The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-03
.POU STOPS THE
MOUTH OF BAKER
Nuts Too Hard For New
Workers. Teeth.
POSITION OF KLUTTz
He Holds That the Appropriation For
Special Mail Facilities is Not a
Subsidy in Its True Sense. A
Division in the
Vote.
POSITION OF KLUTTZ
Especial to News and observerD


Washington, B. c., Feb. 2.--Repre-
sentative Kluttz today closed the de-
bate in an able and eloquent speech
in defense of the special appropria-
ton of one hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars to the Southern Railway
for special mail facilities to the peo-
pie along its main line.
Mr.. Kluttz contended that this ap-
preparation is not n subsidy III any
proper understanding of that word
He stated that this special appropria-
tion put the mails into New Orleans
one day and into Los Angeles two days
earlier than they would so without it,
with corresponding shortening of time
at all intermediate points. He argued
that millions were spent for expediting
the mails OF the great cities of the
North by special carriers and neumatic
tubes. and contended that ii was but
scant justice for the South TO get this
pittance to expedite the mails between
the Northern markets and her cities,
towns and country neigh borhoodS. IN
concluding he claimed that this appro-
priation was absolutely necessary in
order for the South to have her pres
ent quick mails. lie was warmly APP
plauded several times during the
speech and at its conclusion he was
heartily congratulated.
Immediately after Mr. kluttS'S s
speech the vote was taken on the mo-
ton to strike out the special appro-
priation and it was defeated by a vote
of lis to II.
North Carolina members voted as
follows: KIuttz for the appropriation:
Pou and Patterson, Page and Webb
against it; Mr.. Thomas was paired
against it with Republican, and
Small Claude. Kitchin and w. w.
Kitchln were absent, the former in
Raleigh in attendance with the Nor
folk delegation, the two latter in at
tendance as witnesses on the Federal
Court at Jackson, Miss.
Your correspondent is not advised
as TO Mr., Small's attitude on this APP
preparation, but he does know that the
Mesrs. kitchin are against it.
Representative Pou today asked
some very pertinent question OF Mr.
Baker the freak member from New
York, who was attacking Southern
Democrats for foisting, as he said.
Judge Parker on the party. Mr.. Pou
asked him If he did not vote for Judge
Parker. After much hesitation and
cries of, Answer from all over the
house Mr.. Baker replied that the
Democratic party nominated him and
he thought it was as little as he could
do to vote for Judge Parker.
Mr. Pou then asked him if he meant
to charge Judge Parker with being a
monopolist. to which. Baker answered,
that he did not charge that. Mr.. Pou
then said:
your grievance against Southern
Democrats is that they voted for q
candidate put forward by your own
State and when you, yourself voted
for, and Mr.. Baker did not answer.
REPRESENTATIVE Webb has Decn ap-
pointed one of the members of the
conference committee on the trade
mark bill.
This is quite q distinction. as two
Democrats out rank Mr.. Webb en- the
Committee on Patents and he was
selected over them.
Mrs. Is. y. Page, after a short visit
to her husband. the Representative.
returned to North Carolina tonight.
State Geologist Holmes. of Chapel
Hill. was here today returning from
St Louis where he mas been detained
on account of business connected with
the exposition.