Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01
SPY FUND RESTORED.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
CHANGES FRONT ON QUESTION.
Alleged Action of This Sort, Lead
ing TO the Election of Mckinley
Mr.. corbctt, of Oregon, Denied Adj
mission 10 the Senate.

AOAN' rtDiustiy Ios-1 III
House passed the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill to-day after four days debate.
The most important action to-day was
the elimination of the appropriation for
our representation at the Paris Exposl-
ton. on a point of order
The sudden change of sentiment in the
House, which is often witnessed when
members go on record, was twice Illus
trated to-day.
On Friday last the House, In Commit
tee Of the Whole, where there IS no re-
cord OF the vote, knocked out provision
In the bin for an appropriation to pay
those who furnish the government with
information leading to- the conviction of
violators of the intecnal-revenue laws,
and to-day, in committee, an extra
months pay was voted to the employees
of the House Both these propositions
commanded very respectable majority
In the committee, but when the members
voted on roll-call in the House both of
them were overwhe lmingly defeated.
Speaking to point of order, Mr.. Shat
tuck Republcan). of Ohio, who was for
thirty years connected with the manage
ment of railroads. took occasion to an
swer an attack made upon the railroads
some time ago. He had never known q
railroad manager, he said, who was a
calamity bowler.
why should railroad men be calamity
howlers," asked Mr.. Greene PopulisD, of
Nebraska, when they plumber the whole
country?"
THAT statement is absolutely false"
'etorted Mr.. Shattuc, land the gentle
man who makes it knows 1t is false"
Mr.. Shattuc, continuing. said he would
be ashamed to come to the forum Of
the people and continually grumble about
the miserable condition of the people
he represented"
'"The district 1 come from contains the
best people in the world" said Mr..
Mr. shattuc: "weli. it doesn't send
them here" Great laughter.)
Mr.. Fox OemocraD, of Mississippi to
whose speech Mr.. Shattuc had replied,
denied that he had assailed the rail-
roads. He had himself. he said, repre-
sented railroads as an attorney for many
the people of the South had as much
right to exercise a legitimate influence
over the colored voters of their sections
as the railroads, the manufacturers, or
Deny ii as you will" said Mr.. Fox,
sit is fact that the railroads and other
corporations controlled the vote of their
employees for Mckinley by intimida-
ton, threats, and bribery. If the labor
ing-men of the country had been al
lowed to vote their convictions, William
j. Bryan would now be President OF
the United States"
considsrat9n of the bill in % Commit m t,
was reported to the House.
REVENUE SPY FUND.
Mr.. Cannon demanded separate votes
on the two amendments-one striking
out the appropriation OF $4,000 for the
payment of those who informed the au-
thorities of violations of the internal
revenue laws. and the other granting
months extra pay to the employees or
the House.
Mr.. Cannon urged the House to restore
the appropriation for the detection OF
Illicit stills. The appropriation was aDso.
lutely necessary. he contended, 20 prot"it
the government revenues in many states;
but especially in North Carolina ana
and Georgia.
Mr. Swanson DemocraO, OF Virginia,
appealed 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
deputies.
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Attorney for four years. said this work
was not and could not be done by deputy
marshals.
Mr.. Cannon said that $500 Illicit stills
were seized last year, the large ,maJor'ty
Of them in Virginia. North Carolina, and
Georgia. II was natural, he said, that
the representative from shese States
should fight this appropriation.
BY a vote of 103 10 81 the provision was |
restored to the bill. The friends Of .he |
motion to strike out the amendment were |
too weak.
The action of the committee in voting |
an extra months pay to the employees of |
the House was reversed by the House |
by a vote of 152 to GO.
The sundry civil will was then passed, |
and the House went back into Committee |
Of the Whole, and took up the bill reported |
authorize the transportation of distilled |
spirits to general bonded ware houses and |
o regulate removal therefrom. The bill |
gives the owners of distilled spirits the |
privilege of transportation now enjoyed |
solely by the distiller. The bill was passed. |
At 500 the House adjourned.
CORBETT DENIED ADMISSION.
Hon. Henry w. Corbett was to-day de- |
MED admission to the Senate as a senator |
from Oregon, on appointment by the Gov
ernor, by the decisive vote OF 80 To 10.
Speeches were made against the admis-
sion of Mr.. Corbett by Mr. Bacon, OF
Georgia, and Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan, |
and I'm favor of his admission by Mr.. |
Morgan, of Alabama.
After disposing of the Corbett case. the |
of the Alaska homestead |
and railroad right-of-way bill came up. |
and had not been concluded when the |
Senate adjourned.
A bill authorizing Lieutenant-Com
n Raymond p. Rogers, United States
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