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democrats Again Defeated I'm Their
Efforts to Have a Search for Rot
tenness neutrality-suspicious. Said
they Wanted Some Definite
Charges Made before Investigate
ing the Department-Dehnit
Charges Were Mentioned.
washington, April 1.-THE Culber-
son amendment to the postoffice appro-
nriation bill, providing for a commits
sion TO investigate the Postoffice De-
partment was before the Senate all
of to-day, and after being ruled out
NJ order was pending in modified form
when the Senate adjourned.
Mr.. German made an earnest plea
fer an investigation, saying the Post
Office Department had cast reflections
upon members of Congress, and that
thorough examination should be had.
Mr.. Aldrich answered that the
amendment as finally modified meant
nothing; that if an investigation was
TO be had it should be a live one"
He said that if any specific charges
were brought in they should be looked
into by Congress, but that the de-
mand should not be made part of a
general appropriation bill.
Semi-political speeches were made
by Messrs. Teller and Simmons Mr..
Teller said Fourth Assistant Postmas-
ter General Bristow had stated that
Beavers got only $4,000 and Machen
S2000O and yet the government had
been defrauded out of a total of $s,-
100000. 1t was this amount in which
there was interest. There was high
authority for saying the Postoffice De-
partment ought to be investigated fur
Their. The President and his two at
torneys had said this. Yet the Re-
publicans Of the Senate had begged
the question, and declared there was
nothing further to be investigated.
referring to the charge made g. few
days ago that the Democrats did not
know who their candidate for the
presidency would be, Mr. Teller said:
mo. Mr.. President we do not know
whether it will be Cleveland, Parker,
Hearst or Bryan. The Democratic
party never knows who it is going
meets"
Did Not Consider TuIIOch.
Mr. Simmons answered the recent
speech of Mr.. Spooner, who defended
Postmaster General Payne from what
he treated as an attack by Mr.. Sim
mons in previous remarks. Mr.. Sim
mons declared to-day that his remarks
in relation to the reluctance of the
Postofffce Department to undertake an
investigation referred to hesitancy on
the part of former Postmaster General
Smith, and not to the present post
master general Mr.. Payne. He re-
iterated however, his belief that the
investigation had been delayed and al
so that the present postmaster gen.
eral had not treated fairly the offer
of s. w. Tulloch to give testimony
in regard to conditions in the depart
ment. This act of discoura Ssment,
said Mr.. Simmons, was calculated to
deter the work of unearthing the scan
dals in the department.
Returning to his speech of a fort
night ago, when he referred to the
selection by the Democrats of a can
didate for the presidency, Mr.. Sim
mons said he had been charged with
advocating the selection of a neutral
man. He enumerated the Qualifca-
tons he had demanded, such as a
calm, well poised disposition and mind,
Judicial, and conservative tempera-
ment, and asked whether that would
be regarded a neutral man. Turning
to the Republican side, he said he sup
posed the candidate wanted was one
who would overturn affairs of the
twentieth century, make new laws
when the present ones do not suit,
and treaties with foreign countries
q nf he
Senate. He said the country has wit
messed the spectacle of a president
held up on the one hand as a trust
buster and on the other as a safe
man for business interests. 1--WE have