The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-16
POLITICS IN THE HOUSE
MEMBERS LAY BY SOME CAM
 PAIGN MATERIAL.
Underwood Charges That the Repub- licans are Anxiour for Ad- jourment in Order to Pre-
 vent an Investigation.

Washington, April Reconsideration of the general deficiency bill was resumed in the House today after a number of minor bills had been passed. The Presi- cents recent order regarding service pensions was attacked by Mir. Under wood (Ala.). who contended that there was no warrant in law for 1t. The Presi- dent also was criticised by Mir. Hay (va.) because of certain suspensions of the civil service rules and regulations Gen. eral. debate on the deficiency bill will close tomorrow and the bill will be read for amendment .g1
 MT. Underwood said he thought the Republicans at least might pass pension legislation that they believed In and mot leave 1t to the executive branch of the government to order 1t into effect" Criti- cizing the proposed early adjournment, Mir. Underwood inquired if 1t was be- cause the Republicans were afraid to in- vestigate the frauds known to exist in the government departments and permit the country ''to look at the books" The power of legislation, he said. had been transferred to the President, although ''the Republicans still insisted on being allowed to pass appropriation bills." but he predicted that as affairs were now drifting, 1t would not be many years be- fore Congress would allow the President to issue an order regarding the amount he wanted. and blanket appropriation would be passed. He added. That will be the end of the Congress of the United States"
 An urgent plea for liberty in the mat ter of drawbacks on material used in manufacturing for export was made by MT. Lowering CMass.) who insisted that American manufacturers should be al- lowed the same freedom from customs duties that the protective tariff systems had given foreign manufacturers through bonded warehouses.
 MT. Hay CVa) criticized President Roosevelt for the number of suspensions of the civil service law rules and regu- lations. He said that although while serving in the civil service commission the President has been most strenuous in posing as ''the great civil service re- former and since he came into executive office, had made sixty suspensions of the law. whereas in Clevelands two admin istrations and the administration of President Harrison no suspensions were ordered and only three such suspensions had been made by President Mckinley.
 The action of President Roosevelt he said, was ''an example of the trend of the mind of the President when be comes Tn contact with a law or regulation which BOSS uSdiIlSl HlollcS. ne was ready always to override them, and in this matter was violating the prnci- ples which the President himself taught. said MT. Hay.
 Mir. Dalzell said these suspensions in most cases were provided for in appro- prlation bills, the vetoing of which would have forced an extra session of Congress.
 Mir. Creamer Qnd.) criticized the ap- pcrtioument of appointments to Federal offlces and asserted that notwiths tandins the provision of the law requiring ap- rcintments to be made pro rata, the Dis trict of Columbia had received 24 per cent of the appointments. while Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, with a combined population of less than Al per cent of the population of the country had received 34 per cent. He de- clared that the purpose and intent of the law had been shamefully and grossly violated and practically ignored by the appointing power.
 MT. Small (N. e spoke of the tariR question. He said the tariff had made void the law of supply and demand and fixed prices for the necessaries of life so that the laborers high wages are bal arced by the increased cost of living.
 The House agreed to hold a session Monday. April 24. for the delivery of eulogies on the life and character Of the late Senator Hanna and Representa- tive Skiles of Ohio. At 5l0 o'clock the House adjourned.