The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-17
SPIGHT STIRS UP
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 MT. Robinson said the postoffice depart ment was against the subsidy and con gressional influence was perpetuating it. The trend of events he said, was in favor of honesty and clean administration in the postoffice department but, he said when members put themselves on record against the postmaster general In this question how do they stand in view of his report against themselves?" The house had been agitated he said, and the country disturbed by the report sent in rehecting on members, but" he said speaking with much vigor "1here is A real scandal, scandal that you are fore ing upon the postmaster general and his department He closed amid democratic appl9Hse by asking if the house was go- ing to stand for it''
 Would Be an Injustice.
 MT. Sibley of Pennsylvania contended that to deny the subsidy would be doing manifest injustice to the interest of inc south. A heated discussion followed wbicn was participated in by MT. Lamb of yir- ginia, Hilliday of Indiana and Gaines of tennessee MT. Robinson had charged the republicans with being responsible for the subsidy, which brought from MT. Iamh an emphatic protest saying there were as good democrats in the house as Mir. Roh- inson who would support the proposition.
 Although the Louisville and Nashville railroad, one of the roads benefited bv the subsidy passed through his town. MT. Gaines excitedly declared the subsidy to be '1egalized steal.'
 The alleged Bristow report ref1ectine m members was bitterly attacked by MT. Pearse of Maryland. That report he desie- mated as rough and undigested mass of stuff." In all the discussion which had taken place, he had, he said, heard no law quoted and no regulation mentioned which prohibited members from making the recommendations they did. He wanted to know whether the fact that Beavers had been indicted carried with it a charge against members of congress. A member of congress, he insisted. has the right to expect the performance of public duty in the execution of the law by a post office official The report, he said in which Bristow endeavored to condemn members justified their action. The Bristow re- port, he said, was "a lot of slush and stuff" gathered from the waste baskets and was report, the percentage of which no one would acknowledge.
 Is an Undue Interpretation.
 MT. Crumpacker of Indiana entertained the view that General Bristow did not pretend to say that any member of the house made it proper request Of Beavers but he said Beavers had granted re- quests without any regard of the merits of the cases. He contended that members had put an undue interpretation upon the report because there was nothing in it to show illegality or dishonesty in the conduct of a single member of the house. He then took up the subject of appropria- tions for special mail facilities granted certain railroads and said they were noth- ing short of a mere gratuity.~The rural free delivery he strongly favored.
 MT. Aiken of South Carolina urged an increase in the salary of rural carriers to $90o.
 MT. Finley of South Carolina believed in a reasonable and just allowance for clerk hire for all postoffices, and said he would not condemn any mmeber for requesting allowance for separating mail and for unusual business There were, he said, rumors of the abuse of the franking privilege. and that should be looked into.
 MT. sibley of Pennsylvania suggested