Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
HOUSE.

NacauCy maze DV tn .
piration of the term of a Senator.
HOUSE.
The sundry civil appropriation h.
the consideration of which was re,.r
ed in the House to-day, displaced tfe
regular District of Columbia day, who
vas by consent postponed until a,y.
Monday.
Before the House went into COMM.
tee OF the whole Mr.. Hull asked to-lt,
consideration Of a joint resolution mo
vidiug for the investigation, by Il 5.a.
committee Of the House and SenAl..l
the Expenditures fer river and has5..
work at Savannah since January
1892, but Mr.. Cox calling a|ttentiou. q.
the fact that this whole subject was be-
ing investigated by the court mar.
now sitting in the case Of Captain Can
ter the resolution was referred to u IT,
military affairs committee.
When the sundry civil bill was rsk u
up an amendment, appropriating DO.
for building a road from Natchtz 10 the
national cemetery, was adopted.
Mr.. Lewis offered an amendmel
which Was ruled out on q point Of fol-
der, designed to prohibit the impriso,
ment by United States judges of per.
sons charged with contempt OF cour.
until such persons shall have been a.
judged guilty by a jury.
MIR. Handy made a point OF orie-
against the provision relating to me
Paris exposition.
The point OF order was debated p.
some length and when Mr.. Payne. WHO
was in the chair, intimated that he Wa
inclined to sustain it, several memnsr+
appealed to Mr.. Handy to Withdraw
Mr.. Handy declared he Was actua.el
by a patriotic purpose in insisting upon
the point of order.
Thereupon the point Of order SPAS
sustained and the whole provision wer-
out of the bill.
Mr.. Hartman offered an |amendmea,
allowing all the employees ofthe House
an extra mouths salary fol- seryict-
during the present session.
Mr.. Cannon, chairman Of the appro-
priations committee, made a point oI
order against it and vigorously antae
nized it. His point was sustained boy
the chair, but on al appeal by arising
vote the chair Was overruled, ~ % ~.
Mr.. Cannon demanded t%ellers, d.
claring that if the amendment prevail
ed he should demand an aye and 30
vote in the House.
CPL put you gentlemen on record.
said he addressing the democratic sioe.
II protest against that statemetl
shouted Mr.. Sullivan, "some Of us ea
this side are opposing the amendmett
The tellers confirmed the rising ye
and resistance being deemed useless ta.
amendment was agreed to withour
vision.
Gen. Shattuc took occasion to al
swer an attack made upon the %rsiiroa
some time ago.. He had never KNOW
a railroad manager, he said, who Wa
calamity bowler.
why should railroad men be ceiar.
lily bowlers," asked Mr.. Greene, "@bea
they plumber the whole country ~
THAT statement is absolutely false
restorted Mr.. Shattuc, "and the genlle.
man who makes it knows it is false.
"The district | come from contair-
the best people in the world" said NJ
Greene.
MI. Shattuc-"Well it doesn't ssri
them here" Great laughtel)
Deny it as you will" said AR. Foz
cit is q fact that the railroads and ott,-
corporations controlled the vote ofther
employees for Mckinley by intimida.
ton, threats and bribery. If the iahc-
ing men of the country had been allow
ed to vote their convictions William
would now be President OF t-e
States.n
Consideration Of the BIZ in conn
tee of the whole was complete and
was reported 10 the House. Dir
demanded separate y
on two amendments-one strbl
out the appropriation Of $4,000 .os "a
payment OF those who inf rmed The
-horities of yiolatioDso of IT. n e-raI. ~.
enue laws and the Other gran. 2
months extra pay to employees OF Ja3
Mr.. Cannon urged the House to-
the appropriation for the Ge.
lion Of illicit stills. The a%ppropnAt
was absolutely necessary, he Coz teh3'.
o protect the government reyenue
many states but specially in Aei
Carolina and Georgia. Mr.. swan
appealed to members to stand by H.
in committee aud STRIKE dos"