The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-15
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House Of Representatives s Em1phf1;aa--t. En- phf1;a-t
sizes Eulogy ofj jthc the Princeton Princeton
Statesman and M ckinley.
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Mr.. Patterson of Tennessee, y, SoI S q
Characterizes the Fifteenth
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wAs AsEINGTON, D.. O., March .-l
Legislation for the District of Co olhnibia,
5und the postoffce approprlat tlon bill n oc-5 q e
cupied the attention Of lie House Of
Representa- tlvesB to-da 585 ..l
The rural free delivery service received
most attention. There wa 8 some discus c,:'.3
sion Of 4 the Postof flee. p rtmert in
which Mr.. loon II Tennessee reviewed the
action Of the committee In bringing II II
before the House and declare q the COM
#nittee could mot have made any change n g
In It. ,Af3 ~,
B Il The House appl plauded a political euloEy
Of ex-President Cleveland h BY Mr. Pat
tersen, (Tennessee) 4 and a moment la&er
an eulogy Of the late Pres dent NJ cISin-- i,l-
5ly, also& BY Mr.. Patterso on. Ex-F F'resld dent h
I Cleveland, !. hes said, had not ltated to-
slgten$ to poll tical and 9th her q svice from
tho South, and Presl dent NJ ISinley3 had j
done much to \ heal y Cle breach between.
! tile North and South. Il ss sSSt,s
I Although |: President # Cleveland madeb
,mistakes.., Z, declared Mr.. Patterson she:
certainly did not make them against the
s,nrerests s-of the South; and wha tevel
mistakes he made were like speclss upon \
.thet sun as CON ed To- hiss great char
acter. his true Amer tean Ism Rnd his ilr-
iblemished honor III ts5, n,
q The blight Of Tho fifteenth mendn ents
Ito the Constitution had reversed the pre-
jYious great record OF the Sou tn. In pro-
RFesia snts BY Is tte!sen B
Erom,,iee, from the South would i nots Iosc5
IA sing les electora Yat all ID 3tnp n
this connection he NE ntioned as .poastble
candidates John e. Carlisle ~ Sepresenta-3
tive Williams, the minority floor leader
ana Senator Bailey 8 E Texas MS II he = t.
er!two names were OF pplauded 5f
\ sat,5g Favored Rural D elivery
Mr.. Thomas, Democrat \ of North Car
Eolina. favored the rural free delivery and
denied that the DEM mocrat pa rty had. u OF
shown enthusiasm in establishing the ser
vice. ,ss 9& fs s5#ifsi fy Z a 81 M *
Mr.. c,rurnpacker. Republican. OF Indi-
ana, read letter from f., S.. Cunningham
president OF the National Carriers Asso-
citation, urging rural free delivery carriers
to telegraph Immediately to their n,enl-
ibers of Congress to vote to increase the
salaries Of rural free delivery carriers.
Mr.. Crumpacker said he believed this
a. fulhllnlent Of tho prophecy Of ex--Rep-ls
resentatlve Loud, 8 that these carriers
WOulu OT6dIliHS2t q y ISti ioA
and dictate to Congress-. y. s5sss ~
5s Mr.. Maddox. Dem ocrat. I. OF n Georgia.
wanted to know II the civil service resu-
slatIons did mot prohibit interfering In
legislation Il Il I3,A.l u. N
Mr.. Crumpa cker remarked that his p,ir-t
pose was to advise the proper authort-5
tiles. M. n! S si78 5i3s%
Mr.. Maddox declared hotly that he had
received a 4 number. OF such telegrams.
4 a The House adjourned until tomorrow