The Saint Paul globe., 1901-02-21
BUT NOT MORE so THAN DID HIS
REPUBLICAN COL
LEAGUES
WARM DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
OHIO DEMOCRAT HAD THE WHOLE
OPPOSITE SIDE ON HIND
AT ONCE
DAYS WORK IN THE SENATE
Postal Appropriation Bill Advanced,
but Not COmpIeted-Mr. Depew
Furnishes Some COmpara-
tive Railway Figurs.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The house
hnally passed the sundry civil appro-
priation bill today, and entered upon
consideration of the general deficiency
the last of the general appropriation
bills
The proceedings were enIivened by a
humorous speech made by Mr. Allen
(Mlss. the wit of the house, in favor
OF an amendment offered by him to ap-
propr1ate $4,000 for a fish hatchery at
Tupelo, Miss Mr.. Allen goes out of
congress March 4, after a service of
sixteen years He declared that 'thou
sands and millions of unborn fish were
clamoring to this congress for the op-
portunity of being born in TupeIo'' OIr
Aliens home)
The amendment was unanimously
adopted
The question of rearranging the hall
OF representatives for the accommoda-
ton Of members in accordance with a
plan agitated some years ago. to re-
move the seats and substitute benches
something after the manner in which
the mouse OF commons is arranged. came
up on motion made by Mr.. Crumpacker
uha) TO appropriate S1l5,000 for ''refur-
nlshing and rearranging the hall of the
house of representatives. including the
removal of the individual desks of mem
bers, and the reduction of the size and
the reseatlnS of the hall in a manner
that VIII be most convenient for the ses-
sions Of the house
The amendment also provides for the
refurnishing of the speakers room. The
proposition was debated at considerable
length, and then defeated. yeas 45. nays
16l. The sundry civil bill was then pass
ed F7N
The house next took up the general
deficiency appropriation bill.
LENTZ ATTACKS HANNA.
Speaking to a pro forrna amendment
MI. Lentz (O) had read a paragraph
from a Columbus O., newspaper, re
porting the death of Charles Lv1and.
territorial judge of New Mexico, who
was at one time member of the Ohio
legislature, and who, the newspaper
said, voted for Mr.. Hanna for United
States senator With this para graph as
text, Mr.. Lentz attacked corruption in
high and low places, charging that a
judicial place had been given Mr.. Iy-
land in return for his vote for United
States senator. Mr.. Steel Qnd) made
the point of order that Mr.. Lentz was
not speaking to the subject under CON
Bloeratlon, but was Jumping on a dead
man"
II am not jumping on a dead man"
replied Mr.. Lentz, but upon a man who
is so alive that he will ride down Penn
sylvania avenue with the president one
week from Monday"
don't know Mr.. Lyland'' interposed
Mr., Cannon Qll) emphatically. but /
90 know the gentleman from Ohio. Brave
men hight the living; ghouls ravish the
tombs of the dead. That is all 1 have
to say" Republican appIausel
Later on Mr.. Grosvenor attempted to
secure an opportunity to reply to Mr..
Lehtz' put Mr. Lentz objected unless
twenty minutes were allowed on a side
1T is not possible that nv collearu
VIII insist upon his objection" answered
Mr., Grosyenor. He made an attack
upon dead man. and I desire five min
utes to reply"
Il did not make an attack upon a dead
man" replied Mr.. Lentz. "I made an
expose Of live man. have the proof
here if you desire to open the subject"
Angered by Mr. Lentz' refusal to allow
him to be heard, Mr., Grosvenor with
flushed face and uplifted arm, declared
that the gentleman from Ohio (Ir.
Lentz) had been guilty of a malicious
falsehood.
"And he knows It," added Mr.. Gros
venor
A few minutes afterward Mr.. Lcntz
proposed that Mr.. Grosvenor be eiven
fifteen minutes, and he Oentz) ten min
Utes
oh object" called out Mr. Cannon.
IF gentlemen desire to wash their dirty
linen, they should hire a hall " 0augh-
ter)
LENTZ ON DESERTTON.
very sensational episode occurred
when the paragraph providing that not
over $50 should be paid for the appreheY1-
sion of a deserter from the army was
reached. This paragraph was seized
by MIR. Lentz for a base from which to
attack what he said was going on in the
Fhlllppines, and which so disgusted our
soldiers there they deserted. He de-
clared that reports We're coming back
from the Philippines that our soldiers
were killing prisoners, and said he knew
Of letter received by the father of 2
soldier in the Philippines, telling of how
native had been buried alive by his
captors and then beheaded
II that was the sort Of civilization that
was being carried into the Philippines.
Mr.. Lentz declared that it would take
$5O,o00 to prevent our soldiers from de-
serting. Again and again ne shouted
that they We're justified in deserving
MI. Lentz remarks aroused the house to
fever pitch. Mr.. Graham (Rep.. Pa,0
challenged Mr.. Lentz to produce the let
ter he had referred to. He said he
thought 1t existed only in the imagina-
ton Of the gentleman from Ohio
Mr.. Lentz declared that the letter cou1d
not be produced without getting the bow
into trouble.
Mr.. Cannon, In impressive tones de-
clared that a gentleman who would rise
in his place in the American congress
and advise men who had enlisted under
the American flag to desert might be
safe here, but If they should say the
same thing in the Philippines they would
be tried by drumhead court-martial and
shot. This statement brought round of
applause from the Republican side.
But MIR. Lentz returned to the assault
He read a newspaper account of a letter
alleged to have been received by the
father of a soldier in the Philippines. saw
ing that soldiers were ordered to shoot
every man and beast they found. Nj.
Lentz declared that he could not be
''browbeaten." If such orders had been
issued, he said, this congress-, collectively.
should be ashamed to face the world
He charged that our soldiers were guilty
of murder and said the time had come
when the country was entitled to know
the facts and not to rely upon censored
press.
Mr.. Cannon said the gentleman was
lashmg himself into a passion. while thu
Continued on Fifth Pare,