Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-01
WORK OF CONGRESS
Sundry Civil Appropriation
Bill Passed.
RAILROADS DENOUNCED
Harry W. Corbett Denied Admission to the
< Senate rs Senator from Oregon. Alaska
Homestead and Railroad Bill
Considered.
(By Telegraph.l

(By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The House
today passed the surniIy civil appro-
priation bill after :car days deoate.
The most important action today was
the elimination Of tIle appropriation
foU. Cur representation at tht. Par4s cx-
position an point of order. y sud
den change of sentiment in the House,
which Is often Witnessed whsn m-m-
beers 60 on record. was twice Illustrated
to-day. On frN4ay last, the House in
committee OF the whole, wh-Te lheTe Is
no reOord of the vote, knocked uut Il
provision in the bill for an approptla
iion TO pay those WIN furnish the gov
ernRlent with information lvad.ng to
the conviction of THE vioiatcrs vi tn
interna. revenue laws, and today, in
committee, an extra months pay was
yurG to the employees OF the HUuSe.
Both these PROPOSITIONS comnnanded
very respectable majority in the com
mittee, out when the members voted
Sn roll coil in the House both Of TN III
were OveiwalS hningly defeated.
Speaking 10 a pro tOrinn amendment
General Shauluc Republican), Of ONO,
who was for thirty years connected
with the management IT railroads.
took occasion TO answer am attack
11aGe upon the railroads some time ago.
He had never known a raj. road mana
gST, he said, who Yves G. calamity howl
er.
why should railroad men be calam-
ity howlers?'' askeJI Mr.. George (Pop-
t1iisD. OF Nebraska, when they pun
der the whole country?'
That statement IS absolutely falS','
replied Mr.. Shattuc. 'and the gentle
man who makes it knows it is false."
MIR. Shattuc. continuing, said he would
bs ashamed to come TO the forum Of
the people and continually gru,nble
salbout the miserable conditions ri THE
people he represents. The District l
come from contains the best peopL, IN
the world saiU Mr.. Greene.
mfr. Shattuc-'We!l, It doesn't send
them herr" (Great laug bter)
Nlr Fox CD@mocra of Missouri. TO
mffoS- speech Mr.. Snattuc mad reple :,
denied that he had assailtd the rail
roads. He had himself he said, repre-
Scented railroads. as an attorney for
many years, and what ne hati SAID was
that THE peoph, of the South had as
anudh right 10 exerc.se a legi innate in
diuence over the colored voters Of thet
sections as the railroads, the ma rrlfac-
torhs Tor ulny other corpora tiUns.
Deny it as you wild" said lMr. FOX
1t Is fact that the railroads and
either corporations controlled THE vote
or their employees For MCKINLEY by in
tim4da tior. threa is and bribery. If the
labor.ng men of the country bad be n
allowed to vote their conviction, WIZ
liam Jennings Bryan would now be
Mr.. Cannon dema ntlei seIiaratc votes
on two auH.ndmttnS-one striking out
the approprta ton of So, 900 for the pay
nnent Of those who informed the au-
th'ofitieS of violations Of the internal
revenue laws, anI the other granting {,
months extra pay to employees of the
House.
mt. Cannon urged 'utv House to re-
store the appropriation for the detec-
ton OF Illicit stills The approprt aiio
was absolutely necessary. 9N. G0ntsndcd
TO protect the government revenues in
many siales. but especially in North
SaroktTu and Georgia.. MIR. Swanson
Z EfJefndcruD of Virginia, Appealed To
members to stand by their action in
committee, and strtlke down this SPY
system.
This work. ought Ito he left to the
United Skates marshals and their dep
uties.
Mr.. Alexander CRepubllcun), Of New
York. VINO was United States district
attorney for years. said this work was
not ana could not be done by deputy
marAhals
Mr.. Cannon said that $500 Illicit stills
NFere seized last year. the largla ma
jority of them i'm Virginia North Car
Ulina and Georgia. 1T was natural, he
said, that the representatives From
those states shoulI fight this appropri-
aoon. BY q vote OF l03 to CT TIN, pro-
vision was restored to the DILL The
friends of the motion TO strike out the
appropriation were too weak to secure
the ayes and noes. The action of th.
committee in voting an extra months
pay TO the employees OF uhe Huus,
was reversed by the House t.hl-, amen
Hed being defeated 63 to l52
The suntiiTy civil bill WAS then pass ii
and the House went back into commit
teu of the whole and took up the bill
reported by The Ways and Means com
dnttee to authorize the uransportatio
or dlstiiieI spirits to general bonded
warehouses and to regulate removal
therefron
The bl. gave the owners of the dis
tilted spirits the privilege as to trans
pdrtatioii now enjoyed solly by the
distilsar The bill was passed.
SENATE
WASHINGTON, Feb. e8.-Hon. Hen
Try W. Corbett was today denied asirnls
sion to the Senate as Senator from
oreg1n- on appointment by this. gov
ernor, ny the decisive vote of 90 to 10
Speeches were in;ade today against the
admission of Mr.. Curbett, Ny Mr. lSa-
com OF Georgia. and Mr. Burrows of
michigan, and In favor of his amend
ment by Mr.. George. of Alabama.
AFTER disIrsing ~f the Corbelt case
uile senate Dt1gan the considerable of
the Alaska foms-5teati and railway
right NJ way bill. and, had not concll,-
dsd It when it adjourned
bfH authorizing Lieutenant Com
nander Itaymonlli =. Rodgers, u. s. n.
10 accept deco;tition tT the cross of
Fne region Of honor from lh,. repllblc
of France. was passed.
Inc senate spent q short TINS In ex-
ectfiVe session before adjcurnment.
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