The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-16
MORE SARCASM
IN LOWER HOUSE
Members Still Feel Sore Over
POStOffice Disclosures.
REPUBLICANS GET SHORT END
LETTER CARRIERS MAY GET
MORE SALARY.

orizing the secretary of the in
terror 10 segregate certain coal and
asphalt lands in the Choctaw and the
Chickasaw nations, Indian Territory
The house then went into committee
OF the whole FOR the consideration o.
postoffice appropriation bill.
Mr. Burton. of Ohio, gave a historical
account OF increases in national eN-
peuditures. He urged the adoption of
q policy of conservatism ana Of the ut
most care citing the large sums an
nually appropriated for pensions, Mr.
Burton said no one will hesitate 10 pass
any measure which gives due regard
to the soldiers of the~civil war in their
old age. But" he continued. 1.-The
question arises under what rule should
the appropriation be made He in
quired if congress was willing 10 es-
tablish in this country the standard
that for patriotism and devotion TO
country the chief reward must be in
dollars
Attacked the Tariff.
Mr.. Rucker CMo) attacked the pro-
tectiVe tariff system of the Republican
party. The Republicans and the
trusts, he declared, have a majority in
the house and, he added amid Demo-
cratic applause, the largest majority
you viii ever have I'm the white house
Mr. RuCker spoke OF the trusts and
referred to them as those hideous mon
sters, the handiwork of genius, inspired
and directed by the DEVIL
Mr. Wilson On. " made plea for in
creased pay for letter carriers.
Boom For Parker.
Mr.. Fitzgerald On. " discussed L.
Dor legislation enacted III his state.
Mr.. Fitzgerald dwelt on what he &c
ciared were the universal decisions
reached III behalf of labor. organized
and otherwise. by Judge Alton B. Par
ker of the court Of appeals of New
York.
The claim OF the letter carriers for in
creased pay also was espoused by Mr..
/ Cromer- Qnd)- He spoke OF the in
sufficiency of the pay OF the rural mail
carriers, and said they should not be
denied the privilege Of acting as agents
for newspapers.
AT whose suggestion was it," in
quired Mr.. Mann, that this privilege
! has been. denied?H
Praise For Bristow.
| Mr.. Cromer said il came from Fourth
! Assistant Postmaster General Bristow
( first. and then from the postoffice CON-
/ mittee. He had, he said. no criticism
/ to offer against General Bristow i
/ think he said, ''he has been honest
/. in the administration of postal az
/ fairs" and he received Republican APP
| plause when he added:
L am so well satisfied with the in
vestigation he has made in the post
| Office department that believe no
/ fraud or corruption remains TO be ex-
| posed to the people
| riers should be fixed and their pay in
! creased, he thought they should be al
/ lowed TO serve newspapers to the pa
/ irons of the rural routes
/ Mr.. Gaines CTenn) was in favor OF
/ the proposition il the rural mail car
riers were given the right TO solicit
/ subscriptions of newspapers, and not
| for any one publication and to trans
| act for pay any other business for the
patrons of the route.
Debate Gets Interesting.
Discussing the prohibition in the BIZ
against rural carriers after July 1. 1904
! soliciting business or receiving orders
of any kind from any person, firm OF
! corporation, Mr. Griggs, a member OF
| the committee. said if carriers were
! permitted 10 act as agents. he wanted
the law SO framed that the carrier
would not become a dictator as 10 what
newspapers he shall carry or IN,
trades people he shall represent. HI
assailcd the letter carriers OrganiZa
! ton for the manner Of making its de-
! mandS on congress, and said the car.
riers had made an effort to intimidat,
| congress in acceding in the demands
He was interrupted by Mr.. BurlesoI
/ CTeX.), who asked if the executive or
I der prohibiting government employee.
! from lobbying before congress was
( Jest"
Il always have thought SO" Mr.
Griggs replied, and he said further tina
if be were representing the present oc
cupant of TIE White House as attor
ney he would enter plea of guilty an,
stop further Investigation
indictment Report.
During his remarks Mr. Griggs re
ferred to the recent report of the post
Office department as the ''Bristow re
port. and this opened up fresh dis
cUssion of that document which ha,
brought forth such n storm OF indig
nation from members of the house. H
said that as a member of the commit
tee he did not see how the COMMITTEE
could have done otherwise than &
make the report public.
Was there anything in il which
caused tue committee To print tina
data under the heading Charges con
corning members of congress? - - in
CURED Mr.. Cooper CWisD.
Mr.. Griggs said he did not endors
that aud IL was unfortunate. whereuDo
Mr.. Overstreet, chairman of the com
mittee. explained that as soon as n
saw the heading he notified the govern
ment printing Office that il was no
justified by the manuscript
Cooper Was Sarcastic
Mr.. Cooper sarcasticaIIy remarke
that he never had known the govern
ment printing Office TO print anythin
that was not in the copy
L understand the heading was writ
ten in the postohice department" NJ
Griggs said. in reply.
Mr.. Bartlett Of Georgia said the hous
soon would find out who was respon
sible for il
General GrOsvenOr suggested that
would be wise TO wait until the nous
knew more about the matter. but Nj
Cooper insisted that the report shout
not be accredited 10 General BristOw
Mr.. Griggs. however. maintained tina
it was Bristow's report. Continuing. h
said il had leaked out prior TO the Re
port that the committee was in posses
sion of Information that would condem
members Of congress In the commit
tee he had contended that if there wer
TO be leaks u was the committees dut
TO make ii public, which they had dOn'
Honest Men Not Afraid
The United stgtes" he said, is to
powerful ana TOO great 10 convict an
man by a suppression OF facts. But,