Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-12
HOUSE MEMBERS WAX WARM
suiyer starts Heated Discussion of
tncIe sans Attitude Toward
the Noers.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 1l.-Thls was a
field day in the house. being by far the
liveliest day during the present session.
\ very interesting debate over the consti-
tutional limitations on the power of the
senate over revenue legislation initiated by
the house was precipitated when Mr.
Payne, the chairman Of the ways and
means committee. brought in the resolution
OF the committee TO disagree to the sub
sutute proposed by the senate as an amend
ment to the war revenue reduction act and
To ask FOR conference with the senate.
Mr. Tawney of Minnesota championcd the
cause OF the house and IT'S paramount
rights over revenue legislation, but was
unfortunate in not bringing forward reso-
luton to return the bill to the senate with
the declaration that the senate had trans
cended it's powers I'm substituting an en-
trely new measure for the bill of the house.
Ihe subsequent debate showed that had
this course been adopted tho proposition
would have commanded a large vote. In
stead, however. he insisted upon q divi-
sion OF the resolution. and, after the first
portion-to disagroe--had been adopted. bo
maze the point of order that the second
motion was not in order because the SEN
ate in Its substitute had invaded the con.
S'i'd bbllil lltIbEdllNe OIL tnp mouse. The
result was that the members were not con
fronted with the direct issue and the house
voted 233 to 3S to ask for a conference
Later In the day, during the considera-
tion of the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill, an impassioned pro- Boer
speech by Mr.. Sulser of New York drew
from Mr.. Mahon of Pennsylvania a recital
of the raising of fund of about 81 200 for
the benefit of the widows of Boer soldiers
at a meeting held I'm this city at which MIR.
SulZer presided He declared that after the
'terrapin and cold bottles got in their
work" only SIS was left for the Boer wild
ows.
This stung Mr.. Sul2er to reply ut length
He said he had no connection with the eX-
penditure OF the fund. to which he had con =.
tributed sl75, and very lively row fol-
lowed, the climax of which was reached
when Mr. Sulzer had read an anonymous
letter which made sensational personal
attack upon Mr.. Perry s. Heath late as
sistant postmaster general, who was Sec
retary OF the republican national COM
mittee during the recent campaign, charg.
ing him with being Neely's sponsor and
then denying 1t after the arrest of Necly
and also making allegations against Mr..
Heath in connection with government de-
posits in New York bank. Mr. Suzer
charged Mr.. Heath with being responsible
for the circulation of the stories about his
connection with the fund for the Boer wild i
ows. Mr.. Knox of Massachusetts declared
that IL was "contemptible" to attack d gem
tieman who could not reply. through the
medium of an anonymous letter and moved
that an infraction of the rules be reported
10 the house and stricken from the record.
In the course OF the debate upon this mo-
tion Mr.. Sulzer declared that although the
communication was anonymous he faith
cred every word OF 1t and would be re-
sponsible for II as a member OF the house
and as an individual The democrats fill
bustered against the motion to expunge the
letter from the Congressional Record and
finally forced an adjournment. the effect
being TO permit publication of the letter in
the Record.