The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-16
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ings the discussion Of the postoffice ap--5 q p
preparation bill In the Housc to-day tho
recent report Of the Postoffice Depart
rent re egnrdsng cong gressio ional solicitation
Of clerk hire all lowances and rental 20 Of
quarters to n the government was again
brought up Air. c;rlggs. of 81 Georgia, got
Into an a argument with Mr.. Cooper, Of;
Wisconsin, as 10 the authorship of the;
document and Insisted over the protest
of Mr. Cooper. tilat "a was prepared un-
5cet the direction OF atr. Bristow.
Discussing tho prohibition in the BILL
that rural carriers shall not after July
j. 1901. solicit business or receive orders
$of any kind from an = person. firm or
corporation, Mr.. Grlggss said th1tt ~
sthess carriers were permitted TO act AS
agents he want ed the law 80 framed TN. T
The carrier would not become sdicta-
tor az TO What newspapers ies shall carry
Sor The trades people lie s ta Il represent.
tThs.s law no ssid, should X A.niretS them
5tc accept orders equal and & I'M partialS
III ss .sveryE lled s tfs
tlsttsSs arrieTs, sorga ntzation for the man
nerf AZ making It's demand g upon CONGRESS
and said the en- rriers had made al effort
10 intimiSate Congress into accedtng 70
their demands. s An M
Lobbying a Jest.
SgTIe was interrupted by Mr. Bur rles.or .,'
3fTexas) ]. .sS Who asked !f the executive or.
iaerlprohibiting government employees from
lobbying be fore Congress was q. Jest
lll..I always have thought so,' Mr..
Crisgs replied. and he said further that
IL he was representing the present occu-}
pant OF the White House as his attor.s
ney, he would enter plea or su!1ty aho 0
stop further investigation.
Mr. GrigEs referred to the recent re-
port OF the Postoffice Department as
E.the Bristow report. and this opened
8up arresh the discussion 8ot1 that nov
famous t. d ocument,; which had 4 broushe
forth such a&stormRof indignation from
members of the House. Flo said that
az a member OF tho committee he did not
see how they could have done other-s
wise than make ths eport, pupNc.
S..IYas there anything In It lhch4 ri az. s
fthorizcd the committee to print that
"a Ia under the heading charges con-
corning a members Of Con gress IN
Fauired Mr. Cooper (yVlsconsin) s}s
MIR Griggs, said he,4 Of course. did not
endorse that, aud twas jlln fortunate,
Ewhereupon Mr.. Oyerstreet. chairman 4 OF O.
the; committee. xplaned that as soon .,l. as
he saw the heading l,e notified the gov
Ecrnment printing Office thatisit vas not
Justified by the manuscript. q.
Mr., Cooper sarcas stically remarked that!
he n never had known the n government
printing ONCE footprint anything that vas
not on the copy. y, 7.
IsSnI Sunderstand the heading Was written
In tho Postoffice Department." Mr., Griggs
said In reply.
Mr. Bartlett (Ga) said the II onse soon
would find out who was responsible for
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Asked to be Patient.
8a General Cirosvenor! suggested NJ that i
would be wise to walt until the House
know more about the matter. put Il Alv.
Cooper Insisted that the report should 't'l9