The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-10
BR|STOW REPORT
BORN IN SHAME
Attacks Body Of Men Free From
Any Wrong-D Doing
WARM TIME IN HOUSE
GROSVENOR OF OHIO CHARGES
DOCUMENT AS BEING PRO.
DUCTiON OF LIAR AND
SCoUNDREL.
BY the Associated Press.

! BY the Associated Press.
Washington. March 9.-That an in.
yestigation of the postoftce depart
ment by the public will result from
the publication of the report involving
members of congress in that connec
ton, was indicated by every express
sion possible. With whirl of pro
! test the reports were taken up by in
| dignant members, their personal con,
nection with it explained and epithets
hurled at Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Bristow THE Bristow report
was conceived in iniquity, born in sin
land has Travelled its course until il
has struck the public of the United
States as a great attack on a body OF
men as free from wrong-d0ing, cor
ruption, crime and irregularlty as any
! equal number of men on the face of
| the earth. This was the tribute to the
| report:
THAT document is the production Of
a liar and sc0undrcl' said Repre-
sentative Hin, Of Connecticut in max
ing an explanation of his connection
with certain leases. He added that he
should vote both to investigate him
self aud also the fourth assistant post
master general
There is nothing in any Of II to
impugn an improper motive or the
conduct of any member of the house"
said Chairman 0verstreet of the com.
mittee, who combatted the idea of an
Investigation.
Williams the Democratic leader,
urged a complete investigation of the
whole post office department and re-
ceived hearty applause from both
sides of the chamber and from the
gallery.
Cooper, (Wisconsin) said he was
"one of the members under indict
ment." No member of the house, he
said, whose name was in the list;
coupled with that of A. W. Machen
whom the court knows, and the world
knows is a convicted felon on his way
10 the pen. had right to stand up in
the house and ask for moment de-
lay upon the resolutions"
Kitchen. North Carolina) charged |
Bristow with deliberately suppress
ing important and material facts, and
insisted that Brstows action was for |
good purposes.
Butler. (PennsyIyania) said he dif /
fored from Grosyenor and he would |
defy any one to close the doors Of the |
postoftice department to him. What |
my constituents are entitled to-" he |
vigorously remarked, they shall |
have." and sneeringly added, "Bris-
tov or no Bristow. Whoever had as |
sailed him, he said. was coward |
Thompson. (Alabamal character
lied the report as infamous and as
having for its object the intimidation |
of members in order to keep them |
from insisting upon their rights. He
declared no insinuation of that kind !
would keep him from exercising his |
duty as a congressman
Robinson. (Arkansas) demanded an |
investigation OF the entire postoffice !
department The Brstow report, he
said. was an attempt 10 muddy the
waters" and prevent the house from
llaking a thorough investigation OF
tl'at department.
Cooper, wisconsin, interrupted /
Robinson and said he had been in
formed by an old member of the house !
that Bristow. trembling from Illness"
told that member that he, tBristow) /
had never seen the report as It was
now printed. "Therefcre." said Coop /
er, Il think the abuse of him ought to
stop"
Maddox. (Ga) the last speaker OF I
the day referred TO the fact that the I
report contained only one of the nine I
specific instances charged in the orig /
inal indictment" Overstreet ex- I
planned that that was because the 9th !
er eight were not sent to the com 1
mittee.
Maddox quickly took advantage Of 4
this reply and said it showed that all 4
the data at the departments command 4
had not been supplied and that there
should be an investigation.