The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-19
WORK OF THE HOUSE
NEPoTISM IS CHARGED TO IN-
 VESTIGAToR BRIsTow.
Alleged That He Placed His Father and AIS Son on 0ovNrnnent .l. Fay Roll, Violating
 Ctytl Service Rules

Washington. Jan. 1S.AT4ie House de- voted brief session today to District of Columbia business. While in committee of the whole on one of the bills. the post off1ce scandal was discussed Mr. Bartlett of Georgia introducing a letter from Nj. W. Louis, who felt aggrieved at certain statements in the Bristow report When the House convened the Speaker anounced the resignation of Mir. Griggs tDem., Ga,), from the Committee on Coin- age, Weights and Measures, and Mir. Hardwick Dem., Ga) from the Commit tee on Revision of the Laws, and the ap- pointment of Mir. Hardwick to the Com mittee on Coinage, Weights and Meas ures; Mir. Garber Dem., O.. to the Committee on Revision of the Laws, and Mir. Currier (Rep., N. H.), as Chairman of the Committee on Patents.
 MT. Gaines Rep.. Va), from Elections Committee No. l, called up a privileged resolution declaring that John A. Keliher was elected as a member of the House from the Ninth Congressional District of Massachusetts, and was entitled to a seat and that Joseph A.. Cuney was not elected a member from that district. The reao- lution was adopted and without a dissent ing vote.
 The House went into committee of the whole to consider a bill amending an act to permit the laying of certain pipes in certain streets of Washington.
 MT. Bartlett (Dem., Ga ). called atten- ton to letter he had received from NJ. w. Louis. which was sent to the clerks desk and read. MT. Bartlett. after it's reading, said he had advised Mir. BristOw of the nature of the letter and that Mir. Bristow had said to him that his father and son had been regularly appointed. The letter written by Mir. Louis protests against statements in the Bristow post office report and among other things says:
 "Mr. Bristow himself injected into the classified service without examination more than thirty persons, some of then postoffice inspectors employed in this very investigation, and among them his own father. who was appointed as a $500 la borer March D. 13O1. charged to the Sixth Congressional District of Kentucky, and who now draws $l.6O0 a year as a post office inspector in the Denver. Col, post office, and also his own son, who during his school vacation drew a salary at the rate of S72O q year in the postoffice at Washington, D. c.
 Ut is not a mistake to state that even now MT. BristoW's father is not perform ing inspectors duty and that the son per- formed nothing at all to warrant the pay ment of a salary
 Following the reading of the letter MT. Cowherd Dem., Mo-, said:
 "It seems to me that the point in the appointment of Louis was not the vio- lation of the civil service law. yh that was unquesticnably violated. Louis was appointed on that authority and transferred but the point in the case IS that Louis was appointed on this paruc- ular and precise day. the 7th of April. in order that he might be at the head of the division of supplies on the 9th day of May, when a contract was to be let and that by reason of his appointment in tnis irregular way he got into position where he could let contracts improperly to the loss to the Government of at least some $1O 600, and probably very much more.
 The Senate bil under consideration was then passed.
 At 1:2S p. m the House adjourned until tomorrow.