The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-10
BRISTOW THE SUBJECT OF \. CONGRESSIONAL EPITHETS

of the Bristow report. Mr. 0rosvenor ex. plained the cases in which his name wa, mentioned
 T will resign my seat tomorrow. hs said. pounding his desk If there is any thing irregular or improper In what did"
 Conceived in Iniquity. Then showing the effects of his indig. nation Mir. Grosvenor pounded his desE again and said: T condemn the man that sent that into this House. Can any self-respecting congressman ever enter the ofhce of the man who will produce such a document as thaf7" The Bristow report. he said in conelu- sion was conceived in fniquity and born in sin and had traveled It's course until it had struck the public of the United States as great attack on q body ot men ''as free from wrong doing, corrup- ton. crime and irreguiarity as any equal number of men on the face of the earth"
 There was prolonged applause on both sides Of the House as General Grosvenor. who spoke with great fervor and earn estness, took ilfs seat.
 Ccngressnen Explain. MT. Lilly (Conn). who was charged in the report with being technical violator of the law in leasing his building at Win sted. Conn, to the government for spst- office purposes and MT. Butler PaeNan- other accused member, denounced the re- port in heated terms
 MT. Hin tConn.) likewise mentioned in the Bristow report, denied that he had done anything improper. "T am going to vote for. q resolution to investigate my self and to investigate the fourth assist ant postmaster general" he said. amid "A, t,saA 1f Hv. of the report Mr. Hill vehemently de- clared:
 A Liar and Scoundelr.
 That document Is the production of liar and scoundrel."
 Mir. Hill was loudly appiauded. His concluding words had thrown the House into confusion and Speaker Cannon had dimculty in restoring order.
 Mir. Thompson (Ala.) also named in the report characterized the report as inc famous and as having for it's object the intimidation of members in order to keep them from insisting on their rights He declared that no insinuation of the kind would keep him from exercising his duty as a Congressman.
 MT. Robbins (Ark.) demanded an inves- ugation of the entire Postoffice Depart Hnent. 'it having confessedly been unable to conduct It's affairs with seeming de- gree of propriety"
 The Bristow report. he said, was an at- tempt to muddy the waters" and to prevent the House from making a thor ough investigation of the Department Mir. Cooper Cwis.) interrupted MT. RSss< bins and said that he had T1eif in- formed by an old member of the House that General Bristow ''trempling from Illness" told that member that he ''Bris- tow) had never seen the report as it was now printed. 'sTherefore,'' said Mfr. Cooper. T think the abuse of him ought to stop"
 MT. Maddox tGa.) the last speaker of the day, referred to the fact that the re- port contained one of the nine specific ir@ stances charged in the original indlct- fnent f
 Mir. overstreet explained that that was because the other eight were not sent to the Committee.
 MT. Maddox quickly took advantage of this reply and said 1t showed that all these data at the Departments command had not been supplied and there should be an investigation.
 The naval appropriation bill was sent to conference, the Speaker appointing Messrs. Foss, Dayton and Mercer con- ferees on the part of the House, and at 6 o'clock the House adjourned.