The age-herald., 1898-03-01
CORBETT DENIED
 SEAT IN SENATE Legislatures Should Perform Their Duties
 Has the Argument. CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL
APPROPRIATION BILL
Has Discussed in tho House and Finally
 Passed.
PROVISION REGARDING PERFORMERS
Was Restored on the Final vote-$75, 900 Appropriated for the Benefit of Those
 Who Want to Turn Up the Moonshine Stills.

Washington, Feb. 2s.-The sundry civil which was resumed in the house today, displaced the regular District of Columbia day which, by unanimous consent, was postponed until next Monday. Before the house went into a committee of the whole MT. Hull (rep Ia.). chairman of the mil- tary affairs committee, asked unanimous consent for the consideration of a joint resolution providing for the investigation by a joint committee of the house and senate of the expenditures for river and harbor work at Savannah since Jan. 1, 1892.
 MT Cox (dem. Tenn.) called attention to the fact that this whole subject was being investigated by the colrrtmartial now sitting in the case of Capt. Carter The reputation of civilians was involved as well as that of an officer of the engineer corps, and until the eourtmartial returned it's findings he saw no necessity for con- gressional investigation. He, therefore. objected and the resolution was referred to the military affairs committee.
 Natchez Amendment Adopted
 When the sundry civil bill was taken up the pending amendment, appropriating S4,- 900 for building a road from Natchez to the national cemetery was adopted.
 An amendment requiring the clerks or federal courts in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma to report their fees and emolu- ments annually was also adopted
 MT. Handy (dem. Del), made point or order against provision relating to the Paris exposition, which was sustained and the whole provision went out of the bill
 Speaking to a pro forma amendment Cen Shattuc (rep. Ohio). who was for thirty years connected with the management Of railroads, took occasion to answer an at ftrnn ago. He had never known railroad manager who was calamity howler. and he would be ashamed to come to the forum of the people and continually grumble about the miserable condition of the peo- pie he represented.
 MT Fox (dem.) of Mississippi, to Wnose speech MT. Shattuc had replied. denied that he had assailed the railroads. He had him. self, he said, represented railroads as an attorney for many years, ana What ne had said was that the people Of the soutn had as much right to exercise legitimate influence over the colored voters of their section as the railroads, the manuractorles or any other corporations.
 Controlled Vote of Employees
 "Deny it as you will" said MT. Fox. 'it is a fact that railroads and other corpora lions controlled the vote of their employees for Mckinley by intimidation, threats and bribery If the laboring men of the coun- try had been allowed to vote their convlc- tions, William J. Bryan would now be presi- dent of the United States"
 Consideration of the bill in committee of the whole was completed and it was re- ported to the house. MT. Cannon demanded a separate vote on the amendment striking out the appropriation of $75,o00 for the pay ment of those who informed the authori- ties of violations of internal revenue &iws and urged the house to restore the appro-