The sun., 1900-02-02
NO ROBERTS MILEAGE.
| Committee Decides That the Utah
Man is Not Entitlee to
! Allowances


aiittee on mileage has rejected the claim
Of Brigham II. Roberts Of Utah for mile
age in connection with his contest for a
seat in the house. Mr.. Roberts put in a
claim for mileage from Salt Lake City
to Washington. 2,597 miles, and return,
Mt the usual rate of 20 cents mile each
way, making total of ST 1,03S.S0. Mr..
Roberts was not present. and it was un-
lerstood he had gone to Chicago.
Mr.. Cooper of Texas moved that Mr..
tic Vote to 2--this motion failed.
Chairman Barham win report this ac-
tion, which, he says, is equivalent to a
rejection of the claim by the committee.
AS result Of suggestions in the com
mittee, Mr.. Barham will confer with the
speaker concerning the recognition of any
members who may seek to secure for Mr..
Roberts the $1,000 usually allowed in
contested election cases. This, however. is
not the committees action, but is due to
desire to afford opportunity to bring the
matter before the house.
At the opening of the session of the
house the speaker decided the question
submitted to him few days ago relative
to the reference of the estimates for the
Rock Island ulls.) and Springfield
tAiass.) armolies in favor of the military
affairs committee, so far as the appropri-
ations for snail arms are concerned and
in favor of the appropriations commit .ee
so far as the appropriations for fixtures
for the armorics are concerned
The conference report ON the urgent
deficiency bill was adopted. Ii was only
a partial agreement Two items were
still i'll dispute. One of these. the ap
preparation for the public building a
Kansas. was ag"ced to, and the house
still insisted upon its disagreement to the
appropriation af $4,000 for the observa-
tion Of the eclipse Of The sun next May,
as $1,000 had been given the Smith
.sonian institution for the same purpose.
MIR. Shafroth (Colu.) made n speech.
saying it is the dnty Of the United States
to mediate between Great Britain and
the Transvaal. lie traced the history
of the Tiansyaal Dutch from the migra-
tions from Holland to show that Eng
land was invading the rights of the
South African Republic.
In the Senate.
At the opening of the senate session
Mr.. Rawlins (Utah) rose to Il question Of
personal privilege and to make personal
inquiry.
Il have noticed" said he. sin The Rec
ord of the last week frequent references
to myself and intimating that if | had
taken pains to do so might have reveal
ed certain things as to the domestic af-
fairs of citizens of my state and per-
haps ms to the moral status of member
or members of the house of representa-
tivrs.
"The parliamentary inquiry wish to
make is whether such allusion to mem
Der OF this body is breach of the cour-
tes'cs and privileges Of this body and
wheth'r it would be within the privileges
of member Of the senate to reply to
srch illusions"
The chair (Afr. Frye) held that if any
senator should begin ain attack upon any
member Of the house the chair would call
him TO order; but, he said, it was for the
speaker of the house to determine what
action he should take In such circum-
stances.
MIR. Rawlins said that was his under
and he had made the inouiyy
SO that his silence should not be taken as
an admission OF the truthfulness Of the
statements made. M
Mr.. Pettigrew offered resolution that
a paper entitled, rThe Philippine Com.
be printed as u public docu-
ment. He asked that it lie on the table. |
Mr.. Pettus (Ala.) offered resolution
calling upon the secretary of the navy
for information as to why he had deeiin- |
ed to supply the court of claims with in
as TO naval courts martial |
fhe resolution Went over under objection |
The resolution of Mr.. Allen discharg.
ng the finance committee from further |
consideration of his resolution calling for |
from the secretary of the |
with reference to his transaction |
with the National City bank and the
Hanover National bank of New York
was laid before the senate.
Mr. Allen claimed that the replies of
The secretary Of the treasury had not
been sufficient. He reviewed the reply of
Secretary Gage to his resolution. He
'ead the now famous letter addressed to
Secretary Gage by A. b. Hepburn, vice
president of the National City bank, in
which reference was made to the bank
iirectors' part in the campaign of 1896.
Mr.. Allen admitted that no reply was
made to that letter, but he said that its
'bject was attained, as was evidenced
~ the fact that when the letter was
written the National City bank had on
eposit less that $4,000 Of government
money. while lsss than month later the
EcyernEent deposit in chat bank was
hsut $24.eo0, 600.