Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-21

liryc to the contrary when they p,!
s.st in venting all their spleen upol
Congressman J n'a while III '"'
Virginia senators were more thar
equally culpablc, If culPability there
was.
In a communication - the R''''
mund Timrs-Dispatch. which has been
one Of Mr.. Jones most unspar.n@
Ic,!tics and yet has never c'Dsur'
the two acrat IS. Mr.. Jones says
with regard to the mcasur" that NJ
| voice. fJr in the House:
! 1T was merely an CXtensi II T the
| provisions OF and an am'nlhl"nt u
the ocean mail bill passed by Con-
grcss in Match. 1891. /, in no"';S'
changed the prinici:lc OF that act
| During each of Ii" wears since
| the not CT 1891 ha, Dc"n in force
| Congress has appropriate Il slim that
in the aggregate. cmonri to NOR"
| than $4,000 900 In iaym'n. OF IN"
contracts entered int by h" PIT
master General Hereunder. and. 50
| far as know to the contrary. there
has never been a Democratic Fot"
cast against these annual appropr'a'
lions. Moreover, the identical bill.
for supporting which 1t Is now sought
TO read me a lesson in Democracy.
passed the Senate a year ago this
month without a single dissenting
vote. after full discussion OF ITS
provisions. and after the adoption by
that body OF two amendments--one
prepared by Senator Bacon. OF Gcor-
gia and the other by Senator SIM
mons, Of North Carolina, both, good
and true Democrats, which Immediate
" increased its acccptability to the
Democratic minority. and most Of
fectually removed all Democratic OPP
position. One of those amendments
provided that if two or more regular
lines should be established. under
the provisions Ct the ocean mail bill
of 1891. at least on" should touch at
least two ports on the Atlantic coast
south OF Care Charles on all outward
ana hcnlcward VOYAGES. This mean
IN all probability. that line Of Amer
lean owned steamers. built In Amer
icau shipyarIs and running 70 South
American pcrts. would touch regular
L. at either Newport News or Nor.
folk, Va, and Charleston. S. C.. and
what hat would hav" mcart to the
trade and commerce Of the Southern
States. had this been rasscd,
leave to the. imagination of my critics.
Today, our mails TO Scuih American
ports are either carried by al,w for
cign tramps, at irregular intervals. Or
are sent from New YORK 10 London
or Liverpool. ard thence, By either
British or German ships. to their
destination N>nc OF Cur Southern
products. under existing Condi rs.
can be sen: 10 any SOu'h America
port by anv regular line of vessels.
The other amcadmen, provided
that the total cxpcnt iturc for foreign
mail service for any one year should
no, exceed the estimated revenue
therefor for tia year. This pr
vision rcbbod rs opponents OF even
a rrc,Cxt 70, arlc.erizins he bill as
merc gratuity or subsidy measure.
|, provided beyond any peradeventrre
that the contemplated ocean mail
service should he self-sust,ininf that
| 1t should not take one dolior cut Of
the public treasury. and I subm;;
that. in Wow cf the obvious tencf.s.
direct a2d ;ud' rec. TO be- derived
fr nj this proposed mail service.
|libcral-yca. even gencrcuS-com-
pcnsa:iCn shouiC no b. withheld by
Congress. especially when n involve,
irG paymcn! 60; OF tee ubi;c treas
ivy. II such compensation for scrv,
ICES ac;ucily pCr;ormCl - to be