Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-08
SD CONGRESS.
House Passes The Free Wool
Bill, 1874 to 60.
Senator'S and Representatives, accused
Of Using Intoxicating Liquor
And Funston Of Kansas Kicks Up q Lively
Breeze In the H0uSe.

WAsHIsGros. April In the House
sfter the Transaction Of routine business,
Wilson Of West Virginia took the floor to
close tue debate on the free wool bill.
Ii was his contention that the existing
s5 stem of tsx4tion was neither correct in
principle nor just in operation. and as .
plensry proof of that contention he offered
The section Of the law that this bill was in.
tended to supersede and correct
Every day in the year something more
than 81 900, 900 collected by taxation,
found its way into the treasury.
At the conclusion of Wilson's speech,
the vote was taken on the free wosl bill,
aud il was psssed-yeas 1871; nays 90.
Reed did not vote and the other Maine req
resentxtiyes voted no.
Funston Of Kansas, rising to question Of
privilege. had read an article published in
the New York Voice, which for 10 minutes
kept the House in wbirlwind Of laughter
and meriiment. The article was headed
"A Few Of the Congressional Tpplers,"
aud mentions the names of Z dozen or
more senator's and an equal number Of rep
resents.ives, who. il alleges, have been seen
at the Senate and House restaurants indul-
ging in Intoxicating liquors.
Fuaston's name was mentioned. BE de-
MED that he had ever drank intoticants
within the capitol and produced sn affidavit
Of the proprietor Of he House restaurant
to that effect and denounced the eorres
pondent of the Voice IS a liar.
Cummings Of New York, whose name
was also published, said that at the time
the article was written he was sick in his
room.
Scott of Illinois, whose Fame was on the
blackii.t, denounced the author of the ar
tiele ss an unmitigsted and malicious liar.
Fellows Of New \ ork and Fitch, declared
themselves guilty.
Miiiiken-So far as | am concerned, it is
absolutely false.
Hatch, Missouri, thought it due TO The
Honse that the names Of the senatois and
representatives, mentioned, who wefe not
present or had not spoken, should be ex-
plunged from the record.
Burrows, Michigan, moved to expunge
the whole letter from the record; and de-
spite Funston's protest, this motion was
carried.
Funston, rising to question Of privi-
lege, said this action Of the House left his
remarks without anything to rest upon. In
language more forcible than polite, be de-
nouuced the correspondent Of the Voice,
aud cslls d upon the decent correspondents
to kick bim out Of town.
Lewis, Of Mississippi, suggested thst the
correspondent was a woman.
Funston-lt makes no difference whether
she is lady or 3 street walker. Kisses
in the gailery.)
Wheeler, Alabama, made q point of
order that the gentleman should not use
suca language on the floor Of this House.
Funston said he was informed that the
correspondent was not woman. He had
been told the name of the man who wrote
the article. Funston then took his seat
amid more hisses. The House went into
committee of the whole on the Turner
cotton osgging bill.
E. q. Taylor Of Ohio said the gentlemen
who opened the debate on the tariff ,ques-
ton in The House had stated that the Nc
Kinley tariff imposed higher rate of
taxation than was ever imposed be.
fore, and they got their figures by
ignoring all articles on the free list. The
true measure of per centages was by TAX
ing the whole amount Of importation as q
basis and on this basis the average rate
under the Mckinley act was 81 10 per cent
Of the Mills bill.
After further debate by Lane of illinois
and j. d. Taylor Of Ohio, the committee
rose.
- Wheeler Of Albania, rising to question
Of privilege, offered q resolution declaring
that it was due to the dignity and good
nsme OF ths House that the remarks made
by Funston today, relative TO q woman,
should be expunged from the record.
Burrows as the gentleman to withhold
ths resolution. He was assured by the
gentleman from Kansas that anything thst
could be criticised would be eliminated
from the record.
Wheeler said with that assurance he would
allow the resolution to lie upon the table
for the present.
The House then adjourned.