| Show ALL FRAUD EXPOSED CONGRESS WILL HAVE THOROUGH investigation MADE washington march IS during the discussion of the postoffice post office appropriation bill today the recent report ot the department regarding con gressional gress lonal solicitation ot clerk hire allowances low ances and rental ot quarters to the government was again brought up mr gregga ot georgia got into an argument with mr cooper 0 wisconsin as to the authorship ot the document and insisted over the protest ot mr cooper that it waa prepared under the direction ot general bristow he defended the committee ot which he Is a member n giving publicity to the report saying that the united states Is too powerful and too great to convict any man by a suppression ot facts he said the members of the house after threats to tear the roof oft the department part ment had turned tall and stated that the department should investigate the congressmen mr burton of ohio delivered a carefully prepared speech on the question of increases in national expenditures and warned the house against extravagance the right of he president to utilize the yachts mayflower and sylph was questioned by mr cochran of missouri who argued that there was no authority of law for it mr fitzgerald new york discussed labor legislation enacted in bis state mr fitzgerald dwelt on what he declared were the universal reached in behalf of abor organized and by audgo alton R parker of abo court of appeals of new york the claim of the letter carriers for increased pay alao waa espoused by mr cromer ind he apoka of tho insufficiency of the pay of the rural mall carriers and said they should not bo denied te privilege 0 acting aa agents for newspapers at whose suggestion was it inquired mr mann that this was denied mr cromer said it came from fourth assistant postmaster general bristow arst and then from the post office committee he had he said no criticism to offer general bristow 1 I think ho said be haa been honest in the administration of postal affairs and he received republican applause when be added 1 I m fco well satisfied with the investigation lie has made in the depart that I 1 believe no fraud or corruption remain to be exposed to atte people it the statutes of letter should be fixed and pay he thought they should be allowed to serve to the ot ako tko rural route sr of was in TOT of tb it tb rural bull wr alva ts alsi to sv uku of aad bt or aay OB publication abo la tb ifft after july 1 1604 or of any kind from any pero alra oy corporation mr of gongla Gor gla member of the aid it abo carriers were permitted 0 o tot w cenac he the iw 0 rained that atoe carrier would sot be bome a dictator as to be ball carry or to h shall reprint he the letter carr for the of making its demands on congress and said the carriers had maalo an effort to intimidate congress into acceding to the demands he was interrupted by mr burleson texas who ached it the executive order prohibiting government em aloyes from lobbying before congress was a jest 1 I have always thought so sir gregga replied and be said further that if be were representing the present occupant of the white house as attorney he would enter a pica 0 guilty and stop further investigation during bl remarks sir graggs referred to the recent report of the post office department and to the brastow report and this opened a fresh discussion of that document which bad brought forth such a storm of indignation from members of the house he said that as a member of the committee he did not see how the committee could Save done otherwise than make the report public was there anything in it which caused the committee to print that data under the heading charges con of congress inquired nr cooper of wisconsin mr brigga said be did not endorse that and it was unfortunate whereupon air overstreet chairman of the coin explained that as soon as het saw the heading he notified the government office that it was not justified by the manuscript air cooper sarcastically remarked that he never biad known the govern printing office to print anything that was not in tho copy 1 I understand the heading waa written in the department bald mr graggs in reply mr bartlett said the house soon would find out who was responsible for it general Groa yenor suggested that it would bo wise to wait until the bouse knew more about the matter but mr cooper insisted that the report should not be accredited to mr mr graggs however maintained that it waa report conten lulng he said lt had leaked out prior to the report that the committee was in possession of information that would condemn bembera of congress in the committee he bad contended that it there to he leaks it was the committees duty to make it pub lie which they had done tho united states ho said ig too powerful and too great to convict any man by a suppression of facts but he said if the publication of all things would convict not only en under indictment but men higher up pr lower down the repot should bochen or what it la worth it thre wro B la ta b declared vao wre afraid to hay rort daylight such mm to b botten rid of aad nam put in who not afraid W onist te investigate the post pallo he said and you turned oat like hornets and that the whole department from top h bottom must ba flath and ak mad had that they coald tr the root off th old tang imd he inquired what did yu do the botoe got beaded aad tul amid laughter and applause ho chided the members ot the house with hav j ing started out to investigate the department part ment and having wound up by having the department investigate them that was a areat coup on the part ot the department be eald with asar he poked fun at the republicans for having so readily yielded to the persuasions of the party leaders and voting against a departmental investigation vesti gation adopting instead a miser ablo resolution investigating yon selves i the republican organization I 1 sald waa the finest in tha world thera nothing like it he continue from julius caesar down to loosevelt Koo sevelt mr graggs then said the preheat byg tern which had grown up in the depart ment requiring members to go ally and ask what their were entitled to waa wrong tho secret regulations ot the post office department mr graggs condemn ed as a wrong system he advocated the publication ot a departmental dally record and the requirement that tha rules ot tho department be publics mr townsand alch gave notice ot an amendment he would kotfer to the alil to increase In creaso the salaries of rural free delivery carriera carr lera to a year he submitted a statement ol 01 coat to which the carrier was put to or the maintenance of hla horses and wagon this expense was given as a year for the first year and for the second calling attention to the recent postal scandals mr cochran said they served the useful purpose of pointing out the defects in the american ays eys tern of government each new adman brought changes in certain employed emp loyes according to the exigencies of the party in power it waa the fault of tho men exercising the control of affairs of the country but se said we will bo at fault if in the presence of overwhelming danger that confronts us no effort la made to change the system he then spoke of the growth of abuses in the various government departments part ments and pointed to the fact that presidents cleveland mckenley and roosevelt had misappropriated appropriated mis public property in using naval vessels as their private yachts president roosevelt declared he found it necessary to have two vessels the mayflower and the sylph the latter fitted out at an expense of the papers referred to them as the presidents yacht mayflower and the presidents yacht sylph continuing he said that with these examples before them was there any reason why the underlings and understrappers trappers in the department should not feel authorized to overstep the boundary just a now and then he spoke of the number of carriages and horses in use by the department of commerce and labor and said that it showed a pretty rapid development after agreeing that general debate on the bill be limited to five hours the bouse at adjourned until tomorrow washington march 15 A call was issued tonight for a caucus of the republican members of the senate and the bouse to be held in the hall of the house wednesday evening next at 8 to elect members of the national Republican Congressional committee washington march 15 the house committee on military affairs agreed on four sites for military camp grounds arid authorized a favorable report on a alil for their purchases provision was made for the engagement of the chattanooga and chickamauga nation al parks by the acquisition of acres of land at a cost of the camp sites selected arc at or near fort sam houston texas where from to acres are to be acquired at a cost of camp douglas in juneau and mourel counties wisconsin acres at a cost pt conewago Co valley in lebanon dauphin and lancaster counties pennsylvania acres at a cost of the J henry ranch san luis obispo county california acres at a cost of the bill provides chajt no permanent military post shall be established on any of these sites |
