The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-05
In TERESTS AGAIN
TRYING To CRIPPLE
The PARCELS POST
REPRESENTATIVE MADDEN IN
PRODUCES AMENDMENT FOR
EVER TYING HANDS OF THE
POSTMASTER GENERAL.
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.

\ INA<1L IL THE
Washington, March 4.-The express
companies are again attempting in
congress to cripple the efficiency of
the parcel post. Representative Mar
| tin B. Madden of illinois, slipped into
the post Office appropriation bill an
amendment prohibiting the postmas-
ter general from ever raising the
weight limit for parcels above so
pounds, thus destroying the parcel
post as a prospective competitor to
the express companies The amend
ment was offered first in committee
of the whole"-that dishonest device
| by which the house changes its name
| and prevents record votes, but Meyer
London, the lone Socialist congress
man, saw through the proposal and
demanded division. On the division
there We're II against the amendment
and 81 for it, so it went into the bill.
Later, David ]. Lewis, known in the
house as parcel Post Davy," rallied
his forces in an attempt to defeat the
obnoxious amendment, but it was too
late. The reactionaries forced the
fighting and by roll call vote-this
time in the open house-the rider was
adopted by 179 to 139, with voting
present" and 113 not voting.
Here is the list of parcel post enc
mics by states:
-Blackmon, Dent, Hefiin
California Curry, Hayes, Stephens.
Colorado inberlake.
Connecticut-Freeman, Glynn, Hill,
Oakley, Tilson.
| Delaware Miller.
Florida-Clark.
Georgia Bell, Lee.
Idaho-Smith.
Illinois-Britten, Cannon, Denison,
Foss, Fuller, Gallagher, King, Nc
Andrews, McDermott, Mckenzie, Nc
Kinley. Madden, Mann, Rainey, Roden-
berg, Sterling, Stone, Williams, t. S.,
Wheeler.
-Barnhart, Cline, Dixon,
} Lieb, Moores, Wood
Iowa-Dowell, Good, Green, Haugen
Hull, Kennedy, Street, Woods.
Kansas-Campbell, Taggart.
Kentucky-Helm.
louisiana stopinaI, Dupre, Mar
tin.
Naine-Guernsey; Kinds, Peters.
Maryland-Mudd
Massachusetts-Ca Dallinger.
Gallivan, Gardner, Gillett, Olney
: Paige, Rogers, Tague, Walsh, Wins
2 low.
Mathematics, Fordney, Kelley
MCLAUGHLIN.
Observation-Disclosures, Davis, ELS
7 worth, Smith Stevenson, Volstead.
: Mississippi-Ste
Missouri-Booher, Borland, Dyer
; Lloyd, Meeker.
Nebraska-Sloan.
Nevada-Roberts.
New Hampshire Sulloway, Watson
New Jersev-Eagan, Hart, Hutchin-
9 son. Lehback, Browning, Parker.
: New Mexico-Hernandez.
;, New York-Bennet, Chandler, Dan
. forth, Dempsey, Dunn, Fairchild
Griffin, Hamilton, Haskell, Hicks
e Hustled, Magee, Oglesby, Plat, Pratt
! Rowe, Sanford, Siegel, Snyder.
5 North Carolina-Kitchin, Hood
: Stedman, Page, Doughton, Britt.
5 -Brumbaugh, Fess, Kearns
0 Longworth, McCulloch, Ricketts,, Rus
o sell, Sherwood, Switzer, Williams.
S Oregon-Hawley, Macarthur.
Pennsvlvania-Bu Butler, Coleman, Ed
monds, Farr. Garland, Heaton, Keis-
! ter, Lesher, McFadden, Miller, Moore
\ Porter, Temple, Ware, Watson.
X Rhode Island-Kennedy, O'Shaun-
] essv, Stiness.
South CaroIina-Aiken, Finley.
!. South Dakota-Dillon.
Tennessee Garrett, Nom, Pad
gett.
Texas-Burgess, Black, Galloway
Slayden.
Utah-HowelI.
Vermont-Dale, Greene.
:. virginia-GIass, Jones, Saunders
. Slemp.
i Hadley, Johnson.
West Virpinia-Brown, Cooper, Lit
tlepage, Sutherland.
Wisconsin-Cary, Cooper, Frear
0 Konop, Stafford.
Wyoming-Mondell.