Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-25
Agriculture Too Big an Interest to
Lose in legislation
IOUsE PASSES THE POSTAL BILL
Members Score Officials in Connection
with Service.
sIssoN USES STRONG LANGUAGE
Amendments to Increase Ray Of nurHl
Carriers Offered by several
Raise of one Hundred
nOIIuva,
Dollars.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2A-The future
dividing line in the republican party was
indicated In the senate today In speeches
OF senator Smout OF Utah and Senator
Cummins OF Iowa and the fact Of this
division was pointed out by the latter.
Closing speech in opposition to the
Cummins Joint resolution for the amend
ing OF congressional rules regarding
amendments to succeed tariff bills, the
Utah senator took ground squarely against
schedule revision.
81 accept the challenge" said MIR. Cum
Minis and am prepared TO say that | be
iieve that the division here outlined will
constitute the issue of the future
Referring to tho fear expressed by those
senators that the interests Of the farmers
would be impcrilcd by pecemeal legisla-
ton. Mr. Cummns said the time had come
when agriculture would be the dominant
interest in a majority Of states, rendering
II certain farm products never would be
Disseminated against in the matter OF leg
islation In the senate.
Mr.. Flint Of California called attention
to the fact that in the last revision of the
tariff Mr.. Cummins had voted to put
asphalt on the free list, which would have
had the effect of destroying the asphalt
interests in California,
Mr.. Cummins said he had not felt under
obligations to place such a tariff on
asphalt as would permit the shipping Of
| asphalt across the continent in order to
protect a California industry.
House Passes POstOffice BiII.
The house today passed the postoffice
| appropriation bill, carrying about 1857 ,OOO %
coo, with no negative votes.
i -
the postmaster general and others high
up" including, by inference, the president
Of the United States, came in for a scor-
| ing at the hands of members of the house
| in consideration of the bill.
The debate reached its height when Rep
resentative Sisson of Mississippi said with
vigor:
The mail service all over the United
states is in a h. of fix-to use a strong
expression, and this house should fix the
responsibility where It belongs. Some say
! II Is the committee, some say II IS the
department and some say II is the presl-
dent. The department has declined to
| spend the money appropriated for ad-
ditional rural free delivery and is going to
turn back q surplus of 81 100000 from this
service"
As soon as the rural free delivery serv-
ice paragraph was reached in the bill
several members we're on their feet offer
ing amendments to increase the pay OF
the rural carriers from $500 year all the
way to $l9OO. Chairman Weeks OF the
postoffice committee attempted to limit the
debate, but the house would not hear of II
Chairman Weeks said some OF the rura
carriers on the hard routes were under
paid Others he thought were receiving al
they deserved.
However" added Chairman Weeks, amid
| great applause, the committee is now
willing to have the salaries of the rura
carriers increased 500 a year"
The house then passed an amendment
providing that after July l. 1911 the car.
riers should receive salary not exceed.
ing $1,000 a year.
| An attempt to substitute official postage
stamps for the franks now used by mem.
bers of congress and government depart
| ments was defeated.