The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-01
RAWLINs RAISES A POINT
Wants to Know Whether He Shall
Answer House Critics

Washington, Feb. 1.-At the opening
of the senate'S session Mr.. Rawlins
(Utah) rose to question of personal
privilege and to make a. personal in
4 have noticed said he. ''in the rec
ord of the last week, frequent refer
ences to myself and intimating that if
I had taken pains to do so might have
revealed certain things as to the domeS-
tic affairs of citizens of my own state
and perhaps to the moral status of a
member or members of the house of
representatives. The parliamentary in
quiry l wish to make is whether such
allusion to a member of this body is
breach of cOurteSieS and privileges of
this body and whether it would be
within the privileges of a member of
the senate to reply to such illusions"
The chair (NIr. Frye held that if any
senator should begin an 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 circumstances.
Mr. Rawlins said that was his under
standing and he made the inquiry so
that his silence should not be taken as
an admission of the truthfulness of the
statements made.
that a paper entitled 1.-The Philippines
Commission" be printed as a public
document. He asked that it lie on the
table until tomorrow morning.
calling on the secretary of the navy for
information as to why he declined to
supply the court of claims with the in
formation to naval court martials. The
resolution went over under objection.
The resolution of Mr.. Allen discharg-
ing the finance committee from further
consideration of his resolution calling
for information from the secretary OF
the treasury with reference to his trans
actions 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
read 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 directors part in the campaign of
49,
Mr. Allen admitted that no reply was
made to that letter, but he said that its
object attained was evinced by the
fact that when the letter was written
the National City Bank had on deposit
! less than $4,000 of government money
while less than a month later the gov
eminent deposit in that bank was about
/ $24, 900 900.
IN THE HOUSE.
| Washington, Feb. 1.-At the opening
of the session of the house today the
speaker decided the question submitted
to him a few days ago relative to the
reference of the estimates for the Rock
Island, Ill, and Springfield, Mass, ar
mories in favor of the military affairs
| committee so far as appropriations fol-
small arms are concerned and in favor
| of the committee SO far as the appro-
| priations for the fixtures of the armo-
| ries are concerned
The conference report on the urgent
| deficiency bill was adopted. 1t was
only a partial agreement. Two items
were still in dispute. One of these, the
| appropriation for public buildings al
Kansas City, was agreed to, and the
house still insisted upon its disagree
ment to the appropriation of $4,000 fol
the observation of the eclipse of the
sun next May, as $4,000 had been given
| the Smithsonian institution for the
same purpose. The house then went
| into committee of the whole, and re-
sumed consideration of the Indian ap-
preparation bill Mr.. Shafroth Colo,
made speech, saying it is the duty OF
the United States to mediate between
! Great Britain and the Transvaal. He
| traced the history of the Transvaal
from the migrations from Holland, tC
! show that England was invading the
rights of the South African republic.