Show CONGRESS by W to th mar 16 mr kellogg motion for an investigation of lie newspaper charges against hiar wo on of mr gabed aye 34 nay 25 a party vot mr edmunds introduced ft bill regulating the proceedings of tie electoral college in voting for pro den to a select committee ano affo resumed consideration f the star ej ervice bill in which mr beck continued hit remark tha postmaster general ha no case no excuse he had made it neo to take out of the treasury to cover up his misdoing the money must bo appropriated ue would vote for the bill but not until congress hiie plainly told the department it had done wrong the law had been violated he thea spoke of tho manner in which the appropriation had been expended the forfa worth and fort route was advertised last year as 1426 miles as a matter of fact it ie 1410 mi es long it was let for four eare it schedule time nv nten duys number of office birta five tn fony five day alter 00 more was give to the con the time from to thirteen days and ad ami one the southern pacific railway will not taki the naila from th government they the contractor pay them more llin govern men rates on lie prescott santa pe route the was lei to clr mcdonough McDono for early there were clirel trips a week the length ef the route is aco mites there was added for additional trips walsh subcontractor sub contractor performed his work so badly kimt mcdonugh was declared failing contractor tho department hid declared in trips cesary ne decesary yet it then cut alia vice down again agnin to and told Mc Donoughe creties they could have it at that they had no equipment and of u could not take it I then given to walsh and immediately increased to for expedition md increased trip is now a banker in washington ue was Bammon ed before the corn find the question wae asked of him as the increase was made solely on hie own affidavit why he did nob ask for two hundred t ou sand he replied the trouble with him was he bad always been doin business oa percentage if he had been doing business with the department a little while longer he would probably now be under investigation on the basis ot two hundred thousand dollars lambs said beck he bad not learned it was as easy to get two hundred thousand aut of brady as one li undred end thirty six thousand there were no n w erected on that route welsh is now under indictment in new orleans for a breach of the rev denue laws a year ago and brady is set down as chief witness against him beck feared he would never be convicted on bradda testimony when the increase was granted on h e it was known he had violated the revenue law the vinita and la vegas route ran through the indian and connected the military posts very few people live on the line and little mail is earned six post offices were added and the pay increased from to the original bonds were but were never increased beck did not car to cite all euch caes that existed these were fair samples lie had th aught br idy an honest man but he was a tool of other men ue was really clerk of those under him instead of their being clerk under him beck went on to eay that was more for the expedition on twenty specified routes than it would cost to give daily trip on them the contractors do mt want more aripe their cry is for faster time so they can build up lucrative u business in competition with the regular companies and the department pave it to them on their own affidavits bat it is necessary while the postmaster general may have dono he thought best it is a ei iular fact that ho hae neer buted hi discretion to reduce the expenses and keep within th ampro but atwate to increase appropriate nt teller opposed M beneral was by law given full discretion over an increase of the service no officer can exercise such discretion if the house or the cenate or the president or any body else can interfere with it past have little idea of the suffered by those living in the west on account of restricted mail communication these people rely almost entirely for heir reading matter on what comes through alje mails and largest dry goods house in and colw western cities are support ed by custom through the mails lie believed the postmaster eter general waa chinng ft better service than bad ever given before and at below or lowar rate considering the great growth of the western states the department had used its discretion des wisely garland opposed the preamble tho worst that could be said of the de had misused its discretion if it had it it had been under pres euro from eminent men coun booth want to put a statement on record the fact is that the vice on the star route today to day is better and more expeditiously performed than ever before the matter carried I largely greater than ever before the the con tractors higher than it hae been for five year and the cost of the transportation more than it hus been at any time within twenty five yeary with tho exception of a ciurle year kirk wood opposed ho preamble Cen grees had appropriated five millions nine hundred thou tand dollars in gro for the star bervice eer vice what bo star elvica ie and hae been in the discretion of the postmaster general the question is whether the service ordered wa necessary to in other parts of the country to aye money to put new service where required in the west if this were aone in order to enable him to keep within the appropriation the eastern people would perhaps bein to look at this question the western people now do he believed the postmaster general had acted and wise ly he would vote for abo bill but against the preamble davi W va stated th debate chefe wag no opposition to the bill itself ho was authorized auth oried by tha of the committee on to oser the following third cotton which would take the place of the preambles gothing Io thing in this act ball be deemed or construed cono trued ratification of any unlawful act or v omi selon of any officer of the united states or aal act any proceeding thereon blague slated aa a member of the committee he was opposed to both the preamble and th proposed amendment plumb opposed the amendment prohibiting further iacre ise of tripe it was uncut to th growing communities muni ties of th west callac pointed out that was appropriated for the necessary new service it deemed to him the people could get along a few months without increased trip adjourned mar 17 the bill removing the political disabilities A pryor passed ll ampton from the military committee reported a bill to complete the survey of the gettysburg battle field movement of the troops etc calendar Barp side introduced the bill for permanent of a fund for the navy referred pen anig the debate on private bills the morning hour expired end the senate resumed the consideration deficiency bill the pending question being on the committee amendment prohibiting the in crease of trips on the etar routes during tha remainder of the fiscal year i holce the debate waa uninteresting thia morning and biker warned the democrats against attempts at and against a mr cobb said the democracy could take cafe of itself lie did not believe th assertion aser tion ahat the extra lost them if it had they would by loic andreason win tarm again the commit ien roseand adjourned mar 17 the house went into on the deficiency bill gerheld Gir held criticized criticised severely the gri f the atio party to refuse lo 10 appropriate for special deputy marshals but appealed in conclusion to the democrats to prevent th disasters which their party leaderer were bringing upon the country and expressed hi belief eliat euch a role would bo had on thi bill aa would bet at rest the poor dregs of the extra session the was continued by burrows hie conviction thit the purpose of the democratic demb cratic party to steal the next dency b which springer retorted by charging the republican party with or thre stales in alie last presidential election mcmahon replied to garfeld and burrets Bur roTs and then warner took the floor at the conclusion of his speech I the agential gent ial debate was closed and the bill was read by sections |