The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-16
POSTOFFICES OWNED
BY Senators and Representatives Who
Are Involved in Scandal.
VALUE OF "INFLUENCE. !"
Another Chapter in Last Summers
Postofiice Investigation. Diff
ftrent Forms Of Crooked
Business LetOut.

Postofiice Investigation. DIFF
ferent Forms Of Crooked
Business Let Out.
Another chapter in the poStoffice
investigation of last summer was re
vealed Thursday when Chairman
Overstreet Of the houSr committee CT
postotfices and post roads laid before
the house Of representatives a closely
printed document Of 2lS pages re
counting the instances on file in the
postot1ice department in which mem
bers Of the senate and house Of repre-
sentatives have used their influence
with officials OF the poStofHce depart.
ment, with more or less success, to Sc.
cure increases in tie salaries Of post,
masters, additional clerk hire and ad.
vantageous leases for buildings fo1
postotlice purposes.
The report vas made by the unani.
NOUS vote Of the members Of MIR.
Overstreet'S committee, in response
to a resolution calling for the informa-
tion. introduced by Representative
Hay of Virginia. AS the information
accompanies the report, the commit
tee recommended that the resolution
lay on the table. Three cases are set
forth in which members Of congress
own buildings which are leased to the
government for postotfice purposes.
The members involved are J. W.
Wadsworth of New York: J. D. Bow
erStock, Of Kansas, and Geo. L. Lilley
of Connecticut.
The history Of 16l cases is given in
the report wherein members of con-
gress figure in getting authorization
for clerk hire in excess Of tho amount
the Gt1ice in question was en'i5led to.
Many Of these increases W re only
temporary, and have been q scontin-
ued.
Among those whose ii. Ruence"
fseemed good with the post office de-
partment are Senator Clay Ind Req
reSentative Griggs Of Georgia; Sene-
tor PitcharG secured an increase for
clerk hire Of Granville, n. c., from
SO to $50 per annum. which on Dec.
l, 1903, was discontinued altogether.
He also secured an increase from SD
to $50 for Wake Forest, n. c., whicl
was reduced to the former amount
Oct. l, 1903
Senator McLaurin appears for an
increase in South Carolina. Repre-
sentatives Brownlow and Gibson Sc
cured several increases in Tennessee
which have been reduced since. ST.:
out of II cases in Virginia are down
to the credit Of Representative Swan
son, while Park Agnew's name als)
appears for others in this State.
There are accounts Of III instance;
in the reporj where members Of con-
gress have made recommendations IL
connection with leases of buildings for
postctlice purposes.
Senator Oyerman is the owner of
the building in which the postottice at
Salisbury, n. c., is located The re-
port says that on taking his seat as a
United States senator be offered to
surrender the lease, but the offer was
declined by the government, it being
held that the lease was not invalidat-
e1 by his election as senator.
Tie report files in the postoffice de-
partment indicate that the office at
Tuskagee, Ala, is owned by the Rep
resentative Thompson Of Alabama.
The report gives the correspondence
between Beavers and Representative
Thompson at his successful efforts to
have the rent allowance increased
from $40 to $500 annually.
The following names of senators
and members appear in the report as
having made representations to the
postotfice department concerning the
leases Of premises for postotices and
for allowances for rent, fuel and light.
Alabama Representatives Bank
head and Clayton, Senator Pettus.
Connecticut-Representatives Hen
ry Hill and Lilly.
Georgia-Representative Griggs.
Illinois Representatives G. W.
Smith, Marsh, Graft, Mann, Senator
Cullom, ex-senator Mason, Speaker
Cannon.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Watson.
Hemenway, Cromer, Overstreet, Brick
and G. B. Lands.
Iowa-Representatives Connor, Hep
burn, Hull, Cousins, Thomas, Hau
CHEN and Senator Dolliver.
Kansas-Representatives Calder
head, Curtis and Rowersack.
Louisianna-Representatives Brea-
zeale, Ransdell and Senator McEnery.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Burieigh
and Allen.
Maryland-Representatiyes Jackson
and Pearrie.
Massachusetts, R e p re sentatives
Lowering and Greene
Michigan-representatives CARD
ner. Smith, Fordney, Hamilton,
Bishop, Wm a. Smith and Darragh.
Minnesota-Representatives Nc
Cleary and Lawney.
Nebraska-Representative Burkett
New Jersey-Representatiy i, Howell
and Gardner.
New Yors-Representativ S Alex
ander, Breeland, ketcham, Slermar,
Wadsworth: Payne and Lit; ler.
North Carolina Senator Overmar.
North Dakota = r epres .entatiye
Spalding.
Ohio-Re representatives. Van WOOL
his, SkileS aud GroSvenor.
Pennsylvania R Represe ntatives
Wagner, Bates, Evans, Achesao, Sit-
ley, Daizell md Butler.
South Carolina R e p reSentatives
Findley.
South Dakota -Repres entatire
Burke.
Tennessee-Representatives BroWr-
low.
Texas-RepreSentative Burleson.
Vermont = Representatives Foster
and HaSkins.