members had not
gone more in the matter than their
public duties required Mr. German
c5!ied attention to the habit OF criti-
ciS.rg men engaged in executive work
and he concluded that this criticism
Ercw cat of well-directed effort to
hnild mp a one-man. CZar-like govern
mCnt
so Ear. indeed. had this plan pro-
Srossed thar legislation has como to
he practically Il farce all impurtant
!1'asures being dictated by the eXecu-
tive II was coming to be that oniv an
executive order was necessary TO get
"a appropriation. The result is that
Congress becomes mere recording
body.
We are told" he continued. that
having approved the plans OF the eX-
ocrtiVc We must adjourn and 20 homo
because of the fear OF damaging dis
closures The fear is so great that we
arc to he sent away and not 10 he al
lowed 10 do anything"
lie then referred to some of the
pending legislation and included in the
list Mr.. Foraker's bll for the amend
meAt TO the antitrust law regard
ing sfortation. He referred TO At
tcrney General KnoX's statement re-
b@rding this bill. saying that il was not
department measure. Think OF it,"
said Mr.. German Notice is given to
Congress that nothing should be done
II the way OF legislation without CON
sGltng the administration"
The Am erican people do not want
one-man control. Mr.. German contend
ed He hoped that such action would
be taken as would prevent one-man
control in the next four years. whose
ever might fill the White House.
Mr. German closed with the decIara-
tion of the conviction that the Post
office Department was honey -combed
with corruption and inefficiency."
Mr. Penrose. chairman OF the com
he had originally favored an investiga-
ton, he has now reached the conclu-
sion that none was necessary
Mr. Penrose challenged the accuracy
o. Mr.: Gorman's statement that extra
ordinary haste had been exercised by
the committee on postoffices in the pre-
paraton of the bill. The subject mat
ter of the measure had been receiving
attention. he said. since last Decem-
her
Mr. Lodge sustained Mr. Penrose's
statement that there had been no un-
due haste in bringing the postoffice
hill into the Senate. 1t was true that
the committee had done all in it's pow
er TO promote an early adjournment
The party in power" he proceed
ed. has deemed it hest 10 bring about
an early adjournment if it could be
been no instructions received from any
body in any quarter. ! was not on this
side OF the chamber that the express
sion cuckoo" originated. That word
Is chargeab!e 10 the Senator from Ala
hama and applied to his side OF the
chamber. 1t also should he brone i'll
mind. he said. that the charge that
President has said that he wanted to
cct Congress off his hands was To be
traced to Democratic President. and
Mr.. German had gotten his Presidents
mixed.
In the House.
Substantial progress was made