Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-12
DRAMATIC SCENE In HOUSE
BAILEY VOTES TO STRIKE UN-
SIGNED LETTER FROM THE
RECORDS.
TO LOOK UP SPANISH CLAIMS.
American Citizens Will Have Their
Interests Safeguarded by
the Senate.

Washington, Feb. 1o-The chaplain
of the house in his Invocation today,
referred to the fact that this was the
anniversary of the birthday of l.ircoln,
the emancipation, and prayed tllat his
life might be an example ana nsp;ra-
ton to those now living.
AS soon as the JOURNAL r,aa T.. ad and
approved. the struggle over the uues-
ton of expungins from the record the
anonymous letter rejecting upon Mr..
Perry $. Heath. which vas read at the
lnstiSation of Mr.. Su2er On. W, during
the exciting session of yesterday. was
resumed.
The letter appeared in the Record this
morning. Mr.. Knox (MasS.), called up
the alleged infringement of the privi-
eseS Oh the house. He claimed that
the matter was before the house in two.
ways:
First as unfinished business: second,
as matter appearing in the Record.
over which the house had control Mr.
knox said he admitted that a member
might, upon his own respon sbility.
charge any sort of offense AGAINST a
man not a member of the house ana
not be liable to be called to account:
yet he contended that when member,
introduced paper, he house cbtained
jurisdiction. He asked the house to-
adopt resolution which he sent to the
clerks desk. 7 he resolution recileu the
! occurrence of yesterday and directed
that the document be stricken from ,h,.
Record
Mr.. Bailey (Texas) asked Mr.. Knox
to withdraw the pream BILE of the rrso-
luton.
!. myself. SAID he. 'intended to vote
[" strike this anonymous letter from
the record Applause.)
MI NnoX consented to strike out tbt,
preamble and was about to demand tho
previous question, but at the reolest of
MI. SulZer. yielded five minutes To eha
New York member.
MI Sulzer said he was at a loss to
understand the anxiety to protect the
character of Perry $. Heath who was
not member of the house. while his
pant associates We're eNultins delight
edly in the attack upon his personal
character and reputation.
Il stand here" hecontinuel "and
say that no man in this house can charc.
me with any otfense whatever. or with
any misconduct My life is an open
book, and when the gentleman from
pennsylvania yesterday attacked me |
felt justified in smoking out the culprit
who was responsible for the charges
And | did smoke him out.'' Mr.. Sulzer
shouted, with arm upraised. II had the
courage to stand here yesterday and say
that | was responsible for every word
in that letter. If Mr.. Heath thinks there.
is anything libeous or scandalous in
that letter | will not plead my constt-
tutional privilege. I will plead the truth
Of the statements. This morning a gen.
lleman, a former member of ~hs house.
laid to me: The man who wrote that
letter knew Heath like book: every
word i'm i, is true | have no objection
to striking the letter from the record
But | serve notice that | am going to
say everything in that letter and | want
Perry s. Heath to answer. If he does,
lie will be fit for the penitentiary. l want
him to understand that | am responsible
i'll damages for what | say. The house
has no compunction of conscience when
ne attacks me, but when | attack him
he Squels like a pig under gate. | got
tIlat letter in the record. That was what
| was after | am now content to have
it stricken out. Mr.. knoXs motion to
cNpunge the letter from the permanent
record was then adopted without div
iSion