The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-02-21
In the House.

Washington, Feb. 12.-Yesterday was
a field day in the house, being by fan
the liveliest day during the present
session. A very interesting debate over
the constitutional limitations OF the
power of the senate over revenue legis-
lation initiated by the house was pre-
cipitated when Mr.. Payne, the chair
man of the ways and means committee.
brought in the resolution of the COM
mittee to disagree to the substitute
proposed by the senate as an amend
ment to the war revenue reduction act
and to ask for a conference with the
senate. Mr.. Tawney of Minnesota
championed the cause of the house and
its paramount rights over revenue leg
islation. The house voted, 233 to IS. to
ask for a conference.
Later in the day, during the consid-
Grafton of the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill, en- impassioned pro-
Boer speech by Mr.. Sulzer OF New
York drew from Mr.. Mahon of Penn
s~ylvania a recital of raising of a
fund of about 81, 200 for the benefit of
the widows Of Boer soldiers at a meet
ing at which Mr.. Sulzer provided. He
declared that after the ''terrapin and
colo bottles got in their work. only SIS
was left for the Boer Widows. This
stung Mr.. Sulzer to reply at length.
and a very lively row followed, the
climax OF which was reached when Mr..
SulZer la read an anonymous letter
which made a sensational personal at
tack upon Mr.. Perry S. Heath, late as
sistant postmaster general, charging
him with being Neely's sponsor and
then denying Ii after the arrest OF
Nicely, and also making allegations
against Mr.. Heath in connection with
government deposits in a New York
bank. Mr.. Knox of Massachusetts, de-
clared that 1t was contemplate" to
attack a gentleman who could not re-
ply through the medium Of an anony-
nous letter, n moved that the in
fraction of the rules be reported to the
house n stricken from the record.
The Democrats filibustered against the
motion to expunge the letter from the
congressional record and finally forced
an adjournment, the effect being to
permit publication of the letter in the
record.
In the Senate.
Shortly after the senate convened
the naval appropriation bill was
passed. The shipping bill was then
taken up and kept before the senate
during the remainder of the legislative
day.
In the Itonse.
Washington, Feb. 10. - The house
passed the army appropriation bill and
entered upon consideration of the
sundry civil bill. the last but n OF the
big money bills. The debate on the
army bill vas confined largely to a dis
cussion of the question of passing
bills to remove the charge Of desvrtion
against soldiers N was made notable
by a statement by Mr.. Mcclellan OF
New York comparing the cost OF a SOL
dier In European armies with the cost
In the United States. According to his
figures, including the cost Of pensions,
ETC.. each United States soldier in
volved IN expense of $2,S2S, while q
German soldier cost 1927 and a French
sc''' = eose.
Previous to consideration of the APP
Propagation bills the letter rejecting
upon Perry s. Heath which Mr.. Sulzer
introduced into the proceedings Mon
day was expunged from the record.
During h debate upon h motion to
expunge Mr.. Sulzer renewed his at
tack upon Mr.. Heath, reiterating his
statement that he was willing to
father the statements In the letter. and
declaring that IL action was brought
against him he would not plead his
constitutional immunity.
In the mi
During the entire session Of - SEN
ate the agricultural appropriation bill
was under consideration. After six
hours OF consideration the bill was
little more than half completed. The
debate upon the measure dealt almost
entirely with administrative details OF
the department OF agriculture, many
concentrations OF the work of the de-
partment being made by senator's on
both sides OF the chamber.