The age-herald., 1898-02-24
THEY REVELED
 OTHERS MOURNED New York's 400 Roasted By
 Mahany FOR ITS INDIFFERENCE To the Grief of the Nation Over the Maine Dsaster-The Sundry Civil Service
 Bill Occupied Entire Day
 in the House.

Washington. Feb 23.-A variety of sub jects occupied the attention of the house today during the consideration of the sun dry civil appropriation bill. The southern members who have for years been fighting the appropriation for 'informers' on Illicit distiEeies, succeeded in killing the appro- pration in committee of the whole but Chairman Cannon gave notice that he would demand yea and nay vote in the house.
 A resolution was adopted inquiring of the treasury department what has been done by the United States to prevent the con veyance to the Cubans of articles produced in the United States, also as to preyention of filibustering.
 General debate having closed yesterday, today the reading of the sundry civil bill for amendment under the five minute rule was begun.
 Reward for Detection
 The appropriation of $75,0O0 for the detec- tion of violations of the internal revenue laws caused some debate.
 MT. Kitchen (dem) of Tennessee, and MT. Linney Crep) of North Carolina, were bitter in their denunoiation of the injus- tice of the system of paying for informa- tion. The former moved to strike out the item. It provided premium, they con tended upon false prosecutions.
 After some further debate by Messrs. Tate (dem.) of Georgia; Swanson, (den) of Virginia, and Pearson (rep) of North Carolina in favor of the amendment, and by MT. Savers (dem.) of Texas, in opposa- ton to it, the vote was taken and the amendment was adopted.
 MT. Cannon gave notice that he would ask for yea and nay vote when the bill was reported.
 Denounced the Revelers
 At this juncture MT. Mahany (rep) of New York. in delivering a five-minute speech, denounced what he terms the rev. els of tlr, so-called 400 of New York, While the nation was in mourning for the less of the sailors of the Maine. While the man. gled remains of the brave sailors who per ished in that awful explosion were being carried to their graves the so-called self dominated 400 of New York held a social revel which was termed vegetable party" The speaker constrasted the feel ing manifested by the so-called social lead CTS in the metropolitan city of the United States and the condition in London when the Camperdown sank the Victoria. In London on that occasion there was every where the black badge of mourning. Every sociaLa function was abandoned, While Tn New York the social leaders wearied high heaven with their revels. Yet in their last campaign the same people prated Of na- tional honor when a financial question was before the country. A few days when the national head was bowed and dismembered fragments of her dead were going to their graves, he said, they were utterly oblivious to their grief. He did not desire, he said, to reflect on the rich. There was dis tinction between those who employed cap- ital in a productive capacity and those who were drones and users of wealth, who toiled not to spun but who were used to disturb the nations hour of mourning by their revels. (Applause). He would not hesitate, he said, so far as he was con- cerned, to endeavor to free the skirts of the republican party from association with those mere possessors and spenders of the rich who presumed to represent national honor when they thought their bonds were threatened but who had not tear for these who went to their graves in its de- fense (Applause).
 Mr. Mahany referred to the Vegetable Party" given by Abram S. Hewitt, of New York, on the evening of February 17.
 After further debate of no particular public interest the house adjourned.