The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-12
WAR REVENUE REDUCTToN AcT
GOES TO CONFERENCE WITH
SENATE
sU1zER sTIRs THINGS UH
INVOLVED IN HOT ARGUMENT
ABOUT BOER FUNDS AND
PERRY HEATH
CONFIRM ARMY NOMINATIONS
Aside From That the Senate Passed
the Naval Appropriation Bill
and Talked Subsidies
for Shipping.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-This was n
neld day in the house. being by far the
HVehest day during the present session
"A very interesting debate over the con-
stltutlonal h1nita tons on the power OF
tne senate over revenue legislation in
ltiated by the house was precipitated
When Mr.. Payne, the chairman Of tha
ways and means committee, brought in
the resolution of the committee to dis
agree to the substitute proposed bv tha
senate as an amendment to the war rev.
eIiue reducuon act and to ask for con-
ference with the senate. Mr. TaWnev. Of
minnesota, championed the cause of tho
mouse and its paramount rights over rev.
elue IeSlslat ton but was unfortunate In
not bringing forward a resolution to re-
turn the bill to the senate with the
declaration that the senate had trans
cended Its powers in substituting an en-
tlrely new measure for the bill Of the
mousse The subsequent debate showed
that mad this course been adopted the
proposition would have commanded a.
large vote. Instead however, he insistedl
upon division of the resolution andl
after the first portion-to t1isagree-had
peen adopted he made the point Of
order that the second portion was NOT
In order because the senate in its SUBJ
sttute had invaded the constitutional
prerogative of the house The resuIt
was that the members were not con-
fronted with the direct issue and the
house voted 233 to 3S to ask for a con-
ference. =
SULZER WAS WRATHY. I,
Later in the Gay, during the considera-
ton of the diplomatic and consular am
preparation bill, an inpassioreI pro-Boer
speech by Mr. SulZer, of New York drew
from Mr.. Mahon. of Pennsylvania, a
recital of the raising of fund of about
$l,200 for the benefit of the widows of
Beer soldiers at a meeting held I'm this
city at which Mr.. Sulzer presided He
declared that after the 'terrapin and
cold bottles got in their work. only $1S
was left for the Boer widows This
stung Mr. Sulzer to reply at length. He
said he had no connection with the ex-
pend1ture of the fund.- to which he had
contributed SITS, and a very lively row
followed, the climax of which was
reached when Mr.. Sulzer had read an
| anonymous letter which made a sensa-
t1onai personal attack upon Mr. Perry s.
Heath. late assistant postmaster general.
Who was secretary of the Republican
national committee during the recent
campaign charging him with being
Neely's sponsor and then denying it after
the arrest of Neely end also making al
legations against Mr. Heath in connec-
ton with government deposits in New
YORK bank. Mr.. Sulzer charged Mr.
Heath with being responsible for the
circulation of the stories about his con-
nect1on with the fund for the Boer
widows. MIR. Knox (Mass.) declared that
it was contemplate to attack a gentle I
man who could not reply through the
nedlum of an anonymous letter. and
moved that the infraction of the rules be
reported TO the house and stricken from
the record. In the course of the debate
upon this motion Mr.. Sulzer declared
that t1o A.
anonymous he fathered every word Of
it and would be responsible for it as
member of the house and as an indi-
vidual. The Democrats fiIibustered
against the motion to ea<punge the letter
from the congressional record and finally I
forced an adjournment, the effect being
to permit publication of the letter in the
record.
IN THE SENATE.
Shortly after the senate convened to-
day 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. Mr..
Caffery (Dem., La.) occupied the floor
throughout the session. Opposition sena-
tors made the point of no quorum several
times and demanded a call of the senate p
Finally, this drew out a warning from
Mr.. Frye, chairman of the committee on
commerce, that If senator's desired a riV-
er and harbor bill to be reported at this
session they would better not interrupt
the committee having the measure under
consideration. Even after that there was
one call of the senate.
Mr.. Caffery had not concluded his
speech when, after having spoken for
nearly six hours, he yielded the floor
for an executive session. /
ARMY NOMINATIONS.
The president today sent to the sem
ate the nominations of ]. B. Wilson, Of
Delaware and Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia,
now brigadier generals of volunteers to
be brigadier generals in the regular
army.
The senate has confirmed the following
nominations:
Maj Gen. Nelson A. Miles. to be lieu 7
tenant general; Gen. S. B. Young, United
States army; Gen. Adna Chaffee, Eighth
cavalry, U. S. A. (major gen,ral U. S. +
W; Brig. Gen. Arthur Macarthur (major
general, U. s. VI; all to be major gen.
erals.
The senate held two brief executivs
sessions today for the consideration Of
officers for brigadier general sent in by
the president under the army reorganiza-
tion act.
At the first session the nominations
to that position, which had been favor
AMY I6pOTCeu upon were cOLlIll. leu 10
the committee on military affairs.
During the afternoon there was a hur-
ried meeting of the committee during
which a favorable report upon all the
hrigadier nominations before the COM
mittee were acted upon and at the second .
closed session OF the senate they were all I
reported. These favorable recommended
tions included not only the nominations
heretofore reported but also the nomina-
tions of Gems. Wood Grant and Bell,
which had been previously passed over
and also those of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and
James II. Wilson, whose names were sent
to the senate today. When the nomina-
tions were reported Senator Pettisrew
objected to favorable consideration and
they went over until tomorrow under
the senate rule. 1t is understood that
there will be change in the order
in which the nominations were made
which will relieve them of the criticism
that was made on account of the high
relative position the original assignments
gave certain officers.
HORDE OF PATRIOTS.
The nominations of the many junior cIs