Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-17
58TH CONGRESS-.
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said: such race prejudice finds no
place in SOuth horn hoo rte

said: Such race prejudice finds no
place in Southern hearts"
| SplSht spoke of the attempt of GER
. tam white persons to put the negro on
a social equality with themselves. and
I referring to the occasion when Rooko-
T. Washington dined at the White
Rouse with President Roosevelt said
that this one incident had done NOR.
! 10 1nfiame the passions of the negro
ana give him a perverted idea of his
Importance and his near apnroacb to
social equality than anything that hal
! peen Gone for the last 10 years" He
was sorry that Mr.. Washington did NOT
nave more sense than to accept the in
'itatlon. 1t would have been infinitely
10 ms credit had he declined.
he more the negroes are put on n
soclal equality he vigorously asserte
.iie more dangerous bee ONES their no.
Ai.,oiiS ana the surer death by violercn
VIII oVertake them sooner or later"
Inc granting of subsidies to rail.
iodus Ior carrying the mails was Wig
o,ousiy opposed by Robinson. Ind. who
i"i tteriZed them as stain and blot
upon the bill.
robinson said the post office fenartr,or+
was against the subsidy and compression.
al influence was perpetuatins if rho
,'eiio OF events. he said. was in favor of
honesty and clean administration ~ .,,a
post Office department. but he said whom
iiemners put themselves on record
against the postmaster general in This
'iia''el now do they stand in view of
MS report against themselves"
HnpSn l1,,..
ooilitIE disturbed by the report sent in
reiiectlnS on members but" he said
WIN Elg0r here is Il real scandal. Il
scinnal mat YOU are forcing upon the
He closed amid Democratic applause nv
asking If the House was going TO stand
for it.
Mr. Sibley PaD contended that TO deny
the subsidy would be doing a manifest
injustice to the interests of the South.
y heated discussion followed which was
participated in by Messrs. Lamb (vaD,
Holiday IndD and Gaines CTcnnO
The alleged Bristow report refcctinr on
members was bitterly attacked by Pcarre
md J.; That report he designated as ii
rough and undigeSted mass Of stuff
Crumpacker UndD cOntended that mem
bers had put an undue Interpretation upon
the report. because there was nothing in
1t to impute illegality or dishonesty in
the conduct of single member of tho
House. He then took up the subject of
appropriations for special mail facilities
granted certain railroads and said they
were mere gratuity.
The rural free delivery service he
strongly favored.
Finley IS. c. believed in reasonable
and lust allowance for clerk hire for all
post offices. and said he would not con-
denim any member for requesting allow
ances for separating mail and for I'M
usual business. There were. he said rli-
| lcge and that should be looked into He
said the public mind was saturated with
the charge that there was corruption in
the post office department and the only
thing to do was to investigate it.
In a speech characterized by intense
viSor, Flood (Na) asserted that the credit
for the establishment of the rural free
Gratis. Il am not he said. astonishnd
that gentleman who was willing to rob
and plumber his government and permit
eminent he had sworn to protect, should
rob a political opponent of the credit to
which he was entitled
lie protested. he said. against honorable
gentlemen on this floor following the eX-
! ample of Perry S. Heath.
| McCleary Minn) mad read an amend
ment he PROPOSED TO offer; providing
the salary of a postmaster
| Tirrcli Mass advocated an increase in
| the pay of rural carriers and criticised
| the prohibition which the bill puts on
| them in the matter Of carrying newspa-
perS and merchandise.
Williams Miss) had read an editorial
| from the New York Times of today I'M
der the heading "AS to running amUck,
having reference to an interview with the
| attorney general on the subject of the
merger decision. He said it remained to
be seen whether this prosecution
| theatrical campaign trick or the begin
ming of a general policy of Stacking
now as strength and brute force have
been shackled in the past"
| General debate on the post office apprO
priation bill was closed by Gaines CTenn)
| who opposed mail subsidies to railroads
| A number of pension bills were passed
az also was a bill authorizing the com
missioner of the general land Office to
| transmit original papers to be used as evil
| dence in certain cases.
| At ; 70 o'clock the House adjourned.