Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-03-23

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as post Office inspectors. the amendment
finally being rejected
Butler fPao offered an amendment TAX
the rural free delivery service out or the
hands OF the fourth assistant postmaster
general and transferring them back ia
the first assistant postmaster generals
Office
| Overstreet made the point of order that
the amendment interfered with the proper
consideration of the bill and was rot ger
name.
| Butler insisted the amendment was ger.
4 name and said he did not concede thai
the postmaster general had any authority
to transfer these divisions to the fourth
assistant postmaster general The au-
thorlty o had NOT been shown. he declared.
| we are asked here" he said. Ito dc
| what we are told to do. and he added
with emphasis. Il have done that for the
I BouteIle nll). in the chair. sustained the
point of order. and to get around the de-
lcision Butler offered an amendment trans
| ferring to the first assistant postma ster
general SO much of the free delivery SER
vice as was covered by the appropria ton
of s20.OO0O00 for letter carriers in offices
| already established. for substitute and
| temporary carriers.
] The Chair overruled a point of order
i against the new amendment whereupon
Overstreet urged that the amendment be
voted down.
In a vigorous speech Butler declared
tiiit uiu tlllHk IL was We'll TO nut
the whole post office department under
the fourth assistant postmaster general.
Moon CIenn)~ opposed the Butler
amendment. He said that if Gen Bris-
low was incompetent then the motion
might be entertained. The House must
look at the motive behind it, The sig-
sestiOn. he declared. would not have been
thought of unless there had been some
feeling somewhere against Cen Bristow.
Il submit to the House, he said that
the country Will if ia lSa
YOU intended to visit punishment on the
fourth assistant postmaster general for
Furnishing fraud in the office of the first
assistant postmaster general
1t was. he said, not the time to do this.
Why he asked: should we place the
control of these things back under a dis
credited bureau of the government: why
take it from the bureau that has brought
about the prosecution of these wrongs?
..I!avc Won such feeling toward Bristow
because he has discharged his duty. that
YOU propose to violate all precedent and
take from the postmaster general the Gis-
cretion given him.
lie said certain members were chatting
under the recent post office department
report and added: Il think you are get
ting as far from him as You can
THE House ought to stay by RriStow
just a little while longer" His remarks
were greeted with applause.
OverStreet appealed to the 'ccmmOn
sense and Judgment of the House.
on are liz Shiu'
'.by an indirect movement to carry
through some pet measure which is out of
order and by doing so cripple the service
in thousands of offices in this country by
making negatory the appropriation for
the 1000 letter carriers of the country.
Iivnrnas sh offered an amendment to the
Butler amendment increasing the amount
for letter carriers to S23.000O00 and in.
crcasing the salaries of carriers.
The Iivernash amendment was lost. 81
to SS and the Butler amendment also
was lost l. to 81.
Charles II. Lantlis UndD called atten-
ton to what he said was the ridiculous
practice of the department in Y<nting can
collation. machines. and offered an amend
ment for their purchase outright. Dur