The age-herald., 1901-02-21
NTzCAUSES
 4 SENSATION
 IN THE HOUSE Made Violent Attack on the Administration MAKES GEN, GROSVEN0R HOT Says If lentz Was In Army He
 Would Be Shot ALLEN WANTS A FISH HATCHERY Says There Are Hundreds of Unborn Fish cIamoring to Congress for Opportunity of Being Born
 In TupeIo.

Washington, February o0-rhe House finally passed the sundry civil appropri- alton bill today and entered upon con sideration of the general deiciency-the last of the general appropriation bills.
 MT. Lentz. an Ohio Democrat, who, in this and previous Congresses, violently attacked the administration, furnished the sensation of the day. He used newspaper paragraph accounting ths death of Federal judge in New Mexico who had been a member of the Legisla~ ture which elected Senator Hanna, as text for charging corruption in that cleo ton. This called forth rebuke from MT. Cannon, who declared that bravs men fought the living and only ghouls ravished the tombs of the dead. Gem eral Grosvenor of Ohio attempted to re- ply and the two Ohioans were anxious for the fray, but MT. Cannon would not permit it. He thought if dirty linen" were to be washed the gentlemen should hire a hall.
 Later MT. Lentz made second on- slaught of a more sensational character and brought down upon himself the
 whole Republican side of the House. In
 some remarks about a paragraph in the
 bill for payments for the apprehension of deserters, MT. Lentz made the startling charge that soldiers in the Philippines had buried native alive and had then beheaded him and he read a letter writ ten, he said, by soldier in the Philip pines, saying that he and his campan- ions, while on an expedition, were or dered to shoot every man and beast tey found. Mir .Lentz said if these things are true the soldiers were Justified in deserting.
 MT. Cannon, MT. Mahon of Pennsyl- vania, MT. Grosvenor of Ohio. MT. Moo pleuse, strongly rebuked MT. Lentz. MT. Cannon declared that were MT. Lentz in the Philippines he would be tried by court martial and shot. tt
 Mr. Mahon said that MT. Lentx rs- marks were revamps of the copperhead speeches of forty years ago and MT. Moo dy read the words of Lincoln that the man who encourage a soldier to desert is worse than the deserter.
 MT. Sherman offered an amendment de- signed to prohibit hazing at the Naval Academy on penalty of dismissal. This amendment was pending on point of order when the House adjourned.
 Allen Wants Fish Hatchino.
 The proceedings were enlivened by q humorous speech made by Mr. Allen of Mississippi, the wit of the House." in favor of an amendment offered by him to $2O.0oO for a fish hatchery at Tupelo, Miss. MT. Allen goes out of Con- gress on aarch 1, after service of six teen years. He declared that "thousands and millions of unborn fish were clamof- ing to this Congress for the opportunity of being born in Tupelo." (Mr. Aliens home). The amendment was unanimously adopted.
 The question of rearranging the hall of for the accommodation of the members in accordance with plan agitated some years ago to remove the seats and substitute benches, something after the manner fin which the House of Commons Is arranged. came up on a mo- tion by MT. Grumpacker of Indiana to appropriate s1l5000 for refurnishine and the hall of the House of Rep including the removal of tho individual desks of members and the ro- duction of the size and the reseating of the hall in a manner that will be moa convenient for the sessions of the House."
 The amendment also provides for the refurnishing of the speakers room. The proposition was debated at considcrah2o length and then defeated-ayes 45; noeo 61. The bill was then passed.
 Lentz Begins His Attack.
 Speaking to pro forma Amendment to the general deficiency appropriation bill. which was next taken up, Mir. Lentx of Ohio had read the paragraph. from a Co., lumbus, Ohio, newspaper reporting the death of Charles Lyland, territorial judee of New Mexico, who was at one time member of the Ohio Legislature and who. the newspaper said, voted for Mir Hanna for United States Senator. With this par- agraph as a text, MT. Lentz attacked cor ruption in high and low places, char9inr that judicial place had been given Mr. Lyland in return for his vote for IJniteA States Senator.
 MT Steel of Indiana made the point of order that MT. Lentz was not speaking to the subject under consideration buf was Jumping on dead man.
 T am not jumping on dead man. Iephed MT. Lentz, but on a. man who ls 70 alive that he will ride down Pennayl- vania avenue with the President one week from Monday"
 'I do not know MT. Lyland," inter- posed MT. Cannon of Illinois emphaticaf- ly, but do know the gentleman from ohio. Brave men fight the living; ghouIs avish the tombs of the dead. That ia all have to say.' (Applause.)
 MT. Grosvenor attempted to secure m opportunity to reply to Mr. Lents but Hr. Lentz objected unless twenty min ates were allowed on . side
 'It is not possible that my colleaeue will insist upon his objection" said IT.