The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-20
TO GUST SANTlAGo'S HERO.
nAILEY's RESOLUTION AIMED d.
RECT AT GEN. WHEELER.

Minority Leader SO Implies Upon the
Floor of the House-Snid the jour
nal Recorded n Mistake as to Mr..
Campbell of IIlinois-DenOuDces as
False n Statement That He Was in
League With Republicans and
Wanted the Author.
Washington, Dec. 19.-This was suspen-
sion day in the House and several bills
were passed, the most important of which
was the bill appropriating $4,000 for the
Philadelphia Exposition of 1899.
The vote on this measure was exceed
ingly close 1t had but two votes more
than the necessary two-thirds. Mr.. Bailey
of Texas introduced a resolution in open
House directing the judiciary committee
to investigate and report on the question
as to whether the members of the House
who accepted commissions in the army
had forfeited their seats in the House. MIR.
Bailey said the resolution was privileged,
and added:
Last Friday my attention was called
to the fact that the journal of the first
days proceedings shows that two mem
bers of the House who are understood to
hold commissions in the army had an
swered to their names on the roll call;
and upon an inspection of it I find this
statement TO be correct. AS 10 one of
the gentlemen, Mr.. Campbell Of Illinois,
1 am perfectly certain that the journai
records a mistake, because in a conversa-
A.
ject, he told me that after a full investi-
cation he had concluded that by accept
ing a commission in the army, he had va
Gated his seat as a member of this House,
and that he did not intend to resume or
to attempt to resume his duties as a mem
Der
THE other case it win be more proper
to speak on when the committee on the
judiciary makes its report. It is appar-
ent however to the House, as it will
be to the country, that when member,
the right to whose seat Is doubtful an
swers to his name on the roll call, he as
serts his rights as a member of the House,
and the question ought to be determined
I have nothing further 90 say upon thai
aspect of the question at this time; but
1 desire to call the attention of the House
to a very remarkable statement that ap-
pears in paper printed in this city this
morning"
Denounced the Author.
Mr. Bailey said the article implied that
he had been conferring with the Republi-
can leaders and pursuing his course at
their instigation, "and," said he, cit i'm
plies further that the reporter obtained
that information from some Republican
member of this House. For my part. 1
do not believe that there is a gentleman
on that side of the chamber so lost TO all
sense of truth as to make that statement;
but if there be one 1 do not intend that
he shall escape and therefore deliberate
ly denounce that statement as an nfa-
nous lie, and if any Republican made il,
he ought at least to have the courage
to stand up and say he made it. With
that ! ask a reference of the resolutions -
No one answered Mr.. Bailey and the
resolution was referred without objection.
Mr.. Dingley, from the committee on
ways and means, offered the resolution
for a holiday recess from Wednesday, Dec.
q, to Wednesday Jan. 4, and il was adopt
cd without division.
A bill was passed to authorize the dis
tribution of the assets of the Freedman s
Bank. Mr.. Lacey. Republican. of Iowa.
I moved to pass under q suspension of the
rules thF bill to enlarge the scope of the
fish commission 10 include game birds.
The bii- was passed. The House, at 2:45.
adjourned.