The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-17

heated discussion followed. which was participated in by Messrs, Lamb tVa.). Holiday t.nd, and Gaines iTenn,l Mir. Robinson had charged the Republicans with being responsible sdr the subsidy. which brought from Mfr Lamb an erii. phatic prote3t. saSinE fl4ere were as good Democrats In syhe House as Mfr. Robin son who would support the proposition. GA Legalized Steal"
 Although the Louisville and Nashville Railway, one of the roads benefited uy the subsidy. passed through his town, Mir. Gaines excitediy declared she sub sidy to be .'legaIized steai'
 The alleged Bristow report refiecting on
 members was bitterly attacked by Mir. Pearse lMd.l That report he designatsd as 'a rough and indigested mass of .n nIl the discussicn which had taken place, he had. he said, heard no law quoted apc no regulation mentioned which prohibited members from making the Recommendations they did. He wanted 10
 know if the fact taas Beavers had beer
 indicted carried with it charge against members oe Congress. A member or i Congress. he insisted. has the right to ex- peet the performance of 6 pubic duty in 1 the executive of the law by postofice official The report itself. he said. In which Bristow sought to condemn mem bers justified their action
 Mir, Aiken tS, C.) urged an increase l in the salary os rural carriers to $500 Mir. Finley (S. C.) believed n a reason ! able and just allowance for clerk hire ] for all postof!ices and said he would not ! condemn any member for requesting allowances sor separating mall and for 1 unusual business, There were. he said. ! rumors ot the abuse of the sraHkinE | privilege and that should be looked into. l M.. Ssiibley (Pa.l suggested that f Mr. l Finley personally knew of any such 1 abuses. t was his duty to call specific attention, to the individual.
 Finley Not Accuser. @ l Mir. Finley declared he was not making | any charges against members Of Con- l~gress, but had read the statements n ! inc press. He said tie public naind was 1 saturated with ,se charge that there was | corruption .o the Postoffice Department | ard the only thing 10 do was to inyesti- | gate is. .
 In a speech characterized by intense | yikor Mir. Flood (va.> asserted that the
 credit for establishment of the rural free | delivery service belonged to the Demo- l crats. II had. he said, been claimed by Perry S. Heath former First Assistant | Postmaster General.
 T am not" he said. ''astonished that ] a gentleman who was willing to rob and piunder his government and permit other l people to, roA and plunder the govern | ment he had sworn to protect. should rob a political opponent of tEe credit to which 1 he was entitled" a
 He protested, he said. against ''honora- ble gentlemen on this floor following the | example of Perry s. Heath"
 GAS to Running Amuck."
 Mir. Williams lafiss.l had read an
 editorial from The New York Times to- day under the heading. "As to running .l amuck," having reference to an interview
 with the Attorney General on the sub
 ject of the merger decision The Attor.
 ney General had given his view he said
 "to quiet the apprehension Of trusts and
 combinations for fear, they might think the govpynment was going into the bust , nese of discovering and prosecuting them 4 .Inlscallapaoasiy without regard to- pesiti. cal aiifliation or past connection win Republican pollcies.rf .s, z lfe said 1t remained to be seen whether this proseeutfon was a theatrical cam ] paign trick or the beginning of genera
 policy ''of shackling cunning now a' strength and brute force have beer shackled in the pastf"
 General debate or the postofiice appro
 priation bill was closed. by Mir. Gaine!
 (Tenn) who opposed mall subsidies tc . railroads. If the provision could be de ) feated. he said, the money intended fo, mall subsidies could go to raising thu salaries of rural carriers and to extending ] the service into the jpngles of the coun
 try. [ At 5:eO o'clock the House adjourned.