The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-21
The Proceedings.

! Washington, Feb. 20.-A little family
affair occurred in the house when it
met today.
A motion had been made to strike
out in the general deficiency bill an item
of $12,202 to enable the sergeant-ar-
arms to refund the amounts withheld
from the salaries of members on ac-
count of absence.
Mr. Savers Dem. Tex, a member
of the appropriation committee, ex-
planned how the committee came to al
! low the amount Mr. Savers showed
that the committee had decided that
the money could not be deducted. He
did not believe in refunding it, how
ever and would vote against the item.
Mr.. Savers referred to an attack
made yesterday on the item by Mr..
Hopkins (Rep. Ill), and the statement
showing how many times Mr.. Hopkins
had responded to roll calls.
Mr.. Hopkins contended in reply that
this was an attempt to get the Re-
publican house to wash the dirty linen
of the Democratic Fifty-third congress.
He said that Mr.. Sayers could have put
the item in a deficiency bill while
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee, but had waited to unload 1t on
a Republican congress.
During the debate Mr.. Johnson (Rep.
Ind.), and the chairman of the commit
. tee OF the WnClC tA1I. VI 4NCN
York;, had a lively interchange of
words and considerable confusion en-
sued Finally, however, the chairman
ordered Mr.. Johnson to sit down, and
he complied
When the debate had ended Mr.. Bart
! lett (Dem., n. " caused some aston
! ishment by making the point of order
! that some members individually inter-
ested financially in any question were
not permitted to vote on that question,
under the rules providing that no men,
Der can vote on a question if he has
direct personal or pecuniary interest
in it.
The chair expressed the opinion that
each gentleman must decide the ques-
ton of his interest for himself, and on
a rising vote the item was injected in
the BILLS to 55. The bill had been
disposed of with the exception of the
item to pay $3.50, 427 TO the Southern
Pacific Railway company on judgments
found by the court of claims. 1t was
agreed that three hours debate should
be given to that paragraph.
Mr.. Bartlett Oem., n. " occupied
20 minutes in defending the supreme
the court by Mr.. Dearmond Dem,
MOI and Mr. .McMillin (Dem., TENN
who last week criticised Mr. Justice
Shiras.
Replying to Mr.. Bartlett, Mr. Nc
Millin said that he intended his re-
marks to be an attack on Justice Shi-
ras, and if his action was not so con-
sidered, he was willing and ready now.
or at any other time. to renew it and
make it So Replying to Mr.. Bartlett's
remarks referring to him as a Demo-
crat, he said he did not recognize the
right Of the gentleman from New York
TO dictate to him what he should saw
or how he should act He had been
able to conduct himself properly and
did not intend to be lectured by one
who had taken him. bag and baggage,
and left the Democratic party.
81 have said,' continued Mr.. Nc
Millin, that the man who had torn
down the rights of the people of the
United States was named Shiras.
propose to say something later about
that individual 1 am glad I have got
through his thick hide at last"
Mr.. DalZell (Rep., Pa informed the
house that he intended to reply to the
criticisms OF Justice Shiras by Messrs
McMillin and Dearmond
The committee arose and at APP adj
journed.