The Portland daily press., 1896-03-06

An Exciting Debate Follows in Which
Several Members Take Part-House
Scene of Confusion at Times-Gentle-
man Finally Finishes His Address-the
Cuban Resolutions Before the Senate.
Washington, March 5.-Congressman
Phillips of Pennsylvania introduced in
the House today. at the request of the
executive council of the American Fed
jurisdiction of the United States courts
in proceedings for contempt. 1t provides
that "Courts of the United States sitting
as courts Of equity, shall not have juris-
diction to punish for contempt any per-
son charged with violation of any order
or decree of the court, whose acts in the
premises constitute or arise out of, or
are connected with. the commission of
any offense indictable under the law of
the United States, or the state in which
the offensive act is committed. In every
such case the offense again the court
shall be deemed merged in the greater
offense against the state or United
States.''
The bill does not apply to United
States court sitting as court of law, as
distinguished from courts of equity.
1t only applies in the latter case in two
instances where the contempt charged is
a violation of the order of decree of the
court, or where it makes the offender
the principal or accessory to the crime.
The House, in committee of the hole
resumed the consideration of the fee and
salary amendment to the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill
Mr.. Milnes, Republican of Michigan,
proposed as a substitute for the section
fixing salaries of district nlarshals
provision that all marshals should be paid
uniform salary of $1,000 except, among
others, those of the districts of Connec-
ticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island,
who are to receive $4,000.
Before the consideration of the substi-
tute, the committee discussed numerous
amendments to increase the salaries pro-
posed, none which were successful except
in the case of the eastern district of
Michigan where the amount was changed
from $1,000 to $4,000.
Mr.. Powers, Republican of Vermont,
in advocating an increase of $500 in the
salary of the marshal in his district,
dealt with in the bill to form combine
to oppose the combine organized by the
committee on Judiciary and by this
means relieve the bill of its inequalities.
When the count was made II members
responded to the appeal. Proceedings
were interrupted to permit the speaker
to appoint Messrs Hit, Adams and
McCreary as House conferees on the Gu
ban resolutions.
Mr.. Milnes urged the adoption of his
substitute
Mr.. Hartman, Republican, of Montana,
made formal motion to strike out the
last word. He attacked the Presidents
utterances in the Carnegie hall mission
airy meeting when he spoke Of the "cor-
rupt and unsafe states and undesirable
territories.
Mr.. Hartman said: ''Mr. Chairman,
whatever may be my individual opinion
of the President of the United States
matters not. 1t would not be proper
form to state it here For the office of
President Of the United States 1 have a
supreme regard. The legitimate func-
t1ons Of that Office are limited to those
enumerated in Our constitution and laws.
Under the right of these laws deny the
right of the Executive to wantonly in
public address or otherwise, insult citi-
zens or any state of this republic over
which he has been called to preside.
"He had been advised that the maiori-
ty of the citizens of certain territories
were antagonistic to his peculiar finan-
cial and economic views, and under
the claim of a supposed religious address
before a religious organization, with
gross impropriety and for the purpose of
preventing the achievement of the rights
of statehood to wnick they asnire and
are entitled, he gave utterance as the
Executive to this unfounded SANDER
against these citizens and states of the re-
public whose interests he is sworn to pro-
tect and uphold. The percentage of
crime in those states and territories will
not exceed that found in the State of
New York where the president seems to
think all virtue resides.
"Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the citi-
Zens of the states and territories thus
slandered and maligned by the Chief
Executive, l here and now repel the in
suit and respectfully suggest that the
greatest need in this country for the work
of the missionary, school master and
statesman, will be found at the White
house" daughter and applause.)
Mr.. Hartman was called to order by
Mr.. Powers, Republican of Vermont,
who said he did so because there was
nobody on the Demo cratic side related