The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-27

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recent letter 20 Secretary Long as 10 the
in9dylsalllity 81 giving warrant officers
| ~ the navy commissions on account OF
l their lack OF social refinement.
MIR, Berry SAID that Admiral sampson.
! who had written the letter, was of ex.
| tremely humble origin himself and what
! ever refinement he mad obtained had been
| que to his service In the American navy.
! lie contrnsted Admiral Sampson's atti.
4 tudc toward the men of the navy with
| Admiral Sc ey's action during the stress
| OF battle III sending. word TO those below
| that AL went Nalf' a1l when the battle
/ was over IN saying that the victory be-
| longed to the mon behind the guns"
| Mr., Sulzer IN. 10 Endorsed everything
| Mr.. Berry had said. The incident ended
| there.
The report was then voted down without
! division.
Nh. IIawley tTexas) moved that the
J house recodo and concur In the senate
| amendment authorizing the construction of
! three additional Holand and submarine
| boats at cost not 20 exceed $4,000 for
! each boat and his motion was debated at
| some length, IL was interrupted by Il
I rather sensational cpigode.
Mr.. Lentz tOhlol rose TO question OF
| privilege. He declared that under the gen.
! oial leave TO print granted some DAYS ago
! lie had prepared a speech foc the Record
/ yesterday which had not appeared aud
/ upon inquiry today he had been Informed
that It had been Withheld by the direction
| OF che speaker OF the house and that II
was now in the hands of Mr.. Grosyenor.
| lie demanded 10 know 10y what authority
| II had been held out Of the record.
Il am little curious TO know" said he,
| ironically, whether the speaker Withheld
| II from the record is my speech 70 he
editedS Is congress to havu censorship
such rs exists In the Philippine lslands2
| supposed every member had the right to
haNt his speech printed IN the Record, but
| my speech has been Withheld by the order
| OF some one.
| Mr., Lentz was interrupted by the SPEAK
| or, who stated that his attention had been
! called 10 what was said to he great
abuse Of the privileges OF the house under
| a general leave to print and he had asked
! that the speech Of the gentleman be with.
| held until he should have nm opportunity
| 10 look II over. But the pressure of pub
! lie business had been such that he had
not had time TO do this, and within TWEEN
| ~ minutes he had directed that II should
| 20 into the record, Subsequently, II IL mp
| pcared that the speech contained anything
| offensive or wrong, 1t could he corrected by
! the house.
Mir. Leutz assorted that no living man
! could have known a word OF what bis
! speech contained until 9.3O last night and
that therefore who told the chair what II
was said 10 contain had falHned The
! speaker replied that the matter had been
J brought to his attention by the report OF
the government printing Office. Such mat
trrs, he said, were repeatedly called to the
attention of the chnlr. Frequently after
| hot dchatc the members engaged settled
disputes amicnhly IN this way. Tho speak
er said In conclusion that the discussion
could not proceed unless something was
| submitted to the house Amid cries OF
regular order" Mr., Richardson. the mi
noritv leader read the following: IKE
solved, That the speaker Of the house has
no right 10 Withhold from the record the
speech Of any member made under general
leave 10 print"
Mr., Cannon made TITO point Of order that
the resolution dealing with a generaf
subject, did not bear directly upon the
question OF privilege IN hand and there
tore was not In order, The speaker said
he was loathc TO rule against q matter
submitted as question Of privilege aud
he therefore would hold It TO be In order.
The speaker ndded That he had no intcn
tlon Of Keeping MI Lentz's speech out Of
the Record, but had asked 10 have It
held until he could look Into the repre-
sentntions that had been made TO him,
While he was making his ruling half "A
dozen members on both Sides were on
Mr.. Lacey CRep.. Iowa. raised the luen-
tion Of consideration against the rcsolu-
Mr. Richardson coutcudcd that he could
not he taken of tho floor for that pur.
pose, but the speaker held that the CUES
tlon Of consideration always could DC
Iii is so intc." cried Mr.. Richardson,
pointing 10 tho clock, that II YOU do not
dlsposr Of this matter now tho speech
viii no Eert ont OF the Record another
dnw
t@Ihot ,co,,la ,c 10, had" observed Mr..
steel iron Indl amid laughter on the
ronnhitcon stdc
Fc'vvo o nnrtoii,. arc NOT going 10 deny a
o,,,In Tx rto,,t "a min 4 sneech IN
tltlpBeI ~ .ltnn "a NJ, f,tchnrdeon
'nr r,, h',"iua tod lie - t9O not 10 con
In, u" hu"s .a. H"tuu 40 ~ '"' D'
sia'I M les" ~, LII, ,ros onrorrcad Mr.
~ Soon Ms trc lrSuia a, ~, 49, -, nr,,,
mChards9n 2ntr,sn , ns ~" 10 tbo muse
iieose, hneeIIhg w ~, az Va wy
me teiloWlhg , r'soi s,,,,, ~ NJ yenty
Nherehs rue spseSSn ne,,pe,a III, n,a1s
lohtol on the general uehSio"VF hr,, %
IN the house on WEDNESDAY, tplu" ~ ~,
has been withheld from pNhiiehtion ~ ~, va.
Congressional Record after tne same , wns
delivered 10 the PuHlc printer ior pupH's'
tion by MI Lcntz' ana, -, -, 80.
Where's said speech mas been tnrusu
over 70 the speaker or inc mouse, VINO, y
Is alleged has delivered the shme 20 /.
member ~ the house for some pnrpose "
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