The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-12
to-lnYestlg ate 4 tfe- department, It must

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS department. ~ must
he done by &c urselve s. Is III sjssS ,S 8
Continuing, he inquired 4 4
Arc you going to say to the country
a TINT the DEPARTMENT. that lies about YOU
k tells the truth about its own actions?
do YOU intend to go before your cons
sstituency and the good people OF tho
United States and say that this great
department. witch has published this;
report conceived In sin aud born In
iniuuity,,'sis the purest and the best and
the mos t capable to examine into Its own
8initIitics?' Loud applause, followed this
utterance. 81 : ae S5s y Ky sse ,sSf1 III Y
Hyena in Human Form. II
Mr. rKluttz {North Cardinal maintained
that members had been charged with no
violation OF law, but with n ISOLATION OF
b secret regulation of the Postoffice De
partment. which could not have been
known to the members named in tho
report, who made the requests for ad Ii
Gitionnl clerical assistance.
$ly inquired, lis the llycna IN, human
form, WHO would tear aside the sepulchre
of%the dead and seek to besmtrch and hos
foul an honorable rcpu ton q This re
mark was brought out because cludcd
among I he names mentioned In I he re-
port was that OF tho late Representative
Moody, Of North Carolina, Mr.. Kluttz
and now Justice Pritchard. He closed by
demanding an; investigation OF the de-
partment. "a s . 8 81 ..99
tn member Of the Postofflce Committee,
said he did not believe General y ristoW
compiled the report. but the identity of
the person who did. no asserted, would
soon be revealed. 4 "
Contained Much Falsehood.
an many Instances within my own
Knowledge he declared, ut contains as
much falsehood as was ever put on pa
per-
4 Mr. Finley explained n lease transact
tion with which his name was connected
| lii tho report. 5 Up
..The publication Of this document,
said Mr.. Burleson Crcxas) who followed
Mr. Finley. .'llas done Il great, wrong
to members on both sides of the House.
Somebody, ahe declared. was responsible
for 1t. 1T was prepared for q purposc, a
lie warmly stated. Tho man who is re-
sponsibc for it. ethe postmaster-general,
lie said. vas approached by tho press for
an explanation What did tic do? he
inquired. Why" he said, Tho made light
or 1t and spoke jestngly Of III and when
further Questioned laughed. ssi
."rhc Postofflce Department" S% he said
."reeked with rottenness4and was STEPPED
In corruption" n sgt, 81 III s 81 8; K 4, es5
The purpose OF the postlnastcr-g 60 ncra !.
he said, was to involve honorable men q
both parties lin this scandal GUS: trans
actlon,, and thereby intmidato them
from moving further In what the Amer
lean people are demanding
Distinguished Inbecile.
Mr.. Clayton (Ala.) was unsparing In his
criticism Of Postmaster General Payne to
whom lilo referred as q hat dlsting ulshed
imbecile who happens to DO postmaster
general OF the United States,
n Mr.. Clayton III spoke tof the rulloch
clargcs and the light way III which
Postmaster General Payne treated them,
When pressed for information. no said
tho postmaster-gcn general, that dlsting uisi-
ed specimen of aslnlnlty" characterized
the TullochEl chargc sI ms 'hot air. The
inquiry had been pursued, he yelle nlently
declared, mot by virtue Of the efforts OF
Postmaster-Gcncral Payne and President
Roosevelt, but In response to a demand Of
the press. He closed with q bitter per-
sonnl attack on Postmaster-G General
Payne. and referred to him as "a Mr..
Hot Air man" and a Mr.. Horse Lalugll-
ter nian,"twho had been publicly congrat''
ulated BY the President for the dis
tlngulshed service he rendered the coun-
try In securing the conviction Ct 3Macnen
and his confederates /" II
Swanson Opens Fire.
No less vigorous In Ills tdenunciation Of
tho report and Of the department WNs
Mr., Swanson (YaD, who Insisted that
every member Of the House, w llet or he
was mentioned In the report or not, owes
lat 10 himself to demand and insist upon
1.-the fullest investigation OF the Post9fliep
Department., The whole amount involved,
| he said, represented by tile increases WAS
but $l4,270. Tho department, ne ,salu,
cannot shirk Its duty. and lie attributed
rs tho reason for tho report, q desire Of
the department ITO muddy the waters"
Mr.. Small IN CD adyocat tod an inYestl-
cation OF the whole Postoftica DEPART
ment, saying that MI, Hill. 4 OF Connects
iliar ana seoundrel there, II was barely
possible he believed. taat there were