Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-02-21
CONGRESSIONAL.

| CONGRESSIONAL.
| The Senate devoted yesterday to the
postoffics appropriation bill, defeating
the amendment Of Mr.. Butler, reducing
the pay for railway postal service. An
amendment providing 100000 for
pneumatic tube service was ruled out
on point OF order, aud when g similar
proposition was offered by Mr.. Mason
a sharp controversy occurred and Mr..
Hale raised another point Of order
against it, alleging jobbery and that q
gigantic lobby was bebind the pneu-
matte tube plan; the question went over
without action.
Preceding Mr.. Wolcotl's reading OF a
remarkable communication from bis
colleagues on the postoffice committee
which brought about an adjournment
there was lively personal quarrel 10
the closkroom between Senator VOL
colt and Senator Chandler. These
Senators have not been on friend y
terms since last session, and Mr.. VOL.
colt paid bis compliments to his New
Hampshire colleague.
The Senate military affairs commit
tee embodied the Spooner Philippine
amendment 10 the army appropriation
bill and reduced the total appropria.
.tion 81 100000.
10 the House the sundry civil bill
was passed, and consideration Of The
general deficiency bill began.
\ Mr.. LsntZ took occasion to make
most open charges OF bribery, and cor.
ruptiop against Mr.. Hanna. He also
m ade an attack upon the methods OF
the military In the Philippines and ad
vocated desertion for the soldiers. He
was sharply charged with treason by
Mr.. Cannon, and the discussion which
followed was most acrimonious.
When the paragraph 10 the general
| deficiency bill, containing the suthori-
ty to the Secretary of War to pay 600
| for the arrest and return of deserters,
was reached, Mr.. Lsntz detained vo-
ciferously against the character OF war
fare wsged by the United States forces
| 10 the Philippines, saying that If that
we're to be continued, much larger
sum than $50 would have to be pro-
vided to stop desertion. Bsrbarites IN
exampled In warfare had been report
cd, and he had seen letter conveying
that information. II the charges we're
'true the brave boys should desert.
| Mr.. Graham challenged Mr.. Lsniz
to produce the letter, as, In his belief,
it existed only in the gentlemaD's i'm
| aginatioD.
! Mr.. Cannon said the gentleman on
I the floor OF the House was perfectly
safe In advising the boys who enlisted
under. the flag, sworn to protect its
honor, to desert. But with emphasis
and impressively]. il he were 10 the
Philippines and made such speech, he
would be tried, as he on INT to be, by
drumhead courtmarlisl and shot,"
Mr.. Lsniz. enraged by this, replied
with all the vieor of his voice end get
ture, asserting that he was not to be
w-beaten by talk of drumhead court
martial. He stood for Christian civil.
cation, repeating his statement that If
the stories from the Philippines were
true, no more brutal barbarities were
ever committeeman shot down while
at work by the troops OF the United
States. II these were true the Congress
OF the Uoited States ought to be
ashamed to look mankind In the face.
The law OF murder was not confined to
one man; If he could not kill his fellow,
neither could 1900, 900 kill men 10 the
niI;,'~ III h,cs.sc ~ sad The LnnyPrr
Lentz had stated that he was Lincoln
Jackson democrat. The republicans
thereupon began accusing both Mr..
Laniz and Andrew Jackson of being
traitors and being oppressors OF the
weak. II was attempted to prove that
Jackson was an advocate OF govern
ment without consent OF the governed
and then Mr.. Gaines came to the assis-
lance of Mr.. LsntZ with documents to
prove that Jackson's iDcursion into Flor
ida was not made with the purpose OF
oppression. He said: jackson did not
believe in oppression. From the State
papers OF the Seventeenth Congress |
quote his words in relation to the pow
er be had when 10 Florida i hope no
living man will ever In the future be
clothed with such extraordinary au'
thoriiy.' And again: Il am clothed
with power which no one under a re-
public ought to possess There is much
more in The same veip."
Mr.. Gaines's defence OF Jackson re
ceiyed great applause from the demo-
cratic side.
Mr., Lsnlz had read an article from a
Columbus paper referring to the death
OF Charles A. Leland. q judge IN the
Territory OF New Mexico. He had
been an anti-Hanna republican in the
Ohio legislature, so Mr.. LeDiz said,
and afterward voted for Mr.. Hanna for
United States Senator, and the article |
hinted that he had received the ap-
pointment 10 consequence OF that act
Mr.. Lentz then launched out 10 gen.
eral assault upon what he termed the |
political corruption of the ADMINISTERS
ton and leading republicans.
Mr.. Cannon briefly replied that he |
did not know that non-partisan paper |
involved; be did know the late MIR.
Leland.
"Brave men q ght the living; ghouls
descend into the tomDs OF the dead" he
added.
Mr.. Grosevor later tried to reply TO
Lentzs speech, but first was taken of
the floor by an objection raised by Mr..
McDermott, and failed to secure unani-
nous consent to speak, Mr.. Lentz 90
jec.ing. Mr.. Grosyenor seemed in
credulous that Mr.. Lsntz could main
tain the objection, after having had five
minutes himself without objection.
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