The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-27
Speaker of the House Suppressed a
'LeaVe-tO-Print'' Attack on
Senator Hanna,
STORMY SESSION IN BOTH HOUSES
Admiral Sampson Roasted a Rich
Brown at Either End of the
National Capitol.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-The house
was the scene of a sensational incident
late this afternoon which threw that
body into violent state of excitement.
For an hour the storm ragged ending
abruptly when an adjournment was TAX
en-, upon motion of Mr.. Payne the floor
leader of the majority
Mr.. Lentz, an Ohio Democrat, who has
created many sensations during his serg-
ice in the house, stirred the Democrats
to a fever pitch by rising to a question
of privilege and alleging that q speech
he had TUNED over to the public printer
under general leave to print, had been
withheld from the record, and had been
turned over to Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio
Dy the speaker.
The nature of the speech was not de-
Feloped during the events that followed
but 1t was larned it was an attack upon
Senator Hanna and the methods by
which he was elected to the senate. The
speaker explained that it had been rep
resented to him that the speech v<llated
The privileges of the house, and he had
directed that it would be withheld until
he could look over it
Pressure of business had prevented I'm
from doing so, however, and only twenty
minutes before, he said, he had directed
that the speech go into the record, be-
1ieving that if it contained anything Of
Gensive it could be stricken out of the
record by the house later Intense eX-
Gitement followed. Several points of or
der were made by Republicans. but the
speaker declined to sidetrack the matter
in that way, holding, however, that to
proceed a proposition of some kind must
be before the house. Thereupon Mr.
Richardson, the Democratic leader, Offer
ed a resolution declaring that the speak
er had no right to withhold speeches.
Against this the question of considera-
ton was raised by Mr.. Lacey, and by
STRICT PARTY VOTE
the house decided not to consider it.
Amid still greater excitement and con-
fusion Mr.. Richardson offered another
resolution cOndemning the speakers ac-
tion in severe terms and directing that
the speech be delivered forthwith to
the public printer. Again Mr.. Lacey
raised the question of consideration and
again by a strict party vote the house
refused to consider it. At this point fur
ther proceedings We're cut off by an ad-
Journment taken on motion of Mr.. Payne
the floor leader OF the majority. and
again sustained by a strict party vote
The controversy will be resumed tomor-
row.
Earlier in the day a partial conference
report on the Indian appropriation bill
was agreed to- and the bill was sent back
for conference. The Western members
made an Intellectual effort to accept the
senate amendment appropriating 500, GOO
for irrigation experiments on the GiIa
river in Arizona, but they were defeated
5S-97.
The conference report on the naval bill
was beaten on account of an item Great
ing chiefs of bureaus in the navy de-
partment and the motion to accent the
senate amendment authorizing the con-
struction of three additional submarine
boats was pending when the row above
mentioned was precipifated by Mr.. Lentz.
ROAST FOR SAMPSON.
During the discussion on the report the
old controversy between Admirals SamD-
son and Schley was made the subject of
comment by Mr.. Berry CKy0. who said
II sui was the evident purpose of the
navy department to confer the highest
honor upon the man who was "farthest
away at the battle of Santiago. He had
read Admiral Sampson's alleged letter
TO Secretary Long as to the inadvisabI-
1ty Of giving warrant officers in the navy
commissions on account of their lack of
social refinement. Mr.. Berry said that
Admiral Sampson, who had written the
letter, was of extremely humble origin
hlmself, and whatever refinement he had
obtained had been due to his service in
mlraIs SIMPSONS attitude toward the
men OF the navy with Admiral Schley s
action during the stress of battle in
sending word to those below that "AU
went We'll" and when the battle was over
IN saying that the victory belonged to
the men behind the guns
IN THE SENATE.
An important amendment to the Phil
T1lnjr1n or
alton bill was agreed to in the senate
today. 1t was an amplifcation of the
amendment previously offered by Mr..
Hoar. laying restrictions upon the sale
OF public lands and the granting of fran
chlses and concessions in the Philip
pines. 1t was accepted by the conmitte
III charge of the measure and is now a
part OF the committee amendment, as
hnally adopted, the amendment reads:
o+t5r Proyided yi that no sale or lease or
other disposition of the public lands or
the timber thereon or the mining rights
therein, shall be made; and provided
further. that no franchise shall be grant
ed which is not approved by the presi-
dent Of the United States and is not in
his judgment clearly necessary for the
government of the islands ana indis-
penSable for the interest of the peop,e
thereof, and which cannot without great
public mischief be postponed until the
establishment of permanent civil govern
iliSill anu dl SuCn franchises snail JorInt-
nate one year after the establishment
of such permanent civil government"
Mr. Morgan CAlaD continued his speech
begun yesterday and occupied the floor
during the greater part of the day He
concluded his address just before the
afternoon recess, after having discussed
Comprehensivoly both the Cuban and
Philippine amendments. He appealed to
the committee TO withdraw both propo-
sitions, maintaining that congress was
treading upon dangerous ground ana
trifinS with edged tools in acting upon
them without ample information.
During the afternoon MIR. Allen OBJ
tained the floor from Mr. Morgan and
severely arraigned Rear Admiral Samp-
son for some statements he is alleged to
have made upon an application of Chief
Gunner Charles Morgan, of the navy,
for promotion to the grade of conlmis-
stoned officer Mr. Aliens denunciation
OF Admiral Sampson was sensational
MORE TROUBLE FOR SAMPSON.
Mr. Allen read letter Iurportlng to
have been sent by Chief Gunner Charles