The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-01
And CourteousIy Called
Each Other Liar.
CLARK vs. PATTERSON
Mccreary Crit.cises Republican Party
for its Policy on immigration
and Statehood. The Sun
dry Civil Bill in the
House.
(By the Associated Press J

Washington, March 31.--The attention
OF the Senate was divided today between
the bill for the repeal OF the desert land,
the timber and stone and the homestead
Communication laws and the Postoffice Ap-
preparation bill. The repeal bill was
taken up only for the purpose of discus
sion, and Mr.. Clark, of Wyoming, was
the principal speaker. He contested the
position taken by Mr.. Gibson that there
have been great frauds in the admins
tration of the land laws in the West He
declared that there is lobby in Wash
ington in the interest of the repeal bill
and engaged in sharp colloquy with
Mr.. Patterson, during which each char
acterized the statement of the other as
untrue
The general debate on the Postoffice
bill was confined largely to a speech by
Mr.. McCreary and Interruptions by Re
publican Senators. Mr.. McCreary charged
in the main that the policy of an early
adjournment of Congress had been adopt
ed in order to avoid legislation not de-
sired by the Republican leaders.
Mr.. McCreary said conditions in the
Postoffice Department warranted an in
vestigation.
''It has been a strange spectacle said
Mr.. McCreary, when members of the
House of Representatives. who have de-
manded an investigation and reform, and
have been compelled to abandon that re-
quest and themselves have had to go
before an investigating committee
The policy of the Republican party in
regard to immigration and Statehood for
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma was
severely criticised by Mr.. McCreary, who
said Republican pledges had been broken.
The reasons. said Mr.. McCreary are that
the Republicans are getting ignorant for
eign votes and they will not get the votes
of the new States if they are admitted.
Mr.. McCreary declared that there had
been more wasteful extravaganza during
the past two administrations, especially
under the present administration than
ever before.
Mr.. Dollver spoke OF the charges of
corruption, which the Democrats were
making. All these, he said, had been
founded on Mr.. Bristcw's report, and
that he regarded as a great tribute to
the integrity of the department. He did
not consider it one of the functions of
Congress to take charge of the interior
affairs of the departments.
Mr. Money said that the heading of the
rerort charges concerning members of
Congress-, was q distinct charge, and
asked MIR. Dollver who was responsible
for it. MIR. Money said that he had made
every effort at the department to ascer-
tain the responsibility for the headline.
Mr.. Deliver replied that he could not
give the information desired, but said he
had been informed that the heading had
been traced TO rroof-reader in the gov :
ernment printing Office.
Mr., Money thought it w?s absurd to
charge the line to a printer, and traced
all the charges in the public press to this
headline. He did rot consider it ,malc-
Gus, he said, but he did consider that it
was cody mendacious and that it had
been used for the purpose of diverting
attention from the charges against the
department to Congress. The Senate
adjourned until tomorrow.