The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-03-01
SUNDRYC|Y|LB LB|IPASSED.
Appropriation Tor The P0IIS EXD0SI-
lion E|IDIDQ'ed from The Bill.
S75,OO0 TO ENFORCE INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS
Gen. shnttuck Defends mn Attack urn,
on the MISUNDERSTANDING 10 pnx
Eh1pi"ycs OF she House ono
Month's Extra Pay Dcrcutcd-CorS
brft Hcnicd Admission rs senator,
'75,0O0 TO ENFORCE INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS
SuNDRY CIVIL BILL.

| lhc House passed the slIndry civil an
pfoprloiion bill to-day after four days' d.
| pale. lhp most important action TODAY
| was me elimination OF the appropriate ton
| 'or our representative at the Paris Expo-
| s'''oh on point OF order. The sudden
chahsc OF sentiment I'm the House which
| is often witnessed when members 20 on
| record was twice Illustrated to-day. On
fridhy last the House In COMMITTEES of tho
"hocr wtcre there Is no record or the
w. hHockcd out "a provision In the bill
lor I'M appropriation 10 pay those who
furnish the government with infortnation
leading to the conviction of tho violators
oil the internal revenue laws and to-day i'm
committee an extra months pay was
voted TO the employees OF the House Both
lhese propositions command very re-
spectacle majority IN the committed but
when the members voted on roll calls in
.ne House both OF them were overwhclm-
inSly defeated.
Speaking to pro rormu nmend,nont
CnheLai C:I Shattuc utcp., of Ohio who was
lor thirty years connected with the man
nseinent .i,; oi railroads, took occasion to an
swcr an attack made upon the railroads
some Time ago He had never known a
rh.lroad manager, he said. who was ca
Why should railroad men be calamity
MOWERS, asked Mr.. Greene (pupulist Me-
npmsk;0 nanSir;, ~. when they plunder the whole
That stntement is absolutely false"
rctorted MIR. Shnttuc, ''and the gentleman
yln %ho makes II knows it is false" Mr.
Shnttuc,, continuing. said lie would be
ashamed to come TO the forum OF II peo-
plp ana continually grumblc about the
miserable condition of the people he rep
rescnts: The district / come from con-
talns The best people In the world" said
Air. shntiuc. "weli. 1T does not send
them here" Great laughter)
Mr, Fox Nocm.. Mlss) to whose speech
Mr.; Shattuc had replied. denied that he
hal haI assaulted the railroads. He had him
self. he said represented railroads as an
attorney for many years. and what he
hnd said was that the people Of the South
illd us nluch right to exercise q legitimate
sections as the railroads, the manufacto-
flc5 or any other corporations.
Deny 1t ms you Will" said Mr.. Fox. at
Is iaGt mat the railroads and other corr
poraiions controlled the vote OF their en-
threats and bribery. If the laborng men
OF the country had been allowed to vote
their convictions. William J, Bryan would
now be President of the United States"
Consideration Of the bill in committee OF
the whole was completed and 1t was re-
ported to the House. Mr. Cannon de-
mrnts-onc striking out the appropriation
OF SIa,WO for the payment OF those who
Informed the authorities of the violation
OF the internal revenue laws and the other
granting months extra pay to employees
OF the House
the appropriation for the detection OF
Illicit s:ills. The appropriation was abso-
lHtcly necessary. ke contcndcd, to pro-
trCt the government revenues IN many
States, but particularly in North Caro-
lima and Georgia. Alr. Swanson (Dem., of
Nirginial appalled, to members TO stand by
their action in committee and strike down
this spy system. This work ought to be
left to the United States marshals and
their dcputicS.
Mr.. Alexander (Rep. of New York; who
was United States District Attorney for
four years. said this work could not be
done by deputy marShalS.
Mr.. Cannon said that 200 Illicit stills
were seized last year, the large majority
of them | Virginia, North Carolina and
Georgia. II was natural, he said, that the
Representatives from these States should
fight this appropriation.
restored to the bill The friends OF tho
motion TO strike out the appropriation
We're too weak 10 secure the ayes and
nays.
The acton OF the House in voting an
extra m2nthS' pay for the employees OF the
House WAS reversed hy the House on a
record making vote, the amendment being
defeated G2 to 152.
Th, sundry civil bill was then passed
of the whole and took up the bin reported
by the Ways and Means Comm!ttee to
authorize the transportation of distilled
spirits to general bonded warehouses and
10 regulate removal thcrefrom.
The bill gives the owners of distilled
spirits the privileges as to transportation
now enjoyed solely by the distiiber. The
bill was .-asscd.
At $50 y. m. the House adjourned.