Evening journal., 1901-02-27
NATIONAL HOUSE
IN AN UPROAR
Speaker ASSailed for Suppress
sing Speech Of Mr.. Lentz
Democratic Leader Offered Resolution
COndemniHg Speaker But II Was
Killed br Party Vote

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the scene of sensational .uelse - IA
yesterday afternoon, which tAlea tDl
body into q violelt state ui eAcite -heA
For an hour the storm ragged, eAdia
abruptly when an aaJournmclt wa
taken, on motion OF MI Payne the
floor leader OF the majority AIr. Leutz
an Ohio Democrat, who has created
many sensations during his service in
the house, stirred the Democrats to a
fever pitch by rising to a question OF
privilege and alleging that a speech he
had turned 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, by the speaker. The nature OF
the speech was not developed during
the events that followed but it was
learned that il was an attack upon Sem
ator Hanna and the methods by which
he was elected to the senate.
The speaker explained that Il had
been represented to him that the
speech violated the privileges Of the
house, and he had directed that Il be
withheld until he could look over It..
Pressure of business had prevented him
from doing so, however, and only 20
minutes before. he said, he had direct
ed that the speech go into The Record,
believing that If it contained anything
offensive it could be stricken out by
the house later
Intense excitement followed. Sew
eral points Of order were made by Re-
publlcans, but the speaker declined to
sidetrack the matter in that way, hold
ing, however, that to proceed a prop
osition of some kind must be before
the house. Thereupon Mr.. Richard
son, the Democratic leader, offered a
resolution declaring that the speaker
had no right to withhold speeches.
Against this the question Of considera-
tion was raised by Mr.. Lacey, ard by a
strict party vote the house decided not
to consider IL. Amid still greater ex-
oitement and confusion Mr.. Richard
son offered another resolution con-
demning the speakers action i'm terms
and directing that the speech be de
livered forthwith" to the public printer
| Again Mr. Lacey raised the question OF
consideration, and again. by strict
| party vote, the house refused to con-
slider It. At this point further proceed
ings were cut off by adjournment
taken on motion of Mr.. Payne, the
floor leader Of the majority. and agar
sustained by strict party vote.
Earlier in the day a partial confer
ence report on the Indian appropria
tion bin was agreed to and the bill
was sent back to conference. The west
ern members made an Intellectual eff
fort to accept the senate amendment
( appropriatilg 100000 for irrigation
experiments on the ella river in Ari
zona, but they were defeated, So to 81
The conference report on the nava
bill was beaten on account of the item
/ creating assistant chiefs OF bureaus II
!, the navy department, and motion L
accept the senate amendment authoriz
ing the construction of three addition
al submarine boats was pending whel
the row above mentioned was precipi
tated
An important amendment to tn
Philippine amendment to the army ap
I propriation bill was agreed to on tn
senate yesterday. It was an amplifica
/, tion of the amendment previously of
ferred by Mr. Hoar (Mass.), laying re
strictions on the sale of public land
and the granting OF franchises and con
cessions I'm the Philippines. It was &C
cepted by the committee in charge {
the measure and is now part OF th
committee amendment. Mr.. Morga
@ (Ala) concluded his address after hay
ing discussed comprahensively bot
the Philippine and Cuban amendment
2 He appealed to the committee to Will
h draw both propositions, maintainin
r that congress was treading upon dar
gerous grounds and triling with edge
tools in acting upon them without an
pie information.